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Name: R3 Data Recovery
Address: Security House Royds Mill Windsor St, Security House Royds Mill Windsor St, Sheffield
Rating: 4.74

4.7 Rating 576 Reviews

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4.7

Based on 576 reviews

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Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Next Day
On-time Delivery	100%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	96%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	4.9 out of 5

About R3 Data Recovery:

R3 Data Recovery is one of the best teams of data recovery engineers ever assembled in the UK. Security House is one of the few full data and disaster recovery labs in the UK accessible to all who need a high success rate reliable data recovery service from industry leading DR engineers at an affordable cost.

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Security House Royds Mill Windsor St
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S4 7WB

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R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 8th February 2023

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“After being told my hard drive was damaged beyond repair, I was recommended to use R3 data recovery. Nothing was too much trouble, always at the end of the phone and gave an amazing professional service. Highly recommend and a massive thank you to Andy Butler who went above and beyond at all times:)”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 9th December 2021

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(Nottingham Data Recovery 0115 7401282) -

Thank you for your review Chrissie. Your tenacity to find a specialist data recovery company that could recover from the unrecoverable was also to be commended. Although severely damaged and not without its particular challenges your email said it all.... "I’m so happy 😀 " Glad Team R3 were able to help you regain access to the files you needed. R3 Data Recovery Nottingham 0115 7401282 Freephone 0800 999 3282

“After some communication and delivery problems. I was able to get most of my data back, but even then some of said data was corrupted.”

R3 Data Recovery 2 star review on 4th December 2021

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(London Data Recovery 0207 1181282) -

Thank you for your review. I am sorry we did not communicate how factors out of our control caused interruptions in our workflow, communications and affected the time taken to process your case. The first collection arranged failed and it took a week to arrive from your first enquiry, It arrived on Thursday and the SSD was removed from the MacBook Air. The next day Friday it was assigned to an engineer and diagnosed as having a failing Samsung SSD. He continued processing the recovery from the Monday but that week was also moving home after the long lockdown that he had worked through but had prevented him from finding a new house. By the end of the week, the work was well underway and the bad sectors were slow reading and needed time to process. He needed to finish early on that Friday to take possession of the keys and start the move over the weekend. This was the last time I saw him alive. He was found dead on Monday morning. We were in shock... This followed one of our support technicians who had died several weeks before, this was despite him being kept away from the lab for 15 months and double jabbed. We had thought the end of the pandemic restrictions were over and the safe working processes had protected us from the worst of the pandemic. Your case was reassigned to another engineer but we did have to allow time for all in the team to deal with the loss of a friend, colleague and good person. Both were fathers and family providers who had been with the company for over 5 years. All in R3 are members of a hard-working team but not immune to the effects the world has presented and sorry we could not at the time explain the situation. The recovery was still carried out to the maximum quality of data possible. These Samsung SSD are not designed to be recovered and required time of specialist equipment requiring regular monitoring and adjustments by the engineers assigned. As you can see from our reviews we work to protect data and run one of the highest success rate data recovery labs in the UK and remain a team dedicated to helping those in their hour of need. I hope this open and honest reply helps you understand that we continued to deliver on our work and the recovery quality was not a result of the situation we found ourselves in. SSD are technically progressing towards failure from the minute they are first turned on. Andy Butler R3 Data Recovery Security House Sheffield S4 7WB

“Great Reliable Service! Recovered 95% of my data in a Lab Recovery. I was very pleased with the communication and overall experience.”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 26th November 2021

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(LONDON Data Recovery 0207 1180150) -

Hi Sara Glad we could be of service,R3 Data Recovery have built what is well known in the Fields of data recovery as the data recovery specialists to call when a western digital hard drive is dropped or knocked. The 4TB model WD40NMZW-11GX6S1 required a specific method to unlock access controls that allowed the ability to control the heads individually. This actually resulted in a calculated 97% data integrity, with just a few affected by unreadable sectors in the data areas affected. Andy and the Team at R3 Data Recovery Security House Sheffield 0800 999 3282 / 0207 1180150

“Excellent service, saved me many days of work by managing to restore corrupted data”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 25th November 2021

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(Sheffield Data Recovery 0114 4081848) -

