Data Recovery
Recovery Services
Eric’s Computer Services has been providing data recovery services in the Capital Region for more than a decade. My data recovery services include:
- Data recovery diagnostics
- Logical corruption (software) recovery
- Physical corruption (hardware) recovery
- Recovery of deleted files, and repair of corrupt files
- Windows/PC and Mac/Apple data recovery
- Recovery of desktop drives, laptop drives, external hard drives, and portable hard drives
- SSD (Solid State Drives) recovery
- USB flash drives, flash memory, memory cards, DVD, and CD recovery
- Cell phone recovery of iPhone and Android
- Recovery of documents, pictures, music, databases, financial records, videos, and more
- Working with insurance companies to see if your data loss is covered
- Data backup solutions
Past Clients
Here are some of my clients that I have provided data recovery services for:
- AAA Automobile Club
- Ace Hardware
- Dr. Daniel Cho, MD.
- Dr. Lucie Capek, MD
- Central New York Cardiology
- General Electric (Schenectady, NY)
- Integrated Fab Technologies, LLC (Schenectady, NY)
- Mackenzie Lee Videography (Fultonville, NY)
- United States Army
- UPS Store #4706 (Colonie, NY)
- US Health Tests (Albany, NY)
- Various local clients, small business, and home users
Flat-Rate Diagnostic Pricing
- Hard drives, Solid State Drives (SSD), SD cards, and memory cards have a flat rate diagnostic fee of $175
- Cell Phones have a flat rate diagnostic fee of $250
- I charge an upfront flat rate fee diagnostic fee determined by the complexity and time for a case for – Emergency service, rush service, opened drives, drives with contamination, onsite service, RAID, TIER5 services, drives with non user removable SSD’s such as Macbook Pros, international cases, obscure formats, legacy formats, and drives larger than 4TB.
Data Recovery Pricing
I aim to provide clear and fair pricing:
- I publish a Cost of Data Recovery page where keep updated costs
- I offer Data Transfer and Data Recovery find out the difference of Data Transfer vs. Data Recovery
- You can read about my 5 Tiers of service
Professional data recovery services are now available.
Expert Credentials
- 10+ years as a Data Recovery Specialist
- Eric’s Computer Services is a Data Recovery Company located in Schenectady, New York
- Certified Data Recovery Professional
- Over a decade of recovery experience
- Acronis® Certified Partner
- Drive Savers® Authorized Partner
- ESS Data Recovery® Partner
- Gillware® Data Recovery Partner
- Kroll Ontrack® Data Recovery Authorized Partner
- 24HourDataRecovery® Partner
- Data Medics Partner
Data Recovery Diagnostics
I work to provide a professional data recovery diagnostic after receiving your drive or media. The first step in recovering your data is a diagnostic. I have the expertise and diagnostic tools to quote a recovery accurately. Once the diagnostic is completed I inform the client with a detailed explanation and a quote for recovery. The first chance of recovery has the highest chance of success and often you might only get one chance at recovery.
Photo and Video Recovery
Photo and video recovery is my most requested service for home users. I can recover lost, deleted or formatted photos from a computer, digital camera, memory card, SD card, hard drive, cell phones, flash drives or other media.
Hardware Recovery
I am a data recovery professional in the industry and I provide services for hardware recoveries including failed mechanical hard drive failures, physical damage, media with data corruption. My services include drives with bad sectors, PCB replacement, firmware issues, read/write heads replacements, and other hardware failures.
Software Recovery
My software recovery services include getting lost files back for PC and Mac. I can recover lost partitions, lost files, deleted files, deleted folders, and lost data. More complex cases I can recover include formatted drives, drives that fail to mount, filesystem or partition table corruption, and RAW recovery.
Windows Recovery
When your laptop, desktop PC, or server fails, you need fast help from a certified professional to regain access to your most important files. I perform Windows recovery on personal or business computers. After a data loss, and successful recovery I can help you get back on your feet, and set up a data backup solution.
Mac Recovery
I specialize in data recovery from logically and physically failed Apple Devices such as the MacBook, iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro. Along with all other Apple devices. I offer hardware recoveries and have specialized software utilities for getting data back on macOS.
Physical Corruption
Physical corruption is serious business. In data recovery, a storage device is considered to have a physical corruption when any electronic or mechanical failure occurs, or media damage is present. These types of failures occur because of age, manufacturing defects, electrical components failing, dropping the device, extreme heat or cold, or water damage. Media damage is often the most server recovery and occurs when the hard disk platters have become damaged or corrupted.
