Transparent Pricing

Data Recovery Pricing Guide

Clear, honest pricing with no hidden fees.

Transparent Pricing - Know Your Costs Upfront

We provide clear pricing before any work begins. Free assessment on most drives means you'll know exactly what it will cost to recover your data - with no surprises or hidden fees.

Pricing by Recovery Type

Our transparent pricing structure helps you understand what to expect. These are typical price ranges - your exact quote will be provided after our free assessment of your drive.

LEVEL 1

Logical Recovery

£250-£750

Single drives up to 2TB

  • Accidental deletion
  • Formatted drives
  • Corrupt file systems
  • Partition loss
  • Software issues

Recovery time: 2-5 working days

Note: Deletion/formatting cases require £150 upfront fee. See Special Cases below.

LEVEL 2

Physical Recovery

From £850

Single drives up to 2TB

  • Drive not recognized
  • Clicking/grinding sounds
  • PCB/controller failure
  • Firmware corruption
  • Minor physical damage

Recovery time: 7-12 working days

LEVEL 3

Complex Recovery

From £1,400

Single drives up to 2TB (except RAID)

  • Head crash/failure
  • Platter damage
  • Water/fire damage
  • RAID recovery
  • Multiple drive failures

Recovery time: 10-15 working days

We will provide a custom quote after our free assessment for larger drives, RAID arrays, or any other storage configuration. Your exact price will be confirmed before any work begins.

What Affects the Price?

Type of Failure

Logical failures are generally less expensive than physical damage requiring component replacement or cleanroom work.

Drive Type & Size

SSDs, RAID arrays, and larger capacity drives may require more time and specialized techniques.

Urgency

Emergency same-day or 24-hour services carry premium pricing due to dedicated technician time.

Parts Required

Some recoveries require donor parts, cleanroom work, or specialized tools which affect the final cost.

Assessment Fees & Special Cases

Standard Assessment - Always Free

Good news! For most cases, our assessment is completely free with no obligation. If we can't recover your data, you pay nothing. And if you decide not to proceed after the assessment, we'll return your drive at no charge.

No recovery = No charge. It's that simple.

Opened or Tampered Drives - £200 Upfront Fee

If your hard drive has been opened for any reason, we need to charge a £200 fee before we start. Here's why: opening a drive outside a clean room environment lets dust and particles inside, which means we need extra time to carefully inspect and decontaminate it before recovery can begin.

Important: This fee is required upfront and covers the specialist clean room work needed. It's in addition to the standard recovery fee if we're successful.

Deleted or Formatted Files - £150 Upfront Fee

Recovering deleted or formatted files is tricky because we won't know which files can be recovered until we've completed the full scan. We require a £150 upfront fee because we'll attempt to recover everything possible, but deleted files may have been overwritten or only partially recoverable.

We'll work with you to get the best possible result, but there's always a risk with this type of recovery—you might not get back every file you need. If the result isn't what you hoped for, the £150 fee covers our engineer's time and costs.

Please note: With deletion/formatting recoveries, there's a chance you may pay and not recover all the files you need. You'll need to accept this risk before we proceed.

Complex RAID Recovery - Per-Drive Assessment Fee

RAID arrays are complex beasts! For these cases, we may need to charge a per-drive evaluation fee to cover the time needed to assess multiple drives and reconstruct the array configuration. We'll discuss this with you upfront before starting any work.

Donor Parts - Additional Cost

Sometimes we need to use parts from a matching donor drive to facilitate your recovery (like replacement read/write heads). When this is needed, there's an additional fee to cover the cost of these specialist parts. We'll always let you know before proceeding.

What's Included in the Price

  • Free assessment - Complete diagnosis at no charge
  • All labour - No hourly charges or hidden fees
  • Parts & materials - All necessary components included
  • Free collection - Within Harrogate and surrounding areas
  • Fixed price guarantee - No surprises, price agreed upfront

Data Return Options

Under 50GB: Secure download link provided at no extra cost

Over 50GB: External hard drive supplied at cost price (appropriately sized for your data)

Why We're Great Value

Local Service

No shipping costs, reduced transit damage risk, faster turnaround times

Personal Service

Direct communication with technicians, no call centres or delays

High Success Rate

95%+ success rate means you're more likely to get your data back

Transparent Pricing

Fixed-price quotes provided upfront - no hidden costs or surprise fees once we've assessed your drive

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