Retrodata RAID Recovery

Our engineers recover data from any failed LinkStation whether it has a crashed hard drive, failed or degraded RAID array, volume corruption, firmware update failure, system corruption – even if you simply cannot access the device or share.

Recovering Your Data

Please contact us with general queries or, for more complex data loss situations, please use the detailed technical enquiry form. For those clients outside the UK, we also offer international data recovery services. We offer competitive rates, quick turnaround and offer advice on how to pack your media.

We can often regenerate and rebuild your RAID and start recovering your data within an hour of receipt using our emergency data recovery service

RAID Recovery Experts

Our engineers have world-class RAID recovery skills. Together with their in-depth knowledge of file systems and operating systems, they will be able to restore your lost or missing data. Quickly and efficiently.

• Operating systems: Windows, Apple Mac OS, Linux, UNIX, Novell and proprietary systems
• RAID Levels RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 to RAID 30, RAID 50, RAID 60, RAID 10
• File systems: NTFS, HFS+, Ext3, Ext4, ZFS, XFS, UFS

Buffalo LinkStation Data Recovery Causes

• Hard drive failed – or multiple drive failure
• Overheating, causing hard drive failure
• RAID rebuild failed (all models with multiple drives)
• Firmware upgrade failed or firmware corruption, causing loss of access to device or data
• Corrupt file system
• LinkStation crashed for no apparent reason
• IT Admin or user error (the leading cause of permanent data loss)

About Buffalo LinkStation

Buffalo LinkStation devices are a popular method of storing, backing up and sharing data in a busy office environment. However, these devices are not supposed to be used as secure backups, and things do go wrong.

• Hard drive failure – red LED light
• LaCie software update failure
• RAID rebuild failure
• Overheating – flashing blue and red light
• Accidental re-format
• RAID array reinitialised
• RAID level migration failure
• Cannot access device or volume

If your LinkStation has a failed RAID and you have tried a RAID rebuild, or you cannot access the device, because a firmware update failed, we’ll recover it. Or maybe a hard disk crashed. Even if the file system is corrupt, we’ll recover your data. We offer Buffalo LinkStation Recovery services from all devices.

If you try to recover the LinkStation yourself, you may cause further damage. You might even cause complete data loss.

Buffalo LinkStation Products

Buffalo LinkStation Duo

• RAID 0 and RAID 1 support
• Active Directory support
• Apple Time Machine support

Buffalo LinkStation Live

• Single hard drive – no redundancy.
• No cooling fan – failure caused by overheating possible

Buffalo LinkStation Mini NAS

• Two 2.5″ hard drive capacity
• RAID 0 and RAID 1 support
• Active Directory support
• Apple Time Machine support

Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo

• Two 3.5″ hard drive capacity
• RAID 0 and RAID 1 support
• Active Directory support

Buffalo LinkStation Quad

• Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 (default) and RAID 10
• Four drive capacity
• Hot-swap facility
• Apple Time Machine compatible