Magic Data Recovery

Mike Joyer of Magic Data Recovery is a very professional, knowledgeable, and intuitive technician. He did an amazing job repairing my 17″ Macbook Pro which had a graphic chip/​logic board problem (Vertical magenta stripes plus the dreaded ‘white screen comma’). Pro Service and the Best Price. My go to every time.

Super helpful and super affordable! They had everything fixed on my computer super quickly.

Michael was great! Small building but really welcoming customer service. If something goes wrong with my hardware again, I’ll be back for sure!

Amazing place
I have deleted by mistake all pics from my phone and after doing that i took a few more pictures. after checking on line i was sure my pictures will never be recovered. Somebody referd me to MAGIC DATA RECOVERY in sherman oaks and they have recovered all my pics even pictures that i erased by purpose long time ago.
Great fast service.

I had went to a previous data recovery place before coming here. BIG MISTAKE because Magic Data Recovery was able to give me my life back. I know that seems dramatic but my dogs passed away 6 years ago and all the pictures I had of them were on that external hard drive. I was so emotional when I told him my problem and he was kind enough to be understanding and said he’d do the best he can and won’t proceed without letting me know the costs (because I had also mentioned being a student, I am on a fixed income. Mike was able to recover the photos, the rest of the data he couldn’t get but said he could but based on what he quoted I can’t afford that right now and it’s not that serious to get those files recovered. But thank you Mike, you gave me my two sweet boys back. I honestly thought those pictures and videos were lost to me forever.
Pros: Quick and Efficient Service
Professional and Kind
upfront cost estimate before moving forward
Cons: Pricing can be costly (BUT depending upon how extensive the damage is)

Called in a panic on a sunday. With a crashed external hard drive with all of my important data on it. Including very important irreplaceable photos. Mike met me at the store told me he would do everything you can possibly do to salvage it. Called me 24 hours later told me that my disk has been damaged and was irreparable but the data with recoverable.
Told me in order to recover everything I would have to get spare parts shipped in to rebuild the drive. And it would have cost over $ 800. Which I couldn’t afford. He then said he would try and salvage my irreplaceable photos by going through the drive manually and trying to piece together just those photos.
It took him six hours but he recovered my photos. the rest of my data is still on the drive for when I can afford it. But he was a lifesaver. And charged me a very reasonable amount.
He’s a pro he knows his job he knows his tech and his service is impeccable. Other data recovery businesses send their tough cases to him. I cannot recommend them highly enough
Cas

From beginning to end, my experience with this «company» has been difficult. First off they have not actually been open during their posted business hours, two of the three times I went to the location, on a weekday before 6pm, the door was locked but the lights were on and they are supposed to be open until 7. The «manager» Mike either has no authority or is just incompetent in a management position – nearly of my dealing have been with him.
~~After reading other reviews (sadly, after I went…) I am not sure which Mike is the problem – the Mike in person at the shop was at least nice; however, the Mike on the phone has not been ideal. Today, phone Mike, he asked why I was giving him a hard time?!? Seriously, after arranging on Saturday to come back yesterday between 5 – 6 only to waste my time again on services which they could not even perform – and I’m giving you a hard time, come on!
For a company that specializes in data recovery, they DO NOT know what to do with a MicroSD card – don’t spend your money here.

This place is awesome. I’m very happy with my service here. There are nice, knowledgeable, and efficient. I’ll definitely be back for all my computer needs.

Magic Data Recovery did a great job with my system and I found them to be very trustworthy. They also took care to do the repair quickly so I could get back to work soon.

Excellent data recovery system. They recovered my macbook pro that stopped starting up all under a day. Quick, speedy, excellent service. Highly recommend this place. Workers are kind, considerate, and cater to your needs. Genuinely wish to help you. Come here for your data recovery needs!

Needed help with a hard disk problem and took my laptop to Magic Data Recovery, Mike Joyer. Told me it needed a new hard disk which they «installed.» and and gave me the box from new hard disk. When I got home the properties of the installed hard drive were the same as my old hard disk. Called Joyer and he gave me an explanation that the old disk was «cloned» into the new one so the properties were the same. Took my laptop to Best Buys, Geek Squad and they verified that the hard drive was my original one. I believe that’s call fraud and that sums up Joyer and MDR. I am disputing the charges on my credit card. If you use these guys, you are going to get XXXXXX.

