BEST BIRMINGHAM DATA RECOVERY SERVICE

When you’re experiencing data loss, it’s important to consider all symptoms in order to determine the best course of action for your situation. In the event of any of the following circumstances, please keep in mind these four rules: don’t disassemble the device yourself, don’t press down on the drive’s lid, don’t put the device in the freezer, and don’t apply power to the device.

Mechanical Failures: Though most commonly identified by a clicking, buzzing or beeping sound, mechanical failures can exist without any changes to the drive’s sound while it’s running. During a mechanical failure, your computer may not recognize the device, recognize it as the incorrect size, or prevent you from accessing your data. It’s vital in this situation that you do not continue to power on the device. Repeatedly applying power will exacerbate the damage and hinder recovery. Mechanical failures can be caused by trauma to the device, overheating, or wear and tear from long term use.

Natural Disasters: Flooding, fires, or electrical surges can cause mechanical failures in Birmingham, AL. In the case of water damage, it’s crucial not to let your device dry out. Instead, seal it in a plastic bag to keep it wet. Allowing water to evaporate on the platter of a hard disk drive can lead to mineral corrosion, making data recovery impossible. This corrosion can penetrate beyond the disk’s surface, rendering it irreparable without causing physical damage to the platter. While earthquakes are rare in Birmingham, severe weather events, such as heavy rain and thunderstorms—especially in the spring and summer—can lead to flooding and electrical outages. Additionally, hard drives are vulnerable to physical damage from falling debris during storms. Remember, data recovery services may be covered by your homeowner’s or renter’s insurance in the event of a disaster, particularly in a region like Birmingham where weather-related incidents can occur.

Logical failures: Includes accidental deletion of data, reformatting, or booting errors. These can occur after routine updates or from exposure to viruses. If you have accidentally deleted your data—stop using your device immediately. The more that you use the device after the deletion, the harder it will be to get your data back.

We’ve helped many people in Birmingham recover data that seemed to be lost forever, and we can help you too. Once you’ve taken the preliminary measures described here, call File Savers to get a quote and to start your free evaluation.

Ultimately, we need to examine your device in our clean room to give you an accurate answer to this question. Data storage technology is extremely complex and no two failures are the same. We perform a free evaluation so we can determine the exact nature of your device’s failure and give you a realistic quote for the recovery. However, we want you to have an idea of what to expect moving forward. Keep in mind that a clear diagnosis doesn’t always mean a simple recovery. We will be able to give you more information about your specific situation as your recovery progresses.

In the meantime, here’s a short list of common points of failure for popular data storage devices:

Hard Disk Drive: Read-write head crashes, platter damage, head preamp electrical failure, stiction, PCB failures, firmware corruption, motor malfunctions. Particle contamination from botched home recovery attempts will worsen other failures, likely making recovery impossible.

Solid State Drive: Firmware problems, cell degradation, NAND chip failures, bad sectors, controller failures, various electrical problems.

RAID: Multiple drive failures, hardware issues on the host machine, controller failure, general user errors. Vulnerable to any hard drive failures described above occurring to one or more drives in the system.

USB: Broken tips, controller failures, NAND chip failures, various electrical failures.

Camera Card: Controller failures, NAND chip failures, various physical damages.

Smart Phone: Firmware failures, software corruption, water damage, physical damage, electrical issues.

NAS: Network Attached Storage devices have the same vulnerabilities to data loss as RAIDs, HDD’s, and SSD’s depending on which is used in the system.

Virtualization: Any and all of the devices listed here could be set up for virtualization. It’s possible to experience logical errors from software updates, or physical errors like bad sectors, which can prevent access or damage virtual machines in the system. Separate virtual machines will require entirely separate recoveries.

Our company has a belief system that drives the way we do business; and it sets us apart from competitors. To sum it up: we never take the easy way out. Whereas other companies will give up on a recovery in favor of profit—we will keep trying, even if it means losing money. Competitors will declare a drive unrecoverable because the solution doesn’t come easily. Our engineers will push themselves to assimilate new knowledge and solve the problem. Because of this strong focus on research and development, our engineers’ expertise is constantly expanding. That means we’ll be able to handle cases that other companies in the industry can’t.

