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Counterfeit Flash NAND devices – data recovery not possible

In Blog, Information, Unrecoverable Data by AdministratorFebruary 27, 2013

Fake memory sticks/cards explained. Counterfeit products aren’t just those that you would expect from an expensive fashion label. That Burberry scarf you bought for a tenner from the back Oldham …

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Self-erasing flash drives destroy court evidence – and your data too.

In Blog, Information, Unrecoverable Data by AdministratorJanuary 31, 2013

This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds… Mission Impossible. Yes, sometimes data recovery really can be a mission impossible. If only it were a tape recorder with smoke coming out …

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Please think twice about who you let open your hard disk drive…

In Blog, Unrecoverable Data by AdministratorNovember 15, 2012

Are you prepared to lose your data? This is almost a repeat of a previous post. However, it is worth repeating, again and again, and again until people take notice. …

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Hack attack via Apple iCloud & data loss

In Blog, Hard Disk Drive News, Unrecoverable Data by AdministratorAugust 8, 2012

Data loss on iCloud Just in the same way that Solid State Disks are being touted as super reliable (they’re not by the way), it seems that also those Cloud …

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When you can tell data is unrecoverable just by the label

In Blog, Unrecoverable Data by AdministratorFebruary 16, 2012

Unrecoverable Hard disk drive? Rather a long title to this post, but you are probably asking your self, just how? No, we don’t have X-ray vision here. Or special (fictional) …

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Solid State Disk reliability – no need to backup?

In Blog, Hard Disk Drive News, Unrecoverable Data by AdministratorFebruary 3, 2012

How reliable are Solid State Disks (SSDs)? We have already had one or two customers tell us that after the failure of their hard disk drive (HDD) they have decided …

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Head crash gallery – when data cannot be recovered

In Blog, Unrecoverable Data by AdministratorJanuary 26, 2012

Unrecoverable HDDs – Head-crash. Non-recoverable data is not good for any party. The customer does not get their data back, and we do not get paid, anything. Our ‘no-recovery, no-fee’ …

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Debbie Hilton
2 days ago
John was brilliant. My niece had seven years worth of lesson plans on a broken data stick and nowhere had been able to retrieve it for her until I found Cheadle Data Recovery. John was professional and transparent in regards to recovery and fees which I really appreciated. Payment only required if data is recovered. And it was! My niece was over the moon! Highly recommended this company.
James White
4 weeks ago
I had a new M.2 NVME drive fail on me with all my project files on so needed to do data recovery, after a bit of looking around my local area I got directed to Cheadle data recovery as the places I enquired with locally didn't deal with M.2 devices I initially called to seek quotations and John was friendly, polite and professional whilst answering any questions I had about the process, reassuring me that I was dealing with someone who knew what they were doing and giving me confidence that I wouldn't be left short as they operate on a "no recovery, no fee" basis Even going so far as to give follow up advice afterwards regarding how to create backups and other solutions to prevent this from happening in future. I really appreciate you going the extra mile and I cannot thank you enough for getting me my lost time back
Response from the owner:Hello James, thanks for the review. I am glad it was possible to make a good recovery of your failed Corsair 2TB SSD (CSSD-F2000GBMP600). The NAND had degraded and had resulted in a failure of the firmware. On receipt the SSD was stuck in a safe/engineering mode showing a capacity of 0MB. Best regards, John C. Reid.
Phill Dixon
1 month ago
Spoke to John at Cheadle Data Recovery about an enterprise grade HDD that needed recovery. He was completely upfront that the helium filled nature meant it was out of scope but hen spent a great deal of time and effort putting me in contact with places that could. He has made absolutely nothing off my call but spent 40 mins trying to help and recommending other very specialist recovery firms that could potentially help and explaining the process. Absolutely brilliant service
Response from the owner:Hello Phill, thank you for the review. Helium filled HDDs present a major technical challenge for data recovery companies when the mechanical components have failed within the HDD. I am not aware of any UK based data recovery company that has a proven success record when working on mechanical failed helium filled hard disks. As such I recommend HelpDisc/HDDSurgery in Serbia or Morde in Portugal who are making genuine recovery attempts on these disks. Both of which perform work on a 'no-recovery, no-fee' basis, and do not charge for the donor HDD. Unfortunately, I am aware of certain UK based data recovery companies which have charged £1000+ upfront for a recovery attempt on a helium filled disk, where no data has been subsequently recovered, and then on inspection of the disk it has been found that no work has actually taken place. As such, I advise those people with Helium filled HDDs to be cautious of some claims made by certain data recovery companies regarding their technical capabilities and to check the terms of work before any payment is made to the company. Whilst CDR does not work on mechanically failed helium HDDs, we do still work on helium HDDs which have suffered failure associated with the firmware, printed circuit board, bad sectors/degraded media and corruption of the filesystem. Best regards, John C. Reid.
RDC Creative Media
1 month ago
I have used Cheadle Data Recovery twice now for failed hard drives, John was so helpful and informative about both jobs and he went above and beyond to make sure that I was completely satisfied. I would HIGHLY recommend Cheadle Data Recovery to anyone looking for help with recovery issues. John is flexible, down to earth and just an all round great guy. I will be using him again if I ever have any issues!
Response from the owner:Hello Rudie, I am glad we were able to bring the job to a positive conclusion and I appreciate the unsolicited review. Best regards, John C. Reid.

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