PROFESSIONAL HARD DRIVE DATA RECOVERY in West Footscray
Why do you need data recovery services?
Imagine for a moment that you are using your laptop or desktop in a normal day. You are about to email some marketing material to the list of customers in a database which you developed over years . All of a sudden your email software freeze and system become non responsive even pushing the power button won’t help or you might get a blue screen of death. What has happened ? The hard drive crashed or system totally dead ? Is it a logical , physical or electronic component failure ? have you lost your data forever or is it still retrievable ? what are the chances and what is the next step to recover data ?
This is a very common scenario happens to people everyday and the fear of hard drive failure lead to a very stressful time as customer files , business and financial data is a crucial component of a healthy business .
Melbourne data Recovery helped many businesses or individuals to recover data in Abbotsford when they had a system melt down and helped them to recover valuable and irreplaceable data. We provide data recovery in Abbotsford from a wide range of crashed medias as above.
West Footscray hard drive data recovery
Melbourne Data Recovery services guarantee the highest success rate in internal hard drive data recovery and external hard drive data recovery in Abbotsford .
If you face a hard drive crash in Abbotsford and you cannot afford to lose your data
we provide the best hard drive recovery in Abbotsford , so no need to panic we helped
many clients to recover data in Melbourne from every make and model of crashed storage
devices such as :
- Western Digital
- Seagate
- Samsung
- Lacie
- Buffalo
- Toshiba
- Adata
- iStorage
- Maxtor
We provide hard drive recovery services in Abbotsford from failed disks in a logical or mechanical stage . Hard drives won’t last forever as they are mechanical devices with components like : platters , spindle motor , heads and head actuator all sealed in a chamber called Hard Disk Assembly (HAD) . The most common physical failure is Head failure , Melbourne data recovery experts with their overwhelming experience , state-of-the-art tools provide finest and innovative hard drive recovery solutions in Abbotsford mechanical hard drive data recovery .
Laptop Data Recovery in West Footscray
Recovering data from crashed Laptops and MacBook’s in West Footscray
We use laptops in our business and personal lives every day. The portable nature of laptops make them more susceptible to damage than their desktop computer counterparts. Melbourne Data Recovery recover data from numerous devices, including Abbotsford mobile phones data recovery , Abbotsford USB devices data recovery , Abbotsford PCs data recovery , Abbotsford Tablets and many more .
Reasons for data recovery
We regularly receive crashed laptops and MacBook’s in Melbourne. Some most common cases include : dropped laptop data recovery , smashed screens data recovery , water damage data recovery and faulty power supplies. Often the laptop has no sign of life or the data is corrupted , inaccessible or in a raw format which is not readable by end user . Sometimes people accidently delete their data and realize they have no backup , we can help recover deleted data or formatted hard drive in Abbotsford .
How we can help get your data back in West Footscray
At Melbourne Data Recovery we have overwhelming experience recovering data from the very early models right up to the latest laptops and Macbook’s with all size and brands of hard drives , so don’t panic and rest assured your situation is only a temporary problem , we understand the importance of your data and the consequences of data lost whether you are an international company or a student who’s lost his thesis.
Common faults on Laptops and Macbooks in West Footscray
- Laptop unable to boot
- Master Boot Record (MBR) corruption
- Smashed screen
- No power to the laptop
- Clicking Hard Drive
- Accidental File Delete
- Liquid/Water damage
- Virus / Malware / Infections
- Dropped Laptop and Macbooks
How to increase your chance of successful data recovery
- Do not attempt to switch your laptop on
- Disconnect from power specially in a water damage scenario
- Do not open the laptop and try to fix it
- Do not download free data recovery tools
- Bring it to Melbourne Data Recovery as soon as possible
- Salt water damage causes more corrosion over time
Next Steps:
- Learn more about our data recovery process
- Complete our online assessment form
- Feel free to contact us with any questions
- Send your laptop to Melbourne data recovery
External Hard Drive Data Recovery in West Footscray
External Hard Drives are a cost effective solution which can be used as a main storage or backup. It is very convenient to transport a massive amount of data by external hard drives but unfortunately this portable feature make them more vulnerable to crash. The external case can protect the hard drive but the hard disk inside the case is still vulnerable to impact damage and other trauma, especially if the device is powered on when an incident occurs.