Thank you for your review Steven and for selecting R3 Data Recovery Although this Seagate portable backup hard drive was 1TB it was only 4GB of data that needed to be recovered on the emergency 12-72 hr service. From client arriving at Security House to return of data was 25 Hours. 11/10/2021 14:15:21 - Client dropped off drive in person. 11/10/2021 14:18:22 - Received 11/10/2021 14:37:10 - Job owner set 11/10/2021 15:03:05 - ASSESSED AS DEGRADED 11/10/2021 15:58:57 - Cloning complete - (Used space only) 11/10/2021 15:59:07 - Data transfer 12/10/2021 09:58:16 - file listing priority folder 12/10/2021 11:15:35 - FL: 99% 4GB 12/10/2021 11:17:04 - File list sent - awaiting client 13/10/2021 14:06:21 - Invoiced 13/10/2021 14:32:06 - Paid - Password Created For secure Transfer 13/10/2021 15:14:52 - Returned - Recovered Another successful recovery by R3 Data Recovery www.r3datarecovery.com 0800 999 3282 / 0114 4081848

“Fantastic people to deal with Totally honesty Kept me informed throughout the process, would have no hesitation in recommending them Martin C”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 24th November 2021

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Thank you for your review of R3 Data Recovery

“Excellent website that conveys the professional facility they operate. Efficient and prompt communication with clear description of the process of recovery. Rapid delivery of the damaged drive and delivery of a new drive with my data. Friendly people to deal with. Highly recommend them.”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 23rd November 2021

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(HORSHAM Data Recovery 01403 854282) -

Glad we could be of service George. Your MyBook had put in almost 15 years of service before becoming inaccessible due to bad sectors, possibly as a result of power fluctuations. The enquiry gave a good indication that the drive was recoverable. "This My Book WD hard drive connected to my iMac running Catalina OS can no longer be seen by the Mac. Pressing the circular ON button causes the LED to light yellow and I can hear a faint whirring but not the normal firing up noise like when it was working OK. I have checked the cables and changed ports on the Mac. Also checked PSU is delivering 12V to the drive."

“Excellent company to deal with. Highly professional and patient and no pressure to get the files. The only company to do it. All other ones are scams.”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 18th November 2021

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(Exeter Data Recovery 01392 956282) -

Folders - 7543 Files - 67695 ( 374.86 Gb) Normal Files - 33113 Problem Files - 31751 Thank you for the review Rob, Whist your sentiment is understandable not all data recovery companies are part of the "Friends of Fields" who operate the #fieldsdatarecoveryscam You were fortunate to choose R3 Data Recovery for the recovery attempt after so much damage to the platters. Although we could not guarantee a full recovery, in this case, we can say that we have higher success rates than most datarecoveryspecialists who claim to be experts in their Fields ! "Seagate ST2000DM001 Hard disk drive used as file storage froze on opening document. Checked events in Device manager - device not migrated due to ambiguous match. No longer shows in Bios or on the computer. Taken drive to pc shop for data retrieval via software but no success informed likely to be a mechanical failure as it makes clicking noises and only spins up briefly. Narrowly avoided sending to Fields data recovery before searching R3." For those unaware- Find out more about how Fields Data Recovery Operate. Search Fields Data Recovery scam Those getting recoveries from Fields are unaware that many are defrauded and worse have their Trustpilot reviewer accounts hacked to leave fake 5 Star reviews and that Fields own staff admit their success rates are below 40% meaning only the easiest work is sold as "forensic data recovery" with many victims being unaware that they are sharing their data with a company that is known to use the data they recover for their "own nefarious use". Fields Associates / Data Recovery Services are also posting fake reviews and buying reviews. They have also been forced by the Attorney General Office in the US to give "Refunds" but consider where the money comes from to give victims of a scam those "Refunds" www.data-recovery-blog.com

“Very helpful, informative and genuine. My hard drive corrupted and almost all Of the files were saved. I can’t thank the team enough!”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 12th November 2021

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(St Albans Data Recovery 01727 580282) -

Hi Jamie Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. From your initial enquiry, "force quit whilst using Lightroom of the LaCie / Apple Mac / 2yr old / 4TB not clicking buzzing or beeping" The Seagate-ST4000LM024 BarraCuda 4TB had sustained minor platter damage, this caused bad sectors that prevented the drive initialising. After R3 had made repairs to the ROM and regained control of the heads an almost full recovery of over 99% of 3.1TB of data was recovered without the need of a rebuild or unnecessary work and therefore cost. Glad R3 could re unite you with your data. Andy and the Team at R3 www.r3datarecovery.com 0800 999 3282

“Very helpful, kept me informed throughout the process and recovered all data it was possible to recover. Very happy to have the photos back :-)”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 10th November 2021

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(Reading Data Recovery 0118 4181282) -

Another happy R3 client reunited with their photos after their phone died. "I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini that won't charge or turn on. I was hoping that you would be able to help me by recovering the photos that are on it." In this case R3 Data Recovery found it was a CPU failure and required an eMMC chip off recovery. A full recovery was successful despite the eMMC also having a failed RPMB section. If your mobile phone shop has been unable to repair, recover or backup your Samsung give R3 Data Recovery a call on 0800 999 3282 or use the contact form on www.r3datarecovery.com and we will call you.

