Data recovery service in Manchester

In this post we asked Data Clinic’s hard drive operations in Belfast and Glasgow to tell us about some of their recent enquiries.

MacBook Broke Down

My MacBook Pro (15 inch and 2011 model) broke down and is not booting properly anymore. I went to a verified Apple Repair store in Glasgow last year and they told me that there are issues with the graphic card and it’s a very common problem with the MacBook Pro model from 2011. He ensured me that all my files can be saved though as the hard drive seems to be fine.
I would like to check with you if you could help me save all my files on the broken laptop. Could you please provide me more details (time frame, costs etc) on the option below?
– You transfer all my files to another hard drive
If there any options/solutions available, please let me know.
On another note, my first priority is to save all my files. If it’s the case that after I handover my current laptop to you and your team can’t recover/save my files, will you still charge me for the service?

Hard Drive Freezes

Though my hardrive appears when connected to my laptop, it freezes when trying to open it/access any files and multiple attempts at using disk utility has failed to fix the issue. I believe the problem is multiple bad sectors as the hardrive continually causes programs on my laptop to freeze and thus I have to remove the drive without ejecting, likely causing further bad sectors. I’ve tried downloading software to extract the files from the drive but it is so corrupted that it just causes my laptop to freeze. I was wondering if there was any way to retrieve my data and if this is solvable.

Spilt wine on laptop now not working

I’ve poured some wine on my laptop 3 weeks ago and went to Apple in Belfast who checked the connection and connector are a bit damaged but the rest are all fine. I just need to take out all the folders from my laptop to transfer to my hard drive, please, they are so important. I am looking for a rough idea how much it may cost to retrieve up to 32GB data from a 2013 iMac 16/10 pin solid state drive. The drive does appear to be functioning but it is imperative that we get the data off it before attempting to repair the installation/update that appears to have gone wrong.

I have a WD Passport for Mac, which i use to store my photos and music on. The Mac broke and i had to run disk utility in order to recover the data. I took the mac to Apple and they installed a new OS, and new Photos programme.
The files on the drive are now just showing greyed out, and the disk says there’s only 53kb of data in the photos folder. When i try to import them to the new photos, it says the file isn’t recognised.

Similarly, my Hitatchi 4TB external windows HDD from 2012. Just stopped working one day, now makes a series of small clicks after being powered up. Displays as unformatted drive in Drive Manager.

I was referred to Data Clinic by my colleague at the firm I am working at in Glasgow. I am getting in touch to inquire about unlocking / recovering a WD Ultra Passport that I locked with a ATA password and cannot remember the password to. The drive is currently in locked state and I have not formatted it. I am willing to provide any information that would hail me as the owner of this drive if required.

When my external hard drive is plugged into a computer, the light goes blue as meant to.
However the drive doesn’t get listed on the file explorer, but it is recognised by the device manger.
It makes a very weird repeated buzzing noise when first plugged in that stops exactly after 10 seconds. The drive doesn’t show up and I need my files recovered.

I have sent in a 500GB SATA internal hard drive to Data Clinic in Glasgow branch that I have requested data recovery, along with a 1GB SSD drive to be used for the data transfer. I would like confirmation that Data Clinic have my drives and that they are in Data Clinic’c Manchester data recovery centre.

My Seagate Backup Plus external drive has failed. It makes a ticking noise when first plugged in and it is not discoverable so I can’t access any of my data.