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The price of recovering files depends less on the amount of data than on the condition, type, and failure mode of the storage device. Here is what affects an estimate and how to avoid making recovery harder or more expensive.
Liquid damage does not automatically mean your photos, documents, or business files are gone. The safest first steps are to remove power, avoid testing the laptop, and determine whether the storage and encryption credentials remain usable.
Formatting does not always erase every file immediately, but recovery depends on what kind of format occurred, how the drive is used afterward, and whether the storage technology has discarded the old data.
