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Seagate Ironwolf Helium Hard Drive Data Recovery

Helium drives like some of Seagate's Ironwolf drives are difficult to work with. Drives with helium seals necessitate experience & advanced tools. Our technicians use the latest AceLAB PC3000 setups & years of specialized experience to get data back from your helium hard drive. Our expertise greatly increases the chance of a successful recovery compared to technicians unfamiliar with helium drives

Seagate Ironwolf Recovery

Common Causes of Data Loss in Seagate Exos Drives

  • Mechanical Failures: Issues like head crashes, spindle motor failures, or platter damage can lead to data loss. Drives that have been dropped can have the issue where the heads re-park & seek back and forth which can indicate internal damage.
  • Firmware Corruption: Malfunctions in drive firmware can make data access impossible without special tools.
  • Environmental Factors: Heat, moisture, and physical shocks can damage these drives, with helium-filled models being very sensitive to punctures or seal breaches.

Helium Drive Challenge

One common issue is the higher weight of the platter stack, which can stress the servo motor & cause wobbling platters. This can cause damage to the platters, motor, & read/write heads if not handled correctly.

Advantages of our AceLAB PC3000 Setup

  • Advanced Diagnostics and Repair: The AceLAB PC3000 represents the height of data recovery tools, offering amazing diagnostics & repair capabilities. Our fully updated setup allows us to accurately diagnose issues that might be overlooked by less advanced tools or older versions. This precision is important to figure out the proper recovery path, which minimizes the risk of data loss. 
  • Firmware Access & Repair: The PC3000 provides us with great access to the drive's firmware, which allows our technicians to do complex repairs that are beyond the reach of standard recovery tools & basic software. This is required for recovering data from drives with corrupted firmware, a common issue in helium-filled models.
  • Comprehensive Data Extraction: Our PC3000 setup allows for close to full data extraction, even from severely damaged drives. This lets us provide full  data in challenging cases

Why Choose Rossmann Repair Group?

Expertise in Seagate Ironwolf Helium Drives

Our technicians have great in-depth knowledge of Seagate Ironwolf drives.

Above all, we do not pay for advertising or affiliate commissions, allowing us to keep our prices low! Our best advertising are our hundreds of thousands of happy customers who have been spreading the word about us for the past fifteen years. 

  • Local, On-Site Recovery: All recoveries are performed at our Austin lab, ensuring your data never leaves the city.
  • Transparent Pricing: We provide free estimates and transparent pricing, so you know what to expect without any surprises.
  • No Expensive Ad Campaigns: Our company uses 100% grassroots, organic advertising - no pay per click ads, no affiliate programs, meaning we do not have expensive advertising costs we must pass onto you. For the level of expertise we offer, you won't find a lower price.
  • High Success Rates: Leveraging advanced techniques and our state-of-the-art equipment, our success rates are among the best in the industry.
  • Direct Communication: You’ll speak directly with the specialists handling your case, ensuring personal and attentive service.
  • Top rated: We are the best rated repair shop in our class on Google maps. This was the result of 15 years of dedication to our craft & our customers.

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email [email protected] , call 347-552-2258, or walk into our store at 2410 San Antonio St, Austin, TX, 78705 to get started & ask us any questions you have!

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Seagate Ironwolf Hard Drive Model numbers

  • IronWolf Pro Series:

    • 20TB:
      • ST20000NT001
      • ST20000NE000
    • 18TB:
      • ST18000NT001
      • ST18000NE000
    • 16TB:
      • ST16000NT001
      • ST16000NE000
    • 14TB:
      • ST14000NT001
      • ST14000NE0008
    • 12TB:
      • ST12000NT001
      • ST12000NE0008
    • 10TB:
      • ST10000NT001
      • ST10000NE0008
  • IronWolf Series:

    • 12TB:
      • ST12000VN0008
    • 10TB:
      • ST10000VN0008

We Can Recover Your Data

Data loss isn’t the end of the world, and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Whether your drive stopped working, got soaked, or simply refuses to boot, we diagnose the problem honestly and recover what matters—without upsells, scare tactics, or nonsense.