If you dropped your hard drive in West Footscray or noticed a power surge or even without any noticeable incident unable to access your data in Abbotsford, stop trying and bring it for an assessment to Melbourne Data Recovery. We helped many clients with physical and logical data recovery from external hard drives in West Footscray.
Common faults on External Hard Drives in West Footscray
- Damaged heads
- Damaged platters
- Clicking noise
- Scratching noise
- Firmware issues
- Electronic board damage
- Faulty controller
- File / Structure corruption
- Accidental delete of data
- Virus , malware damage
How we can help get your data back in West Footscray
The first and most important thing is to stop using your external hard drive immediately and do not follow any DIY instructions or attempt to recover the files using free data recovery downloaded tools as this can often make the problem worse and make it extremely harder to recover or cause a permanently lost of data.We have been recovering data in Melbourne from a variety of external hard disk drives for many years.
Next Steps:
- Learn more about our data recovery process
- Complete our online assessment form
- Feel free to contact us with any questions
- Send your laptop to Melbourne data recovery
PC & iMac Data Recovery in West Footscray
Recovering data from Desktop PCs & iMacs
Desktop PC’s and iMacs are not portable devices so they are less prone to physical failure than portable storage like laptops and external hard drives , unfortunately the built in hard drive still fails because of several reasons.
How we can help get your data back in West Footscray
The first and most important step is to turn off your system as soon as you encounter a problem and do not attempt to switch it back on. It’s always best to be safe in these situations and doing this maintains the highest chance of recovery and prevents further data loss from occurring. You don’t even need to remove the storage component from the system, just bring the whole unit to Melbourne Data Recovery and we will do the rest.
- Accidental deletion of files / Folders
- Hardware / Physical damage
- File corruptions
- Virus and malware infections
- OS (Operating System) failures
- Master Boot Record (MBR) corruption
- Power surge
- Boot loop
Common faults on PCs and iMacs in West Footscray
- Clicking Hard Drive
- Failed updates
- Windows failed to load
- Disk is not recognised
- BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death)
- PC does not power up
- Virus or Malware
- Deleted files
- Operating system corrupted
How we can help get your data back in West Footscray
The first and most important thing is to stop using your external hard drive immediately and do not follow any DIY instructions or attempt to recover the files using free data recovery downloaded tools as this can often make the problem worse and make it extremely harder to recover or cause a permanently lost of data.We have been recovering data in Melbourne from a variety of external hard disk drives for many years.
Next Steps:
- Learn more about our data recovery process
- Complete our online assessment form
- Feel free to contact us with any questions
- Send your laptop to Melbourne data recovery
FLASH DRIVE DATA RECOVERY in West Footscray
The most convenient way to transport small size of data are Flash drives and USB thumb drives. Whether its family photos , personal documents , financial data or a critical business presentation, most people use these types of storage on a daily basis to hold valuable data. Flash drives and thumb drives are relatively durable, however, they are still sensitive electronic devices and are susceptible to damage and crash in Melbourne.
Some of the most common causes of flash drive failure in West Footscray:
- Physical damage – This is very common when USB connection is broken from the board or bent and in the process has caused damage to the board inside the drive’s case. These Flash drives need to be checked in our Lab to recover data from them. Melbourne Data Recovery can recover data from all types of USB damage in a professional component level data recovery in Abbotsford , we can also remove the memory chip and place it on a donor board to recover data. Melbourne Data Recovery can recover data in most difficult cases when other recovery companies in Melbourne unable to recover.
- Data corruption – Data corruption because of viruses, static electricity (can also cause physical damage), operating system failure, software malfunction, and not properly removing the device from a computer are all very common and Melbourne Data Recovery recovered many cases with similar symptoms .
- Liquid & heat damage – Being extremely small and portable, it is not uncommon for Flash drives to suffer from submersion or excessive heat damage, such as being left in an automobile or direct sunlight.