“Thank you SO much for your great work in recovering my data from my USB memory stick. I had no recent backup (I know!!) and a lot of very valuable files which would have taken hours to rewrite. From the moment I spoke to Will, I began to have hope. No false promises, clear outline of costs, timescales and possible outcomes. Fortunately, I was one of the 97% "lucky" ones. All but 13 (unimportant) files restored and returned to me within 48 hours. So pleased I found you!! THANK YOU just doesn't do it really. Can only recommend you at every possible opportunity. x”

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(Brigg Data Recovery 0152 2284282) -

Many thanks for your Many reviews Sue ! The team at R3 often get reviews but you were very kind to leave so many ! Andy and the team at R3 Data Recovery Security House Windsor Street Sheffield S4 7WB 0800 999 3282 www.r3datarecovery.com

“HIGHLY RECOMMEND. What absolutely legends they are. Not only did they recover all of my data from an completely dead hard drive which literally saved my business, but they also had all of the work (5TB) back to me within 6 days, literally driven to my door. They worked tirelessly day and night not leaving my drive and Andy was on hand no matter what the time to answer any of my questions, and calm me down when in tears and panicking. Much more than data recovery but in short, these are the people you need to go to if you have any hard drive issues - do not go to the manufacturers, you may end up with a new drive but no data!”

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(Chichester Data Recovery 0124 3913282) -

Hi Nicola. When the drive arrived at Security House the drive was inspected:- Opened in CR 5 platters and 10 heads (present) filter and chassis clean minimal track impacts M11 family parts needed please ... We were glad to be of service and that you stopped trying to access the drive before it progressed to a worse state. Although on the emergency 12-72hr service it did take longer due to a number of factors, mainly the amount of data and size of files. but we were able to send the time critical data by secure download during the period as they were prioritised and the full recovery on a new drive which was still an achievement and focus because of the importance of managing your clients with timely updates.. "I have a LaCie Rugged USBC external hard drive (purchased May 2019) which is supposed to be backed up/ mirrored by backblaze. The hard drive started making a ticking sound today and when I tried to move items from it to another hard drive, I couldn’t as it just kept disconnecting itself from my iMac. I wasn’t too worried as pay for Backblaze, but it turns out a huge amount of important files are missing from Backblaze! I’m a wedding photographer, there are 15 weddings stored on this hard drive, tens of thousands of Raw files. Plus 3 fully edited weddings which I finished today. As well as the Lightroom catalogue where all of my edits are stored. I can’t access any. 7 of the weddings I have the original raw files too on another Hard drive but 7 weddings are completely missing. I need to access all 15 but the 7 missing weddings and the Lr catalogue are obviously the most important otherwise I will have to break the dreadful news to these couples that their weddings photos are completely gone. I’m absolutely devastated, and exhausted from working tirelessly and now losing all this work. Please please help me. I have clients that were expecting those galleries today. "

“Great service, with good communication along the way.”

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(Hatfield Data Recovery 0170 7567282) -

Thank you for the review Matthew, R3 Data Recovery has assisted many told by their insurance company or other data recovery companies that their data is not recoverable. Fortunately you found Britains Data Recovery Hospital www.datarecoveryhospital.com 0800 999 3282 "Background: My daughter spilled her tea on the home PC which resulted in the PC being replaced under our home insurance. The insurance company returned my HDD’s via courier in a plastic bag with no padding. Several of the HDD’s worked when inserted into my new PC, however 2 HDD’s do not work (they just make an awful noise). My insurers have accepted that their new employee did not package the HDD’s correctly. Drive 1: Seagate Barracuda 500gb ST500DM002 P/N: 18d142-500 Drive 2: Samsung 2TB Model: HD204UI P/N: A8313-E461-A0LTU

“Very quick and professional”

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(London Data Recovery 0207 1181282) -

Thank you for your review of R3 Data Recovery Nathan Our engineer assigned was able to confirm the iPhone XS Max had a Charging IC fault requiring some temporary rework and components to enable the backup to be made of all the data to a memory stick and returned to be imported to a new iPhone. "I’m wondering if you would be able to help me recover data from my phone. I have an iPhone X that recently stopped working (will not power on). When I took it to the Apple store they said it is either the logic board or battery that has stopped working." Something that many Apple Stores are not aware of is that there are ways to recover data despite the logic board component failures. R3 Data Recovery Security House Windsor St Sheffield

“Excellent service. Kept fully updated at all times.”

