Start Your Data Recovery

Step 1: Determine Your Cost

Choose how you’d like to get your recovery estimate

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Quick Estimate

Know your exact cost upfront based on your drive type and failure.

Takes ~2 minutes
Instant pricing
No personal details required
Perfect for quick answers

Use Rate Calculator

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Detailed Assessment

Get recovery likelihood, exact pricing, and donor drive costs.

Takes ~5 minutes
Custom recovery likelihood percentage
Firm price quote
Donor drive costs included

Submit Chances Form

Not sure which to choose? We highly recommend the Detailed Assessment. You’ll get your recovery likelihood, a firm price quote, and know the average cost of a donor drive upfront—so there are no surprises.

Step 2: Ship Your Device

Choose your preferred shipping method

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Local Drop-Off

Located in Los Angeles? Drop off at our facility.

Same-day drop-off available (M-F 10 AM – 6 PM)
No shipping required
Faster service option
Meet our staff who will correspond with you

View Drop-Off Info

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Mail-In Service

Send your drive from anywhere in the world.

Works from anywhere globally
Simple shipping instructions
Typically arrives within 2–3 days
Receive ticket number after submission

Submit Mail-In Form

After you submit your form, you’ll receive an email with a ticket number and either shipping or drop-off instructions.

Step 3: Our Recovery Process

Here’s how we recover your data

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Determine the fee to recover your data by using our Rate Calculator or submitting our Chances Form.

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Mail-in or drop-off your device using your preferred method.

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We recover your data and send you a file listing for approval.

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You approve the file listing and pay the pre-determined fee. If we can’t recover any data, there is no charge (excluding donor drive, return shipping, or our open cover fee, if applicable).

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We ship back (or you pick up) your recovered data.

Learn more about $300 Data Recovery:

  • We are different from every other data recovery company. Find out what makes us unique on our How We’re Different page.
  • We use only the “best-in-class” data recovery tools, including the hardware used to “speak” to failed devices, along with the tools we use when repairing drives in our cleanroom. Learn more about how we’re able to recover your data by exploring our Tools page.
  • It took years of hard work to become the highest-rated data recovery company. We have earned more than 6,000 5-star reviews around the Internet. Read previous customer testimonials on sites like Yelp, Facebook, BBB (A+ rating since 2007), and more on our Reviews page.

  • We are members of the “Data Recovery Professionals” group. Data Recovery Professionals is a group of hand-picked data recovery experts from around the globe who share ideas and techniques and collaborate on challenging data recovery issues.
  • Our data recovery process is second to none. We carefully follow our time-tested recovery process for every device we receive. Learn more about the steps we take to recover your data safely and efficiently by visiting Our Process page.
  • Take a look inside our shop, hear answers to common data recovery questions, and learn more about the tools we use to recover failed storage devices. Watch the videos below…

Read a bunch of horror stories about not being able to recover the data or it costing thousands. Took a chance on $300 Data Recovery and couldn't be more pleased. -John

Watch interviews with Brian Cometa, $300 Data Recovery’s owner and lead technician.

Part 1:

Professional Data Recovery with $300 Data Recovery - Part 1

Part 2:

Professional Data Recovery with $300 Data Recovery - Part 2

Part 3:

$300 Hard drive / flash drive / SSD Data Recovery - FOR REAL! How is it possible? PART 3

Questions?

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