Hard Drive Data Recovery

With 25 years of expertise in hard disk diagnostics and data retrieval, Coventry Data Recovery is a trusted name for recovering data from damaged, corrupted, and inaccessible hard drives. We handle every brand, model, interface and failure scenario, ensuring businesses and individuals get their data back securely and efficiently.

✅ Services Offered

• Hard Drive Data Recovery for internal and external drives
• SSD and Hybrid Drive Recovery
• Encrypted Drive Recovery
• Deleted File & Partition Recovery
• Firmware, Controller & Power Failure Repair
• Emergency Data Recovery Services (48-hour critical service available)
• Forensic-Level Diagnostics and Read-Only Recovery Procedures

🖥️ Supported Systems & Interfaces

We recover data from all major drive interfaces and file systems, including:

Interfaces:

• SATA, PATA (IDE), NVMe, PCIe
• SAS, SCSI, U.2, M.2
• USB 3.0/2.0, eSATA, Thunderbolt

File Systems:

• NTFS, exFAT, FAT32
• HFS+, APFS (macOS)
• EXT3/EXT4 (Linux)
• XFS, ReFS, ZFS and others

🏢 Top 20 Hard Disk Manufacturers in the UK & Best-Selling Models

⚠️ Top 30 Hard Disk Drive Faults & Technical Recovery Processes

1. Mechanical Failure
   Symptoms: Clicking noises, unresponsive drive
   Recovery: Open in Class-100 cleanroom, replace read/write heads, clone disk via imager.
2. Bad Sectors
   Symptoms: Freezing, I/O errors
   Recovery: Sector-by-sector clone with retry and read stability management.
3. Firmware Corruption
   Symptoms: Drive spinning but not detected
   Recovery: Use vendor-specific tools (e.g., PC-3000) to reload microcode and access data.
4. Logical Corruption
   Symptoms: File system not recognised
   Recovery: Reconstruct file system metadata manually or with forensic recovery tools.
5. PCB Failure
   Symptoms: No power, burnt smell
   Recovery: Replace damaged PCB and reprogram ROM/NVRAM chip to restore unique data.
6. File Deletion
   Symptoms: Missing files
   Recovery: Deep scan unallocated clusters and restore MFT records or inode structures.
7. Drive Not Recognised by BIOS
   Symptoms: BIOS not detecting drive
   Recovery: Firmware repair, head map fix, or controller rebuild depending on root issue.
8. Power Surge Damage
   Symptoms: Sudden shutdown, PCB burn
   Recovery: Swap voltage regulators, diodes; validate motor controller before cloning.
9. Head Crash
   Symptoms: Grinding or scratching sounds
   Recovery: Cleanroom rebuild; replace head assembly; damaged platter sectors read with adaptive imaging.
10. Platter Damage
    Symptoms: Cannot image sectors, heavy mechanical failure
    Recovery: Advanced imaging with skip/fallback logic; laser mapping of readable regions.
11. Overheating
    Symptoms: Sudden shutdowns
    Recovery: Cool environment reinitialisation, component testing, thermal diagnostics.
12. SSD Controller Failure
    Symptoms: No detection or erratic access
    Recovery: Chip-off NAND extraction and rebuild using proprietary controller logic.
13. NAND Wear / Degradation
    Symptoms: Slowness, SMART warnings
    Recovery: NAND dump and ECC reconstruction.
14. Partition Table Loss
    Symptoms: RAW drive
    Recovery: Partition table rebuild using sector signatures and backup boot sectors.
15. Accidental Formatting
    Symptoms: Clean drive, no visible files
    Recovery: Deep scan; file carving with header/footers and structure recovery.
16. Virus or Malware Corruption
    Symptoms: Hidden/encrypted/deleted files
    Recovery: Identify malicious code patterns; reverse script damage and restore files.
17. Encrypted Drive Not Unlocking
    Symptoms: Drive prompts for encryption key
    Recovery: Recover from metadata, key file analysis or chip-off decryption (if supported).
18. SMART Failure
    Symptoms: System warns of imminent failure
    Recovery: Preemptive sector cloning and real-time sector reassignment.
19. RAID Logical Order Failure
    Symptoms: RAID volume degraded
    Recovery: Identify disk order and striping pattern manually; virtual RAID reconstruction.
20. USB Bridge Failure on External Drives
    Symptoms: USB drive shows capacity 0MB
    Recovery: Remove disk from enclosure, connect via native SATA, recover via disk-imager.
21. BIOS Password Locked Drive
    Recovery: Vendor unlock procedure or controller replacement.
22. Factory Defect Firmware Loops
    Recovery: Patch firmware modules and gain temporary access to data.
23. Spindle Motor Stuck
    Recovery: Controlled torque vibration to unstick, or swap disk platter into donor.
24. Dropped Drive
    Recovery: Check for head misalignment and mechanical damage. Rebuild in cleanroom.
25. Drive Showing Unallocated
    Recovery: Scan for previous partition locations and volume boot records.
26. Drive Constantly Disconnecting
    Recovery: Analyse USB controller integrity or port connection under oscilloscope.
27. SSD “Frozen State” on Boot
    Recovery: Issue secure erase freeze unlock or dump firmware for state repair.
28. Checksum Failures in Backup Disks
    Recovery: Validate parity and data blocks; reconstruct using parity/metadata.
29. Boot Sector Virus Damage
    Recovery: Manual MBR/EFI restoration using verified OS-compatible loaders.
30. Hybrid HDD/SSD Failures
    Recovery: Treat dual cache and storage layers separately, then unify cloned image.

🔍 Why Choose Coventry Data Recovery?

• 25 Years of Proven Experience
• State-of-the-Art Cleanroom Facilities
• Advanced Firmware, Chip-Level, and Forensic Tools
• Read-Only Recovery for Data Integrity
• Critical 48-Hour Service Available
• UK-Based Engineers – Local Support You Can Trust

📞 Contact Us Today

If your hard disk has failed, whether through mechanical damage, logical failure, or accidental formatting, our engineers are on hand to provide you with a free diagnostics assessment.

📍 Coventry Data Recovery – Your Hard Drive Recovery Experts

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