ST12000VN0008 data recovery
Recovering data from the Seagate ST12000VN0008 (12TB IronWolf), a 3.5-inch SATA drive from the Seagate NAS HDD and IronWolf range. Free evaluation in our central London clean-room lab, with courier collection from anywhere in the UK.
About the ST12000VN0008
| Make | Seagate |
| Family | Seagate NAS HDD and IronWolf |
| Model | ST12000VN0008 |
| Capacity | 12TB IronWolf |
| Size | 3.5-inch |
| Connection | SATA |
| Made | 2013–today |
| Used in | NAS |
What usually goes wrong
These drives normally come to us as part of a NAS or RAID. When one fails the others are often the same age and just as worn, so we image every disk before rebuilding the array, never the originals.
If your ST12000VN0008 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 ST12000VN0008
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
On its own, this drive is priced like any other hard drive. As part of a RAID or NAS, see RAID & server or NAS prices.
Other Seagate NAS HDD and IronWolf models
- ST2000VN000 2TB NAS HDD
- ST3000VN000 3TB NAS HDD
- ST4000VN000 4TB NAS HDD
- ST1000VN002 1TB IronWolf
- ST2000VN004 2TB IronWolf
- ST4000VN008 4TB IronWolf
- ST6000VN001 6TB IronWolf
- ST8000VN004 8TB IronWolf