MQ01ACF050 data recovery
Recovering data from the Toshiba MQ01ACF050 (500GB 7200rpm), a 2.5-inch SATA drive from the Toshiba MQ01 (laptop) range. Free evaluation in our central London clean-room lab, with courier collection from anywhere in the UK.
About the MQ01ACF050
| Make | Toshiba |
| Family | Toshiba MQ01 (laptop) |
| Model | MQ01ACF050 |
| Capacity | 500GB 7200rpm |
| Size | 2.5-inch |
| Connection | SATA |
| Made | 2011–2016 |
| Used in | Laptop |
What usually goes wrong
Very common in laptops and in Toshiba Canvio external drives. The UBD models have the USB port built onto the drive. Head failure is the usual fault.
If your MQ01ACF050 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 MQ01ACF050
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
Other Toshiba MQ01 (laptop) models
- MQ01ABD032 320GB
- MQ01ABD050 500GB
- MQ01ABD075 750GB
- MQ01ABD100 1TB
- MQ01ABF050 500GB slim
- MQ01UBD100 1TB USB-native