Data recovery in Winchester
The photos, the accounts, the dissertation. Most of the recoveries we do are for people who meant to set up a backup and hadn't got round to it yet, which is nearly everyone. If the drive is still spinning and the machine still sees it, your odds are good — and they get worse every time you power it back on.
Faults we see most
- Drive clicking, beeping or spinning up and down
- Files or folders that have vanished
- Drive shows as RAW, unformatted, or asks to be formatted
- Accidentally deleted, or formatted the wrong drive
- SSD dropped out and is no longer detected
- Laptop dead but the data on it is the only copy
Stop using it
Every write to a failing drive reduces what's recoverable, and every power cycle on a mechanically failing drive can turn a recoverable fault into a permanent one. Shut it down and bring it in.
What we do in house
Deleted and formatted recovery, corrupt and lost partitions, failing drives imaged sector by sector so we work from a copy rather than the original, and SSDs with controller faults. We image first, always.
What goes to a clean room
Physical head crashes and seized motors need equipment no repair shop should pretend to have. We assess it, tell you honestly, and quote the specialist cost before anything leaves the building. Nothing is sent without your say-so.
What it costs
Assessment is free. Logical recoveries start at £75. Mechanical failures are quoted after assessment because the price depends entirely on the fault — and if we can't get your data back, you don't pay for the attempt.
Questions about data recovery
Can you recover from a drive that clicks?
Clicking usually means physical head damage, which needs a clean room. We'll assess it free and quote you the specialist cost before anything is sent anywhere.
Will you look at my files?
No. We verify the recovery worked by checking file counts and that files open — we don't go through your data, and nothing is kept once you've confirmed you have it.
Broken, slow, or won't turn on?
Book it in today. We'll tell you what's wrong before you spend a penny on parts.