Recovery of image data files from CCTV systems

Background
Modern recording techniques have seen the old analogue VCR technology replaced by DVR technology, where data captured by CCTV equipment is written to hard disk.

There are two types of DVR:

Recovery of CCTV image data from hard disk
DVRs record their data to standard hard disk drives found in modern PCs. These hard drives may be the 3.5" desktop variety or the 2.5" laptop variety. Additionally multiple hard disks may be "chained" together in order to offer larger storage capacity and / or data redundancy.

The hard disks found in DVR equipment are prone to all the common standard hard disk problems & failures. Additionally, the environment that these devices sometimes operate in can cause further potential problems. For example, a recent Data Clinic study involving DVR equipment installed in some trains found that a percentage of devices were failing due to complications introduced by carriage vibration.

Data Clinic offer professional data recovery of CCTV footage held on DVR systems - including the de-scrambling of multiplexed video from proprietary encoding systems and image enhancement / manipulation. For further information, please call us on 0871 977 2525

We were able to perform a full CCTV image and video data recovery from this fire damaged system

We can recover data from pratically any type of CCTV system Fire & Water damage Deliberate / Accidental physical damage Electrical / Mechanical faults Accidental / Deliberate erasure CALL US on 0871 977 2525 / +44 161 761 0620

Our hard disk testing facilities also offer a suite of applications for CCTV & DVR equipment.

> General data recovery section
> Advanced data recovery section

Above: We recovered this CCTV footage from damaged equipment after an arson attack

A typical DVR unit. This particular device records images to multiple laptop hard disks, one of which is shown in it's caddy below