Data Recovery Price Ranges
- Oct 19, 2019
- 3 min read
Updated: Mar 29

Data recovery costs vary greatly depending on the complexity and type of failure, but generally range from around $500 to $1780 for a typical single hard drive recovery, with RAID and more complex cases potentially costing significantly more.
How much does data recovery cost? Data recovery can cost as low as $195 and up to $990 maximum for clicking hard drives. We provide a free assessment of your drive first and have locations across Australia.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Factors Affecting Data Recovery Costs:
Type of Storage Device:
Hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, mobile devices, and RAID systems all have different recovery complexities and costs.
Type of Failure:
Logical failures (like corrupted files or partitions) are generally less expensive than physical failures (like head or platter damage).
Data Complexity:
Recovering large amounts of data or data from complex systems can increase costs.
Urgency:
If you need your data back urgently, that can also affect the price.
Clean Room Requirements:
If the hard drive has physical damage, it may require a clean room environment for recovery, which adds to the cost.
Company:
Different data recovery companies have different pricing structures, so it's important to get quotes from multiple providers.
Data Recovery Price Ranges
Typical Cost Ranges:
Single Hard Drive Recovery: $500 to $1780.
Data Recovery Hard Drive Firmware Failure: $500 to $1780.
Data Recovery Hard Drive Bad Sectors: $500 to $1780.
Data Recovery PCB Repair / Failure: $350 to $1780.
Data Recovery USB Flash Drives: $350 to $1780.
Data Recovery Mobile Device Failure: $500 to $1780.
Data Recovery Head Stiction: $850.00 to $1780.00.
Data Recovery Head/Motor Failure: $1250.00 to $1780.00.
Data Recovery Raid Recovery: $1200 per disk in array (array rebuild only).
RAID System Recovery: $1,000–$5,000.
Clean Room Data Recovery: $500 for 1TB HDD up to $1,600 for 18TB HDD.
Nerdcore Data Recovery Tips for Getting the Best Price:
Get multiple quotes: Don't settle for the first price you hear.
Ask about evaluation fees: Some companies charge for evaluating the storage device, while others offer free evaluations.
Inquire about "No Data, No Charge" policies: This means you won't be charged if the data cannot be recovered.
Ask about clean room requirements: This can help you understand the potential costs involved.
Consider software solutions: For simple logical failures, data recovery software might be a cheaper alternative
Data Recovery Price Ranges
How does the data recovery process work?
Nerdcore Data Recovery begins each case with a risk-free media evaluation. Engineers test to see if your device has recoverable data, after which we provide a price quote and estimated turnaround time for the recovery. The evaluation is no-obligation and we will return your media to you if you decide not to use our services. We provide free diagnostics with our standard service and stand by our “No data, No recovery fee” guarantee. Data Recovery Price Ranges
If you accept the quote, we treat physical media issues with tested and safe technology and utilize a Class 10 ISO 4 Clean room. Engineers will make a copy of your drive and treat logical issues to restore files to a working condition. After the recovery is complete, we will send a list of recovered files and will send your data back on FIPS validated portable storage or on transfer media you provide.
Data recovery is possible in most scenarios, and each file retrieval scenario depends on the cause of the issue. Devices with logical issues can be recovered using specialized software. Recovery is also possible for physical damage or mechanical failure. In this case, engineers would use our Class 10 ISO 4 Clean room to replace malfunctioning parts to get your data back. On a hard drive, the platters store all of your information and if they are intact, recovery is possible. If the NAND chips on an SSD are still intact, then recovery is also possible. Nerdcore Data Recovery has successfully recovered data from media that has been burned, submerged in water, and experienced physical damage.
Data recovery service can be easy. But if the disk is handled by a non certified data recovery engineer it could result in non of your data being recovered.
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