Logical Failures

  • Corrupt firmware or file system
  • Accidentally deleted files
  • Passwords you forgot (happens to the best of us)
  • Partial overwrites
  • Malware infection

Physical Damage

  • Dropped or crushed drives
  • Water or liquid damage
  • Contaminated platters
  • Head crash or actuator failure
  • Manufacturer defects

External Disasters

  • Fire, flood, or hurricane
  • Power surges that fried your hardware
  • Tornadoes (or angry pets knocking over your setup)
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We Can Recovery Data From These Types of Media at Our Lab

Laptop Hard Disk Drives
Liquid damaged iPhones
Physically damaged USB flash drives
SD & microSD cards
WD MyPassport
Desktop Hard Disk Drives
External Hard Disk Drives
USB Hard Drives
RAID configurations
SATA, IDE, SCSI, SAS, SSD Hard Drives

How is Hard Drive Recovery Priced?

Giving a price without seeing the device, assessing its condition is impossible. Everyone feels better having some basic idea of what things may cost, so for a basic idea, see below. Do realize the + means price can go up! Please do note that drives that have been opened before are rarely if ever recoverable by us: mention this prior to sending it in as we rarely work on pre-worked on drives.
hard drives

Hard Drives

$100 for basic data retrieval, $250-$650 for firmware repair, $900-$2000 for heads swap.
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SD cards and micro sd cards

SDcards/microSD cards

$200 for basic data recovery, $900 for breakout board data recovery
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cellphone data recovery

CellPhones

$300-$650 for drop or liquid damage, $1200+ for difficult cases(board swap). $400+ for any damage inflicted by inept repair technicians(long screw) that is above and beyond terrible.
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ssd card data recovery

SSDs

$300-$1500 depending on extent of damage
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Customers Trust Our Hard Drive Data Recovery Services

Hear from our satisfied customers who trust us for their data recovery needs in Austin. We didn't become the top rated repair shop on Google maps by accident - this was a 15 year effort of providing best-in-class service, with no gimmicks. 