Please guys, dont ever come to this place before its too late. Worst nightmare you will ever have. I went to this place long time ago and thought that they could fixed my external hard drive. Oh boy, they said they won’t charge for diagnostic but they did for $ 60. Moreover, there were two mike i didnt know i have been talking to on the phone which made me really confused because theyre both telling me two different things. I went back and forth to this place twice hoping that they could fix my external drive and they told me that it will take a week to fix them. They also want to charge me $ 300 for both. Thats freaking riduculous. Theyre mean too.
So i went to search another pc/​external drive repair on Unilocal and i found this guy name peter. Peter pc repair is the best you could ever find on Unilocal.This guy is the best, he literally didnt charge me at all for diagnostic check and guess what, he only took 30 – 40 mins to fix my both hard drives and only charge me $ 60. I mean, $ 300 to $ 60 + free diagnostic test? Thats a lot of difference. I dont know that much about external hard drives but how did peter fixed my hard drives in just 30 — 40 mins when this company (magic data recovery) was telling me that my drives are gonna take them about a week to fix them? How? And wanted to charge me a ridiculous price. That’s insaneeeeeeee!
So if i were u guys, stay away from this place and i mean it. Find «peter pc repair» on Unilocal and you’re gonna’ save lots of washington’s (bucks)!
Btw, mike or whomever went to my house to beg to take out my review last time, please don’t ever come to my place again or i will call the cops because thats trespassing. I’m just writing a review about my experienced from the company.
And i hate liarsssssss!
Peace out!

Super fast and great service! Water was spilled on my daughter’s laptop. The laptop died and she had many hours of school work on the memory card that they were able to recover for us. The price was quite reasonable compared to other services and they treated our emergency as urgent. I’d recommend them to any one with computer issues.

My hard drive was showing up as unreadable to my computer so I took it to the guys at Magic Data Recovery. They were able to completely recover my information. It took a bit longer than I expected but they definitely got it done, a job well done at that. Any data recovery you need I recommend seeing these guys!

Great customer service!!! And they do great work… main guy technician is very nice guy and computer genius… recommend him to anyone with computer issues!

I have gone here a few different times to get data/​pictures/​documents off of a cd/​thumb drive stick/​cd/​floppy disk or hard drive that was old or corrupt or that I couldn’t access. The guys here are super nice, super smart, and work hard to make sure they help you. One of the things I once dropped off was really old or corrupted and they spent extra time on it really trying to see what they could get. They have always taken the time to make sure I understand what they are telling me about my data. They work hard and fast and I highly recommend them if you have things you are having trouble accessing that you want recovered.

There is no way possible that you could ever find better service for any of your computer needs, or a kinder, more respectful technician than Mike. I spilled an unsweetened iced tea directly onto my keyboard while composing an email, found this place near me on Unilocal,just 30 minutes before they were to close, and Mike immediately went to work on it (after closing)! To top it off, he had my MacBook back to me fully serviced and back in running order in LESS than 24 hours!
Just amazing! I’ll never go anywhere else for my computer repairs, as a result!

stay far away from this place. mike is a ticking time bomb…
raciest on the way i looked, yelled at me called me a mexican with a beard. he told me that they took the back of the computer off and cleaned it and stuff. i asked him to take show me the inside and he went off.
i took it to someone else and they said the back was never taken off. so this place cost me 250.00 for nothing. well i did get the computer working but it only worked for 1 month.
btw he threatened my girlfriend and i he would sue us if we posted a bad review. lmao
its funny how i had my computer network logged on from another user from my city. so just to be sure i put a sticker over my camera. .
we felt threatened like we were either gonna get shot or stabbed from this guy
. stay away
.i see some reviews on how nice he is. well if there is a problem tell him theres a problem and say that you are going to write a review on Unilocal and google and then see what happens. he snaps like a lunitic and i guarantee you will come edit your review lmao
i should of read some of the reviews before i went there.

Mike was able to see me immediately. When I came to pick up my piece of junk Mike directed me to another store where I could find a new edition of the same product for cheap. Mike has great customer service and if I ever have any more tech problems I know where I’ll be going. Thanks again Mike!

When your Mac crashes and the hard drive has failed to the point where you can’t turn it on, go to Magic Data Recovery. They gave me a diagnostic within a few hours and got all my data off my computer in 24 hours. Most other places apple authorized said 7 – 10 business days. WHAT? Not here, Mike is one of the nicest, most hard working people I have ever met in LA.
He was very thorough over the phone about their process and him and Lloyd (aka Mike #2) took special care of my data as I had my hard drive completely switched out. I have all my data now and they even gave me suggestions about getting a new external, future use, etc. Mike is extremely accommodating, grade AA, super +100 service. He knows that working with computers and your data, which nowadays can be your whole life’s work, is a touchy subject and we’re all very protective of it. But trust me, he is worth the money, he does it right and he’s extremely efficient with keeping you posted. Especially if you have questions. Which I had a million.
Call Mike, ask him your questions with your situation first. He’s very receptive and their work is unbelievable. Thank you again Mike!