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Recent Data Recovery reviews in West Melbourne

Praveen restored 20+ years of lost photos/videos/data at such a reasonable cost! I will be forever thankful to have these memories back! He made it super easy for me and did such a great job! I am just an average-income earner and I can’t afford the big $ quotes from the other companies but Praveen got the job done at such a reasonable and affordable price! Highly recommended!!

Data recovery

$200

Recovered data Thankyou

I need data recovery services

$170

Ali/Alex is a fantastic guy..very patient and knows IT problem solving very well. He helped me recover my data from a computer that stopped working. Will hire him again - pleasure to work with.

Computer data recovery

$50

Great work. Got all the photos back!

Data recovery from Laptop

$150

What's the average cost of a data recovery expert in West Melbourne

$131 - $245

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$131

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$175

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$245

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What does a file recovery service include?

DIY-ing your data recovery is risky. Accidental overwrites, formatting and further damage to the device makes data recovery especially difficult. (And possibly more expensive.) The first step: get your device in the hands of an IT expert. Here are some of the devices and common problems your data recovery expert can help with:

Hard disk drives (HDD)

Hard drives are prone to physical damage and system errors. Whether it’s an external hard drive or the one inside your computer, the internal moving parts mean over time they wear out and degrade in performance. Hearing clicking or whirring noises? There could be physical damage, so your data recovery expert will use a precision screwdriver to repair the motor and hard drive heads. Seeing error messages or experiencing power problems? A system fault or virus may need fixing. Your techie might first try installing recovery software onto your computer. Or they could remove the actual hard drive from the case or computer and use a SAS/SATA to USB adapter to access and recover your files that way.

USB memory sticks

When your flash drive stops working or isn’t recognised by your computer (even when you’ve given it a wiggle) the problem could be faulty connectors, a bad computer USB port or something more serious like a virus. To recover your files, your data recovery technician will first test the memory stick by plugging it into a different computer or USB port. If this doesn’t work, they may use small screwdrivers and pliers to straighten out the connectors. If the damage isn’t physical, checks are made to identify a reason for corruption. This often involves recovery software, which can also help with deleted file recovery if anything has gone walkabout.

Solid-state drives (SSD)

SSD file recovery isn’t easy, because it relies on electrical components to save and retrieve data. When these go bad, it’s very difficult to recover files. But not impossible. Your data recovery expert will ensure a technology called TRIM isn’t enabled. To do this, they will use special recovery software and commands for SSD devices. If they can’t recover your files this way, your drive is sent to a forensic data recovery lab for further investigation, restoration, and data extraction. Be aware, though - this can be expensive.

Phone and smart devices

Need to retrieve messages, photos, numbers, and videos from your phone’s internal memory? Depending on the type of damage your phone has suffered, it may be salvageable. If your phone still switches on, your IT expert will first try downloading specific apps for data recovery. If this isn’t an option, they’ll plug your phone or device into a computer via USB for further debugging and file extraction.    

Recent Data Recovery tasks in West Melbourne

Data recovery PS4

$200

Tarneit VIC, Australia

21st May 2024

I have attempted to transfer memory etc between 2 playstation 4s. One if the games (shadow of war ) has transferred without the game memory.

External Hard Drive Data Recovery

$300

Footscray VIC, Australia

3rd Apr 2024

I dropped my external hard drive, it was still working after the drop, but when I tried to save the documents back to the drive, it started making ticking noise and now is not working. I need to recover the data in the drive. The brand is Seagate, I got it from JB hifi.

Data Recovery

$5

Maidstone VIC, Australia

2nd Apr 2024

I dropped my external hard drive, it was still working after the drop, but when I tried to save the documents back to the drive, it started making clicking noise and now is not working. I need to recover the data in the drive. The brand is Seagate, i got it from JB hifi.

Iphone XR water damaged, data recovery

$100

Aintree VIC, Australia

26th Oct 2023

Water damaged Iphone will not turn on at all or charge. are u able to recover data from it, especially photos?

Data recovery from external hard drive

$400

Taylors Lakes VIC 3038, Australia

29th Jun 2023

I need data from an external hard drive (Western Digital SE Elements 1TB) recovered urgently. It contains important music projects and business documents that are needed tomorrow. I already own a new SSD (Samsung t7 1TB) for documents to be transferred to. I'm available to have this service done at the soonest time possible. After running some tests myself I believe it is a mechanical failure. The drive had 0 issues until it was dropped from knee height onto carpet. When plugged into a computer it is recognised but does not show up on windows explorer. In disk manager it shows a drive that needs to be initialised. Using a WD drive program I was able to find out that the drive fails a SMART analysis and shows 0mb of storage. The cable has been swapped and issues still persist. - Due date: Needs to be done on Thursday, 29 June 2023

Data recovery from external hard drive

$400

Tarneit VIC, Australia

22nd Jun 2023

Hard drive cannot be read by computer and a few hundred GBs of data are on it. - Due date: Before Monday, 10 July 2023

Computer data recovery

$50

Tarneit VIC, Australia

25th May 2023

I need to recover data from the hard disk of my HP all in one PC. The display stopped working suddenly but the PC is turning on. I need someone to come over and see if the issue can be resolved. - Due date: Before Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Ali/Alex is a fantastic guy..very patient and knows IT problem solving very well. He helped me recover my data from a computer that stopped working. Will hire him again - pleasure to work with.

