WD800BB data recovery
Recovering data from the Western Digital WD800BB (80GB), a 3.5-inch IDE (PATA) drive from the WD Caviar (IDE) range. Free evaluation in our central London clean-room lab, with courier collection from anywhere in the UK.
About the WD800BB
| Make | Western Digital |
| Family | WD Caviar (IDE) |
| Model | WD800BB |
| Capacity | 80GB |
| Size | 3.5-inch |
| Connection | IDE (PATA) |
| Made | 2000–2007 |
| Used in | Desktop |
What usually goes wrong
Old IDE drives from early-2000s PCs. Typical faults are worn heads, a seized motor, or burnt electronics. We still keep IDE connections and donor parts for them.
If your WD800BB is clicking, beeping or not spinning, switch it off. Every restart can damage the platters further. Don’t open it and don’t run recovery software on it.
How we recover the WD800BB
We use PC-3000 systems from ACE Lab, the professional standard for data recovery labs. PC-3000 lets us repair a drive’s firmware through its service area, read damaged drives one head at a time, and copy weak drives slowly and safely without stressing them. Physical repairs such as replacing read/write heads are done in our clean room in central London, so the drive never leaves our lab.
We always work on a copy of the drive, never the original, and you get a list of recovered files to check before you pay for the recovery.
Prices
| Evaluation | Free |
| Clean-room diagnostic | £79 |
| Deleted files, working drive | £99 |
| Logical recovery, 1TB–4TB | £150–£250 |
| Physical recovery, single driveplus donor drive if needed | £450 |
All prices + VAT. Full price list