These are basic Data Recoveries that are complicated from a PC repair technician abilities, but handled easily on our advanced data recovery platform i.e., bios does not post the drive or it shows up briefly in OS then disappears (can't image a drive due to ID errors or dirty volume (advanced viral infections – MBR corruptions) 80% of drives fall into this Level. In addition, minor adjustments or alterations to the drive or PCB which enable the drive to initialize properly, with no other recovery issues.

These are more complicated issues that usually take a very long time to image, i.e., firmware issues or corruptions – (extremely long read times), but still no physical repair needs to be done to the drive or device – mainly logical repairs or firm-ware corrections. PCB Board (U12 chip-off procedure) will also be quoted at this service level. Almost all new USB external hard drives will fall into this level – mostly Western Digital, 15% of drives fall into this Level.

Still falls under Level 2 scenario, but this drive would most likely involve donor parts to get the drive working again and our clean air-flow work bench, i.e. head swaps, platter swap, motor repair) 5% of drives fall into this Level . NOTE: donor drive is an extra cost that usually ranges between $30—$200 a donor drive and some projects require 2 to 3 donor drives to get closer to a 100% successful data recovery (cost of donor are driven on availability or rarity). RAID recoveries are a Level 3 service, and are $295.00 per drive up to 1 TB (add $75.00 for each additional 1 TB per drive). There is no RAID building service charge, you pay for the capacity of your drives.

All flash data recoveries, i.e., SD Cards, Thumb Drives, Pen Drives, iDevices, or SIMM Cards, are at service level fees (described above) for logical recoveries. If a Physical recovery (meaning a chip-off recovery) the costs are between $600 to $1,100. In addition, we charge for donor parts, shipping costs to and from our distributors, and transfer media.

For drives that are 4TB and over, there is a $75 per TB charge after the first TB.

Please note the actual pricing is based on time and complexity. The above prices are to provide the customer with a general idea of data recovery costs.