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When Data Is “Gone Forever:” 3 Impossible Data Recovery Scenarios

At Datarecovery.com, we operate four full-service laboratories to maintain the industry’s highest success rates for RAID arrays, hard drives, solid-state drives, and various other data storage technologies. We routinely recover cases that have been dismissed as “unrecoverable” by other firms,...
July 24, 2023
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A Look Inside Datarecovery.com’s Hard Drive Parts Inventory

In order to recover data from a physically damaged hard drive, engineers need to return the drive to a working condition. That’s easier said than done — hard drive components are extremely drive-specific. In some cases, drives with identical model...
February 7, 2022

What Happens During a Data Recovery Media Evaluation?

Most reputable data recovery providers evaluate storage media before providing a quote. In another article, we explained why evaluations are necessary — if you missed it, you can read more here.  But what happens during a data recovery media evaluation?...
January 4, 2022
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The Problem With Flat-Rate Hard Drive Data Recovery

Imagine taking your car to a mechanic that charges a flat rate for every service. Whether you’re getting a routine tune-up or a new transmission, you’ll pay a few hundred dollars. Most consumers wouldn’t trust the mechanic — especially with...
December 15, 2021
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How Much Does Data Recovery of a Hard Drive Cost?

It’s no secret: Hard drive data recovery can be expensive. For an individual hard drive, costs can vary from $100 to upwards of $2,000 — and while data recovery is reasonably affordable in the vast majority of cases, consumers have...
November 12, 2021
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Hard Drive Data Recovery FAQ

This page addresses some of the most common customer questions regarding hard drive data recovery. If your question isn’t listed, you can get immediate assistance from a customer service representative by clicking here. Hard Drive Data Recovery: Frequently Asked...
August 11, 2021

DVR & Security System Recovery

Datarecovery.com recovers data from specialized storage systems quite frequently, and one interesting type is the digital video recording device. We perform work on all kinds of DVRs, often network video recorders, and most frequently the DVRs we recover data from...
July 2, 2015

Aberdeen RAID Data Recovery

Data recovery on Aberdeen LLC devices is complicated by the high level of specialization that Aberdeen provides. Out of brand RAID management, one of the major innovations of Aberdeen LLC (introduced in the Aberdeen Sterling 267), allows system administrators to...
July 17, 2014

Email Data Recovery

Email Data Recovery Services from Datarecovery.com Email communication drives the daily operations of most modern businesses, and lost emails can present a significant roadblock in some situations. Our laboratories have developed numerous techniques for fast, dependable email recovery, and because...
June 24, 2014

Data Recovery for Virus-Damaged Hard Drives

Here's what to do if your computer is damaged by a virus.
June 24, 2014