Seagate Laptop Hard Drive Data Recovery
Momentus, Barracuda 2.5-inch or Rosewood laptop drive failed? We recover every 2.5-inch Seagate model.
About Seagate Laptop Hard Drive
Seagate’s 2.5-inch drives are fitted to millions of laptops and portable external drives. The newer “Rosewood” family – including the ST1000LM035, ST2000LM007 and ST500LM030 – is especially common, and these thin, high-capacity drives are sensitive to drops and need their firmware unlocked before any recovery can begin.
Our engineers have the tools and experience for both. Read our guides to unlocking a Rosewood drive and head mapping an ST2000LM007.
Models we recover
ST9250315AS, ST9320325AS, ST9500325AS (Momentus 5400.6), ST9500420AS (Momentus 7200.4), ST9750420AS, ST500LT012 (Momentus Thin), ST320LT007, ST500LM021, ST1000LM024 (Samsung-built), ST500LM030, ST1000LM035, ST2000LM007, ST2000LM015, ST1000LM048, ST1000LM049, ST500LX025 (FireCuda), ST1000LX015, ST2000LX001
Highest success rates in hard drive data recovery
Common faults
- Clicking after a drop – damaged heads, the most common laptop drive fault.
- Weak heads on Rosewood drives – handled with head mapping so the good heads can be read first.
- Firmware lock-ups that stop the drive being detected.
- Bad sectors causing freezing and blue screens.
How we recover your data
After a free initial consultation, physical faults go through a clean room diagnostic (£79 + VAT). We repair the firmware or replace damaged heads using a matched donor drive, image the disk sector by sector with professional PC-3000 equipment, then rebuild the file system and check your files. Your drive is only ever read, never written to.
Frequently asked questions
Why does my Rosewood drive need unlocking?
Rosewood drives lock their technical mode, so recovery tools can’t read or repair the firmware until it’s unlocked with specialist equipment.
Can you recover a drive from a laptop that was dropped?
Usually, yes – a clean-room head replacement normally allows full recovery.