Data recovery myths, busted!

Don’t believe everything that you read or hear about data recovery!

Data recovery companies will often intentionally spread misinformation to confuse and deceive customers into paying thousands of dollars to get their data back. Adding to the confusion, people who aren’t qualified to give data recovery advice unintentionally share bad information and suggest dangerous methods for reviving hard drives. To help shed light on the truth, we’ve created several Data Recovery Myths pages. 

READ THE TRUTH ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST COSTLY AND HAZARDOUS DATA RECOVERY MYTHS:

• I need a clean room (or “Level 3” repair) for data recovery
• A “clicking” hard drive means it has bad heads or is physically broken
• Professional data recovery is expensive (starts at around $800)
• The two options for data recovery are software data recovery applications or paying thousands of dollars for professional data recovery
• Hitting, slapping, or intentionally dropping my hard drive, can bring it back to life
• Freezing or heating my hard drive can bring it back to life
• I can fix my hard drive by swapping the PCB