Data Recovery is a very broad term. Simply wanting your data you do not have access to, is data recovery.

In a lot of circumstances your data is not lost, it is still there. However, it might be the electronics of the drive which have failed and need to be repaired, or your computer is not working properly, rather than your data being lost.

If there is physical damage to your device, your data could very well still be there, however the way you access it might be very different and involve different people and a different process.

So let’s start with the basics.

When talking about access to your data and files, we can usually divide the problem and issues into 3 seperate issues.

Logical Errors

Logical errors are usually problems, and errors with a hard drive or storage device not related to the physical components of the hard drive or the computer accessing it.

It is because something has happened to it at the software level, such as deleted files, formatting the drive, a deleted partition or the drive is corrupt or RAW.

That is not to say, something physical hasn’t happened to cause these issues, but as the error pertains it will usually take a software remedy to recover your data.

Most of this makes your hard drive unreadable and unable to access the files.

Many things can cause these problems, such as the age of the drive and sectors deteriorating, a virus, a power surge, not turning your computer off the right way, poorly developed software, operating system errors or bad updates.

Physical Errors

Physical errors are much more serious, and have less to do with your data and more to do with the physical device, the logic board, internal disk and electronic components.

There is usually a lesser chance of your data being recovered. As i simply may physically destroyed and literally no longer there.

There are escalated forensic services for these types of problems which do cost a lot more money.

Disks may need to be replaced and use of sophisticated technical equipment in antistatic clean rooms etc.

Computer Errors

You might not have a data recovery problems at all.

Many times people come to us and ask for data recovery and it tuns out their data is there and their hard drive is working quite well.

But, it is another problem that is stopping them from accessing it, like the computer could be infected with Malware, the operating system might have errors in it or the computer is simply not turning on because the mother board is damaged of the CPU is over heating.

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If we can fix it we will quote you up front before doing any work.

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