Data recovery

$200

Point Cook VIC, Australia

4th Jan 2023

I have a hard drive that won’t connect to any computer so I can get the files off it. The power light comes on but it won’t connect or be read by the computer - Due date: Flexible

Praveen restored 20+ years of lost photos/videos/data at such a reasonable cost! I will be forever thankful to have these memories back! He made it super easy for me and did such a great job! I am just an average-income earner and I can’t afford the big $ quotes from the other companies but Praveen got the job done at such a reasonable and affordable price! Highly recommended!!

Data recovery on external hard drive

$400

Point Cook VIC, Australia

22nd Nov 2022

Dropped external hard drive, doesn't load anymore - Due date: Flexible

Rutvik (Ric) was great at recovering the data which 2 other technicians couldn't do. I'm very happy with the service, but also his promptness, communication and the turn around time for fixing the issue. Great work!

Hard drive WDD data recovery when plugged clock like sound

$150

Truganina VIC, Australia

3rd Nov 2022

Hard drive 1 TB Accidently fell and on plugging clock like sound coming from it need data recovery from HDD drive or repair whatever is possible - Due date: Flexible

Seagate hard drive data recovery

$150

Hillside VIC 3037, Australia

18th Sep 2022

my Seagate 2TB external hard drive is beeping and not being recognised on the PC. I will need to recover the data in order to transfer it over to a new hard drive - Due date: Flexible

Data Recovery crashed hard drive

$100

Sydenham VIC, Australia

2nd Aug 2022

I have a HP laptop. Which is not detecting hard drive. It’s failed. Had a general computer servicing person come out that said it will need a data recovery centre or specialist as the hard drive is not being recognised on Linux. Also there is bit of sound coming from the hard drive. Looking for someone to help me recover data so I can put into a new laptop. - Due date: Flexible

Data recovery from broken usb

$65

Wyndham Vale VIC 3024, Australia

25th Jul 2022

I have a usb which was accidentally broken and I need to recover the files and folders from it. Thanks.

IPhone data recovery

$10

Maddingley VIC 3340, Australia

25th Jul 2022

My iPhone was submerged in water about a year ago now. I'm wanting to at least get my photos back (a lot of precious memories in there). Can't even remember if it powers on, & I don't have a charger to try it! Get at me

Data recovery from Laptop

$150

Yarraville VIC 3013, Australia

12th Jul 2022

I have an older (2012) laptop running windows 10 which no longer boots. I am hoping to recover photos off of the hard drive. Model: V3-571G Boots ok, doesn't make any error noises and sounds mechanically ok. Just won't boot the OS. - Due date: Before Thursday, 14 July 2022

Great work. Got all the photos back!

Data recovery

$400

Wyndham Vale VIC, Australia

19th Apr 2022

Need to recover data from D Drive of laptop. Displaying blue screen.

Data recovery

$50

Altona North VIC 3025, Australia

16th Nov 2021

i deleted the D _ hard disk drive accidently and i want to fully recover the files - Due date: Flexible

Data Recovery

$200

Point Cook VIC, Australia

27th Oct 2021

Had a crash whilst moving files using Mac OS. Mac OS wouldnt mount the drive after so tried using Windows. Windows auto repaired the drive and now all my data is gone. I mainly used this drive for backing up sorted files. Its a 8 TB drive and around 3 TB was filled, was backing up another 1 TB when the crash happened. - Due date: Flexible

Hard drive data recovered

$200

Altona Meadows VIC 3028, Australia

7th Oct 2021

I have two old external hard drives which won't connect to my computer anymore. It is obviously some hardware problem, but I don't have the expertise to troubleshoot it. I need the data copied into another drive if it's recoverable.

Data Recovery

$250

Melton VIC, Australia

26th Jul 2021

Hi Helen, I don't know what is happening with my account but I want to retrieve my data off a 1TB external hard drive with MAC formatting. The most important thing to me is the photos. I have had Jim's IT look at it and they tried 7-8 different software programs and couldn't get the data off so recommended that I try Payam. The power goes to the hard drive and it clicks as if it wants to load something. I am in Melton West and not very far from your location at all. Please HELP!