At Cardiff Data Recovery, we are Wales’s No.1 provider of iomega external hard drive data recovery. With over 25 years in the data recovery business, our expert engineers have successfully recovered data from thousands of failed, corrupted, and damaged Iomega drives — even in cases other companies couldn’t resolve.
If your Iomega drive is no longer recognised, making unusual noises, or you’ve accidentally deleted important files, we can help. Our state-of-the-art tools and facilities are equipped to handle any model of Iomega drive, from legacy ZIP and REV drives to newer external hard drives and SSD-based solutions.
🛠️ Services We Offer – Comprehensive Iomega Recovery Solutions
We recover lost data from Iomega drives affected by:
- Mechanical hard drive failure
- Firmware corruption or inaccessible partitions
- Accidental deletion or formatting
- Physical damage due to drops or electrical surges
- Bad sectors and read/write errors
- Drives not recognised by Windows, macOS, or BIOS
- Encrypted or password-protected drives
- Corrupted file systems (NTFS, HFS+, EXT4, FAT32)
💽 Top 20 Iomega Drives We Recover From
We support all Iomega storage solutions, including these popular models:
- Iomega eGo Desktop 1TB
- Iomega Prestige 2TB
- Iomega Select 500GB
- Iomega eGo Portable 320GB
- Iomega Professional External HDD
- Iomega Home Media Network Drive
- Iomega StorCenter ix2
- Iomega StorCenter ix4
- Iomega REV 35GB/70GB drives
- Iomega ZIP 100 / 250 / 750 drives
- Iomega ScreenPlay Multimedia Drives
- Iomega SuperSlim Portable
- Iomega UltraMax
- Iomega MiniMax
- Iomega USB 2.0 Desktop HDD
- Iomega USB 3.0 Prestige Portable
- Iomega NAS 200d
- Iomega Silver Series Desktop HDD
- Iomega Micro Portable
- Iomega SSD Flash Drives (early models)
Whether your device uses USB 2.0, USB 3.0, FireWire, or NAS connectivity, our lab has the tools to access and recover your data.
⚙️ Supported Interfaces and Operating Systems
We recover data from Iomega drives using:
- SATA, IDE (PATA), NVMe, SCSI, SAS, PCIe, M.2, U.2, eSATA
- Systems running Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix
- File systems including NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, APFS, HFS+, EXT3/4
We also support Iomega drives used in CCTV systems, servers, NAS arrays, desktop PCs, and laptops.
🔧 Top 30 Iomega Hard Drive Recovery Problems and Our Solutions
| Problem | Recovery Method |
|---|---|
| Mechanical failure (head crash) | Disassembly, donor part transplant, imaging |
| Bad sectors | Multi-pass imaging with error-handling and ECC tools |
| Drive not spinning | PCB diagnostics, motor testing, and firmware repair |
| Not recognised by system | Interface controller diagnostics, BIOS access via safe mode |
| File system corruption | Logical rebuild of partition table and master file table |
| Firmware corruption | Firmware modules reconstructed using specialist platforms |
| Clicking noises | Internal head or actuator failure resolved via head-stack replacement |
| Power surge damage | PCB replacement and ROM chip transplant |
| Deleted files or folders | Deep-scan recovery using content-aware file carving |
| Format or reinitialisation | Volume header and directory structure rebuild |
| Logical partition damage | Hex-level partition editor to manually restore volumes |
| Drive freezes or crashes during use | Imaging with hardware-based read-time regulation |
| Encryption issues | Recovery with password or encryption key (if provided) |
| SSD NAND wear | Direct NAND read and block mapping |
| I/O errors | Adaptive imaging and error correction |
| Slow performance | Read-only imaging followed by file system repair |
| Water or liquid damage | Dehumidification and electrical testing, data chip access |
| USB connector damage | Internal HDD removal from enclosure and direct SATA imaging |
| Failed firmware update | Controller rollback and image patching |
| Drive overheats | Temperature-controlled recovery procedures |
| SMART error warnings | Clone before failure, recover from stable image |
| Platter surface damage | Imaging up to undamaged tracks, partial recovery where possible |
| Virus or ransomware infection | Sector imaging, malware extraction, file validation |
| OS can’t mount volume | Mount in recovery software or virtual volume handling |
| Drive used in RAID NAS | RAID parameter reconstruction, volume rebuild |
| Corrupted backup files | Extraction from Time Machine or incremental snapshots |
| Crashed during file transfer | Interrupted writes recovered via temporal snapshot analysis |
| SSD controller failure | Access via direct memory read and controller bypass |
| Intermittent connectivity | Signal line repair or interface substitution |
| Dropped drive | G-force damage assessment and internal mechanism rebuild |
✅ Why Choose Cardiff Data Recovery?
- 25+ Years of Iomega device recovery experience
- Full support for legacy and modern Iomega devices
- High success rate even on drives declared unrecoverable elsewhere
- Emergency 48-hour service available for urgent cases
- Free diagnostics with no obligation
- GDPR-compliant, secure handling of sensitive personal and business data
We are one of the few recovery labs in the UK equipped to recover data from older Iomega technologies (e.g. ZIP, REV) as well as newer external HDD and SSD systems.
📞 Contact Cardiff Data Recovery Today
If your Iomega external drive has failed, been dropped, formatted, or simply won’t turn on, do not attempt further connection or software scans — this may worsen the issue.
Contact Cardiff Data Recovery today for a free diagnostic. Our engineers will provide a clear assessment and recovery plan, with the care and precision your data deserves.
We are Wales’s trusted experts for iomega external hard drive data recovery — restoring access to your critical files, safely and professionally.