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Finding products and services that work as advertised can be a painful! Below a list of some of the tools of our trade that we have found not just useful and beneficial but also that they deliver as advertised.

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Please do not buy any of these products unless you are of the opion that you need them and that they will be useful and beneficial to you in achieving your goals."

Henk Smit

Mac Data Recovery Software

Backup Software

Windows Data Recovery Software

Password Management Tools

Windows Data Recovery Software

R-Studio Undelete And Data Recovery Software

We have been using R-Studio undelete and data recovery software on a regular basis over a number of years with consistent results to assist us in the recovery of damaged file systems and partitions, formatted drives and deleted files.

R-Studio has the capability to recover files from NTFS, NTFS5, ReFS, FAT12/16/32, exFAT, HFS/HFS+ (Macintosh), Little and Big Endian variants of UFS1/UFS2 (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/Solaris) and Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS (Linux) partitions. It can also be used for heavily damaged or unknown file systems recovery via the raw file recovery (scan for known file types) option.

Backup Software

Goodsync Backup and Sync Software

Finding a feature rich, easy to use and affordable synchronization and back-up software program is not as easy as it seems. We have tried a large number of programs over a number of years but settled on Goodsync being the most balanced backup and synchronization program we have used and are currently using.

With GoodSync you can back-up files to your portable drives, mobile devices and to FTP, S3, GDocs, SkyDrive, DAV or another computer. Goodsync can also synchronize files between your computer, mobile devices, FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, Google Drive, SkyDrive, WebDAV and Azure. Back-ups and file sync can be run on demand or you can setup a schedule or an action. Goodsync is available for Windows, MAC or can be run directly from any portable device like a USB drive or portable hard drive.

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Ek het vandag my hardeskyf van julle ontvang, en wil graag baie dankie sê vir jul uitstekende diens. Nie net is al die data wat ek nodig gehad het beskikbaar nie, julle het ook die hele transaksie in minder as 'n week afgehandel - meer as twee weke vinniger as wat ek gekwoteer is. Boonop was jul kwotasie van meet af tot 3 maal goedkoper as wat ek deur ander maatskappye gekwoteer is.
Ek is baie tevrede, en beplan om julle ten sterkste aan te beveel aan enigeen wat 'n soortgelyke diens benodig."
Leon de Wit
- Nortech International
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Great stuff. They do exactly what they say they will. Fast, efficient and accurate. It would be great if they had some slower-to-process rates for private clients that are more affordable (for one's family pictures?), but perhaps this is not economically viable. Either way; well done and I can safely recommend them. Don't hesitate to send your drive. It is in good hands."
Michael Atkinson
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The disc clutch mechanism (reading heads) on my son's hard drive failed. He was so upset realizing that he had lost all his photos and videos from his GAP year spent in Canada, memories of a fantastic year which included skiing videos taken by a professional photographer.
I contacted a technical support technician who could not help but referred me to Tecleo Data Recovery. As soon as they received the hard drive they emailed me a job card and a quote explaining what the problem was... I can highly recommend their services; their customer support is excellent and their service very professional and competent."
Ros Steytler
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To the team at TecLeo, thanks so much for your kind and speedy assistance in recovering my data. I will certainly recommend your services!"
Lucy Visagie
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I dont know how to thank you enough! you guys really saved my life (and data). Thankyou for giving fast, efficient and above all friendly service to a layman like me! You have my highest recommendations."
Aneldi Grundling
- Student
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It was a pleasure to work with Tecleo. Tecleo recovered all my data.I am very satisfied with Tecleo and will always sent all my recovery work to them. Keep on being the best !!!"
Thys Buitendag
- TB Computers
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I had a pleasant experience with Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab. They were very friendly and could manage to save most of my data from my HDD. They were very efficient in sending the quotes and invoices; always ready to reply to any queries that I had throughout the process. I would suggest that they keep the client updated as to where in the data recovery process they are: eg. started working on the HDD; finished with the HDD. Upon collection of the HDD just a synopsis as to why the HDD may have failed if it was an electro-mechanical failure. Thank you Tecleo for your help!"
Nicole Steyn
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Down right amazing service. From the start till the end and by end I mean them recovering my SQL DB off a drive that was totally trashed. Friendly helpful staff clear straight forward website no hidden cost. TecLeo Will always be my first choice save myself the hassle in the future of trying to do it myself first. Thank you for the service. outstanding!"
Shane Seagreen
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BAIE GOEIE NUUS - Mariana se hardeskyf wat begin Mei gecrash het is uiteindelik recover. Al die fotos is gered! Ons het 8 Mei die hardeskyf ingegee by Intratec in Midrand. Op 15 Julie het hulle ons laat weet dat hulle uiteindelik opgee en dat hulle geen sukses gehad het met die herwinning van die data nie. In al hierdie weke se wag het hulle ons ingelig dat hulle 2 keer moes parte aan die hardeskyf vervang. Ons het Donderdag 16 Julie die hardeskyf by Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab in Centurion ingegee. Met die eerste oogopslag het hulle gesê dat Intratec nooit eens die hardeskyf oop gemaak het nie. Die seëls van die hardeskyf van nog heel. Net 1 week later was die job gedoen - suksesvol !! Waar die eerste maatskappy in 10 weke niks kon reg kry nie. Ek beveel met vrymoedigheid Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab in Centurion aan vir enige Data Herwinning hetsy rekenaar, selfoon, memory kaarte. Hierdie maatskappy weet wat hulle doen."
Chaplain Jaco Vente
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Tecleo are the best at what they do. They certainly over delivered in my case. All my data was recovered within a period of less than 7 days and I was kept informed of their progress all the way to the end of the recovery process where, to my pleasant surprise, every piece of data had been recovered and the integrity tested. Big ups guys!!! Thanks a stack."
Zenzele Nzama
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My external hard drive became noisy, and then at once became unable to mount. With hindsight, I could have acted on the slightly increased vibration from the drive before it failed. Tecleo recovered the majority of the files on my drive, which were family photos of sentimental value to us. It must have been a very tedious job, as it took much longer than expected. Tecleo along the way communicated professionally with us. Despite it taking much longer, they stood by their initial cost estimate."
Tim Parter
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Saved my 4 years of university! much appreciated. Good, friendly and welcoming service with great results in my case! thank you."
Harshal Thaker
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Thank you very much for your speedy response and professional service."
Veronica Sterley
- Supercare Services Group (Pty) Ltd
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I would like to congratulate the Tecleo team for the a Job well done. Almost all the files we need were recovered. Thank you so much for the excellent service. We will definitely refer and use your services in future. Thank you so much."
Anna Maliboho
- The Citizen
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They are very quick and professional, and deliver as promised. I would recommend them for those that need data recovery and someone you can trust."
Ricardo Machado

