What does data recovery cost?

The analysis is free and tells you within two to three working days what is wrong, what it costs and how likely success is. Only then do you decide. If we recover no data, there is no invoice.

How long does data recovery take?

The free analysis usually takes two to three working days. The recovery itself depends on the damage; for an urgent case we start within two hours.

My hard drive is clicking. What should I do?

Switch the device off and leave it off. Clicking points to a mechanical fault, and every attempt to spin the drive up again damages the platters further.

Does my drive go abroad?

No. Datarecuperatie has its own Class 1 cleanroom in Ypres, Belgium. What comes in here is handled here and does not go to a third party.

Can I use recovery software myself?

Not before it has been established that the drive is physically sound. With a developing mechanical fault, every read attempt makes the damage worse, and what was still readable is lost as well. If it is a logical problem — accidentally deleted or formatted — software can help. Telling the difference takes equipment a lab has and a user does not. Call us first; that costs you nothing.

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Your data isn’t gone. It’s out of reach.

That difference matters. A free analysis tells you within two to three working days what happened, what it costs and how likely recovery is.

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Free analysis In our own lab, usually within two days

Fixed price up front You decide afterwards

No data, no invoice If we recover nothing, you pay nothing

Stays in Belgium Your medium does not leave our lab

What happened?

Start here

Pick whatever comes closest. Not sure? That’s fine — that’s what the analysis is for.

Switch off now The drive is clicking A mechanical fault. Switch the device off and leave it off — every attempt causes more damage. request a free analysis → Not recognised or unreadable The drive spins but isn’t seen, or asks to be formatted. Often logical, sometimes electronic. request a free analysis → Deleted or formatted by mistake The data is usually still there. Stop using the drive — new files overwrite the old ones. Recovery software can help here, but only once the drive has been checked to be physically sound. request a free analysis → RAID, NAS or server A failed rebuild often makes it worse. Rebuild nothing and call us first. request a free analysis → Phone or tablet Water damage, broken screen, or nothing on the display. Photos and messages are usually recoverable. request a free analysis → Switch off now Water or fire damage Keep the medium wet. Drying fixes salts and soot in place, which makes it harder. request a free analysis →

How it works

Five steps. You decide at step three.

Until then it costs you nothing and commits you to nothing.

Free analysis in our own lab

Competitive Quote

Start with the recovery of your data

Backup of your data on a new carrier

Transfer of your recovered data

Why here

What sets us apart

Belgian Class 1 lab Our own cleanroom of the highest class, in Belgium. Your medium does not go to a third party abroad.

Donors in stock A mechanical fault needs a donor drive of the same series and firmware revision. We have them.

Since 1988 More than thirty years in the same trade, with equipment and knowledge that grew with every generation.

On site where it matters For banks, pharma and organisations where nothing may leave the building, we bring the cleanroom to you.

Equipment

X-ray inspection in house

Recovery is becoming increasingly electronic. Monolithic memory cards, glued phones, multilayer boards — a microscope no longer helps there. An X-ray machine does.

Look without opening Where the break is, which layer is damaged, where the contacts run. You know that before you take anything apart, not after.

Monoliths and phones On a monolithic card or a glued device, the contact points are documented nowhere. On the image they lie in plain sight.

One attempt, and it has to be right Every wrong move on a damaged board is final. The image beforehand prevents exactly that one mistake.

It is an expensive machine that only pays for itself with enough throughput. That is the case here, partly because fellow labs send us their electronic cases. For you it mainly means there is less guesswork.

Second opinion

Written off elsewhere? Bring it in anyway.

It happens regularly: a case closed elsewhere as unrecoverable comes in here and still yields data. Not always — but often enough to ask.

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Different equipment, different answer What stalls on one bench sometimes works with an X-ray image, a donor from stock, or tooling that isn’t everywhere.

We say so straight away If it really is over, you hear that after the analysis — no story around it. A second refusal still beats lingering doubt.

What it costs If the medium has already been opened or handled elsewhere, we charge 80 euros analysis cost per drive. If the recovery goes ahead, that amount comes off the final invoice.

Dropping off

More than a hundred drop-off points

You don’t have to travel far. Drop your medium off nearby, or send it — neither costs you extra.

Please don’t just walk in

A drop-off point can only accept your medium when it has a case number attached. So request the free analysis first — it takes two minutes and you get your number straight away.

1 Request the analysis Online, in two minutes. You get a case number immediately.

2 Print or note the number Keep it with your medium. Without a number the point cannot accept anything.

3 Drop off or send At a point nearby, or we arrange collection.

Start the request → Find a drop-off point

What customers say

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The less good ones are there too. That comes with the job.

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What we handle

We recover data from numerous

brands types systems

Your brand or system not listed? That rarely means it can’t be done. brands.contact_us

Data destruction

And the drives you specifically don't want back?

We retrieve data from places ordinary software never reaches. Which is why we also know where it stays behind when you think you have wiped it.

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Up to 3 drives per type free, shipping included
Certificate per drive, with type and serial number
Including the zones an ordinary wipe skips

Nothing decided yet? Call first.

On the phone we’ll already tell you what’s likely going on and what to avoid. That costs you nothing.

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