5 star ratingAfter years of watching Louis' YouTube vids I had to contact them for a damaged USB drive. I know they work on Apple products 99% of the time. This thumb drive had important documents that could not be reproduced, so I sent it in and they quoted me three times under what My big city wanted. Not to negate the time and work that goes into working on something so small. They are absolute professionals and I will be sending more damaged items in the future. From the time sent to return was exactly 15 days. Absolute life savers.
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Randy M.
12/17/2021
Highly recommend the mail-in service. I thought my refurbished 2017 MacBook Pro was at the end of the road when the screen and fan died. None of the troubleshooting tricks worked, Apple Support told me I wouldn't be able to fix the laptop OR retrieve my data, and all of the repair shops in my city were wildly expensive. Rossmann Repair Group was recommended to me, and wow. The customer service has been fantastic, they fixed my laptop very quickly, and very affordably. It's running like it used to when I first bought it.
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Viveca Licata
4/06/2023
I would absolutely recommend Rossmann Repair Group. Very professional, and I was able to get everything I needed off of my broken hard drive. There's no question, if you need computer/hard drive help, Rossmann Repair Group is the best.
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Courtland Welch
12/17/2020
5 star ratingLouis Rossmann is as real as it gets man. The sheep may not be of your average sheep's color, but he's the real deal. He knows exactly what he is doing and he's the full sheep. Not half the sheep, but the full legit sheep. You can't go wrong with Louis Rossmann. Don't delay, ship your Mackbook to Rossmann Repair Group today. Get your data recovery needs, your PP3SHEEP HOT repaired, liquid damaged keyboards (including those beautiful butterfly....wait a second... I wouldn't classify those as keyboards...) screens, and all sorts of... fuses....missing a screw? Perhaps a short screw for those short holes? Rossmann Repair Group has everything you need. But seriously, this place will fix all your sheep related needs!
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Just R.
6/18/2019
Place was great! I went in with a clearly injured Mac Book and they told me point blank it wasnt worth fixing, the Mac was opened and diagnosed properly. I recieved my Mac more in tact than when I took itin. 10 minutes was how long I waited to get my answer. I also wasn't charged a diagnosis fee. This was my 2nd opinion. The first place said i need to pay $130 just for them to look at it. Well worth my 30 minute drive into Manhattan. Thanks!!!
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Fatima A
12/17/2020
I had an iPhone 8 that was totally dead, wouldn't recognize being plugged into a computer or power outlet. The biggest problem was that it hadn't been backed up in a long time and there 5000+ photos and videos of our kids were potentially lost.I sent it in to RRG and got a call from Kevin (who was the tech who was actually going to be handling my repair). He was great, forthcoming with the plan, and very polite.Bottom line? Got my phone back with all the data still intact (apps, contacts, photos, videos, settings) working 100%, AND got a flash drive with the photos and videos on it.Thanks guys!
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Chris Straughn
10/21/2019
I've been a fan of Louis Rossman for years. Finally I had a hard drive issue and sent it out to them. They quoted me one price and it ended being less than expected. They repaired the data and recovered it to another drive!!! The customer service was straight forward and no beating around the bush. The helped me get what i need done.
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Wesley F.
7/25/2022
I have a 8+ year old MacBook Air, it completely shut off on me and I was devastated since I have a ton of important business files that weren't backed up. I contacted Apple Tech through chat and we troubleshooted with negative results. The Tech set up an appointment with their Apple Store Genius Bar. I went over to the appointment and the individual at the Genius Bar couldn't help me and basically did everything the previous tech over chat had me do. The Genius Bar tech told me there was nothing that could really be done since its considered a "vintage" device. I could try to have it repaired by them but there is a flat rate and there will be a high chance that the data will be lost. I couldn't take that chance and loose the data. One of my friends gave me Rossmann's information. I contacted them and Kevin told me to bring it over. I was there less than 15 minutes, the tech did some minor work and got my MacBook Air to turn on! Also told me there was no charge! I couldn't believe it after coming out of the Apple Store loosing my mind due to the potential data loss! These Guys at Rossmann are truly honest individuals! I am extremely grateful and fully recommend taking any of your devices for service there. THANK YOU AGAIN! Miguel
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Miguel B.
12/10/2022
I stumbled on my daughter's 2012 MacBook Pro that she had been told (years ago) was beyond repair. I powered it up and a little research led me to guess that the hard drive was dead or not being seen. So I sent a note with that assumption to Rossman Repair Group. They said it could be the hard drive or it could be the drive cable which is a known issue with this model - $100 to repair if that's what it is. I gambled and paid $13 to ship it. For retail customers, Rossman will diagnose, outline the problem, and provide an estimate for free. They confirmed it was the cable and they needed the OS password to further test the operating system to make sure that it boots (loads to your desktop). I did not have the password so I asked if they could use the password reset? They replied "We wouldn't be able to reset the password, but we can wipe it and reinstall a new OS with a new password if you'd like. The hard drive cable is indeed bad on this device, with a new cable the hard drive does show up." I got it back (free return shipping), since the hard drive now shows up I was able to reset the PW and it looks to be running perfectly! Total repair cost $113.
