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CCTV & DVR Data Recovery

Overwritten footage, formatted DVR drive, or a hard disk that died the night you needed it most — we recover surveillance video in playable, evidence-ready formats.

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What this service covers

Footage, rebuilt frame by frame

DVRs write proprietary video streams that fragment badly — ordinary recovery software returns unplayable chunks. We carve native streams and re-container them into standard MP4 with correct timestamps.

✓DVR / NVR hard drives
✓Hikvision, Dahua, CP Plus
✓Overwritten footage windows
✓Formatted DVR disks
✓Date-range targeted recovery
✓Evidence-grade documentation

When footage matters most

•Stop the recorder immediately — every new hour overwrites the old.
•Note the exact date and time window you need before anything else.
•Don't reset the DVR to "fix" it — resets can trigger a format.
•For legal matters, keep the chain of custody — we document it.

How your recovery runs

1Drive imaged write-blocked; your date-range targeted first.
2Native stream carving for the DVR's proprietary format.
3Re-container to playable MP4 with timestamp verification.
4Preview the clip window, collect with written recovery report.

CCTV questions, answered

Partially, often. Overwriting is rarely complete — fragments of the older loop usually survive between new writes. The sooner the recorder is stopped, the larger the recoverable window.

Yes — we deliver standard MP4 files playable in any player, with embedded timestamps preserved wherever the stream contains them, plus a written report of the recovered window.

Yes. Evidence jobs follow documented chain-of-custody with hashed images and a formal recovery certificate. Mention the requirement at intake — see our forensic page.

Need last night's footage? Stop the recorder now.

Date-range targeting · Playable MP4 output · No Data, No Charge