Advanced Data Recovery - Research and
Development
Data Clinic'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 Data Clinic R&D projects include:
- Development of a tool to recover data from drives with seized spindle
/ motor bearings (completed)
- Development of a tool to reconstruct data from damaged RAID arrays
(completed)
- Development of tools to recover data when conventional data recovery
techniques fail.
- 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
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investment and is an example of our long term commitment to data
recovery. Our Advanced Data Recovery (ADR) research has already
bought us notable success, recovering data that other companies
could not, especially from hard drives manufactured by
Once conventional data recovery processes have failed,
other data recovery companies are not able to
do anything further. We are and use our Advanced Data Recovery
(ADR) services to recover your data.
STOP PRESS:
Our main recovery R&D/ADR technician Zi who works in our Manchester
lab is shortlisted for the 2010 Chinese 'Rising Star' achievement
award for his work in data recovery.
There is no other UK data recovery company with
an R&D / ADR programme. Many other data recovery companies
already send their work to us, those that don't simply say your
data is not recoverable. ** If you are in this position
you should send your drive to us for a second opinion **
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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.
Read some examples:
Further reading:
> Back to the MAIN data
recovery page
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Above: Magnified photo of a contaminated head
from a Maxtor series hard drive. Click
for detail...
Above: Lab investigation into Giant Magneto
Resistive head technology...
Above: Fujitsu hard drive contains dynamic correction
shapes to stabilize aerodynamics and minimize case vibration..
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