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Hello everyone, I have one friend who works in port richey, Florida and he dropped his laptop with Seagate momentus drive, now his drive is not detected, no response, no clicking, it seems completely dead...Who can recommends one good data recovery company there equipped with clean room and good data recovery tools? The most important is to have good prices for crashed drives...

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Short, practical guidance for a dropped Seagate Momentus that shows no power or sound.

As described, the drive is "not detected" and "no clicking" — that symptom narrows the triage and handling priorities: stop risking the device, try a few non-invasive checks, and if those fail, move to a vetted recovery lab. Several members have suggested professional labs and DIY options; the steps below show what to try safely and what to avoid.

Quick triage (do this before shipping or doing any invasive work):

  • Verify laptop power and battery; try a different known-good power adapter.
  • Enter BIOS/UEFI to see if the drive appears at hardware level.
  • Remove the drive and try a known-good desktop SATA port and cable (not a questionable USB dongle) to rule out the laptop electronics.
  • Photograph model/serial and PCB sticker before you touch anything.
  • Listen for any hum or click for 10–15 seconds; total silence after power suggests electronics or motor failure — stop further power cycles.

If the drive still gives no response: stop powering it. Continued attempts can worsen physical damage. Do not open the drive outside a certified clean room. PCB swaps and freezing are risky and often fail or make recovery harder; those steps are for specialists only.

Choosing a lab and preparing to send the drive:

  • Ask for a written diagnostic report, a clear pricing policy (diagnostic fee, "no recovery, no fee" or not), turnaround time, and confidentiality/chain-of-custody.
  • Confirm they use Class 100/ISO clean-room procedures and that they image first (imaging preserves evidence).
  • Get multiple written quotes and an explanation of the intended technique before authorizing work.

If the drive does spin and is detected, create a sector-by-sector image first (use tools that tolerate read errors), then work on the image with file-recovery tools. Work on copies only. Balance the data value against lab costs; as , , , and noted, professional labs vary widely in price and success — get a clear, written evaluation before committing.

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Member Avatar for drs01

Hi, According to my knowledge, there are several famous data recovery companies there:

US-Data Recovery
DtiDATA
ADR data recovery
RTS data recovery


You can go and check which one is the best for you.

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Thank you, DRS01, I will go and check to see and deliver the info to my friend

Member Avatar for datasuperman

Hi, my friend told me it's hard to find about their data recovery cost, anyone has any idea of that, If it's too expensive, I would help my friend by myself.

If any of you are able to share more reviews about their data recovery services, that would be very nice

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HI, DATASUPERMAN

AS far as i knew from one of my client that US-data Recovery provide comparatively reasonable price: Single HD Recovery $250 -$950 based in drive and no recovery, no fee, as well as no inspection fee. they seems also provide special discount to public sector like all Active Military, Police and Fire fighters. if your friend right work in one of the sector, you may go and have a try.
Good luck

commented: useful info and I will have a try +1
Member Avatar for datasuperman

Hello guys, I just read one great article on one Data recovery E-magzine about finding out the best data recovery company in USA and the article takes Florida data recovery companies as example and talk about their data recovery prices as well, it's very useful.

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If you are looking for data recovery services in USA, i would suggest Stellar data recovery services. They has well equipped Class 100 Clean Room to protect your data from further damage. They have well professionals who can help you out for all kind of situations.

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Member Avatar for joomlads07

Data recovery is not as hard as it used to be a decade back and really cheap to get it done. If you have the right tools you can do it at home.

Member Avatar for CimmerianX

I've used drivesavers.com many times with great success. They aren't cheap, but they do recover data even from physically damaged platters.

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