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FreeNAS Linux RAID

In Blog, Recovery of the day, Server/RAID Array Recovery Case Study by AdministratorSeptember 9, 2017

9/9/2017 – 4 Disk RAID-5 FreeNAS – Multiple HDD failures Work has recently been completed on a four disk RAID-5 network attached storage (NAS) device. The four disks came from …

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24 hour RAID disk data recovery

In Blog, Server Data Recovery, Server/RAID Array Recovery Case Study by AdministratorMay 9, 2016

Emergency 24-hour RAID array Data Recovery Business critical data can often require a fast data recovery service. CDR – Manchester Data Recovery Services – provides three levels of service. Fastest …

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Buffalo TeraStation RAID data recovery

In Blog, RAID Data Recovery, Server/RAID Array Recovery Case Study by AdministratorNovember 16, 2015

Four disk Buffalo TeraStation RAID array data recovery During the autumn of 2015, CDR – Manchester Data Recovery Services – has received a total of five Buffalo TeraStations for data …

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Thecus N3200 – 3 Disk RAID 5 recovery

In Blog, Server/RAID Array Recovery Case Study, Successful recovery by AdministratorJune 17, 2015

RAID-5 Recovery after a two disk failure Recently CDR received in a 3 disk Thecus RAID array. This was from a home user which was using a NAS to share …

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Apple XSERVE RAID Recovery – Unusual block ordering

In Blog, Server/RAID Array Recovery Case Study, Successful recovery by AdministratorDecember 4, 2014

Apple XSERVE – Non-standard RAID recovery. A recent CDR RAID-5 case study showed an example of a typical RAID-5 data recovery. This was considered to be ‘typical’ on the basis …

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Case study: Typical RAID-5 data recovery after multiple disk failure

In Blog, Server Data Recovery, Server/RAID Array Recovery Case Study, Successful recovery by AdministratorNovember 7, 2014

Methods to recover data from a RAID-5 Array RAID – Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks is used to provide increased storage reliability and less downtime. The two most common implementation …

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Fire and smoke damage – SAS HDD RAID Data Recovery

In Blog, Manchester Data Recovery, Server/RAID Array Recovery Case Study by AdministratorJuly 2, 2014

Critical RAID server data recovery from Manchester fire. This case study relates to a job CDR received a few months ago. The circumstances were particularly unfortunate with regards to how …

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December RAID follow up

In Blog, RAID Data Recovery, Server Data Recovery, Server/RAID Array Recovery Case Study by AdministratorJanuary 22, 2012

RAID Array Data Recovery follow-up. Following the Christmas time post regarding the six RAID arrays Cheadle DATA Recovery Ltd received in during December, I thought it might be useful to …

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HP/Compaq Servers – they’re not like other RAIDs

In Blog, Server Data Recovery, Server/RAID Array Recovery Case Study by AdministratorDecember 9, 2011

HP/Compaq RAID Recovery – Delay Your Parity. In the past week CDR – Manchester Data Recovery Services has received two HP/Compaq servers in for recovery. These servers / RAID controllers …

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Laura Tuckett
5 days 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.
Phil Huitson
1 week ago
Excellent service and can't recommend enough; stop looking and use CDR! John was both professional and clearly well experienced he recovered a lifetime's worth of photos for me from my failed SSD - which it turned out had multiple points of failure. Thank you
Response from the owner:Hello Phil, thank you for the review. Your Corsair MP600 500 GB NVME SSD (CSSD-F500GBMP600) was first assessed as having a fault with the firmware. The device would not provide a drive identification in normal mode, and it was necessary to apply jumpers on the SSD to get the SSD into a factory/safe mode. Once this was achieved the SSD appeared to have the standard functionality associated with an SSD with failed firmware. Although your SSD used a controller chip (Phison PS5016) which was fully supported by the data recovery equipment for firmware repair/emulation, each attempt to do so failed. It was then established that the NAND itself had failed. Commands sent to identify the NAND parameters failed whilst the SSD was in safe mode. On this basis it was then necessary to assume that the point of failure was a bad connection between the NAND chips (where the data is stored) and the PCB of the SSD. Work then continued to dismount, clean, and re-ball all four NAND BGA chips and resolder these to the SSD. Once done the SSD could be detected with the correct ID. It was then possible to recover all of your data from the device. It is worth noting that the fixed fee quotation/price list which is provided in advance of receiving an SSD is always honoured even if it becomes a more involved case with multiple or challenging failures. Getting a 'tricky one' does not lead to ever-increasing fees as per the practice of certain DR companies. Best regards, John C. Reid.
James Williams
3 weeks ago
John was fantastic, providing an efficient and professional service. All data was recovered. Communication was great throughout. Thank you!
Response from the owner:Hello James, thank you for the review. Your Micron 1100 SSD was suffering with degraded NAND chips and producing read errors. With the appropriate hardware disk imaging equipment, and control of the temperature of the NAND chips it was possible to make a successful recovery of the data you required. I am glad you were pleased with the service. Best regards, John C. Reid.
Taha
3 weeks ago
John is a true gem! He helped me recover my SSD after a different computer shop couldn't do anything about it. He was very knowledgeable, professional and prompt. The services aren't cheap but fairly comparable when you look into data recovery services. Would recommend 10/10!
Response from the owner:Hello Taha, thanks for the review. Your SanDisk Extreme external SSD had an electronic failure. A number of components on the printed circuit board had failed. Using components from a matching donor SSD it was possible get the SSD to a state where the device would power on normally and attempts to read the data could be made normally. I am glad you were pleased with the service. Best regards, John C. Reid.

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