Data Recovery · Kluetek

// kluetek.forensics / data recovery

Data recovery.
Get it back — intact.

Failed drives, RAID arrays, deleted or corrupted data, and dropped or water-damaged devices — recovered with evidence-safe handling. We work from forensic images, preserve the original untouched, and hand off cleanly to digital forensics the moment a recovery becomes an investigation.

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// two kinds of recovery

// the data is there, or the hardware is hurt

// logical● software

Logical Recovery

The drive still works, but the data is gone — deleted, formatted, corrupted, or stranded on a partition that won't mount. We recover from a forensic image, so nothing we do can make the original worse.

+ Deleted, formatted & emptied-recycle-bin files
+ Corrupted, RAW or unmountable partitions
+ Ransomware-encrypted & damaged file systems
+ Database, mailbox & project-archive rebuilds

// physical● hardware

Physical & RAID Recovery

The hardware is failing or dead — clicking drives, dropped phones, dead SSDs, or a degraded array. We stabilise the device first, image what we can, and rebuild from there.

! Failed HDDs & SSDs · mechanical & electronic
! RAID 0/1/5/6/10 & NAS array reconstruction
! Dropped, water- or fire-damaged devices
! Phones, memory cards & USB media

// capability set

// what we recover, and what we recover it from

// 01

Hard drives & SSDs

Mechanical failures, dead controllers, bad sectors, and worn NAND. We recover from spinning disks and solid-state alike — internal or external.

// 02

RAID, NAS & servers

Degraded or failed arrays rebuilt from the surviving members — RAID 0/1/5/6/10, NAS boxes, and virtualised volumes.

// 03

Deleted & formatted data

Files emptied from the bin, reformatted volumes, and lost partitions — carved back out of the image, including from slack space.

// 04

Phones & flash media

Smartphones, SD and microSD cards, USB sticks, and camera media — including dropped, snapped, or water-damaged units.

// 05

Ransomware & corruption

Damaged file systems, corrupted databases and mailboxes, and the recoverable aftermath of an encryption event.

// 06

Evidence-safe handling

Recovery on a forensic image with the original preserved — so if the matter turns legal, the data is still admissible.

// adjacent discipline Is this an investigation, not an accident? Deleted data, departed employees, or a breach behind the loss — our digital forensics practice takes it from recovery to a defensible, court-ready account. open digital forensics →

// the recovery process

// how a recovery runs · assessment through return

// 01

Assess

We diagnose the device, confirm whether the fault is logical or physical, and tell you up front what's recoverable and what it will take — before any work starts.

// 02

Stabilise & image

Failing hardware is stabilised first, then we take a forensic, sector-by-sector image. All recovery runs against the copy — the original is never altered.

// 03

Recover

Rebuild file systems and arrays, carve out deleted and corrupted data, and reconstruct the files — then verify they actually open.