Data Recovery centres

[Shan21]

Hi there,
Have an external WD MyPassport HDD that's made the "clicks of death" but has about 3TB of valuable pics/ videos both family and work related as well as much needed learning materials and device backups. I am scared of the cost of recovery as this year has been strained but ... the data is irreplaceable.

Anyone with personal experience of data recovery by CSSi ?

 

[Rickster]

Hi there,
Have an external WD MyPassport HDD that's made the "clicks of death" but has about 3TB of valuable pics/ videos both family and work related as well as much needed learning materials and device backups. I am scared of the cost of recovery as this year has been strained but ... the data is irreplaceable.

Anyone with personal experience of data recovery by CSSi ?

Rather go with SouthBit in CT or Techleo in JHB.

 

[purrr]

I only know of Southbit. Problably looking at around R4000:

Data Recovery Prices South Africa | SouthBit

Transparent data recovery pricing for HDD, SSD, RAID and USB in South Africa. No fix, no fee — you only pay if we recover your data. Free 24hr assessment.

www.southbit.co.za

Don't try internet tricks like freezing your drive if the data is valuable.

Edit: Southbit offers free assessment: https://www.southbit.co.za/book-in-your-hard-drive/

 

[Shan21]

Rather go with SouthBit in CT or Techleo in JHB.

Do they have better equipment or knowledge?

 

[Rickster]

Do they have better equipment or knowledge?

Who knows but what I do know is they recover data off of many drives a month that click.

 

[Progenix Oj101]

Who knows but what I do know is they recover data off of many drives a month that click.

So does CSSI to be honest, I've dealt with them since the late 2000s.