I had a hard drive issue, I called and the person on the phone gave me some troubleshooting tips to try before doing a full blown recovery and it ended up helping me. That deserves a 5 start review in itself. I will definitely be using them for my hard drive / computer related repairs in the future. read more

Scott did an amazing job fixing 2 macbook pros for me. I have a 2021 and 2009, both working like new. I highly recommend Scott for any tech repairs, fast, friendly, reliable and economical overall great value. read more

They did a great job in a short time for a reasonable price. Can't ask for more than that!

Scott revived multiple hard drives that were dead from using an incorrect power supply. As well, Scott kept me up to date on progress throughout the repair. Recommended! read more

My external hard drive broke, and it had every photo I've ever taken on there. I was devastated, and very nervous about trying to get it fixed. I looked into places where you have to mail the hard drive to them, but I'm so glad I decided to go locally with Drive-Rescue instead. I was able to drop it off directly with Scott and know it got there okay (no damage in transit). It took 2 weeks, but I was more than fine with waiting. I did call a week in just to make sure I hadn't missed any contact from them, and they said that my drive with encrypted so it was a bit more difficult. I was super nervous but a week later, they called to say they were able to recover everything! It's a lot of money (minimum for fixing an external hard drive is $350-400+ and mine was ~$650 I believe), but COMPLETELY worth it. I'm so, so grateful to them and now need to figure out how to clone the external hard drive so I always have two copies. read more

Had some issues with my pc, I did some diagnostics at home and quickly realized I don't have the tools or knowledge to correctly diagnose what the issue was. Did some research and talk to multiple repair centers and decided drive rescue would be the ones to help. Unfortunately it was a mistake I learned from. If you want to go to them for disk or storage repair or something light then they're probably the ones to go to. Diagnostics however is not it. First red flag was when he said "it might be" the motherboard dying. That's one of the conclusions I came to while doing some simple google searches. I paid for a definitive diagnostic, not an unsure. Whatever, 50$ to be told what I already suspected, I didn't mind it since I planned on sending the mobo to the manufacturer. Then as I'm disassembling the computer to package and ship the motherboard, I noticed he applied thermal paste and reattached the cpu cooler. At that moment I thought that was very nice of him to do, since I gave him the setup with the cooler detached. It wasn't until I noticed that he placed way too much thermal paste to the point when he tension locked the cooler back on the thermal paste oozed off onto the motherboard. The thermal paste is now all around my cpu socket and practically bathing the cpu itself. I do not recommend this service if you care about your components. I had built the pc myself and I use it mostly for school and video editing. And now I might have to buy a new cpu if the thermal paste damaged any of the pins on the cpu. read more

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I reached out about a recovery and the owner suggested somewhere cheaper. You can't beat that honesty. I would 100% trust them for a future need. read more

Scott was very helpful courteous and gave some great advice before bringing laptop in for his evaluation. That was much appreciated rather than burn me like Ventura County Computers! Definitely got my business and neighbors. Thanks Scott RC read more

Drive-Rescue - IT Services & Computer Repair Near Me - Camarillo, California

I'm usually pretty careful (and paranoid) about making sure my data is safe, but I made a stupid mistake and I ended up messing up my external hard drive and having potentially lost everything. I was pretty certain on how to be able to fix my drive, but with the possibility of losing over 20 years of memories and other data I decided to play it safe and take it in to a data recovery service. I found Drive-Rescue and Scott was able to recover everything after a couple days. I dropped off a new drive for all my data to be copied over to. Since I had a lot of data it wasn't finished until the next day. When Scott called telling me it was ready to be picked up he said that as soon as he got off the phone with me he actually had to leave and wouldn't be back on site in a couple hours. Since I'm local I asked if I could just come in right away to pick it up and he said he would wait for me, which I greatly appreciated. While coming in to pick up my retrieved data, I asked Scott how bad I had actually messed up my drive. The severity of the situation was actually a bit worse than what I had originally thought. I'd like to say I'm pretty knowledgeable when it comes to computers, but I would have not been able to fix my drive had I tried to do a self repair and I'm glad took my drive in to Drive-Rescue. Overall great customer service and would definitely recommend for data recovery. read more

