Data Recovery

Data Recovery Experts in Essex

“If you’ve ever lost your data then you’ll know how important data recovery is!”

Who doesn’t make mistakes? Have you ever deleted something by accident? Consider yourself lucky if you’ve never lost weeks, months, or even years of work by way of the bin.

The curse of data loss can also sabotage even an assiduous perfectionist because computers do break down and hard drives will eventually wear out. God forbid your drive gives up on you and there is no backup to retrieve.

If you ever find yourself in this miserable situation don’t worry because Computer Repair Essex offers a full data recovery service from £150.00 for hard drives, USB pen drives Apple computers, and even camera flash drives.

‘How does one put a price on memories ‘‘“Imagine losing all those precious photos of the kids, your family, or your favourite pet. Once lost these happy moments will be lost forever or losing all that work that has taken you weeks months or even years to complete. Always regularly backup your data to a removable hard drive or the cloud.“

What should you do if Windows reports: a hard drive failure imminent?

We tend to put our trust in our computers but things can and will go wrong usually when we least expect it. The hardest worked component on your computer your hard drive can fail at any time and like most people, we do not take backups of our valuable data, such as our cherished photos of the children or the grandchildren that once lost cannot be replaced so if windows report an imminent hard drive failure what should you do?

The question is when will your hard drive fail unfortunately no one can tell but be sure that you take heed of this warning as it will defiantly fail shortly so if you can back up your data yourself do it immediately as your hard drive could fail at any time, you can back up your valuable documents or photos to a removable hard drive or USB pen drive, Computer Repair Essex can then transfer this data onto a new hard drive for you.

If you cannot do this yourself, try not to use your computer or laptop until our technicians have had a look at it for you the reason being is that we may be able to save your information for you before it gets overwritten and not have to try to recover it as this could result in some files being corrupted or irretrievable therefore saving you time and money. If you continue to use your device your lost files may be gone forever. Let the specialist get the job done for you because we’re trained to recover data from hard drives, USB drives, and even camera drives.

 At Computer Repair Essex we can then replace your failed hard drive with a new one and replace all your data onto it and if you wish can also back it up for you on a USB data stick or a removable hard drive so that you have a copy of your data or of your cherished memories that you can store in a safe place should you ever need to use this backup.

 Data Recovery and Data Wiping

‘’Have you heard on the news or read in the newspaper that someone has bought a hard drive from a boot sale and after taking it home they find someone else’s confidential information on it’’

When it comes to getting rid of your old computer or laptop, we at Computer Repair Essex can sanitize your hard drives for you so that your company data or your data cannot be retrieved when you give your computer away, recycle or sell it. When you delete your files in windows it does not destroy the information but it only hides it so you cannot see it anymore, we use secure sanitation software that uses the latest recommendations laid down by the Centre for Magnetic Recording Research and Conforms to DOD sanitizing standards and uses Gutmann’s data destruction method.

Please note that we cannot guarantee that your hard drive can or cannot be read or recovered by forensic lab data recovery