Warning signs to act on immediately
A clicking or grinding noise, files that suddenly won’t open, a drive that disappears and reappears, or a sudden drop to extremely slow read speeds are all signs a hard drive or SSD may be failing. The moment you notice these, stop using the drive for writing new data.
What affects recovery success
Recovery odds are highest when the drive is powered off quickly after symptoms appear and nobody attempts DIY recovery software on a mechanically failing drive. Logical failures (corrupted partitions, accidental deletion) are usually easier to recover from than physical, mechanical failures.
What we actually do
We diagnose whether the failure is logical or physical, then recover accessible data to a separate, healthy drive first. For drives with real mechanical damage, we’ll tell you honestly what’s realistic before any work begins, no false promises on unrecoverable hardware.