Toshiba MK series laptop drives: specifications & data recovery
Model numbers, technical details and data recovery for Toshiba MK series laptop drives hard drives sold 2008–2012. Fixed quote and a list of recoverable files before you pay.

About the MK series laptop drives
Toshiba’s MK-series drives were fitted in many laptops from Toshiba, Sony, Dell and others. Head failures and bad sectors are common at their age.
Not sure which model you have? The model or part number is printed on the drive’s top label, for example ST2000DM008 or WD40EFRX.
Model numbers in this family
These are the most common model and part numbers in the MK series laptop drives family. Other capacities and variants are covered too.
- MK3265GSX
- MK5065GSX
- MK6465GSX
- MK7559GSXP
- MK1059GSM
- MK5061GSY
- MK7575GSX
How we recover MK series laptop drives data
We image the drive with hardware that copes with weak heads and bad sectors, replacing heads or motors in clean-room conditions when needed, then rebuild the file system from the copy.
See also Internal Hard Drives data recovery and other Toshiba hard drives.
Common questions
Can you recover data from a failed Toshiba MK series laptop drives?
In most cases, yes. Mechanical faults are repaired with matched donor parts in a clean-air environment; firmware faults are corrected at service-area level. Every recovery works from an image, never the original.
Where do I find my hard drive model number?
The model or part number is printed on the drive’s top label, for example ST2000DM008 or WD40EFRX.
Will I know what can be recovered before I pay?
Yes. You get a list of recoverable files before the recovery itself is charged.
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Tell us the make, the model and what has gone wrong. A technician replies with a price and the quickest way to sort it – normally the same working day.
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