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Essential Data Recovery

About this site

Essential Data Recovery is an independent, UK-operated publication for people who have lost data. We help you avoid making things worse, find backups you may have forgotten, and choose a sensible next step.

What we are

  • A guidance site: a conservative next-step tool, short sourced guides, honest software facts.
  • Evidence-first: every important claim points to a source, a dated check, or a published study.
  • Transparent about money: affiliate links labelled before you click, never steering advice.

What we are not

  • A recovery company. We cannot recover files, take devices, or connect to your computer.
  • A diagnosis service. Nothing here says what is wrong with your hardware.
  • A promise machine. Where recovery is uncertain, we say so.

Who runs it

The site is owned and edited by its named operator, who is responsible for all editorial decisions and commercial relationships. Author pages name the real people behind each guide, describe the work they actually did, and link to the review that checked it. We do not use stock personas or invented experts.

How it is funded

Some links to software earn us a commission if you buy. Those links are labelled before you click and never change what our tool tells you or the order of any comparison. Full detail is on our affiliate disclosure page. Display advertising is currently switched off.

Errors

When we get something wrong, we fix it and say so. Report problems on any page or via the corrections page.

Page updated 2026-09-11. Substantive changes are noted on our corrections page.