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Great service. Recovered all of my data. I was extremely happy with the service."
Fayyaaz Akoob

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I run regular backups and when my HDD started giving problems recently I was not too concerned. Simply replace the HDD, restore the backup and off we go… If only it was that simple. Whilst trying to restore my backup, I learnt with great shock and disbelief that the virtual machine on my Mac did not back up properly. I started panicking as the majority of data resided on the virtual machine and no matter what I tried, I simply could not gain access to vital directories and files. It was with great relief that I came across the Tecleo team, not only did they provide a friendly and efficient service, they also recovered all of my data. Thanks for a professional and efficient service, much appreciated!"
Jaco Gerrits
- Dynamus Technologies
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When still working on my Research Projects, the memory stick on which it was saved got damaged. I could not retrieve my documents including the research document and my office's administration work. When I was just about to give-up and start from scratch, a friend took me to Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab where they took pieces of the memory stick and they were able to retrieve the data, thus saving my months and months of research work and years of my office's administration work. I would like to thank TecLeo and assure every one that they need not need to panic, if the lose data, TecLeo is available to help."
Mr. Isong Phillemon Barei
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Thank you for my data recovery, great speedy service!"
Ilizma Quinn
- Quinn Attorney
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My external hard drive crashed and I was not able to retrieve any data. An IT specialist in Port Elizabeth referred me to Tecleo. Martin and his team were able to recover my entire data set. Great communication and great skills, thank you for recovering my data."
Murray Obbes
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After a lighting incident, I did not expect my data to be recovered 100% but lo and behold Tecleo recovered 100% of my hard drive in about 4 days. Now that's what I call excellent service."
Sebotse Nkhwashu
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Major disaster averted for my customer who would have lost 9 years worth of videos and photographs of the most important events in their lives. Your service was excellent and your communication back to me equally so. I will be recommending you to others."
Allan Strydom
- Derivico
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My first time recovery with Tecleo. I was hugely impressed by the response and professionalism and the quality of the works done. Got all my "lost" data back after an external HDD refused access from any computer. Thanks to all, very impressed. I can recommend any business with Tecleo, especially if you are in dire straights."
Walter Gygax
- Media Solutions Botswana
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Graag wil ek julle bedank vir die herwinning van ons kosbare fotos vanaf n SD skyfie. Soos ek aan julle genoem het ek op n wildrit i.d. aand my geheuekaart uitgevee - ons was platgeslaan maar die span van TecLeo het ons weereens nie teleurgestel nie en my eerste kleindogter se fotos was gered!!!
Nogmmaals baie dankie"
Calla Hansen
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TecLeo and Martin managed to recover my data. Thank you for your effective and efficient service!"
Lara Viljoen