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(London Data Recovery 0207 1180661) -

Thank you for your review, In this case Technically your 15-year-old Seagate 300GB drive was 99.99% ok but Being part of a broken RAID 1 NETGEAR SC101 it is effectively a SAN (Storage Area Network) with BLOCK level access and a proprietary file system. It was the Superblock that had been corrupted, R3 engineers extracted the 206GB OF indexed files which is a slow process considering the size of the drive and the amount of data but was processed within budget. If you are looking for help with data recovery of any type of RAID, NAS, SAN, DAS, VM, HDD or SSD the company you should consider is R3 Data Recovery Britains World-class Data Recovery Hospital www.datarecoveryhospital.com 0800 999 3282

“5 Star! The service was exactly as promised in terms of delivery, friendly helpful support and amazingly fast turnaround at a very good price.”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 8th November 2021

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(Stafford Data Recovery 0178 2908282) -

Gald we could help Martin. The generic memory stick had seen a lot of life and was worn at the connectors but a temporary repair enabled return by secure download followed by a copy of the data on a new Kingston memory stick within 24 hours of arrival at Security House. Thank you for your review of R3 Data Recovery. Andy and the team at R3

“Excellent service - needed a quick turn around. The team provided. Nothing lost.”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 7th November 2021

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(Nottingham Data Recovery 0115 7401031) -

Thank you for the review Peter. We were glad to assist in the emergency and save you time. The recovery was relatively straight forward and the temporary repair processed whilst you waited after your journey from Nottingham to Security House in Sheffield.

“I had an external hard drive, broken since 2014, and the team managed to save all my videos and photos on it, in fact everything. They were very fast and efficient and I am very pleased with the results. However, be advised that VAT is added onto the actual cost and that was £100! As well as the cost of a new external hard drive onto which they uploaded all my saved data. No complaints whatsoever about the service at all - but just be aware that a hefty amount of VAT will be added onto your final bill.”

R3 Data Recovery 5 star review on 4th November 2021

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(Berkhamsted Data Recovery 0144 2939282) -

Hi Nicola, Death of hard drives and Taxes ! We do mention plus VAT in all our communications, this is in part a legacy of the past and clarity for consumers. 20 years ago data recovery was so expensive that mostly business required it and they are mostly VAT registered. The cost of data recovery has been brought down by labs like Security House that opened in late 2006 and quickly became one of the most cost effective data recovery labs in the UK by improving success rates and achieving efficiencies in our processes. Today we are able to offer the lowest cost for home users of the highest success rate enterprise business grade data protection service. From your initial web enquiry with a good description and subsequent chat with Nick it was clear you valued your data to choose R3 Data Recovery after several years of checking the market offerings. "Maxtor external hard drive of 250 GB, power light comes on when plugged into computer, but makes regular clicking noises and does not work so I cannot access the files on the external hard drive." Glad the team could reunite you with your long lost digital memories. Andy and the Team at R3

“Everyone with whom I dealt was very polite and helpful to the point that |I quickly developed a trust that I would get a good result, and I did.”

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(Henfield Data Recovery 0127 3610282) -

Making the right decision at the right at the right time saved time and cost when recovering a Western Digital 4TB WD40NDZW-11MR8S1 ! "1.2TB of data. - Can see the directories and files but cant access. - Running slowly. - No mech noises. - Spinning fine." Thank you for the review Richard glad we could be of service. Fortunately you had stopped attempting to access the drive immediately and this prevented further degradation and prevented the need for a rebuild ensuring the cost was kept to a minimum and almost full recovery with just 2 files affected by the head crash that caused unrecoverable bad sectors. Folders - 5524 Files - 109702 ( 1250.49 Gb) Normal Files - 109698 Problem Files - 2 Andy and the the team at R3 Data Recovery

“An absolute solid first class data recovery service! So pleased for their professionalism and attention to detail, all my lost data was recovered. Thank you guys.”

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(Grays Data Recovery 0137 5278282) -

Many thanks for the review Rick From your enquiry.. "Dropped Rattling inside Somethings Broken" SanDisk Ultra 128GB temporary repair and return of 35GB of data by password protected secure download by R3 Data Recovery.

“Quick service, kept me up to date every step of the way.”

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"Usb file not being recognised by the computer" Glad we could be of service recovering your data from the inaccessible SanDisk Ultra Flair Cheryl, thank you for the review of R3 Data Recovery https://www.r3datarecovery.com/usb-pen-drive-recovery/

R3 Data Recovery is rated 4.7 based on 576 reviews