South Bend & Michiana
Data recovery
Years of photos, documents, and memories can disappear when a drive dies or a phone won’t turn on. We do our best to get them back.
Bring in the device and we’ll tell you honestly what’s recoverable before you commit to anything.
Where we recover from
- Failed or dying hard drives
- Phones and tablets that won’t turn on
- Corrupted SSDs and USB / SD cards
- Accidentally deleted photos and files
Liquid-damage recoveries are done as a best effort and carry no warranty — we’ll always be upfront about the odds.
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What to expect
Here's how it goes.
Bring in the drive, phone, or memory card and the first $60 goes toward figuring out what's actually recoverable — then we tell you the honest odds before you decide to go any further. Recovery is always best-effort: some files come back perfectly, some don't, and we'll never promise a result we can't be sure of. We're not a clean-room lab, so if a drive is physically failing and needs specialized equipment we don't have, we'll say so plainly and point you in the right direction.
Common questions
Common data recovery questions
Can you actually get my photos and files back?
Often, yes — but we won't promise it before we've looked, because that wouldn't be honest. How much comes back depends on what went wrong: a drive that's just slowing down or a card that got corrupted usually recovers well, while a drive that's physically failing is a tougher call. The $60 assessment is where we find out and give you the real odds, so you decide with actual information instead of a sales pitch.
What does the $60 cover, and do I still pay it if nothing comes back?
The $60 pays for us to examine the device and tell you what's realistically recoverable — that's what you're paying for, not a guarantee of results. If you go ahead with the recovery, that $60 goes toward the job. And yes, the assessment fee still applies even when the news is bad, because the honest answer — including 'this one isn't coming back' — is the work itself. You'll always know the odds before you commit to anything beyond the $60.
My phone (or laptop) got wet — can you still get the pictures off it?
We can try, and we see liquid damage plenty, but it's the hardest kind of recovery and the odds drop the longer a wet device sits, so bring it in sooner rather than later. One honest heads-up: liquid-damage recoveries are best-effort and carry no warranty, because corrosion can keep doing damage in ways no one can control. We'll tell you straight what your chances look like once we've assessed it.
My hard drive is clicking or making noise — can you recover it?
A clicking or grinding drive usually means a physical, mechanical failure, and that's the one limit we'll be upfront about: we're not a clean-room lab, so a drive that has to be opened in a dust-free environment is beyond what we do in-house. We can still assess it for the $60, and if it needs that kind of specialized lab work, we'll tell you honestly and point you toward someone who does it rather than risk making things worse.
I accidentally deleted or formatted my files — what should I do right now?
Stop using the device immediately and don't save anything new to it — every new file you add can overwrite what you're trying to get back. Don't keep running 'fix it' tools on it yourself either; just power it down or set it aside and bring it in. Accidentally deleted or formatted files are often recoverable as long as nothing has written over them yet, so the sooner you get it to us, the better your odds.
Whatever broke, we’ve probably seen it. Let’s take a look.
We don’t price repairs over the phone — we look first, so the number’s real. The $60 to look comes right off your repair, and walk-ins are always welcome. Look for the blue door with the stairs on the left side of the parking lot — knock if it’s locked, we’re here.