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Scott Jones
12/17/2021
5 star ratingI had all of our pictures backed up twice, except for 2017 and 2018. As I was uploading originals to the cloud, my drive died. And there went 2 years, four daughters' middle school and high school memories, and my heart was broken. Two separate repair shops looked at our drive....one of which likely also damaged it further....to no avail. Rossman was recommended by our local guy after he said it was not something he could do. Steve came through. It took time, and patience, and I fully expected for him to give up, but he didn't. He finally fixed it, did it at a price that was way too reasonable, and I now have our memories back. I would unequivocally recommend Rossman. They were honest, fair, and hardworking to the end.
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Karen Ferrero
12/17/2020
Very friendly, thorough, easy to get in touch with, and respond quickly in addition to fantastic work. I ended up spilling some water on my Macbook Pro that wasn't even a year old at the worst time possible (when I needed my laptop and the things on it most). I went to Apple and they quoted me $1400 and an additional 500$ for data recovery regardless of whether or not it was needed. Naturally, my things don't even get damaged in the same way other laptops do and my logic board was done for. Louis took a quick look at it the day I brought it in and said that the hard drive doesn't seem to be affected (something apple wanted to charge me $500 for). They kept in contact with me every step of the way. They got me a great price to replace the board and trackpad for half of what Apple wanted. Thank you, Louis and Steve. I hope I don't have to be the one to bring anything else to you guys, but if I do, I know where to go. Will definitely refer people. I'm also really enjoying the YouTube channel. Thanks again!
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Michael Arustamyan
1/21/2017
Had an amazing experience at Rossmann. They recovered 100% of my data 3 days post water damage on my iPhone. They finished the job same day and helped me transfer everything onto my new phone. They're amazing, 5+ stars!!
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Gabrielle S. Stadlen
9/17/2022
Absolutely incredible. A USB was corrupted and destroyed important legal files. They were able to recover all of it. Don’t trust anyone else!
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Katherine Beck
12/17/2020
5 star ratingI have a 2017 macbook pro. For those who aren't aware this model had a ton of design flaws.A few months ago Apple replaced my keyboard and battery for free which was great. Then it started crashing unexpectedly.Apple wanted $500 (before tax) to repair the issue.Rossmann quoted me $350 (total), so i went with them.When I came to pick up my laptop the guy at the front handed my computer back, told me there was some debris in one of my usb-c slots, and that the problem was fixed. He also told me they had fixed it FOR FREE, since they didn't need to do any real repairs/labor. That was amazing and I really appreciate the honesty because I'm sure Apple would have charged me $500 for the same fix.And yes my computer seems to be working fine.I only have one constructive criticism: which is the time it took to get my computer back. I brought it in on a Friday night, seeing that they were open on the weekend, i figured I could have my computer back by Monday or Tuesday. The guy at the front informed me that they don't do repairs on weekends, so I'd have it back Wednesday, absolutely latest Thursday.Well, half way through Thursday I hadn't heard back, so i left a comment on the ticket asking for an update - to which they replied they'd have it ready Friday or the following Monday. I had a feeling this meant Monday and that turned out to be the case. Thankfully I didn't absolutely need my Mac those few extra days past the original Wed/Thurs estimate they gave...but I definitely wasn't thrilled about that.So my recommendation for your database/ticketing system: please add a date that specifies the estimated completion date communicated to the customer at drop off. This way your company can be proactive and reach out to customers if repairs will take longer than expected...and ensure everyone is on the same page about the most updated time to complete.But again, thank you for the repair/service, and I look forward to more great videos from Louis on YT :)
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Max P.
10/30/2021
I took my iPhone 6 Plus with a motherboard completely damaged took it to other technicians that were specialist in motherboards and no one could’ve get my data recovered or fix my phone to power back on these people of (Rossmann Repair Group) got the phone fully repaired and in perfect working order and also backed up all my data in to a new hard drive . I totally recommend this company they are very responsive responsible and very professional .. thank you Rossmann Repair Group 😊
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Hector Nunez
12/17/2021

Our Recent Work

Our highly trained technicians have worked on some of the most complex cases with great success. If your hard drive or SDcard is no longer responsive, we’ll get your information back!
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Stuck heads? No problem! We have the tools and the clean room to un-stick your heads..
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We can do clean room data recovery on premises when necessary.
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Inspecting a 6 head stack from a donor drive before it goes into the patient.

Bottom Line:

At Rossmann Repair Group, we don’t just recover data; we restore your peace of mind. Contact us today for your hard drive data recovery needs in Austin and experience service that sets the industry standard.

Top Reasons To Have Your Repairs Done By Us

All data recovery done on-site.

Our pricing is fair.

High success rate.

You can meet & speak with the recovery specialist working on your case directly.

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Give us a call or fill out the form below to get a fast price estimate on a fix for your device.  If you are not local, we also offer a very streamlined Mail-In Service which makes it very easy to work with us from anywhere in the country.
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