Just two weeks ago a thunderstorm tore through my surge protectors and burned out a very special and irreplaceable hard drive which had files and media on it that I had been collecting for over a decade, as well as the backup files for a book project I've been working on even longer. If you are in the same spot that I was in and you are feeling that same bottomless sense of doom that all of your data is gone (I was absolutely convinced I would never see any of those files ever again) then you can stop looking for help right now because Aaron at Yellow Brick Data Recovery is probably one of the best data recovery specialists in the country. I can tell you from personal experience that one of the biggest and most persistent misconceptions about data recovery is that turning to some big faceless company with slick graphics and even slicker advertisements automatically means years and years of cumulative expertise and experience. But the truth is you never know who's actually going to be working on your device or how much individual experience they have, and due to rigid bureaucratic quotas, performance targets and high-volume turnover you will almost always end up paying exorbitant prices for subpar services because most employees, knowing full well that any outstanding work they do will only be punished with tougher future standards, are left with very little incentive to do a great job or go the extra mile. If you want to avoid all of that and you want the best service possible for a fraction of the cost and you want your data handled with meticulous and diligent care, then do yourself a huge favor and get a quote from Yellow Brick right now. Not only has Aaron been in the industry for nearly two decades (he was working at the top of a very competitive field in a lab in Studio City, California before coming back home to Kansas) but he treats each job with enormous precision and attention to detail. In addition to his extensive experience, he has all of the same clean room equipment and software that the large companies use, if you are in a hurry to get your data back he also offers expedited services, and he stands behind the same "no data, no charge" guarantee that the big corporations advertise as well. But what truly sets Yellow Brick apart is the personal touch Aaron offers, which no corporation can rival, and that difference is staggering. From the very moment he has your device in hand, he stays in continuous contact with you throughout the entire process, he tells you exactly what's going on with your hardware and your data, he sends updates to let you know exactly where in the process he's at, and if you have any questions he answers them immediately. Once he has successfully retrieved all of your data, he then sends you an interactive snapshot of the entire hard drive and all of its contents so that you can see for yourself, firsthand, exactly what he's recovered. If there are any missing sectors he will send you a comprehensive list of those as well, but I can tell you from experience that this list will be short and negligible—in my particular case he was able to get back EVERYTHING that I lost and he did it in less than a day! On top of all of this, he keeps a temporary clone of your device on hand, giving you time to review all of your data at home at your own pace, which is absolutely imperative, particularly when you're dealing with new and untested hardware. In the end everyone's needs are different but, for me, it's not just Aaron's years of experience or his incredibly precise work, but the personal touch he brings to the table that makes Yellow Brick so special—from start to finish you are treated like a human being with real worries and real concerns, and, because of that, I won't use any...
   Read moreLike an idiot I had all my irreplaceable family photos and videos on a single 4TB hard drive, and when I accidentally plugged the drive into the wrong power supply, I fried it. Burning smell, awful clicking noise, the works. I was afraid to tell my wife what I'd done, that I'd lost our ENTIRE family archive. So, I decided to try to find somebody to recover the drive. A google search led me to lots of companies, and I sent them all messages describing my dilemma. I got lots of canned responses, and one personal email from a guy named Aaron at Yellow Brick Data Recovery. When I told Aaron about my drive, he patiently explained what it would take to see if the files were recoverable, and what it would cost if they were. His prices were in-line with many of the others, and cheaper than most, and I was encouraged by his personal interaction, so I sent him my hard drive along with many prayers. Lo and behold, I get a message a couple of days later that said Yellow Brick had recovered 100% of my files! It's been a long time since I've gotten such welcome news. I'd highly recommend Aaron and Yellow Brick, both for their excellent communications, and also for their technical ability to recover a fried hard drive....
   Read moreI'll never go anywhere else for data recovery needs! After a frustrating experience with a big name data recovery company (in which they first quoted me over 2k to repair a dropped external hard drive, but when I said I couldn't afford that magically came back with a quote 1k lower) I did a second google search and found Yellow Brick Road. I'm so thrilled I did! Aaron is incredibly personable, straight-forward, communicative, and more than fair in pricing. I ended up having to pay a little bit more for a donor hard drive, but I did not mind because Aaron was so thorough in explaining why and it was still well below the quote I got from any other company. And he was able to recover every last bit of data on my broken hard...
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