TIPS FOR PROTECTING FLASH DRIVES
- Do not leave a Flash or USB drive in a laptop or desktop unattended. It is common to forget the drive is in a computer and it can be kicked, bumped, or bent, resulting severe physical damage to the drive.
- Do not expose Flash drives to extreme temperatures, this can cause damage to the electronic components of the drive.
- Always “stop” or “remove” the device from a computer before removing it from the computers USB port—disregarding this step can cause data corruption or deletion.
Next Steps:
- Learn more about our data recovery process
- Complete our online assessment form
- Feel free to contact us with any questions
- Send your laptop to Melbourne data recovery
CAMERA CARD DATA RECOVERY in West Footscray
Melbourne Data Recovery fully understands the panic of losing irreplaceable memories and family photos due to a SD or Micro SD card crash in Abbotsford , it is very devastating. In most cases , many of those digital camera images cannot be replicated. Our professional data recovery engineers can help retrieve seemingly lost images from failed camera cards. Melbourne Data Recovery Labs has developed state-of-the-art technology and techniques to ensure the best possible chance of recovering your photos in Melbourne .
- Argus
- Bell Howell
- Canon CR2/CRW
- Casio
- Fuji RAF
- Hewlett Packard
- Kodak DCR
- Konica
- Minolta MRW
- Nikon NEF (D1H/D1X)
- Nikon NEF (E5000/E5700)
- Nikon MOV
- Olympus ORF (E-XX/C5050)
- Pentax
- Polaroid
- Ricoh J61 (RDC-2E)
- Samsung
- Sanyo
- Sigma-Foveon (X3F)
- SVP
- Vivitar
Some of the most common causes of digital camera card failure:
- Physical damage – These small cards can easily be dropped, bent, and crushed which can damage the internal components of the card. Physically damaged camera cards need to be examined in our Lab in order to retrieve data.
- Data corruption – Data corruption can be caused by static electricity (can also cause physical damage), software malfunction, or not properly removing the device.
- Deletion or re-formatting – A camera card can be accidentally re-formatted in a camera or in the PC or pictures can be deleted during transfer or editing from SD to the computer.
- Liquid & heat damage – Cameras can easily be dropped in water or left in extreme temperatures. Both of these scenarios can cause damage to the internal components of the camera card.
IPHONE DATA RECOVERY Services in West Footscray
Melbourne Data Recovery recovers iPhone/iPad/iPod under Various Tough Circumstances including:
iPHONE IOS DATA RECOVERY in West Footscray
Similar to the Android operating system, Apple have a propriety operating system exclusively for all their apple products such as iPhones and Apple touch screen devices such as iPads. This is called the ios and shares the same framework as the Apple OSX such that devices can inter-work seamlessly.
iPHONE STUCK ON APPLE LOGO in West Footscray
“I was restoring my iPhone and it said “wait a few seconds” then it stuck in the Apple logo ” This a common complaint from our Apple customers. Melbourne Data Recovery have seen many similar cases and helped our clients to get back their data from the iPhone so no need to panic .
However this generally indicates a possible hardware failure and if you do not have a recent back-up and need the data stored on the iPhone then contact us in Melbourne Data Recovery and seek professional advice. We recover iPhone by fixing in component level of the board in Melbourne.
iPHONE NOT TURN ON in West Footscray
If your Apple iPhone won’t turn on , don’t panic , it doesn’t mean that you lost your data stored on the phone. Any component failure in the iPhone can stop the phone from powering on .Almost certainly you have a faulty device and will need to talk to our iPhone data recovery experts in Abbotsford .
iPHONE STUCK IN RECOVERY MODE (DFU MODE) in West Footscray
This common problem can be due to the following:
- iPhone unintentionally in recovery mode.
- Jailbreak attempt gone wrong or iPhone lost power during update.
- iOS update gone wrong such as insufficient storage.
Stop factory reset without back-up , if you value your data or there are irreplaceable photos stored on the iPhone and need a professional data recovery service in Melbourne then contact Melbourne iPhone Data Recovery Services.