My iMac was dead the morning I was hosting a ZOOM meeting. I spent at least two hours on the phone with Apple Care, and in the end, it turned out my hard drive was not being read. We'd have to reformat the drive. Apple Care recommended a couple of data recovery places, but I would have to ship my iMac to them and hope for the best. I called a guy who had worked on my ancient laptop, and he recommended Scott at Drive-Rescue. Best thing that could have happened, it turns out! Scott is local, so I could take my iMac in and see a real person. This was on Friday morning. I had my iMac back, re-built, backed up, with an external device to keep back ups going, by Monday afternoon! He contacted me during the process to keep me informed and get a decision, making no assumptions. Originally, he was only going to recover the data. But, he fixed everything, AND saved my data! Way beyond expectations! Thank you so very much, Scott! read more

I had a NVMe drive that i assumed could not be read outside of the broken Surface pro laptop it came out of, after calling Scott he pointed me in the direction to get a PCI express card desktop that had an NVMe slot and was able to read my data!. Scott could have said "bring it in and pay me to do it", but instead pointed me in right direction to do it myself. So while I didn't actually have to use their service, I am giving 5-stars because Scott's advice allowed me to get my data back, quick and easy. will use again - highly recommend Thanks Scott! read more

I was given a laptop from a friend of mine. It was a little slow but remembered that there was a company who could look at it. Hearing the name of the company "Drive Rescue" and finding out that it was local, I called them up. Dropped off my laptop the next day and had it was looked at, was told that I needed more memory. Grateful the company could assess the problem and go it back to me quickly. read more

I would highly recommend Scott's services to any friend or colleague. He was able to rescue 4TB of footage off of a reformatted hard drive that was needed for a crucial business presentation. Given that the files were not backed up, he really came through quickly in a tight spot to help me out of a jam. He also recovered priceless footage from weddings and other events that were needed to complete highlight videos. read more

First of all, Scott, the owner, is a gent, a nice guy, the kind of person you'd want in your corner when you're in trouble. That being said, when you've got a drive issue, an intractable problem that few, if any others could solve, Scott has amazing tenacity and resources to help you out. I came in with complete inability to access a drive. At first there were issues but, as I said, between stubborn determination and years of experience, he solved the problem and the data I thought was gone, was mine again.... Damn good feeling. read more

I am thrilled with Steve's ability to not only recover my data, but he also restored my computer which I had been told had "crashed"! He was timely and professional. Could not be happier! read more

Scott was able to recover my data after the Mac Store and Geek Squad told me they could not recover my data. He did it within 1 week. Would highly recommend! read more

Drive Rescue has saved my life on multiple occasions! Scott is the most trustworthy, hardworking, and efficient person in the business. I can always trust the advice that he gives me and would never think of going to another company. He always answers and is quick with responses when I am in dire need of any assistance with my technological needs. Overall, if you are looking for services, Drive Rescue is the place to call hands down! read more

Brought my drive to Drive-Rescue and they diagnosed it quickly and with fantastic customer service. Thank you so much, Drive-Rescue! I will be returning if I ever need data recovery services again in the future! read more

Can't say enough positive comments about Scott and Drive-Rescue. My external drive failed (and not just failed but the inside arm broke) and was near impossible to fix. All other stores wouldn't even touch it and then I came across Scott at Drive-Rescue. He exhausted every avenue to try and repair it; he ended up having to order donor drives and ended up rescuing all of my files. Fairly priced; I will definitely go back if the occasion arises. read more

What great Place. Scott fixed my problem in under 4 hours, a problem Dell couldn't fix! Now my laptop is running faster than it ever has. I will take all my future computer problems to him, as should you. read more

I brought Scott a flash drive that my computer could no longer read. He had it fixed within hours. He was professional and provided the support that I needed as a customer. I highly recommend Drive Rescue for those with the same predicament! read more

Awesome service, very friendly and kind, on time and helpful. Would absolutely recommend Scott to anyone.

