With over 25 years of industry-leading experience, Coventry Data Recovery is a trusted name in professional Seagate hard disk and SSD data recovery. We specialise in the diagnosis and repair of both logical and physical faults affecting all Seagate storage devices, from legacy mechanical drives to the latest solid-state models.
Whether your drive is not recognised, physically damaged, or has experienced data corruption, our Seagate-certified engineers offer expert solutions using advanced, laboratory-grade recovery tools.
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✅ Supported Seagate Hard Drives
We recover data from the top 25 best-selling Seagate models, including both HDDs and SSDs:
Top Seagate HDD Models:
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.14, 7200.12, 7200.11
- Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSHD
- Seagate SkyHawk Surveillance
- Seagate IronWolf and IronWolf Pro (NAS drives)
- Seagate Exos X18, X16 (Enterprise Class)
- Seagate Backup Plus Slim/Portable
- Seagate Expansion Desktop
- Seagate Pipeline HD
- Seagate Momentus 5400/7200 series (Laptop HDDs)
- Seagate Desktop HDD ST series (ST1000DM010, ST2000DM008, etc.)
Top Seagate SSD Models:
- Seagate BarraCuda Q5, Q1
- Seagate FireCuda 510, 530 NVMe SSD
- Seagate Nytro 3530/3331 Series (Enterprise SSDs)
- Seagate Fast SSD
- Seagate One Touch SSD
- Seagate Expansion SSD USB-C
- Seagate Ultra Touch SSD
🔧 Supported Interfaces
We handle recovery from all Seagate connection types, including:
- SATA (Serial ATA)
- PATA (IDE)
- NVMe (PCIe Gen 3/4)
- SCSI / Ultra320
- SAS (12Gb/s and 6Gb/s)
- M.2 NVMe and SATA
- U.2 / U.3 Enterprise Interfaces
- eSATA / USB 3.0 / USB-C
🔍 Top 30 Seagate Drive Failures and Technical Recovery Process
Below is a detailed list of the most common Seagate faults we recover from and how our engineers resolve each issue:
1. Clicking Sound – Head Stack Assembly (HSA) Failure
Issue: Mechanical failure of read/write heads
Recovery: Cleanroom-based HSA replacement using donor parts. Imaging via head-mapped cloning to isolate and bypass degraded areas.
2. Firmware Corruption – Adaptive ROM or Translator Module
Issue: LDR corruption, firmware overlays inaccessible
Recovery: PC-3000 or MRT firmware emulation and manual rebuild of damaged overlays using donor ROMs.
3. Bad Sectors – Surface Degradation
Issue: Physical damage to platter or magnetic degradation
Recovery: Sector-by-sector imaging using data extractors that can read unstable sectors with multi-pass ECC logic.
4. PCB Failure – Power Surge or Component Burnout
Issue: Burned controller chip or TVS diode short
Recovery: Matching PCB replacement with ROM transplant using micro-soldering. Power regulation circuits verified prior to spin-up.
5. Drive Not Recognised by BIOS/System
Issue: Often linked to firmware faults or power controller failure
Recovery: Serial terminal connection to bootloader and rebuild of system files or ROM fix.
6. Stuck Spindle Motor
Issue: Spindle seized due to shock damage
Recovery: Platter transplant into an identical donor assembly, alignment under cleanroom conditions.
7. Platter Damage
Issue: Severe head crash results in ring scratches or magnetic layer loss
Recovery: Partial recovery possible by head bypass techniques and forensic carving of data sectors unaffected.
8. Logical Corruption – Damaged Partition Table or MFT
Issue: File system metadata loss
Recovery: Advanced file carving and structure rebuilding using software such as R-Studio, UFS Explorer, or custom hex-based reconstruction.
9. NAND Flash Wear (SSD Only)
Issue: Write-cycle limits reached, controller enters read-only or fails
Recovery: Dump raw NAND contents and reconstruct virtual mapping layer manually.
10. Overheating
Issue: Surface errors due to thermal expansion or SMART failures
Recovery: Controlled imaging environment and recovery prior to drive shutdown trigger threshold.
(And 20 more – full list available upon request or as a downloadable resource on-site)
💾 Supported File Systems
We support data recovery from all major file systems, including:
- NTFS (Windows)
- exFAT / FAT32
- APFS, HFS+ (Mac)
- EXT2/3/4 (Linux)
- XFS, ZFS, Btrfs (RAID/NAS systems)
🖥 Supported Systems & Devices
- Desktop PCs (Windows/Linux)
- Laptops and Ultrabooks (Mac & PC)
- External Drives (Seagate Expansion, Backup Plus, One Touch)
- NAS (IronWolf-based systems like Synology, QNAP)
- Servers (Exos and Nytro Series drives)
- CCTV/DVR Drives (SkyHawk series)
🔍 Why Choose Coventry Data Recovery?
- Over 25 years of proven success in Seagate recovery
- Cleanroom for mechanical work
- Proprietary firmware tools (PC-3000, DeepSpar, MRT Lab)
- “No recovery, no fee” policy
- Transparent communication and free diagnostics
- Full file verification post-recovery
📞 Contact Us Today for a Free Diagnostic
If your Seagate drive has failed, stop further usage to prevent permanent loss. Coventry Data Recovery offers rapid diagnostics and the highest success rate in the industry for Seagate storage products.
Get in touch today for expert advice and a free diagnostic assessment by the UK’s most experienced Seagate recovery team.