Some months back my home computer was hacked into. When I declined to pay the ransom demanded, on principle, it became seriously encrypted. Attempts at remediation locally failed. I accepted a recomme... See more
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I sent in my HDD. The estimated price was £300, but the next day it became "at least £800". The massive difference and the dubious final sum were not convincing. I declined the offer and asked anoth... See more
Free collection and return. They did an assessment within a few days and provided a link to all the files they could recover on the drive to review - which makes it much easier to decide before you co... See more
The process was extremely fast to collect my product. It took a while to extract the data although they told me it was quite easy to do. Originally i was concern I would not get my device returned, as... See more
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Data recovery services for hard drives, solid-state drives, RAID servers, USB devices, and mobile phones. Last year, we helped thousands of businesses across the UK and worldwide recover critical data. With a 98% success rate, it’s no surprise that organisations such as BP, EDF Energy, and the National Health Service, along with various UK police forces, trust our expertise. We understand how vital your data is. With more than 60 years of experience in data recovery—and by chairing BSI and ISO technical committees for magnetic and optical data storage devices—we have built a reputation you can rely on. Our engineers are leaders in advanced data recovery and hard drive restoration. Using state-of-the-art extraction tools, specialist laboratories, and certified clean rooms, we provide one of the strongest chances of recovery for mechanical or logical failures, deleted files, and corrupted data. Our 98% success rate speaks for itself. Data Recovery Specialists provide immediate technical assessments, free no-obligation fixed quotes, and emergency services for time-critical cases. Our process is fully transparent, with a dedicated consultant keeping you informed every step of the way. We prioritise minimising downtime and aim to complete most recoveries within just a few days—often within 48 hours. Our services comply with the principles of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), and our ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 accredited affiliate laboratories ensure your data is handled securely and professionally. With offices serving all regions of the UK, we deliver world-class expertise at a local level. To speak with one of our specialists, call us or request an online quote. Our consultants are available weekdays from 8am to 8pm and weekends from 9am to 5pm.
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5 Stangate House, CF64 2AA, Penarth, United Kingdom
- 0800 223 0162
- service@datarecoveryspecialists.co.uk
- datarecoveryspecialists.co.uk
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Excellent service
Excellent service from beginning to end. Very professional and approachable when dealing with us. Managed to recover lots of data thought lost which held precious memories. Thank you!
Very efficient and down to earth
Slightly dearer but worth it!
I enquired about getting pictures and videos back from my phone which I dropped in the sea and had died. Their quote was slightly dearer than other companies but didn’t require an up front payment before receiving the phone. They were quick and kept me up to date. Really helped me out!
Great service and recovered all my…
Great service and recovered all my data!! Phew!!
Procedure was easy, staff very helpful.
100% recovery of my data
Helpful service, very friendly staff and they managed to recover all of my data. It was also easy to ship and get back my hard drive. Thanks.
A simple process with great results
A simple process with great results. The team talk you thought each step and clearly explain both the process and results.
Fast & responsive
Fast, responsive and managed to get back all the data we thought we'd lost for good. Highly recommended.
Amazing experience
Amazing experience
My hard drive containing all family pictures was damaged and luckily I came across Data Recovery Services. They always kept me updated on the progress of my hard drive via phone and email. Great customer service and delivered their service on time. No hassle, I just sent the drive for FREE and they took care of the rest. Would definitely recommend to others.
A Satisfied Customer
Some months back my home computer was hacked into. When I declined to pay the ransom demanded, on principle, it became seriously encrypted. Attempts at remediation locally failed. I accepted a recommendation to send the hard drive to the data recovery.co.uk people in South Wales, who sorted it out within 24hrs. At a fee way below the ransom demanded by the hackers.
Saved me from myself
I had an external harddrive which didn't work. I opened the harddrive up myself which meant that almost none of the companies wanted to even look at it. I contact Fields Data Recovery and explained what happened and what I did. They still helped me get all my data back.
Fantastic from start to finish
Fantastic from start to finish, recovered all of my data, kept me in the loop through the process.
Extremely expensive and price goes up by day
When I called them they said it will cost £200 to £400. They said u don't have to pay if we are unable to retrieve any data or if your not happy with what can be recovered.
I would call to get update and the case manger would always be on another call.. after 2 weeks they could only recover 19gb of data and the sd card had nearly 80gb.
Every week their price kept going up and up.. the main reason I was getting data recovered was to recover my new borns videos.
When I asked them to let me know if they managed to recover the data they said yes their are baby videos. But when I received my USB their was not even 1 video of a baby.
They lied.. on top they charged me more than £700.. When I used to call them for update the case manger was always busy.. but when it came to getting the money they would call me 2 to 3 times a day..
Extremely rude person working in their customer service who said I was lying.
If you use them be aware their price goes up by day and at the end they will do anything for you to pay.
Raid 0 Recovery
I had two 16 year old 74gb WD Raptor hard drives in raid 0 one of which failed to function. I lost my backup USB drive so I contacted Data Recovery Specialists.
Within about 4 days they had received my hard drives and had sent me an email detailing all the files that were on them that were recoverable. I gave them the go-ahead to start the recovery process and after a little over a week of initially contacting them they sent me a USB stick with all my files. As far as I believe there were very few files that were unrecoverable and I got all the data that I really needed which was mainly photos. The communication from them was very good and kept me well informed. I would definitely recommend their services.
Home PC Hard Drive recovery
The hard drive on my home PC failed and as is the way, I'd been a bit lazy in backing up important stuff like photos so as you can imagine I was somewhat upset. I contacted Data Recovery Specialists who appeared to be set up more to help commercial organisations rather than domestic users like myself. However, after some negotiation I decided to go with it and arranged for my hard drive to be collected. The turn round was amazingly quick, the data recovery 100% and I've got access to all my treasured photos again. Pricy but well worth it and a first class service. Highly recommended
After my hard drive stopped working…
After my hard drive stopped working with about 15 years of work on it that hadn't been backed up for a long time I was desperate to find a way to get my files back!! I tried local computer stores to no avail to I started hunting online.
The data recovery service I received was great. They were very clear from the outset about what may and may not be possible and what the cost would be. From my device being collected by a courier, to a new device being sent back to me only a matter of days later, they were in touch every step of the step way to let me know what was happening.
I was really pleased with the speed of the service, the communication and clarity of information throughout and I'm happy to say I have all my files back (and I now back up my hard drive far more regularly).
Professional service, majority of data recovered
Kept informed & got all my data back quickly. Just very expensive but don’t know if the cheaper companies would’ve done as good a job.
Excellent professional service
Excellent service, saved us a lot of time and hassle redoing work by recovering data from a failed SSD. Would definitely use again and recommend.
the service from start to finish was…
the service from start to finish was excellent. Before contacting DRS I had been advised I needed their type of specialist service. The technical service and customer service was always top class, everything was delivered in the timescales promised. It was expensive but it recovered the irreplaceable and that, in its way, is priceless
Recovered every file on a external…
Recovered every file on a external drive that held information that would have had a very serious impact if it had been lost. Professional and helpful at every stage.
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