Data recovery is the process of extracting data from the damaged, failed, corrupted or inaccessible data from a secondary data source or any storage media, which in the traditional ways is not recovered. There are many companies working in the field of the data recovery. In UK, Edinburgh there is many organizations that provide this facility. A few of the companies like the ABC Data Recovery Ltd., Data Recovery Doctor, IAN Stevens, DTI Data Recovery Specialists and many more are working in the area of data recovery.

ABC Data Recovery was basically formed aiming for the forensic data recovery but due to the growing market of the data recovery started off in the same lines. The organization also provides training to international clients and the home customers who require a cost effective solution. The company charges a general of ?95 for a HDD recovery and ?98 for a laptop recovery. The Raid and other higher capacity disks have their costs above ?175 (VAT charges for all are extra). The firm does have an onsite services in the city of Edinburgh

Data recovery doctor or so called DRD also work on similar lines but even provide the service quick and within 24-48 hours based on the amount of data and the medium through which the data has to be recovered. The company also claims to be able to extract data from damages HDD (mechanical damages and platter crashes) and electrical failures where data extraction becomes more difficult. The organization also claims to have a more reputed standing in the warranty claims of the leading HDD manufacturers like Western Digital, Toshiba and others. The firm has an office in London, and does contact and attend to the customers by post and email.

IAN Systems is another organization, which provides the same service in its own way to claim of NO FIX NO FEE. They even have a callout fee of ?25 within 3 miles radius and charge ?3 extra per mile. This way they provide a home service on being reported a problem. Apart from the Data recovery they do deal with the PC repair and broadband service which have separate charges. The charges for the HDD and laptop recovery starts from ?85 and the Flash drive recovery starts from ?45. The main office is located in 13 Argyle Street, Edinburgh.

DTI Data Recovery Specialists is an organization with is wider and larger audience. The organization works for the corporations and small offices where they attend to the needs of the Data Recovery services. The firm has a 35 years of reputation compared to the other organizations, which are new into the market. The organization has a dedicated vision of recovering the data by all means for the client and believes in satisfying the customer's needs and meet up to their expectations. They do have an office in Edinburgh City.

A few other firms, which also look into the Data recovery, are Asset IT, which is located in Hanover Street Edinburgh, provides services of computer repair and recovery. Netversal Communications located in South Bridge, Edinburgh looks into the IT products and services and also offers mobile and computer repair and upgrades. They also look into the Data recovery as one of their services.