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An appreciated data recovery service

In Blog, Successful recovery by AdministratorJanuary 26, 2019

Whilst CDR might receive positive online reviews, it is a very pleasant surprise when a customer goes a little further. This week a parcel arrived. Rather than a HDD or …

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Seagate 2TB Backup Plus – not detected

In Blog, Hard Disk Drive Recovery Case Study, Recovery of the day by AdministratorAugust 23, 2017

23/8/2017 – Seagate 2000GB external HDD – not detected by any computer A Manchester city centre-based Landscape and Ecology consultancy had a considerable number of design files for clients on …

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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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When is a single SSD actually two SSDs? Samsung MZRPC512

In Blog, Solid State Disk Recovery Case Study by AdministratorJanuary 27, 2017

A single SSD with two processors in RAID 0. Solid State Disk (SSD) technology is still very much an emerging technology. There are over 100 different manufacturers of SSDs and …

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Toshiba MQ01ABF050 – skewed spindle

In Blog, Hard Disk Drive Recovery Case Study, Successful recovery by AdministratorApril 22, 2016

Case study: Toshiba MQ01ABF050 – skewed spindle An unusual failure in a Toshiba  MQ01ABF050 500GB 2.5″ laptop hard disk drive (HDD). The owner of the laptop had fallen down a …

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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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HDD Failure: Toshiba MK3265GSXN – firmware or heads?

In Blog, Hard Disk Drive Recovery Case Study by AdministratorJanuary 24, 2015

Mixed symptoms of failure – Toshiba MK3265GSXN This article applies to MK3265GSXN disk and many other ’65GSX’ series of HDD. CDR has seen a high incidence of a very specific …

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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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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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Laura Tuckett
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
4 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
1 month 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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