Laptop & MacBook recovery
Won't turn on, cracked screen, liquid spill, system failure. On a laptop, the internal drive often survives the machine's failure. On a MacBook with a soldered SSD, the board itself must be repaired — a board-level skill we master, T2 as well as M1 to M4 chips.
Does your computer show one of these signs?
Black screen, no LED, racing fan: board or power at fault, but the drive is often healthy.
90%+ if drive intactCoffee, water, juice: corrosion spreads as long as the board is powered. Every hour counts.
board-level desoxidationWindows or macOS won't boot, corrupt partition, failed update: the data is usually intact.
90%+ on logical failureRecent MacBook Air/Pro (T2, M1-M4): the SSD is soldered and encrypted. No drive to extract — board-level read.
read via DFU modeWhat the laboratory actually does.
Extraction & bench read
On most laptops, the drive (HDD or SSD/NVMe) can be extracted. We clone it sector by sector on a dedicated bench, without booting the failed computer. Recovery then follows the HDD or SSD protocol.
Repairing the device
If the drive itself has failed: head transplant in an ISO 5 cleanroom for an HDD, translation table (FTL) reconstruction or board-level read for an SSD.
Soldered SSD & Secure Enclave
On T2 or M1-M4 MacBooks, the SSD is soldered to the board and encrypted via the Secure Enclave. We repair the board at component level, then read the memory via DFU mode. The processor-storage pair is preserved: decryption requires a working device and your password (FileVault).
Board desoxidation
Board removed and cleaned in an ultrasonic bath, oxidized components replaced under a stereo microscope. Goal: bring the board to a state where the storage becomes readable again.
Secure return
GDPR and ISO 27001 compliant processing, return on a new encrypted device, NDA on request. VeriFiles list approved before any payment.
Success rates across 120,000+ cases.
Averages observed since 2004 on laptops and MacBooks.
All brands, PC & Mac.
Laptops with HDD, SATA SSD or NVMe drives; MacBooks with soldered SSD and T2, M1, M2, M3, M4 chips; Windows, macOS and Linux systems. Ultrabooks, workstations and 2-in-1s.
What you must never do to a failing laptop
- Power on a laptop that had liquid spilled on it — electricity causes shorts and speeds up corrosion.
- Reinstall the system "to fix it" — a reinstall overwrites the data still present.
- Run a disk repair tool in write mode on an unstable device — it worsens the corruption.
- Keep rebooting a clicking drive — each attempt degrades a failing HDD.
- Have "the board repaired" with no care for the data — a board-level MacBook needs a data-first protocol.
The golden rule: power the computer off, don't charge it if it took liquid, and hand it over. The priority is the data, not getting the machine running again.
Specialist answers.
My laptop won't turn on — files lost?+
Can you recover a MacBook with a soldered SSD?+
I spilled liquid — what should I do?+
Do you recover FileVault / BitLocker encrypted data?+
How much does recovery cost?+
Understand board-level.
This page describes the service. For SSD methodology and the science of encryption, two resources complement this device.
SSD & board-level methodology
Translation table, DFU read, chip-off: understanding flash storage recovery, soldered or not.
Read the chapter →Soldered T2 SSD, data saved
Filmmaker in Bordeaux: drowned MacBook, soldered SSD, board-level repair and DFU read. 890 GB restored.
See the case studies →Laptop or MacBook down?
Power it off, don't charge it if it took liquid, and send it to us. Free diagnosis within 24h, your file list before any payment.