At Cardiff Data Recovery, we are Wales’s No.1 experts in Sony data recovery, with over 25 years of experience in retrieving critical data from failed and unstable Sony Vaio laptops. If you’re facing repeated Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) crashes and can no longer access your files, our professional recovery team is equipped to help — even when university IT departments or repair shops cannot.
Whether your Sony laptop is failing due to bad sectors, file system corruption, or hardware degradation, we use forensic-grade recovery techniques to safely retrieve vital research, academic, and personal data.
⚠️ What Causes BSOD on Sony Vaio Laptops?
Repeated BSOD errors can be triggered by a number of underlying issues:
- Bad sectors on the hard drive or SSD
- File system corruption (NTFS or exFAT)
- Firmware bugs or disk controller faults
- Faulty RAM causing write corruption to storage
- Unexpected shutdowns damaging critical system files
- Malware or ransomware affecting boot sectors or key DLLs
In most cases, the BSOD prevents the system from booting into Windows, making file access impossible without professional intervention.
🛠️ Our Sony Vaio Data Recovery Process – Step-by-Step
1. Initial Assessment and Disk Removal
- The Sony Vaio laptop is safely disassembled, and the storage drive (HDD or SSD) is removed
- We perform non-invasive diagnostics to identify physical or logical damage
- If the system has a dual-drive setup (e.g. SSD + HDD), both drives are imaged and analysed independently
2. Imaging of the Failing Drive
- We create a sector-by-sector clone of the drive using hardware-based imaging tools
- Drives with bad sectors are imaged in multi-pass mode to extract the maximum readable data
- All recovery work is carried out on the cloned image — the original drive is never altered
3. File System and Partition Repair
- We repair or rebuild corrupted NTFS file systems and partition tables
- BSOD-related file damage is identified and bypassed
- In the case of research files (e.g. Word, Excel, SPSS, LaTeX, or proprietary formats), we perform raw data carving to extract contents directly from disk structures
4. Data Extraction and Validation
- Once access is restored, user folders are reconstructed:
- Desktop, Documents, Downloads
- Research folders, academic project files
- Email data (Outlook PST, Thunderbird, etc.)
- Media files (images, audio, and videos)
- Files are verified for integrity and restored with original timestamps where possible
💻 Supported Sony Vaio Models
We recover data from all Sony Vaio laptop models, including:
- Sony Vaio Fit and Fit Multi-Flip Series
- Sony Vaio Pro 13 / Pro 15
- Sony Vaio E, S, Z, and F Series
- Sony Vaio Duo 11 / Duo 13
- Legacy Sony Vaio TZ, NR, and CR series
- Custom Sony SSD or HDD configurations
⚙️ Supported File Systems and Drive Types
We support all drive types used in Sony laptops:
- SATA HDDs (5400/7200 RPM)
- M.2 NVMe and SATA SSDs
- Hybrid SSHDs and cache-enabled drives
Supported file systems:
- NTFS, FAT32, exFAT (Windows)
- HFS+, APFS (macOS dual-boot via BootCamp)
- EXT3, EXT4 (Linux)
✅ Why Choose Cardiff Data Recovery?
- 25+ Years of Sony data recovery expertise
- Specialist tools for resolving BSOD-related drive failures
- Support for encrypted and password-protected drives
- Emergency 48-hour service available for time-sensitive academic or research data
- Fully GDPR-compliant and secure handling of personal and institutional data
- Free diagnostic service with transparent evaluation and reporting
We’ve helped countless students, researchers, academics, and professionals recover vital data when traditional IT support could not.
📞 Contact Cardiff Data Recovery Today
If your Sony Vaio laptop is crashing with repeated BSOD errors, stop attempting to boot the system — this could worsen data loss. Allow our specialists to handle the recovery process safely and effectively.
Contact Cardiff Data Recovery today for a free diagnostic. We are your trusted Sony data recovery experts — recovering vital information from laptops others consider lost.
We recover what matters — reliably, professionally, and securely.
