professional data recovery lab in San Jose trusted across Silicon Valley
Serving San Jose since 2012, Kotar Data Recovery brings over 26 years of data recovery experience
to Silicon Valley businesses and residents.
Located in South San Jose, we serve manufacturers, universities, and tens of thousands of residents
who rely on us when disaster strikes.
You can schedule an appointment at our Piercy Road facility or
arrange a free courier pick-up anywhere in San Jose - from Downtown to Almaden Valley.
Your device reaches our lab in under 30 minutes for same-day diagnostics.
data recovery services in san jose
HDD Recovery (Hard drives and external drives)
SSD Recovery (NVMe and SATA SSDs)
RAID Recovery (Servers, NAS and production systems)
Smart Phone Recovery (iPhone and Android devices)
Photo Recovery (Family photo and video archives, 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 jose data loss scenarios
RAID failure after a power surge or sudden shutdown (volume offline, rebuild fails)
SSD not recognized after an update or reboot loop (device disappears)
Hard drive clicking or not detected (mechanical failure, dropped drives)
Fire or water exposure requiring controlled handling and decontamination
Files missing after deletion or formatting (projects, archives, backups)
Phone won’t boot or won’t charge with data still needed
why san jose chooses kotar
All work done on-site at our South San Jose lab
Express 24-hour turnaround available for urgent cases
No-data, no-fee guarantee - pay only when recovery succeeds
Affordable options for individuals and families
Trusted by local businesses in tech, manufacturing, and education
case studies - san jose success stories
Tech Supplier: We recovered 12 TB of production logs for a San Jose autonomous-vehicle company after a RAID-5 controller shorted during a power surge. Data was back online within 48 hours, preventing costly downtime.
South Bay Resident: A family brought in a fire-damaged hard drive. Our cleanroom process restored irreplaceable photos and documents safely.
popular recoveries in san jose
RAID servers & production systems
University research data
SSD & HDD failures
iPhone & Android devices
Family photo & video archives
our data recovery process in san jose
Schedule an appointment or free courier pick-up anywhere in San Jose or bring your device in person by appointment
Receive a same-day diagnostic with a success estimate
Approve the fixed quote & recovery plan
Engineers perform secure recovery entirely in-house at our Piercy Road lab
Get your data back - delivered on your device or a loaner drive
See our full process here
san jose FAQs
Q: Can I drop off my drive without an appointment?
A: Visits are by appointment only. Please schedule a time or use our free courier service for fastest service.
Q: Do you handle fire or water-damaged drives?
A: Yes - we specialize in this type of recovery. We’ve successfully restored data from fire- and flood-affected drives using a controlled decontamination process in our lab.
begin your recovery
Call: (408)455-4310
Email: restore@kotar.us
Request free evaluation and free door-to-door shipping from San Jose here