Logical Corruption
Logical corruption, of software data recovery, occurs if the computer is unable to make sense of the data that is stored on the device. This is can be caused by the computer’s index system being damaged or corrupted, loss of a partition, virus or other means. Often the data is there, but the computer is unable to recognize it. Where logical corruption is the cause of the data loss, your chances of getting all the data back are extremely good.
External Hard Drives
When your files get deleted or lost from an external hard drive, I can help you recover them. I find that external hard drives are most prone to failure because they are portable. They are often transported in briefcases, bags, and backpacks and have very little protection against shock.
Dropped External Hard Drive
If your external hard drive has been dropped, is clicking, or is making other noises, or has fallen from a desk: Do not plug it in or turn it on. It’s worth engaging a professional to perform diagnostic and open your drive to confirm the status of its internal parts. If you hear a clicking or other noises, there is a good chance the internal components have been damaged by the force of the impact.
G-DRIVE Recovery
G-Technology storage devices consists of high performance external hard drives and storage devices made by Western Digital for Apple users. The most commonly sold is the G-DRIVE.
My Passport
The Western Digital (WD) My Passport portable external hard drive is the most popular portable storage device in the world. Having a My Passport external hard drive need data recovery is a common occurrence.
Hard Drive
The first step to recovery a hard drive is knowing exactly the cause of the failure. The evaluation and data recovery process can begin after an accurate and detailed diagnosis. I offer recovery for Seagate, Western Digital, Hitachi (HGST), Samsung, Toshiba, Maxtor, Fujistu, and others.
SSD
Much of the optimism surrounding the reliability of SSDs revolves around the lack of moving parts, which removed any fear of wear and tear. Data loss still occurs on SSD drives and recovery from standard 2.5″ SSD’s or M.2 SSD’s is complex.
M.2 SSD Data Recovery
I can help you Retrieve or Recover Data from an M.2 SSD Drive if your drive has failed or had a software issue. I lead New York-based companies in my ability to recover NVMe M.2 drives.
SD Card
Did your SD card failed and you need to recover deleted photos? I can help get your photos or data back. I work on all variations of SD cards including SD, SDHC, SDXC & Micro SD Cards from different manufacturers, different Classes, and speeds.
USB Flash Drive
Flash memory recovery is different than traditional hard drives. I offer recovery from USB flash drives and flash-based memory cards. Whether your flash memory is malfunctioning, not recognized, or has been physically damaged, I can often recover all your files off the USB drive or drive.
Digital Forensics and Data Recovery for Litigation
Eric’s Computer services can provide Digital Forensics and Data Recovery For Litigation that require Chain of Custody, Digital Forensics, Forensic Imaging, Data Recovery for Litigation, Testifying, and documentation paper work.
File Repair and Recovery
Accessing data is not always enough. Often times individual files are damaged or corrupted after a data loss and need to be repaired. This can happen due to a virus, user error, or software, or hardware failure. Often I get requests for repairing corrupted files and recovering files from databases, photos, videos, email, and Office documents.
Deleted Files
Files can be accidentally or intentionally deleted, resulting in data loss. The data is often not destroyed, but the computer system now regards that data as no longer required. Deleted files can also be recovered if a drive or partition has been reformatted. As long as the deleted data has not been overwritten by new data, it can be found, rebuilt, and recovered.
Data Recovery Schenectady
For Schenectady and the surrounding Capital Region is not easy to find a data recovery service. Especially if you need hardware recovery.
For more than 10-years, Eric’s Computer Services has provided the best, most reliable data recovery service in the area, with fair and honest pricing. As storage technology has evolved, I’ve stayed ahead of the curve and offering full recovery services on almost every medium include SSD and flash memory.
Professional data recovery services are now available.
Eric’s Computer Services also provides a range of NAS, home, small business, and cloud computer backup solutions.
Backup Services
I offer an array of data backup solutions for PC, Mac, and Servers to keep your personal or business computer files safe. Protect yourself from data loss. Data recovery can be expensive and in certain cases recovery is impossible. In other words, I set up backup solutions that automated and easy to use.
Network-Attached Storage (NAS)
A NAS can improve your life. You can rest easy knowing backup jobs are scheduled from all the computers on your network to a central location on the NAS. With fast speeds and the ability to run full system images, a NAS is a standard for local backups. Network attached storage also provides file sharing.
Cloud Backup
Eric’s Computer Services uses industry-leading solutions for online cloud-based computer backups. Above all what I implement (cloud backup services and recovery plans) offers secure, automated data protection for small businesses and home users at an affordable cost.
Backup Software
Keep your information safe relies on backing up your entire computer including your operating system (OS), applications, and data, not just your files and folders. I set up full disk-imaging solutions as well as synchronized file backs.