When a storm knocks out more than just power, data recovery becomes a small business’s lifeline—and for one customer in Coronado, California, WeRecoverData, the leading data recovery company, turned chaos into calm. Their 2 TB Seagate SATA drive (model ST2000DM001), the heart of their desktop workstation, took a hit during a power outage caused by a storm. When the system powered back on, Windows wouldn’t load—Explorer kept crashing, and even safe mode was a no-go. For this small business, the drive held critical files—documents, spreadsheets, scanned records, videos, and pictures—amounting to hundreds of gigabytes and losing them wasn’t an option.
The customer didn’t sit idle. They tried using Recover MyFiles software to fix the mess, but it didn’t work, leaving them stressed and out of ideas. With their business on the line, they called WeRecoverData, explaining how the power surge had scrambled their system and how much those files meant to their operations. The team could hear the urgency in their voice—high stakes for a small business—and promised to step in and make things right.
WeRecoverData’s crew got to work fast. They took the Seagate drive and found that the sudden power loss had corrupted the file system, locking the data away. But the files were still there, waiting to be rescued. With their expert skills and cutting-edge tools, they pieced everything back together, recovering every document, video, and pictures from the 2 TB drive. The data recovery process was a total success, and they handed the small business owner a fully restored dataset on a new drive. The relief washed over them as the storm passed. “I thought we were done for,” they said, smiling at how WeRecoverData brought their business back from the brink. In Coronado, California, a stormy setback became a story of victory, all thanks to the pros who know recovery best.