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Being a musician/producer/gamer and an avid user of my computer, I have put my PC to the test one time too many. I lost my hard-drive to old age & over-use. I had many extremely important files which I just couldn't lose, and just when I gave up hope. I contacted the CSIR, who advised me that "TecLeo" is the best in the business. "If they can't restore your data, no one can." Contacting them I experienced great service and because I am a private user, they gave me a decent price. Within no time I was quoted and set for the recovery. Thanks a million.
Magda Maas
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Really great team and impressed by their professionalism...."
Peter Clark
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Quick, efficient and professional. Just what you need when you've lost everything."
Kabelo Kekana
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Julle diens aan my was werklik uitstekend. My herwinde data is gouer aan my terug besorg as wat ek verwag het. Nogmaals vreeslik baie dankie."
Joseph Dicks
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Very good very quick service, very satisfied with Tecleo! Recovered my data very well."
Geert Van Kempen
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My server's hard drive crashed and Martin at TecLeo was recommended. What service!! Thank you! I highly reconmmend this company for all your data recovery."
Mara Scholtz
- Owner at Fleet Figures
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I am a PhD student on a very tight time schedule. Losing my data at a critical time this year by accidentally dropping my external hard drive was traumatic for me. Especially as I hadn't backed up the last few months of detailed data analysis work. But being a student means I am on a tight budget too. Tecleo were able to turn this situation around. They gave me hope and a solution. Martin was full of technical knowledge and so professional to deal with. Henk was brilliant in reviewing the final costs and charging me only for the amount of data recovered. That is a huge concession to a student. It is good old-fashioned customer service like this, that make them stand head and shoulders above other companies. It is this combination of technical expertise, individual tailoring and fair treatment that will keep me a loyal customer of theirs. You get a well-deserved 5 stars from me and keep up the good service!"
Tracey Laban
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Thank you. It was a pleasure doing business with you."
Barrie Broos
- Credit Agricole
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This was the first time that I required recovery of my stock of e-books that was locked in an external drive. I had lost all hope of recovering it but decided to give Tecleo a try to get my library back and the investment paid off. Tecleo were able to recover my hard drive 100% and they did this in lesser time then they stipulated. I now have my holiday reading material back and its all thanks to Tecleo. Well done Tecleo team."
Roy Naidoo
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I lost the first photos of my sons birth date and that was a terrible thing to report to a wife with a 7 day old baby.I took the camera memory card to Tecleo data and they managed to recover all the photos.Thanks guys for saving another mans life.your assistance are greatly appreciated and your services will be revered every time.Thanks for the fast and effective service given."
Johan Nel
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The best data recovery in a very efficient and professional way.Their customer service is of highest regard."
Odirile Pontsho Moloi