Our customer service team is second to none. When you call our office, you’re guaranteed to get a real person located in the domestic United States. We will never, ever outsource our customer service professionals. You can start your recovery process quickly and conveniently at our two local Birmingham offices; and we don’t charge a diagnostic fee. Further, we stick to our promised quotes. After we determine the cause of your data loss through the free diagnostic process, the quote we provide is the final one. We have a strong foundation of trust, transparency, and honesty at our company. There will be no last minute cost increases once your recovery is completed. Additionally, if we can’t recover your data, there’s no charge for the recovery attempt.

During data recovery, your requirements for timeframe and cost are unique. Life in Birmingham doesn’t always allow for spare time. Even the most influential companies in the area, like Regions Bank, Alabama Power, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, can experience data loss from time to time. When unexpected catastrophes occur, you need a Birmingham company you can trust to recover your data on your timeline. In the event of critical data loss that compromises patient records, financial information, documents, or media files, organizations like UAB Health or Birmingham’s local businesses may require emergency recovery services. However, not all cases are as time-sensitive as this example. We recognize that your needs are specific to your situation. Please note that the data recovery time ranges shown below are all estimates, as unforeseen issues may arise. If a recovery takes longer than anticipated, our customer service team will keep you updated on all progress. Take a moment to explore the options we offer for data recovery in Birmingham, so you can make the best choice for your data!

Emergency: 1 - 2 days estimated to finalize the recovery. There’s no diagnostic for Emergency cases. As soon as we receive the drive in our lab, the recovery starts. It doesn’t matter if the case comes in on nights or weekends; the team will start working on it right away. We won’t go home until the job is done. The engineers will work around the clock. The sales team will be available 24/7 to provide support and updates as needed. Since this is our highest service level you can expect a higher final quote—but your data is valuable—and we are ready to match that value with our comprehensive Emergency services.

Priority: 2 - 5 days estimated to finalize the recovery. The team will work on Priority cases during normal business hours, prioritizing them over Standard Service cases. We have several dedicated recovery machines in our lab processing cases 24/7, but when you request a Rush recovery, rest assured that your device will be pushed to the front of the line.

Standard: 7 - 14 days estimated to finalize the recovery. Standard service level includes a free diagnosis. Once we complete the diagnosis, we’ll check in with you to establish a firm price, and to verify your approval before getting started. This will be the final quote; it will not change as we move forward together. The engineers will start working on the recovery in the order that your approval is received. There may be other devices ahead of yours, so it’s important to get in touch with us as soon as possible to confirm that you’d like to go ahead with the recovery!

If you have a hard drive, SSD, smart phone, or RAID server that’s malfunctioning and it contains critical data, you need a trusted company in Birmingham to recover your data without destryoing your device or voiding your manufacture warranty. When a malfunction leads to data loss, manufacturers prefer that you send their products to a reputable data recovery company. File Savers is one of the best data recovery companies in the world with a center right here in Birmingham for your convenience. Some Birmingham residents burdened with high living expenses may somtimes try to work on their own devices to avoid the cost of recovery services. Out of concern for your data and your budget, we want to firmly state that damage incurred from at-home attempts will undoubtedly increase the cost of recovery services, and greatly decrease the chance of successful recovery. In fact these attempts almost always render the data impossible to recover!

When you send a device to File Savers, one of the first things our engineers will do is determine whether or not the manufacturer’s seal on the device has been broken. Even if you didn’t physically open up the device, and just broke the seal, we still have to consider the device as if it has been opened. This means we’ll need to go through steps to determine the extent of any extra damage in addition to dealing with the problem you called in about. We can’t stress enough—don’t operate on your device yourself. Data recovery requires care and precision—which can only be achieved in a professional environment. Manufacturers know this, which is why they trust File Savers to operate on their products—so much so that they’ll preserve warranties even after we’ve taken apart their products in our lab.