Advanced Data Recovery - Research and Development

DataClinic's research and development programme is a DTI funded project launched in 2004, and is a collabaration between Data Clinic UK, Data Clinic Italy, and UMIST (now part of the University of Manchester). The main aim of our research and development programme is to develop and deliver advanced data recovery methods & techniques into the European data recovery marketplace. This knowledge allows us to recover data from devices that have until now been considered unrecoverable. Current DataClinic R&D projects include:

Investigation into the long term effects of interaction between hard disk Giant Magneto Resitive & Magneto Resistive heads and platters
Investigation and analysis of vertical vibration caused by the use of Fluid Dynamic Bearing technology
Investigation of ROM corruption.
Investigation into drive calibration parameter windows & their correction using Digital Signal Processing or external microprocessor introduction.
Development of a hardware based data recovery tool

Our R&D programme represents a considerable investment and is an example of our long term commitment to data recovery. Our research has already bought us notable success, especially with IBM Deskstar and Maxtor DiamondMax hard drives.

We know of no other UK data recovery company with an R&D programme, and infact many other data recovery companies already send their work to us.

Data Clinic's Advanced Data Recovery Services research and development programme is a collaboration between Data Clinic, the DTI, Manchester University& GCubic SRL

Recovering data from devices when conventional recovery methods have failed

Sometimes, it is not possible to recover data by conventional methods. If the data from a drive is not recovered and conventional methods have been exhausted, the data on that drive is deemed unrecoverable. However, conventional methods rely on the drive still retaining some correct functionality such as:

Correct function of the motor assembly
The servo track / calibration data not being badly damaged
The data signals being uncorrupted and readable
The electrical signal operating within the correct parameters

Data Clinic's R&D programme is developed specifically for the recovery of data in situations where conventional data recovery methods have failed.

Data Clinic's successful recovery of data using advanced techniques is not a quick or cheap process, but it does achieve notable recoveries. Typically, problem diagnosis and the correct identification of a recovery strategy can take between 1 to 4 weeks. Recovery of the data is often quicker, usually between 3 and 10 days. Diagnosis cost is £495. Recovery costs range from £1800 - £4500 for a single drive.

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