Buffalo TeraStation Recovery

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If your Terastation has a failed RAID and you have tried a RAID rebuild, or you cannot access the device, because a firmware update failed, our engineers have many years of experience of recovering from these failures.

If all your recovery efforts have failed, you now need specialist RAID recovery assistance. If you keep on trying to recover the TeraStation yourself, you may cause further damage. You might even cause complete data loss

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

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Our engineers have experience of all storage devices. They 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 TeraStation Data Recovery Causes

  • Hard drive failed
  • Overheating, resulting in hard drive faults
  • RAID rebuild failed (all models with multiple drives)
  • Firmware update failed, causing loss of access to device or data
  • File system corruption
  • User error

Buffalo TeraStation Products

Buffalo TeraStation Duo

  • RAID 0 and RAID 1
  • Two drive capacity

Buffalo TeraStation Pro 2

  • Pedestal (no longer supported) and Rackmount
  • Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.
  • Four drive capacity

Buffalo TeraStation ES

  • RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
  • Four drive capacity

Buffalo TeraStation 3

  • Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
  • Four drive capacity
  • Pedestal and 1U Rackmount options

Buffalo TeraStation WSS

  • RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5
  • Four drive capacity

Buffalo TeraStation Pro 2 iSCSI

  • Pedestal and 2U Rackmount versions
  • Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
  • Four drive capacity

Buffalo TeraStation 3 iSCSI

  • Pedestal and 2URackmount versions
  • Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
  • Four drive capacity
  • Hot-swap facility
  • iSCSI integration

When we take delivery of, and before recovering data from the failed Buffalo, we first make backup copies of the original drives. We never work with the original drives, in case another drive fails during the process. That is a secure insurance policy for both of us. We’ll diagnose the failure, and start the recovery. We’ll let you know how we are getting on at every stage of the procedure, so you will know when you can expect to receive your recovered data. Which should not take long at all.