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91% rated 4★ or higher
Your files back or your money back
No subscription
US company
Common questions
Short answers. Nothing hidden behind a click.
Is Zilkee a Scam?
Hundreds of fulfilled orders and thousands of positive reviews across multiple
platforms say no. We also offer a lifetime money-back guarantee. It’s hard to
scam people when you have to give the money back if they aren’t happy!
International orders are closer to 10 days but can vary, as we have less control
over and visibility into international couriers.
Where are you located?
Our main office is in Northeast Kansas, and our fulfillment warehouse is in North
Carolina.
How does Zilkee actually get my files back?
Zilkee is two things: a physical adapter that connects to your drive, and a software
that scans it to recover deleted and corrupted files. You plug your old drive into your
new computer using the adapter, download and open the Zilkee Recovery Wizard, and then
it will walk you through step by step how to retrieve your files. The program is built
to be intuitive and easy to use with no technical knowledge required.
How Does the Guarantee Work?
It’s a simple blanket guarantee: Your Files Back Or Your Money
Back. If for whatever reason you can’t get your files back, we’ll
refund you. Whether it’s a niche compatibility issue or it ends up you have
physical damage to your drive, we will refund you the full amount you paid, and refer
you to a lab that can help if you want to go that route. There is no risk to you other
than your time.
What Won’t Zilkee Work On?
The big one is physically damaged drives. If your drive makes clicking or
grinding noises when plugged in, you shouldn’t keep scanning it. It needs a
physical recovery lab. We can refer you to one that will give an evaluation for
free, and only charge you if they get your files back. We like
Yellow Brick Data Recovery here in Kansas.
There are also some rarer kinds of drives that the hardware won’t connect
to. If you’re not sure what kind you have, just email us at
support@zilkee.com with a picture and we
can tell you if it’s compatible.
If your drive is encrypted with Bitlocker and you don’t have the key. This
is by design. If you could just bypass it, it wouldn’t be encrypted. However,
Microsoft makes it easy to recover your key. Just use this link and login to the MS
account you used on that PC:
account.microsoft.com/devices/recoverykey
Macs newer than 2012 that are fully dead / won’t turn on. Newer Macs
don’t have removable storage, it’s soldered to the motherboard, so
there’s no way to pull the drive out and read it. You can only read it with
the device. However, that data is usually backed up to your iCloud account, which
you can recover at
iforgot.apple.com
4.551,027 customer reviews
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4 star17% (170)
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2 star2% (18)
1 star4% (41)
Based on 1,027 verified customer reviews collected by Judge.me.
What Customers Say
Verbatim from Judge.me, with dates. Trimmed for length only.
19 March 2025
Zilkee saved my hard drive info
“Had a computer do the big death ‘cannot find
operating system’ error screen. Bought a new machine and figured whatever I
hadn’t backed up on the old machine was gone. Found Zilkee through a quick
search and bought the device to reclaim the data. Took the hard drive out and
within 10 minutes I had recovered the entire hard drive!”
Joe CorraoJudge.me verified review
21 November 2023
A local shop couldn’t access the drive
“His old computer crashed and he even tried to have the
hard drive saved at a local shop but they were not able to even access it. After I
purchased the Zilkee device, I was able to remove my dad’s hard drive and
connect it right up with no issues at all and was able to retrieve all of the
information he needed.”
Eric SteibJudge.me verified review
26 June 2025
Exceeds expectations
“Unbelievable and exceeds expectations. Even managed to
save precious pictures that I thought got lost on a hard drive that had been deemed
unsalvageable by experts.”
Guðmundur KristinssonJudge.me verified review
11 October 2023
A 26-year-old Dell, in one day
“This little thing is amazing. I was able to hook up and
get all my files and videos off a 26 year old Dell Dimension in one day.”
MikiJudge.me verified review
More Customer Experiences
On ease of setup, the range of drives, and whether it was worth the money.
31 July 2023
Great product & support
“Was able to recover thousands of files from an external
drive. Support from staff and, even, a very supportive video call from
Zilkee’s founder/owner was truly helpful and, personally, pleasing.”
Guy RichJudge.me verified review
4 August 2025
Zilkee is like Christmas
“I have hard drives that I’ve accumulated for
decades… I found pictures that were over 20 years old. I can’t tell
you how delighted I am. The device was very easy to use, and works on every hard
drive I have.”
Lorrie BorderJudge.me verified review
17 November 2024
One drive read, one didn’t
“The recovery converter works great! I have access to one
of my hard-drives. I can’t access the second one due to incorrect operating
system (Linux) but that is not the converter’s fault… the whole setup
is slick — plug and play for SATA to USB 3.0.”
David Garnett-BennettJudge.me verified review
18 October 2024
Several old Apple desktop drives
“Ordering was easy. The hard drive reader adapter worked
easily. I had several old Apple desktop hard drives that I needed to view. It
worked like advertised. It is an inexpensive, straightforward solution to retrieve
information on old hard drives.”
If for whatever reason you can’t get your files back, we’ll refund you
the full amount you paid — and refer you to a recovery lab that can help if you
want to go that route.
Warranty
Arrives damaged or stops working? Send support your order number and a photo of
the fault and a replacement is arranged.