SP1614C data recovery
Recovering data from the Samsung SP1614C (160GB SATA), a 3.5-inch IDE and SATA drive from the Samsung SpinPoint P80 and P120 range. Free evaluation in our central London clean-room lab, with courier collection from anywhere in the UK.
About the SP1614C
| Make | Samsung |
| Family | Samsung SpinPoint P80 and P120 |
| Model | SP1614C |
| Capacity | 160GB SATA |
| Size | 3.5-inch |
| Connection | IDE and SATA |
| Made | 2003–2006 |
| Used in | Desktop |
What usually goes wrong
Older Samsung desktop drives. Common faults are a stuck motor, worn heads and electronics damaged by a power supply failure.
If your SP1614C 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 SP1614C
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