I have had to use their service several times now. This company is the real deal they actually do the work themselves they dont send it out to some company back East . They are very competent and do the work at a very fair price. I do not believe there is a better company anywhere for data recovery then Kotar. I rarely write reviews but this company really deserves a good review.

If you need data recovered, this is the place to go. Quality work, professional, friendly and extremely communicative. They kept me in the loop every step of the way and were willing to work with my schedule. I needed a couple of terabytes of data recovered and Kotar saved the day. Highly recommended!

I couldnt be happier with the results and professionalism I received. Not only did they work quickly, they kept me posted and responded immediately. They were upfront with their prices and were fast to refund my deposit. It meant the world to recover precious memories I thought were gone forever. I would definitely use them and recommend them!

Recovered 100% of corrupted content. Fast and flawless!

I had a very difficult Hard Drive Head crash and an unrecoverable data situation. From a Google search for data recovery services I chose Kotar on a Saturday. I met with Robert at his place of business to deliver my bad HDD.I was very inpressed with his knowledge and professionalism. He showed me an old defective drive as an example so that I could understand the process he would do to attempt recovery of my data.I was so impressed with the quality of the work and the 1 day turn around. So impressive. All my data was recovered. I was frequently kept informed of the status. I highly recommend Robert at Kotar Data Recovery.

If you want to spend $2000. Sure, its great service.

Kotar data recovery is the best solution to get things done in most fast and sufficient way possible. Great customer service and professional approach to the subject thats what makes Kotar different from other companies around. I do appreciate the work they have done for me recovering data from my damaged HD, Thank you Kotar

Mr. Kotar was incredibly helpful! After taking my computer to a different location that couldnt retrieve my information from my broken hard drive I was incredibly worried. I reached out to Mr. Kotar and within a few weeks he was able to get everything back. It was an excellent experience and I am very pleased. Dont hesitate to reach out to Kotar Data Recovery!

Worse service ever.Robert took the iphone, mac and money and set the deadline in 14 days.14th day: replied, but postponed till 2PM. No update then.18th day: no reply at all19th day: no reply on message and call. I had to call from another phone (!!!) to make Robert answer. No surprise, with a new number he picked the phone up immediately, and finally admitted that he didnt work on my case and was busy on more urgent cases. Promised feedback in couple of days22nd day: no feedback, I contacted myself and I heard complaints about difficult case, and no explanation about breaking the promise. Update ASAP33rd day: having no any update, I contacted Robert again, he promised feedback in 2 days.36th day: no update, after I wrote and asked why he broke the promise for the 6th time in a row, I was told about problems with heart and that for sure he will update me on Saturday, and assured that it NEVER happened in 8 years.46th day: no update for 7th time in a row, I contacted and asked again what have happened. Explanation was case is difficult and problems with keeping me updated is just a coincidence. PROMISED (haha) to give me the final result after 5 days.52st day: no update (8th time in a row). I contacted and asked to give me my mac, iphone and money back.Finally I was able to get everything back, on 38th day after the deadline. I understand that data recovery can be unsuccessful and nothing wrong with that, but there were too much lies and broken promises about work on my case. I dont believe at all that failure to contact the client can happens 8 times in a row is just a coincidence. Absolute mess.PS: Robert, stop to send me messages, you had 52 days for that.

Friendly, professional and super fast follow up. Highly recommended!

Implementing a reliable and robust backup strategy on our 7 year old Dell XPS 8700 was always in the we-really-need-to-do-that category, but somehow we never really found the time to do it. It is said that there are two states for hard drives: Failing and Failed, and the 2TB Seagate hard drive used to store our data on the computer finally went from the failing state to the failed state, taking thousands of pictures, financial records, and other critical data with it. On NO! The computer would not even boot. Hoping at first that it was a motherboard issue, we used an external hard drive dock and plugged the drive in to see if a different computer could read it. No such luck.After quite a bit of research on Google, and impressed with the high number of positive reviews of Kotar, I called them up to see if they could help. The owner, Robert Kotar, took charge of the case personally, and worked hard on the drive for several days, including on the weekend. He sent regular status reports to us (one coming in at 11:00pm on a Friday night!). After replacing several of the heads and manually rebuilding some failed firmware, Robert was able to successfully recover all of our data, including the hidden partitions of the disk. He made a clone of the disk for us, and Im happy to say that we have everything back.Roberts professionalism and dedication towards getting our data back impressed us. The process isnt cheap, but it is well worth it. We are extremely satisfied with the job he did, and recommend Kotar Data Recovery highly.I also recommend putting into place a robust backup strategy ... NOW!

