
R3 Data Recovery Reviews & Testimonials
R3 Data Recovery holds a 4.7/5 rating from 592+ verified reviews, with customers highlighting our ability to recover data from hard drives, SSDs, RAID systems, and mobile devices - even when other labs fail.
Real experiences from data recovery customers across the UK
Data recovery isn't just technical — it's personal. Whether it's a business facing downtime or a family fearing the loss of precious memories, the impact is real.
This hub brings together verified experiences from people across the UK, highlighting how R3 engineers diagnose failures, recover lost data, and support customers through one of the most stressful situations they can face.
What these reviews represent
- Devices
- Hard drives, SSDs, RAID arrays, mobile phones, USB drives, servers
- Failure Types
- Mechanical and logical failures, accidental deletion, RAID degradation, physical drop damage, ransomware encrypted, fire/flood damage
- Services Reviewed
- Standard recovery, emergency recovery, RAID rebuilds, mobile device recovery, ransomware encrypted recovery
- Provider Reviewed
- R3 Data Recovery Ltd (Security House Lab, Sheffield)
What customers experienced with R3?
Every review below comes from a real customer who trusted R3 with their data. These stories reflect real challenges, real recoveries, and the work our engineers do every day.
R3 successfully recovered 850Go of data from my failed hard drive in about a month. At first I was sent a file list that was only showing about half of the content, which scared me, but after sending further details and explanation the team was able to find everything I wanted. Each step was clearly explained to me and the communication was great. It's not a cheap service but it's a huge relief for me to have everything back. Now I'm copying all my data on 3 different drives + Cloud.
Superb - saved my life. So organised, communicative, efficient, diligent. Within 24 hours of collecting my fire damaged hard disk, they had retrieved all my data. Sincerely, thank you!
This is the second time I have used R3 Data Recovery in 10 years. Both times full fast recovery and was kept well informed during all stages of the process. This time is was after the failure of a 1TB internal hard disk. Collection and return of disk/recovery media fast and reliable. Although I hope not to have to use their services again I wouldn't hesitate if necessary.
These guys recovered 100% of my data…!! They kept me informed all the way and were very professional. A little bit expensive, but worth every penny. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them and would happily use again.
Absolutely brilliant and bona fide company that does what is says in its company title. How important is your lost data to you??? Well if it means as much as it does to me and you are stupid enough to not have those back ups in place, then do not complain about the costs to recover them. Relatively speaking, was quite cheap considering there was 25 years worth of data recovered. I used my credit card on this failure on my part, but don't regret a single pound spent. Will and his team recovered the data from an old Linux system drive and put it onto a brand new one terabyte external hard drive for me ready to run under Windows. To all persons who need a reputable company and are trawling through various Google searches, this is the real deal and actually do their recovery on site. Hopefully you will never need to be in this situation, but if you do give them a call. Great interaction and regular updates throughout the process. Many thanks to all at R3 Data Recovery. John C.
5* customer service. I cannot thank R3 Data Recovery enough. The team recovered all my photos and videos from a WD NAS drive. Would highly recommend, you definitely get what you pay for, Many thanks.
Really helpful, clear pricing and great turnaround speed. Thank you to Andy and the team
Spoke to Andy on Friday afternoon after all the files on my hdd were not accessible, he calmed me down and I dropped the disc in around tea time, Paul took a look and told me how the disc had failed and confirmed it should be possible to recover most if not all the data, and they would drop straight onto it. I received a list of recoverable files on Monday, paid the invoice which was actually slightly less than I was expecting and Tuesday lunchtime was able to collect the recovered data on a new hdd. Great service, reasonable costs and all my data was saved. Definitely recommend R3.
Fabulous service, they saved my bacon when I accidentally overwrote my 8,500 word lit review for uni. Super professional and speedy,they really went the extra mile for me. Worth every penny.
What a fantastic company with great service! Excellent communication from my 1st email of the enquiry stage to receiving my fully recovered external hard drive. Had the pleasure of speaking to several members of staff during the course of them helping me, and aLao got to speak to the owner Andy. Can’t praise them all enough for the help they provided. Great team. Would recommend R3 without hesitation.
Very quick and professional. They really saved my bacon as all our critical dada was inaccessible as our drive had failed.
Quick & efficient service. A little pricy but well worth it!!
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