Five Star Data Recovery

Five Star Data Recovery Five Star Data Recovery offers professional, reliable, and affordable Data Recovery Services for Hard Drives, SSDs, Flash Media, Phones, RAIDs, and more.

No charge until your data is recovered.

03/09/2026

The ramp was broken and caused damage to the heads. After inspection and a head swap, the data was successfully recovered.

03/06/2026

The device suffered heavy fire damage and most components were destroyed. Using component-level data recovery techniques, the data was successfully recovered from this burned Samsung Android phone. 📍 Glendale, CA

03/05/2026

Head crash inside a Western Digital 4TB drive.
Microscope inspection revealed a broken read/write head.
A donor head assembly was installed in our clean room lab.
✅ Data successfully recovered.
📍 Glendale, CA

03/04/2026

This WD 4TB drive was opened outside a clean room, causing contamination on the platters.
After inspection in our clean room lab, professional platter cleaning was performed.
✅ Data successfully recovered.
If your drive fails — do not open it.
📍 Glendale, CA
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03/03/2026

This Seagate was opened outside a clean room.
Dust contamination damaged the heads and platters.
It required platter cleaning and a full head swap in our lab.
✅ Data successfully recovered.
If your drive fails — power it off and bring it to a professional.
📍 Glendale, CA
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03/02/2026

Stiction — the heads were stuck to the platter, and the read/write heads were bent.

This internal damage can quickly become worse if the drive is powered on repeatedly.

Cleanroom recovery with donor head replacement was required.

⚠️ If your drive isn’t spinning or is making unusual noises, don’t keep turning it on.

02/24/2026

After inspection in our cleanroom recovery lab, we performed platter cleaning, a platter swap, head swap, and PCB board replacement to complete the recovery process.
Complex internal damage required multiple advanced procedures — but the data recovery process was completed successfully.
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02/23/2026

The drive was powered on many times while making a clicking sound. Each power attempt caused more damage to the platters until the surface was scratched beyond recovery.

Unfortunately, in this case, the data could not be recovered.

⚠️ If you hear a clicking sound from your hard drive, **do NOT power it on again.**
Continuing to turn it on can permanently destroy your data.

02/21/2026

Seagate 2TB Mobile HDD came in with **stiction**, heavy **contaminations**, and **smashed heads**.

In our cleanroom recovery process, we carefully cleaned all contaminations, fixed the stiction issue, and replaced the damaged head assembly.
After stabilization and head replacement, the data was successfully recovered.

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02/20/2026

The drive was opened outside of a cleanroom, causing contamination and fingerprints on the platter.

In our cleanroom recovery process, we removed the contamination, replaced the broken head, and successfully recovered the data.

02/18/2026

Customer opened the hard drive **not in a clean room**, which caused internal contamination and head damage.

After professional cleanroom recovery and head replacement, the data was successfully recovered.

02/17/2026

Top platter was deeply scratched.

When a drive starts making unusual clicking or grinding noises, **do not power it on again.** Continued power can cause catastrophic platter damage like this.
After cleanroom inspection, the surface damage was confirmed.
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1731 S Brand Boulevard
Glendale, CA
91204

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Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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