ST2000DM008 data recovery
Recovering data from the Seagate ST2000DM008 (2TB), a 3.5-inch SATA drive from the Seagate BarraCuda (ST…DM004 to DM010) range. Free evaluation in our central London clean-room lab, with courier collection from anywhere in the UK.
About the ST2000DM008
| Make | Seagate |
| Family | Seagate BarraCuda (ST…DM004 to DM010) |
| Model | ST2000DM008 |
| Capacity | 2TB |
| Size | 3.5-inch |
| Connection | SATA |
| Made | 2016–today |
| Used in | Desktop |
What usually goes wrong
Several of these drives (including ST2000DM008, ST4000DM004 and ST8000DM004) use shingled recording (SMR), which stores data in overlapping tracks and keeps a complex map of where everything is. When that map is damaged, the drive can look empty or very slow. Recovery needs the map rebuilt, which is specialist PC-3000 work.
If your ST2000DM008 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 ST2000DM008
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 Seagate BarraCuda (ST…DM004 to DM010) models
- ST1000DM010 1TB
- ST2000DM006 2TB
- ST3000DM007 3TB
- ST4000DM004 4TB
- ST6000DM003 6TB
- ST8000DM004 8TB