RED iPhone SCREEN data recovery in West Footscray
A red screen generally is an indication of hardware fault on iPhone or liquid damaged iPhone. If you need us to rescue your data we strongly advise that you disconnect it from charger and do not try to turn it on , the next step is to engage our iPhone data recovery services as soon as is practicable. Melbourne Data Recovery techs will decontaminate the phone using professional ultrasonic cleaning equipment and will retrieve your pictures , contacts , files and folders etc.
iPHONE DEAD data recovery in West Footscray
This case can have many root causes including something simple as the on/off button is faulty , a physical damaged screen , the battery is dead and unable to take charge or a more serious hardware failure has occurred. Melbourne iPhone Data recovery team have seen all these cases many times and been able to recover the iPhone with a high data recovery success rate . We recover the data and copy it to your nominated storage , we can even provide a backup folder to be restored to another iPhone with identical data and settings.
Mobile Phone Chip-Off Data Recovery in West Footscray:
Chip-off is an advanced data recovery technique which involves physically removing the memory chip from the mobile and then extracting the raw data using complicated data recovery tools, this enable us to get a complete history of the phone. This can even be done on phones that have suffered catastrophic damage.
Chip-Off Data recovery process in West Footscray:
- the memory chip is physically removed from the mobile phone.
- the chip is cleaned up.
- the raw data is extracted from the chip.
- the raw extraction data is then analysed using industry standard forensic tools and custom utilities.
Most customers will not need the “chip-off” service for their data recovery.
RAID Data Recovery in West Footscray
RAID is an acronym that stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks or Redundant Array of Independent Disks. RAID is a term used in computing. With RAID, several hard disks are made into one logical disk. There are different ways this can be done.By integrating two or more hard drives we can achieve greater performance and higher reliability of data.The RAID levels are implemented by software and hardware. The hardware type is most common. Since Raid consists several drives, it’s more complicated to recover data from RAID compared to a single disk.Melbourne RAID data recovery experts can recover your data even if all other means of retrieval have failed. We are expert in all types of raid arrays regardless of the array size, configuration, Operating system , or platform of your Raid Array. RAID Data Recovery is one of the most complex recovery processes that we perform in Melbourne routinely. Engineers at Melbourne Data Recovery take such RAID jobs in Abbotsford as a challenge and will get your data back as much as possible.
Raid Failure Situations
RAID failure is due to many factors but our experience over a decade shows that most of failures have been aggravated by human error. “Let me try myself” or following “DIY” attitude often complicates the recovery of RAID.
Most Common Raid Failures in West Footscray
- RAID Controller failure
- Raid configuration lost
- Accidental reconfiguration and initialization of RAID array
- Multiple drives failure
- Raid partition missing
- Virus Damage
- Partition was formatted
- Raid drives have mechanical fault
Expert advice if RAID is inaccessible
- Never reinitialize drives
- Never change the sequence of the Raid Drives
- Do not reinstall Operating system
Do not create new partitions - Immediately switch off Raid drives upon hearing unusual sound from the Raid drive
- Label all drives according to their position in Raid Array
- Always seek professional help , Call Melbourne Data Recovery to arrange an assessment
Raid Data Recovery Process in West Footscray
Melbourne Data Recovery has recovered thousands of cases over the years. Data Recovery process for Raid starts from an initial evaluation stage , in this stage our engineers will evaluate the RAID and diagnose the fault with the raid array. In the evaluation process, we will determine whether RAID has logical corruption to the array structure, or the drives in the RAID array have suffered any physical damage. Once the cause of failure is determined our Raid engineer will send you a report along fixed quotation for your approval.
On your approval we will start the recovery process and as we have a high success rate in our RAID data recovery services in Melbourne , there will be a high chance of successful RAID recovery , when finalized the recovery , we can copy the data on your nominated storage or cloud .
Common Raid Levels
- Raid 0 – Stripe Set
- Raid 1 – Mirroring
- Raid 0 + 1 – Stripe + Mirroring
- Raid 5 – Stripe Set with Parity
- Raid 6 – Stripe Set with Dual Parity