Question Anyone have any experience with USBRecovery.co.uk

[blokewhoknowsnothingabouttech]

I’m thinking of sending my failing hard disk off to the PO Box listed on this site.

This site appears to be run by an individual who has apparently been doing data recovery for 25 years for various companies and consumers, but he claims not to do advertising and instead contacts clients directly

Does anyone have any experience of this guy’s service?

 

[fzabkar]

I know this person via several data recovery forums. He is very knowledgeable and competent, and he uses top tier tools (PC3000).

He is an active, and very helpful, member at hddguru.com ("Lardman").

 

[blokewhoknowsnothingabouttech]

I know this person via several data recovery forums. He is very knowledgeable and competent, and he uses top tier tools (PC3000).

He is an active, and very helpful, member at hddguru.com ("Lardman").

Have you ever sent any hardware off to him, or know someone who has?

 

[fzabkar]

Have you ever sent any hardware off to him, or know someone who has?

No, sorry.

BTW, what is the problem with your drive? What is the model? Some SSDs and HDDs are not supported by commercial tools, in which case very few, if any, people will be able to help you.

 

[blokewhoknowsnothingabouttech]

No, sorry.

BTW, what is the problem with your drive? What is the model? Some SSDs and HDDs are not supported by commercial tools, in which case very few, if any, people will be able to help you.

In terms of what went wrong with the drive, this thread is hopefully informative - https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/potentially-failing-hard-drive.3812531/

The HDD is a western digital Caviar blue unit. Unfortunately the drive is still screwed into the PC at the moment and I cannot view the label to tell you the exact model. I’ll get back to you on this when I get around to removing the drive

 

[fzabkar]

This is probably an older drive that should be handled well by HDDSuperClone. Moreover, it would be an easy, routine task for any professional data recovery company.

 

[blokewhoknowsnothingabouttech]

This is probably an older drive that should be handled well by HDDSuperClone. Moreover, it would be an easy, routine task for any professional data recovery company.

As I say, I’m considering using USBrecovery.co.uk. I’ve messaged the guy who runs this a lot online and he seems very knowledgeable and confident that something can be done.

However I’m wary about posting the drive off because, to be honest, he could be anyone and claim anything. It’s especially worrying considering he only communicates with clients online - it’d be nice to have some proof that he’s legit

 

[fzabkar]

Here are two others:

https://pcimage.co.uk/
https://www.cheadledatarecovery.co.uk/

 

[blokewhoknowsnothingabouttech]

Here are two others:

https://pcimage.co.uk/
https://www.cheadledatarecovery.co.uk/

Would you still recommend USBrecovery.co.uk as a good option?

 

[fzabkar]

Would you still recommend USBrecovery.co.uk as a good option?

Yes. I know he is competent by watching his posts.