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Hard Drive Recovery

If you use a hard drive, one thing is certain: over time it will fail. Studies show that on average about 2-3% of hard drives fail each year. That's why it's important to have a good backup plan so the impact of a catastrophic hard drive failure to you or your organization is minimized. We recommend that on a regular basis you make at least 2 backups of your files and keep these in two different locations. You can use hard drives, cloud storage, network storage, CD/DVDs or other media/storage methods. With the convenience of Internet storage, and USB/Firewire plug-and-play connections, it's a small price to pay to avoid big problems later. A few minutes of plannign is all that's needed to avoid the agony and frustration of losing precious data.

Still, if your backup plan was not up-to-date - or your backup itself failed you - all is not lost! The trained Data recovery specialists at FlashFixers can access your hard drive and often recover all your missing files - at very affordable rates. Our technicians first attempt to recover your data from the hard drive using a proprietary native hardware imaging process. If the imaging is successful, professional data recovery programs are used to extract and organize the recovered data. Other recovery companies can charge thousands of dollars for even this type of basic recovery, but our prices typically range from $250 to $450.

If your data cannot be recovered using this indirect, non-invasive method, another option is hardware recovery. In this case the drive is physically opened to access the platters directly. A cleanroom is used to replace and/or repair defective components, than an attempt is then made to get a clean image of the drive. If an image can be made, the files are extracted from the imaged drive and the recovery proceeds. The cost for this type of recovery ranges from $450 to $850 depending on the size of the drive and its capacity.

For Seacoast-area business, FlashFixers also offers local pickup and delivery for a flat $25 fee. Or, drop off your hard drive or other media at our convenient Stratham office location any weekday from 9am-5pm. Visit us at 81 Portsmouth Ave (Rte 108). It is in the Philbrick Office Park across from Bunker Hill Ave and the new Police Station. FlashFixers is located downstairs in Suite C.

If you are outside our area, or if you are local but would prefer to send your media to us by mail or courier, just print out an fill in the Service Request Form below.