bay area data recovery lab in san jose

professional data recovery for hard drives, SSDs, RAID, servers, Macs, phones, flash media & lost files

Lost access to important files, photos, business records, projects, or backups?

Kotar Data Recovery provides professional in-house data recovery from our San Jose lab for clients throughout the Bay Area.

With 26+ years of experience, we recover data from failed hard drives, SSDs, RAID arrays, NAS systems, servers, Macs, smartphones, USB flash drives, memory cards, virtual machines, helium hard drives, and storage affected by deletion, formatting, corruption, or physical damage.

Free secure courier pickup is available across the Bay Area. You can also request a free shipping label or visit our San Jose lab by appointment.

Your device is examined within 2 hours after it arrives at our lab, and we provide the recovery options and a fixed quote before any work begins.

professional data recovery with local lab service

All diagnostics, imaging, recovery, file reconstruction, and verification are performed in-house at our San Jose lab.

We never outsource your device or data to third-party data recovery companies.

Our engineers combine hands-on experience, professional recovery tools, cleanroom capability, in-house research and development, and specialized recovery methods to safely address complex storage failures.

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lost access to important files? we can help

Data loss can happen suddenly. A hard drive may begin clicking, an SSD may stop appearing, a RAID array may become degraded, a phone may fail after liquid damage, or important files may disappear after deletion, formatting, or corruption.

In many situations, the data may still be recoverable.

The safest next step depends on the device and failure, but continued use can sometimes reduce the available recovery options.

data recovery services

Our San Jose lab provides professional recovery for:

Hard drive data recovery - clicking, dropped, damaged, not detected, bad-sector, firmware, and mechanically failing HDDs

SSD data recovery - failed SATA, NVMe, M.2, PCIe, and external solid-state storage

RAID, NAS, and server recovery - degraded arrays, failed rebuilds, multiple-drive failures, servers, NAS, and business storage

Mac data recovery - MacBook, iMac, APFS, FileVault, Fusion Drive, and Time Machine storage

Smartphone data recovery - supported iPhone and Android devices affected by physical, liquid, hardware, or software failure

Photo and flash memory recovery - SD cards, CFexpress, USB flash drives, camera media, photos, and videos

Lost file recovery - deleted, formatted, corrupted, missing, and inaccessible files

Virtual machine data recovery - VMware, Hyper-V, virtual disks, snapshots, and datastores

Cloud data recovery - deleted files, failed syncs, backups, snapshots, and cloud-connected data sources

Helium hard drive recovery - high-capacity enterprise, NAS, RAID, server, and backup HDDs

why bay area clients trust kotar

26+ years of data recovery experience with personal, business, and enterprise storage failures

Professional San Jose data recovery lab serving clients throughout the Bay Area

All recovery work performed in-house from evaluation through file verification and return

We never outsource your device or data to third-party data recovery companies

In-house research and development including proprietary tools, custom methods, and specialized recovery solutions

Cleanroom capability for physically damaged and mechanically failing hard drives

Free evaluation within 2 hours after the device arrives at our San Jose lab

Fixed quote before recovery begins

No data, no fee guarantee

Free secure courier pickup available across the Bay Area

Free shipping label available when shipping is more convenient

Secure handling for personal, business, legal, healthcare, financial, research, engineering, creative, and other confidential data

24/7 emergency service available on request for urgent recovery cases

 what to do when you lose your data

If your hard drive, SSD, RAID system, phone, USB drive, memory card, or other storage device fails, the steps you take next can affect the available recovery options.

  • Stop using the affected device when important data becomes inaccessible

  • Power off clicking or mechanically failing hard drives rather than repeatedly restarting them

  • Do not format or initialize the storage if the computer or operating system asks you to

  • Avoid CHKDSK, repair utilities, and recovery software on physically failing or unstable storage

  • Do not force a RAID rebuild when multiple drives are failing or the array has become unstable

  • Check for recent backups before making changes to the original storage

  • Preserve the original device until the safest recovery path has been determined

what does the data recovery process look like at kotar?

  • Bring in or send us your device for a free evaluation at our San Jose data recovery lab.

  • We thoroughly check your device and provide a free estimate, usually within 2 hours after arrival.

  • After your approval, we begin the recovery process using the safest method for your hard drive, SSD, RAID system, phone, USB drive, memory card, or other storage device.

  • Choose regular or express service depending on how urgent your recovery is.

  • Choose where we put your recovered data such as your drive, a new drive, or a loaner drive option for eligible cases.

  • Review and confirm your recovered data before the case is completed.

  • We securely delete temporary recovery copies after your data is confirmed and returned.