Cheap data recovery
Many customers search online for the term “cheap data recovery” and are presented with massive results for such a service.
After all the actual hard drive which has now failed is relatively inexpensive to replace with a similar if not larger capacity drive.
The problem here is comparing a mass market product to a very specialised services
Following the customers calls to these providers inevitably they come to us as they realise that either the company is a reseller of data recovery services and do not offer any real data recovery themselves or that they do not have the skills and equipment to complete this job, they then ask us “do you have a cheap data recovery service” to which we reply no, but we are very competitive in pricing.
So why is there no real cheap data recovery available?
The answer is a follows, firstly the equipment involved in true data recovery the hardware and software is mind-blowing expensive, this data recovery equipment is not easy to use or understand and requires many years of training to operate correctly.
After many years of training true data recovery engineers have to paid remuneration commensurate with their skill level.
A professional clean room also costs many thousands of pounds to install and maintain.
For physically damaged hard drives the heads will need replacement and this can be a very difficult task to achieve, most computer users are unaware that each hard drive is unique to itself so whereas it is very easy to locate the same model hard drive, it is a different matter altogether in locating an exact match for the MLC or DCM codes which pertain to the head stack assembly, this takes time to locate we have a dedicated buyer that scours the globe for parts, then there is the cost of these parts including shipping which typically is sourced from the USA.
Further to this is the ongoing R&D investment into hardware and software technology to push the envelope of recovery possibilities further.
So clearly, cheap data recovery is not really possible as the above information outlines.
Take this example for instance receive an online quote of £79 to recover your hard drive data, however it is clicking or making a noise, which would indicate that the heads have failed, however it may be other issues, but lest say for arguments sake the heads have failed and require replacement, lets also say that the failed hard drive is 1TB in capacity, even if you were able to find that exact hard drive as described above procedure the replacement hard drive with good heads would cost you between £50-£70, so how can a data recovery provider purchase those parts install them in a clean room and undertake any other minor repairs like firmware and then charge you only £79? The answer is they cannot as it is not possible, you will find that after receiving you cheap data recovery quote of £79 it will be racked up to £600-£800 + VAT.
Anyone that is reading this we welcome that you contact us with your experience of low cheap data recovery services quote and that you paid this low fee.