professional data recovery in san francisco
trusted across the bay area
When data loss strikes, San Francisco turns to Kotar Data Recovery. For over 25 years, we’ve helped businesses and individuals across the Bay Area recover files others said were gone forever.
From SOMA fintech teams safeguarding databases to Mission District photographers restoring terabytes of raw footage, and even families retrieving iPhone photos after a beach mishap - our clients know we deliver results.
data recovery services in san francisco
HDD Recovery (Hard drives and external drives)
SSD Recovery (Internal SSDs and performance failures)
RAID Recovery ( Servers, NAS and rebuild failures)
Smart Phone Recovery (iPhone and Android devices)
Photo Recovery (SD/CF cards and removable media)
Lost Files Recovery (Deleted or formatted files)
VM Recovery (VMDK, VHD/VHDX, VMware, Hyper-V)
Cloud Recovery (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud)
Helium HDD Recovery (High-capacity enterprise HDDs)
common san francisco data loss scenarios
Device not detected after an update, restart, or sudden shutdown
Volume offline after a power dip or controller issue (rebuild fails, storage won’t mount)
External drive won’t mount or disconnects (slow reads, timeouts)
Files missing after deletion or formatting (projects, media libraries, backups)
Moisture or salt exposure causing phone data loss (waterfront, beach)
Media corruption after interrupted transfers (unreadable cards, file errors)
why san francisco trusts kotar
2-hour no-obligation evaluation - ideal for urgent business deadlines or student projects.
Bay Area lab with free courier pick-up throughout San Francisco - including the Presidio, Embarcadero, and Bayview.
Security standards that meet FinTech, HealthTech, and personal privacy needs.
Transparent pricing before you commit.
No-data, no-charge guarantee - you only pay if your data is successfully recovered.
case studies - san francisco success stories
SOMA Fintech Startup: When a RAID controller failed during a power dip, we restored 18 TB of PostgreSQL backups within 72 hours, keeping customer transactions online and avoiding costly downtime.
Mission District Photographer: After accidentally deleting hundreds of wedding RAW files, we fully recovered the entire photo set in just 24 hours - saving both the project and the client relationship.
popular recoveries in san francisco
NVMe & SATA SSDs
RAID / SAN arrays
iPhone & Android
USB, SD & CF Cards
Ext4, APFS, NTFS, and encrypted volumes
our data recovery process in san francisco
Schedule a free courier pick-up anywhere in San Francisco or bring your device in person by appointment
Your device arrives at our secure Bay Area lab in about 60 minutes via US-101 for same-day diagnostics
Approve the quote & success probability
We clone, repair, and extract your data entirely in-house - never subcontracted
Pay only if your data is successfully recovered
See our full process here
san francisco FAQs
Q: Can you collect devices after 6 p.m. from downtown offices?
A: Yes. Our courier runs late pickups until 8 p.m. inside the Financial District and SOMA.
Q: Do you recover salt-spray-damaged phones?
A: Yes - our engineers specialize in this type of recovery. We’ve successfully rebuilt boards and retrieved data from iPhones exposed to ocean mist at Crissy Field and Baker Beach.
ready to start your recovery?
Call (408) 455-4310
Email: restore@kotar.us
Request free pick-up from San Francisco here