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CDR credit on BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast

In Blog, Memory Stick/Card Recovery Case Study by AdministratorMay 19, 2020

Elis James and John Robins – Data Recovery. In February 2020 Cheadle Data Recovery Ltd received a memory card from Media City Manchester-based production company Audio Always. It related to …

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Advanced Memory Stick Recovery – Failure of ECC

In Blog, Memory Stick/Card Recovery Case Study by AdministratorJune 8, 2018

Memory Stick Data Recovery due to failed ECC A memory stick was received by a customer reporting that whilst it was being detected by her Apple Mac computer with the …

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GoPro Video File Recovery – why is it so difficult?

In Blog, Memory Stick/Card Recovery Case Study by AdministratorApril 13, 2018

GoPro video data recovery GoPro cameras use MicroSD cards to store data. Frequently these fail, or the FAT32 filesystem becomes corrupt, or data gets deleted. Even when the memory card …

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128GB MicroSD counterfeit

In Blog, Memory Stick/Card Recovery Case Study, Recovery of the day by AdministratorJuly 5, 2017

05/7/2017 – 128GB MicroSD fake capacity Today, CDR has been working on a MicroSD memory card which had a reported capacity of 128GB. The memory card had been purchased from …

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How to recover Canon video files

In Blog, Memory Stick/Card Recovery Case Study by AdministratorMay 6, 2017

Canon video file data recovery Modern Canon video cameras, or SLRs, with video capability, produce high definition video files. They are widely used by amateur and professional videographers. CDR – …

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Counterfeit memory stick – A case study

In Blog, Memory Stick/Card Recovery Case Study by AdministratorJune 10, 2016

Counterfeit Memory Stick – Fake Flash CDR – Manchester Data Recovery Services – has covered fake/counterfeit flash NAND devices in previous posts. Usually, we receive these devices in when they …

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Counterfeit Memory Sticks

In Blog, Memory Stick/Card Recovery Case Study, Successful recovery by AdministratorDecember 16, 2014

Counterfeit memory stick data recovery. In previous posts, CDR has highlighted some of the problems when working on counterfeit flash storage (memory sticks and memory cards.) As these devices look …

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Hannah Louise Waters
3 days ago
I couldn’t recommend John at Cheadle DATA Recovery more highly! He recovered almost all our lost data and the experience was reassuring and straightforward. We posted our device to Manchester, and throughout the process John was incredibly responsive, with clear instructions, regular updates and the patience to explain everything to me as someone with little technical knowledge. His pricing was very reasonable and completely transparent, with a full price list provided upfront and a genuine no-recovery, no-fee policy. I felt that my data was in safe hands from start to finish. John was recommended to us by Joe Stillon at AnyKey IT in Hackney Wick, and we couldn’t be more grateful for such an excellent recommendation. A trustworthy, reliable service that I would wholeheartedly recommend!
Response from the owner:Hello Hannah, thanks for the review. The vast majority of the work which CDR receives is via a referral or recommendation from a previous customer. I am glad you found that the terms and fees set out in advance were clear and accurate to the service which was provided (this is not always the case in the data recovery industry). Your Toshiba 2TB portable HDD came in making a distinctive clicking noise. The head-assembly had failed. Replacement of the head-assembly was required. This involves using a matching head-assembly from a donor HDD. It was possible to calibrate the disk and recovery nearly all of the data. Best regards, John C. Reid.
Nathan
2 weeks ago
A little late leaving a review. But John was fantastic. I had a hardrive that I couldn't access. John managed to regain access to almost all the files. Unfortunately a few were unreadable but John had warned me that this could happen. Worth every penny of his time. Thanks
Response from the owner:Hello Nathan, thank you for the review. I think your review related to a disk my business worked on back in February. As such, my memory of it and its specific failure is limited. However, I am glad there was a successful recovery of the data. Best regards, John C. Reid.
Anthony Reynolds
4 weeks ago
I contacted CDR because my 20-year-old FREECOM Network Storage Centre (NAS) had stopped letting me access the data. Because of the age of the equipment the manufacturer had long gone out of business, and the only other company able to help was located in Germany. CDR to the rescue! John contacted me promptly, quoted a fixed price (which he stuck to), fixed a problem with the hard drive and was able to recover 100% of the data. A superb service - cannot recommend highly enough.
Response from the owner:Hello Anthony, thank you for the review. The age of an HDD is becoming an issue for data recovery - having to access to a matching donor HDD to attempt the work is critical. A lot of older HDDs have been disposed of, and are becoming hard to find. Fortunately, over the 20 years CDR has been trading it has been possible to accumulate over 7000 HDDs which are retained in stock. This means having immediate access to the correct matching HDD to successfully complete the work. Best regards, John C. Reid.
Laura Tuckett
1 month ago
We had a positive experience with CDR. We had lost some images on an SD card which had sentimental value, and happily they were able to be retrieved. John was very clear and helpful throughout each step of the process and in answering any queries we had. I hope not to lose any data again in the future, but would use CDR again if I did!
Response from the owner:Hello Laura, thank you for the review. I am glad it was possible to make a recovery of the data from your memory card. Best regards, John C. Reid.

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