Scott is not just amazing, but recovered my data and put it on my new drive in under a week! His pricing is very fair and I will be recommending him to my associates and friends. read more

Scott and his staff are awesome! Had a hard drive on my laptop go bad. Scott was able to retrieved 100% of my data! He also installed the new drive on my laptop and set everything up for me. It was like the drive failure had never happened! He really knows what he is doing! Thanks again Scott! read more

I had a single document that needed to be recovered due to a Word for Mac failure. I was in a panic, this project was time critical, and it was on a weekend. Scott got it done better than I had hoped for. I'll admit it wasn't cheap due to weekend/emergency rates, but he recovered what probably represented over 20 hours of work on a document (Grad School paper), it was worth it! read more

Scott is good man you can really trust he wont try to burn you. Hes has done a few jobs for me from recovering corrupted memory cards to attempting to recover from a major hard drive failure. His prices are reasonable and he if he tells you he will have your drive ready by a sertain time, he will. I hope i wont need data recovery services again but if i ever do (knocking on wood) Drive-Rescue will be my choice. read more

My computer hard drive crashed and I didn't back up my baby pics, videos, and other files. I was devastated :( I called Scott and he came to the rescue. He was able to recover all my files for a reasonable price. I am so lucky to have found drive-rescue. Scott was very flexible and got the job done super fast. YAY!! read more

Scott successfully recovered not one, but four failed hard drives for me! He got all the data off of all of them, not a single file was missing. I had tried already some paid recovery software that wasn't able to get the files, but Scott did. His price is very competitive and saved me a lot of money. It's nice to have a local company that I can go to in person for data recovery. He is also highly certified in data forensics so that assures you that he is a professional. read more

Fantastic service. I had already taken my computer to two other people who had no luck recovering my data and within one hour of being dropped off at Drive-Rescue I was told that almost all of it could be recovered! In the end they were able to retrieve 99.9% of my documents/photos!!! I hope that I never have this issue again but if I do I will go back to see Scott @ Drive-Rescue! read more

Great place super fast they recovered my hard drive in an hour and was really reasonably priced!

was going to take my MAC to the "genius" store, heard some horror stories. Shopped around and found Drive-Rescue. Got my MAC running for a modest price and in a very timely fashion. And unlike a lot of places, the guy who worked on my computer wasn't condescending at all. He understood that I knew nothing about computer repair (which was why I was there). While I hope to not have any problems with my computer in the near future, if I do, I know exactly where to go! read more

As a wedding videographer, I am sure you can image my concern when one of my memory cards was completely dead. Unrecognizable to the camera or computer. I deal with computer hardware and software and this sort of thing all the time, I was almost positive I could recover the data. I ran it threw my usual programs, and got close, but obviously close wasn't enough. I knew I needed an expert. I called Scott at Data Rescue after hours and when he didn't answer I deiced to go to a place in LA. Scott called me back 20 minutes later and I explained my issue but told him I was going to go to someone else. He was understanding and wished me luck. A few minutes later, he actually called me back to make sure the person I was taking it to was practicing safe methods of data recovered. After a little investigation, I realized I trust Scott far more with my precious data. He came in early to meet with me the next morning, and within a few hours he called me to say all my data was recovered. WOW, Thank you Scott! read more

Awesome service. Scott recovered my data when nobody else could. I will never go anywhere else. THANK YOU! read more

Had a great experience here. We had a critical thumb drive that was corrupted. I brought it in and an hour later they had recovered it and loaded onto a different drive for us. I never it expected it to be that fast or easy. I highly recommend them and Scott was very helpful as well. read more

The service was great. The turn around was way faster then quoted which is always nice. And all of my data as recovered. Will definitely recommend and use again. read more

Great service, cost me a lot less than if I would have gone to Los Angeles. They stayed in contact with me continuously through text messaging and phone calls and retrieved all my files! I have a WD My Passport for Mac which they did not charge me more for like the other guys. Highly recommended. read more

All I can say is Scott is a life saver! He retrieved important information from our crashed hard drive, and only had the computer overnight - so I wasn't inconvenienced at all! Thank you, thank you, thank you Scott for a wonderful job! read more

Amazing. Scott dealt with my Mac drive issue overnight. He can seemingly do it all while not adding any unneeded fanfare... just results. I had the opportunity to visit his location and found it to be very businesslike with the stuff he needs to do the job. The difference between Scott and others, from my experience, is that he knew what to do right from the start rather than having to figure it out, or not, and that saved me a lot of time. Highly recommend. read more

As good as an experience can be when it starts with a hard drive crash. Fast, effective, reasonably priced - and a helluva nice guy to boot (pun intended). Highly recommended. read more

Scott's very through. Quick service, good communicator. Five stars. Recommend to friends.