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I just want to thank you for the excellent service that we have received at the time that we needed your assistance. I will in the future use your services again as I know how important data to our users are."
Willem Schmidt
- Access Freight Africa (PTY) Ltd
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It was a pleasure to work with TECLEO. You are a very professional data recovery company!"
Dilip Samji
- CA Computers
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Tecleo Data Recovery was able to help me recover my data after I learned that my hard drive disc failed. There is no worse feeling than to find that your computer does not want to switch on..... first thoughts are that you have lost all your data! What a nightmare! I came across Tecleo Data Recovery on the web and with their accurate directions it was easy to find them. I am so grateful to Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab who recovered my hard work, documents, photo's and very important data. I would like to thank their technicians for their excellent fast service. I am definitively saving Tecleo Data Recovery's contact details on my phone should I ever need data recovery done in the future!"
E Matthysen
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I would like to thank Tecleo Data Recovery for the excellent service that I received from both their technical and front of house staff. They were very accommodating in formulating a personalized solution for my specific problem, and also keeping me posted on the progress throughout the recovery process. I won't hesitate to refer anyone with a data issue to Tecleo. Thanks!"
CJ van Blerk
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Thank you very much. You have given our company EXCELLENT service."
Adele Scholtz
- WBHO Construction (PTY) LTD
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This is the second time I have had the pleasure of using Tecleo Data Recovery. Apart from their friendly and professional service, I was very impressed with the speed at which they were able to carry out the recovery of my data from a crashed external hard drive. Their various recovery solutions allow one to select the one best suited to the urgency of your data recovery situation and are priced accordingly. So if you are like me and land up not being able to access treasured photographs of your children or important documents that you know you kept for that "one day, take my advice and contact Tecleo Data Recovery for a successful data recovery experience."
Jenny Boyd-Davison
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I just want to say Thank You for the fast and efficient service you provided in recovering my data. I know this almost seemed like an impossible job with the memory stick in pieces, but I am so delighted that you managed to pull off a miracle!!! And you certainly are the most cost effective service provider around!"
Gerda Botha
- The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

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I am the proud owner of a production company called Twenty Five Frames Productions. We deal with a lot of different types of projects that range in size and budget. We are very understanding towards the clients needs and what they can afford, so when complications occur and the price begins to exceed the budget, we try our best to help the customer and keep prices as low as we can. This is where Tecleo has similar interests at heart. They were the only data recovery facility that was understanding towards the situation we were in, when one of our drives bombed out on us. They managed to help us and provide the best rate out there.
Thanks to Tecleo, we have a better chance to stay within budget and recover valuable files in a reasonable time frame."
Zane Duraes
- Twenty Five Frames Productions
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Great service from Tecleo, definitely a company that cares about their customers. Really did their best to ensure that we minimized our downtime. Thanks to Martin and his Team."
- Gus Woolridge
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After dropping my laptop by mistake, I thought I had lost everything in my HDD when it prompt me to format it after I've switched it on. A friend of mine told me about Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab and advised me that I take it to them. They assisted me very quickly in no time and I managed to retrieve all my data back. Thank you very much Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab for your best service."
Kgotso Letele
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This is to say thank you for the miracle you did by getting my data out from my old hard drive and into a new one.... Am so so grateful.... Thanks a lot.... One of the best things that has ever happened to me!!!"
Olamide Timothy
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Accidents happen and for the second time now Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab helped me recover data I thought I would never get back. Being a videographer I dreaded having to tell a bride that her wedding footage was just gone? thanks to TecLeo. Data Recovery Lab I don't have to go that route. According to some professionals my chances were very slim to retrieve any data due to the extensive damage on the external hard drive? Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab did not let me down! Thank you very much for your continues efforts to recover as much as possible data and not giving up."
Melanie van Deventer
- Private
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Thanks for the help and the excellent customer service!"
Barry D P Buttress
- Avondale Films
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I am extremely pleased with the TecLeo team and service I received. Their personal approach was impressive and they were very helpful in every aspect. They retrieved all the data that I was devastated to have lost. Their collection and return delivery service were greatly appreciated. Overall, their service was quick and efficient and very professional. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them further."
Lynne Malcolm
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Best data recovery company in town."
Fritz Vermaak

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After dropping my laptop by mistake, I thought I had lost everything in my HD when it prompt me to format it after I switched it on. A friend of mine told me about Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab and advised me that I take it to them. They assisted me very quickly in no time and I managed to retrieve all my data back. Thank you very much Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab for your best service. Thanks Guys!!!"
Gosiame Tlatsi
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I want to thank Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab for their service that they offered me. I was really struggling to find a place that is affordable yet trustworthy with my broken HDD. It was a WD Elements 1TB hard drive. Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab from the beginning was very helpful and could assist me immediately in the friendliest manner. I especially want to thank Martin Smith for the quick response and kind heart. It was an absolute pleasure working with Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab and I would suggest their service to anyone that has lost data on any memory device. Thank you very much!"
Bernard De Villiers
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Ek wil net baie dankie sê vir die moeite wat julle gedoen het om my data terug te kry. Dit beteken ontsettend baie vir my. Ek sal julle uitstekende diens aan almal wat dit nodig mag hê, ten sterkste aanbeveel."
Lynnette Swart
-Lynne's Wedding Services
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Thank you for excellent service!"
Navi Pillay
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Friendly, efficient and an overall awesome company to deal with!"
Kyle Viljoen
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I have used TechLeo on several occasions and they have always delivered. Prices are reasonable and staff are well equipped. Will more likely use them again when in need of a data recovery."
Richard Johnston
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After trying various other companies to recover my data with no luck I tried Tecleo and I'm absolutely forever thankful to you! I'm a Wedding Photographer and no price can be put on someone's wedding memories! After my external hard drive fell and various attempts by other companies to recover the data I thought my business will get a bad reputation because of it, but thank God for Tecleo and your professional fast service, they recover 100% of my data and I was able to give the bride her wedding memories after all and also keep my good reputation! I pray that your business will continue to be Blessed!"
Driekie Potgieter
- 3'kie's Photography
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Great experience. Efficient and patient with my specific requests. Highly recommended."
Elaine Dougherty (Pixeled Photography)

