If you do a Google search for, say, "fix a broken flash drive," you will find a plethora of promising advice, software, soldering instructions and lots of other information that just might convince you to dust off the 'ol soldering iron and try to recover your files yourself. Or maybe your neighbor or coworker has offered to solder it back together for you.

-- WARNING -- WARNING -- WARNING--

We at FlashDrivePros.com receive flash drives almost every day that have undergone botched attempts at DIY data recovery. While we always do our best to undo the damage, it's often just too severe and the customer's files are lost.

Don't be fooled into thinking data recovery is as easy as reattaching the connector by soldering the four pins back on to the circuit board. More often than not, the copper traces that connect the various components on the circuit board have become severed, or the solder pads on which the pins of the connector were attached have separated from the circuit board. What does all that mean? Soldering the pins is probably not going to fix it, and will likely only cause more damage.

Why risk your important files? The skilled data recovery engineers at FlashDrivePros.com will recover your files in 2-5 day for just $99, or in 24 hours for $299.

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Extortion (k-stôrshn) n. 3. An excessive or exorbitant charge.

A comment from one of our recent customers reminds me how some data recovery shops are charging outrageous prices knowing that many people will be willing to pay almost anything to get their important files back. Here’s what Bonnie Napton had to say (used with permission):

“I just want to THANK YOU for recovering these files! I was so upset when I was quoted nearly $1000 to recover them from the G.S. and for them to say it may not work even then.  So when you told me you may be able to do it, I was hopeful, but it seemed too good to be true.  As I am going through and opening the files, you have saved me from having to recreate and remember what I created over the last 5 years for professional and personal needs.  I couldn't be happier!  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!! I would recommend anyone to you!!”

$1,000 for a procedure that takes less than an hour to complete and requires only basic electronics repair equipment, and they might not even recover the data at that? Personally, I smell a rat.

FlashDrivePros.com offers its customers USB flash drive data recovery for a flat rate of $99 for a 2-5 day service or $299 for next-day service.

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