I contacted Mr. Kotar regarding a severely damaged hard drive. He was able to recover all of my data. He was very professional and helpful. I would highly recommend him to anyone.

Our camera got waterlogged and its disk drive basically got fried. Kotar Data Recovery was able to restore the data on the drive with a lot of work and persistence. I truly appreciate their effort and integrity. Would definitely recommend to others. Great job.

Cant say enough nice things about Mr.Kotar. I dropped my portable hard drive on the ground and it was badly damaged. But, he was able to recover all of the data in just a couple of days. Mr. Kotar is a thorough professional and he provided regular updates about the case. Would highly recommend him for your data recovery needs.

The story is I had lost 5GB of data due to an incredible mishap happening with my backup software. The software also wrote a tiny amount of new data onto the wiped drive. Kotar Data Recovery was able to retrieve all my data including file structure. Apparently it wasnt easy, but they got the job done. Im incredibly happy with the results and would recommend them any time.

They were great! They did what they promised they would do and at a very reasonable price, definitely much less than what I got quoted at other places. They take the privacy and security of your information very seriously, so much so that the front door is locked at all times. And pleasant to work with. Highly recommend them.

Excellent service. Thank you Kotar for recovering my data. Also Kotar data recovery price is best compared to other data recovery solutions in Bay area.

Polite and professional, helped recover my harddrive in a short few days

On two separate occasions we had a serious problem with the potential loss of important data on defective hard drives. We found the people at Kotar Data Recovery to be highly competent, extremely responsive, friendly, and determined problem solvers. In both cases they were able to resolve our problem and recover the at-risk data quickly. I would recommend them to anyone with a similar computer problem.

Fast recovery and reasonable price. I got almost all my data back with a price much lower than many other data recovery businesses.

Professional, responsive, and very accommodating. Fair pricing.Got a diagnosis within 2 hours after I dropped it off. Drive was making a ticking sound and all heads were shot with micro scratches on the disc surface, but was able to still recover all of the data I need. Highly recommend.

Nice, friendly and quick customer service. Our hard drive disk was damaged badly, and the price for recover is 1400 due to the work complexity. We chose to hold the case. The lesson is, never unplug the disk before safely ejection. It cost so much!

Kotar recovered all my files perfectly from my failed hard drive! For a reasonable price, in a short time, they even provided a new portable hard drive for transferring the data and future backups. Theyre truly a life saver!My laptop was slowly failing, I thought it was a virus from my kids download but then Windows wouldnt start fully. I *thought* Id take it to a big box office stores easy computer service, but they couldnt deal with HD failure except to outsource for some unearthly estimate, uncertain results, and weeks more time. Im so glad I found Kotar instead: Robert gave me a quote & estimate within an hour of looking at it, and they didnt start until I agreed. They kept me updated with the progress, and offered 3 options for transferring the data. His estimate was spot on: Recovery is possible. 100% success rate and the price.Thanks Robert, and thanks Kotar!! You all saved my wifes business files, family pictures, and everything else I thought was lost!!

My laptops hard drive died and wouldnt even spin up. Robert was friendly and helpful, and was able to restore all the data. I would definitely go there again - but hope I never have to (and have invested in appropriate backup systems to try to ensure that!).

Friendly and quick customer service. Got all my data back. Thanks!

Recommended by a family. Helped me with my external hard drive and identified the problem. Very precise and timely response and service.

Accidentally formatted my USB stick that had ALL my small business history on it from day one and I didnt have a recent back-up. Brought the stick to Kotar. They were able to recover ALL the data that I formatted away. It was pricey, but they provide a valuable service and thats worth something. I would highly recommend them, but if you dont have a lot of money to spend you may not be able to afford them. Doesnt hurt to get a quote.

Very fast and professional in the service. I was in SF for a business trip and in three days we plan a good strategy to recover my data even if I would have move back to Italy.

Diligent, prompt, and professional.

The team at Kotar helped me recover data from a decade old drive! Very quick and professional service, this is now my go-to place for any data recovery services.

Lost two drives at the same time. Kotar saved the day! No, rather saved the whole year! Expensive, but when you need your operation up and running again fast, its going to be expensive. Three things I was of during this process: Backup, backup, backup! Kotar came thru with recovery of my data, thanks!

Robert has worked hard, and managed to rescue my disk data. He went above and beyond my expectations and was very professional.

Reasonable price

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