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The assistance and service I got from Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab was excellent. They immediately replied to my request for a quotation, and assisted me promptly with the recovery of all my data that I lost. Will highly recommend their services to anyone, and will definitely be using their services in future."
Andre Meyer
- Meyer Productions
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I have a NAS device with 6 drives that is on a network where all our work finally sits. After a years work of Video production (close to 17TB), I replaced the Drives with fresh new drives for the new years worth of work and kept the old drives as back-up to be used whenever we might need those files. The NAS continued to work fine until 2 months later when I put the old set of drives back to access the old data. To my horror, none of the drives where readable anymore - they showed up as having data - just that the NAS could not read it! The NAS could see only the new drives if fitted back but not all my old work. No joy at all was received from the manufacturer in decoding the info to be read by our computers. We realised only too late that the NAS worked like that - once reconfigured, it could not see the old stuff. I am very thankful to come across a company like TECLEO who not only saved the day by decoding and safely transferring all the data onto readable new drives but in such an efficient and cost saving way. They kept us timeously informed of progress and most importantly, kept to the agreed price despite the laboriously long job. I will definitely recommend this company that stands out among the rest because of their principles and not being driven by greed as is so commonplace nowadays."
Suda Sing
- African Lotus Productions
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The service was great, data was recovered much quicker than originally quoted. I will definitely use your services again and spread the word on how great Martin, Antoinette and team are."
Wayne Reid
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Thanks for all your help and an amazing service, we have been delighted with the results!"
Brian Ballinger
- Tribology Services (PVT) LTD
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Well Done To Henk, Martin And Antoinette, I used their services for the first time, and was really impressed in the service and their turnaround time. There's nothing more daunting than to have lost precious data. Thanks to the team were just another happy smiling customer. Keep up the good work, and will definitely give you more business in the future."
Ishal Haripersad
- KIB College (Pty) Ltd Durban
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I am happy to say that ALL my data was recovered. The people at Tecleo Data Recovery were pleasant, professional, knowledgeable and all-round great to work with!"
Mishkah Holdstock
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Fast, Efficient and Professional Service!"
Brenden Espag
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A huge thank you to the Tecleo Data Recovery and Digital Forensics Lab team for recovering the matric farewell photographs of our 3 princesses (which was part of a charity drive) from a corrupt SD card. You assisted to turn a nightmare back into a fairy tale!"
Jessica van Wyk and Juan Gerber
- MD CJ Consulting Pty (Ltd) and Juan Gerber Photography
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Just want to take this opportunity to Thank Tecleo Data Recovery with great services they provide to their customers. I have sent my dead drives to them several times with no hope that they will able to recover my DATA back but with commitments and willingness and great attitude and hard time they putting they managed to save my life. I really appreciate their work and looking forward to work with them going forward."
Michael Ndaba
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An employees hard drive was no longer being detected by the BIOS and they had not backed up anything to the network for 6 months. We sent it to Tecleo Data Recovery for priority service. We were very happy that 100% of our information was recovered intact, and their rates were very reasonable compared to other data recovery labs contacted."
Jason Bailey
-Grant Thornton
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TecLeo gave great service and did a great job! My hard drive accidently got formatted and it seemed like everything was lost forever. But TecLeo did an amazing job! What I have seen from the result of the recovered data everything seems to be there and in good conditions. I really recomend TecLeo!."
Linn Johansson

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