Seagate Hard Drive Data Recovery
Clicking, undetected or firmware-locked Seagate drive? We recover data from every Seagate model.
Seagate recovery specialists
Seagate is the world’s largest hard drive maker, so it’s also the brand we see most often in our lab. Our engineers have spent years working on Seagate’s firmware architecture and have the tools to repair faults that ordinary recovery software cannot reach.
Choose your Seagate drive
- Barracuda desktop drives – ST1000DM003, ST2000DM008, ST4000DM004, 7200.11/7200.12 and more
- Laptop drives – Momentus, Rosewood ST1000LM035, ST2000LM007, ST500LM030 and more
- External drives – Expansion, Backup Plus, One Touch, Basic and FreeAgent
- IronWolf, Exos & SkyHawk – NAS, server and CCTV drives
Highest success rates in hard drive data recovery
Seagate drives we recover
Desktop drives such as Barracuda, FireCuda and the SV35 surveillance series; laptop drives including Momentus and the 2.5-inch Barracuda range; NAS drives such as IronWolf; and external drives including Expansion, Backup Plus and One Touch. We also recover older Maxtor and Samsung drives, which Seagate took over.
Common Seagate faults
- Firmware lock-ups – the drive spins but reports as 0 GB, shows a busy state or isn’t detected. Many F3-architecture drives need a translator rebuild; see our guide to Seagate F3 translator recovery.
- SMART and initialisation errors – see fixing the Init SMART Fail error.
- Head failure – clicking or knocking sounds, repaired by a head swap in our clean room.
- Rosewood laptop drives – these need their firmware unlocked before recovery; see unlocking a Seagate Rosewood.
- Burnt PCB after a power surge or the wrong adapter.
How we recover a Seagate drive
After a free initial consultation, physical faults go through a clean room diagnostic. We then repair the firmware or replace the damaged parts using a matched donor drive, image the disk sector by sector and rebuild your files. Your original drive is never used for anything except reading.
Frequently asked questions
Why does my Seagate drive show 0 GB?
This usually means a firmware fault in the drive’s service area. The data is normally still on the platters and can be recovered once the firmware is repaired.
Can I fix a Seagate F3 drive myself?
We don’t recommend it. Terminal commands can destroy the translator permanently if used incorrectly. Switch the drive off and ask for advice first.