We have been doing data recovery from damaged hard disks / hard-drives since 2005 and are happy with the results.  Thus far 50% of our received drives were successfully processed (with data extraction) within 48 hours.  The remaining half could be divided into two categories: 1) those that took longer and 2) those that needed the clean room; both of which had to go to the laboratory for further extraction.   Our partnered lab is fantastic at turning out results, but they do take a while. Often the waiting queue is more than 5-7 business days due to high-volume.    Last, but not least, out of all the hard drives received only one (thus far and let's keep it that way) turned out unrecoverable. 

What makes a drive unrecoverable?  No matter what any company promises you - and some make outrageous claims - some hard-drives cannot be recovered.  If you hear a clicking & grinding noise in your damaged hard-drive, you may be dealing with one of those rare circumstances.  Permanent damage generally results from the internal pieces of the drive collapsing and scratching the platter.  Furtunately, at Computer Doctors of Maine, Inc., we do things differently.  First, we're upfront about chances.  Second, we don't charge a diagnostic fee - this one is the biggie.  With the large companies that promise unsupported results there is usually hefty fee for the privilidge of having them look at it - often that fee is larger than our entire cost of recovery!

It's October 2008, and we're starting our 4th year!  Our hard drive recovery journey has involved from individuals just trying to get their pictures and documents, to critical drives from the University of Southern Maine, to highly sensitive data for the Drug Enforcement Agency.  Our clients came from all areas of Maine [including Portland, Biddeford, Westbrook, South Portland, Saco, Gorham, Bar Harbor, and Perry] to other parts of the US [including Florida and New York].  Our goal has remained the same, to provide easy and affordable data recovery services to individuals and businesses in Maine.  Although we urge all of our customers (and visitors alike) to take all the precautions to BACKUP AND PROTECT their data, if disaster strikes we'll be there.