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References and case studies.
Data recovery and customer experience — Brno, Prague, Ostrava and beyond. Anonymised records from real recoveries, plus verified reviews from Google and Seznam. The reviews were written by the customers themselves; the case studies are anonymised — the figures, disks and diagnoses match reality.
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HDD
Seagate ST2000DM001 2 TB — micro-scoring and bent heads (Grenada family)
Case study: Seagate ST2000DM001 2 TB desktop HDD from the Grenada family. Surface micro-scoring, bent heads. A typical fault of the 2013–2016 generation, 89% of data back in 8 days.
Recovered
89%
Time
8d
Telefon
Samsung Galaxy S10 after water contact — board oxidation and photo recovery
Case study: Samsung Galaxy S10 (SM-G973F/DS) after liquid contact. Short circuit on the mainboard due to oxidation, chip-off of the UFS memory, 95 % of photos recovered.
Recovered
95%
Time
7d
HDD
WD 1 TB after an amateur opening — contamination and recovery in a clean room
Case study: a WD 1 TB 2.5" drive opened outside a clean environment. Smeared surfaces, one scratched platter, a damaged head stack. 82% of the data back in 12 days.
Recovered
82%
Time
12d
USB
ADATA UV128 64 GB — a flash drive with family photos and chip-off recovery
Case study: ADATA UV128 USB flash 64 GB, severe degradation of NAND memory cells and corrupted firmware. Chip-off recovery and 87 % of the photos from a single copy recovered.
Recovered
87%
Time
7d
SD
Samsung Pro Plus 512 GB microSD — cracked corner and short circuit on read
Case study: Samsung Pro Plus 512 GB microSD card with a mechanically damaged corner. Severed conductive traces, overcurrent. Chip-off and 76 % of photos recovered in 14 days.
Recovered
76%
Time
14d
SSD
Samsung T7 Shield 2 TB — encrypted external SSD in safe-mode
Case study: Samsung T7 Shield 2 TB external SSD, firmware safe-mode after an interrupted metadata write. Encryption active, client provided the password. 100% of data back in 5 days.
Recovered
100%
Time
5d
USB
USB flash drive from a promotional batch — NAND degradation and a broken FAT32
Case study: NoName 32 GB USB flash drive from a B2B client's promotional batch. NAND memory cell degradation, a damaged file system. Catalogue design recovered at 92%.
Recovered
84%
Time
6d
SSD
ADATA 480 GB SSD after a lightning strike — burnt board and rescue of a wedding video
Case study: ADATA ASU630SS 480 GB SSD after a surge from lightning. Burnt power section, chip-off of 8 NAND chips, FTL reconstruction. 93 % of data back, including the wedding video.
Recovered
93%
Time
11d
HDD
WD 1 TB via B2B channel — drive after an unprofessional opening at another shop
Case study: WD WD10JPVX 1 TB laptop HDD. The client sent the drive after a recovery attempt at another shop. Contaminated surfaces, damaged head stack. 91 % of data recovered.
Recovered
91%
Time
9d
HDD
Seagate 750 GB from a MacBook — weak head and incipient scoring in the service area
Case study: Seagate ST750LM030 from a MacBook. Weak head 0, damaged G-list, an incipient micro-scratch in the service area. 88 % of the data recovered in 10 days via the B2B channel.
Recovered
88%
Time
10d
HDD
WD Elements Play 1 TB — ground-down platters after an amateur opening at home
Case study: a WD Elements Play 1 TB external drive opened in a kitchen. Completely destroyed head-stack, ground-down platter edges. 68 % of the family photos back in 15 days.
Recovered
68%
Time
15d
USB
Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ G3 — eMMC chip in undermold and chip-off for a sole trader
Case study: Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ G3 32 GB USB drive, eMMC chip bonded to the PCB. Custom chip-off, decryption with the client's password, 85 % of the sole trader's accounting recovered.
Recovered
85%
Time
21d
USB
USB Kingston DTSE39H — monolithic chip and power bypass
Case study: Kingston DTSE39H USB flash drive, damaged power circuit. 100% of data recovered — power bypass on a monolithic chip.
Recovered
100%
Time
3d
SSD
Phison SSE128GTTCR-S80 SSD — an invisible RAID 0 on mSATA
Case study: an atypical Phison SSD with two sub-SSD chips in RAID 0 on an mSATA connector. Reconstructing the array geometry from metadata and a 100% data recovery.
Recovered
100%
Time
5d
RAID
Recovery from a 20-drive RAID 6 in a NAS — a double failure
Case study: RAID 6 in an enterprise NAS with 20 drives. After two drives failed and the rebuild was unsuccessful, 100% of the client's data was recovered. 11 days of lab work.
Recovered
100%
Time
11d
HDD
Seagate ST5000LM000 — SMR drive, mechanical failure
Case study: Seagate ST5000LM000, a 5 TB 2.5" SMR drive with a mechanical failure. Read head-stack replacement in a clean room, 94% of the data back in 6 days.
Recovered
94%
Time
6d
HDD
WD Elements Portable, Part 1 — Intake and Key Information
Case study: Western Digital Elements WD30NMRW after a fall from a desk. Part 1 — what disk information the client brought us and why it is key to a successful recovery.
Recovered
95%
Time
7d
HDD
WD Elements Portable, Part 2 — Diagnosis and Handover
Case study: WD Elements WD30NMRW — minor mechanical damage + firmware corruption. A combined fault, with 95% of the data recovered and handed over on a new external drive.
Recovered
95%
Time
10d
HDD
Western Digital (WD) Data Recovery — 100 % Recovered · Brno
WD data recovery in Brno: clicking WD Elements 1TB, head swap in a clean room, 100 % of the data back in 8 days. All Western Digital models, free diagnostics.
Recovered
100%
Time
8d
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