If your drive dies in Wallingford then there’s no need to send it to London, or to hand it over to an impersonal national company. Oxford Data Recovery is located only 10 miles from Wallingford via the A4074. We have been recovering lost data from servers, NAS devices, SD cards, SSD drives & hard drives in our United Kingdom based laboratory since 2002. Simply pop in on your travels through the area or send it to us by post. Either way you’ll receive a free diagnostic. In most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
We are approximately 25 minutes and 10 miles away from the town of Wallingford. So you can either bring your computer down here or send it to us by post.
There are around 8,500 people living in Wallingford which is a market town in south Oxfordshire. The town has a research presence at its boundary but most of the businesses operating there are small companies/consultants. Collectively these companies produce an enormous amount of data which could cause significant problems if lost; e.g., records, financial information, customer files etc. Years’ worth of work could potentially be lost as well.
Usually when a hard disk fails there are no missing files, but the heads may have failed, the controller board may not work properly (it controls what the computer sees), or the file system may have become corrupted; none of these problems affect the actual data. All that needs to happen is someone who recovers data all day long carefully reads off everything and gets back to you. Oxford Science Park is only 10 miles away. So coming in to us is easy; however, sending us your hard drive by post also works. The cost of returning the hard drive will be covered by us.
Data recovery service since 2002. We will provide a complimentary (no-charge) written diagnostic prior to commencing work. We agree upon an upfront fixed cost with you before starting. In most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
Probably not. Most drives labelled as “dead” have intact data. What typically occurs are failures either on the heads, circuit board, or file system. Once a qualified person reads this data cleanly from the device (first attempt), it can be recovered.
We’re located in Oxford, approximately 10 miles from you. And we’ve been recovering data for residents of Wallingford since 2002. Because we’re close to where you live, you have options: either stop by our Oxford location if it fits in with your daily commute, or send it to us by post, fully insured. In every case we start each job with a complimentary diagnostic and fixed quotation. In most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
The postcodes we see most often from here, along with all the surrounding villages and estates, which we cover just the same.
Beginning with the town of Wallingford (OX10) but also covering all other nearby towns/villages including Cholsey, Crowmarsh Gifford, Benson, Brightwell, North Moreton and Ewelme: whether you live in Wallingford or out in one of these village areas, the drive can arrive at our Oxford location or be sent to us via tracked post. Our free diagnostic is the same no matter which method you choose. In most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
A South Oxfordshire Thames-side shopping market town: tills, business offices, and household computers alike.
Wallingford, OX10, has many shops surrounding the Market Place; numerous businesses are located on the Hithercroft estate, while many R & D/engineering consultancy companies are based at Howbery Park across the river. Therefore a significant proportion of the goods we receive are from business sources such as POS machines and accounts machines, office SSDs and NAS units etc., along with a server which will not function when needed (e.g. on a Monday morning). Home users also visit us from nearby villages such as Cholsey, Benson and Crowmarsh Gifford who have failed to boot their laptops or lost access to data stored on external drives / SD cards that now hold photos they cannot read.
The time lost during an outage will cost a company much more than the drive itself (because of the potential loss of productivity), so most businesses get their free diagnostic done in under 48 hours and then receive a fixed price quote; in most cases you only pay if we recover your data. Wallingford is about 10 miles via the A4074, so you can easily use either the trackable courier service or just drop the hard drive off with us. If your drive has been infected with ransomware or has started clicking, please immediately take the drive out of service and bring it into our lab; the longer you continue to access the drive after it’s been compromised, the less of your files will come back.
We are conveniently close to Wallingford so many of you will be able to walk in with your drive, or alternatively posting your hard drive to us is very easy too.
You can ring or text us about your problem with the device and we will provide an approximate cost right then and there, before you drop off or post anything.
Then you can choose to come by our Oxford unit during business hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm) and bring us the device (for laptops, NAS and servers, just the drive), or you can post it to us, insured.
We will inspect the damaged hard drive (usually within 48 hours), and send you a fixed written quote of what it would cost to recover your files prior to doing anything.
We will then perform the data recovery, compare the recovered files to a list of your files, and allow you to retrieve them from us directly or have us return them on fresh media.
You can bring it straight to us if you want to avoid using the postal service, and urgent cases can usually go direct to the front of the queue. If your case is urgent, tell us that when you call.
We can give you an overview of our services that cover Wallingford, then if you’d like more information we’ll have a detailed breakdown of each service which is shown below.
We will perform a free diagnosis of your device upon receipt, and ask some questions as to what may have occurred, after which one of our engineers will then provide you with an exact written quotation prior to performing any work.
Before dropping off or posting your device please request a quotation either by telephone or using our quotation form. The first step to recover your data is to get the device to us. Please ensure that you pack the device securely, include your contact information and then forward it to us. Once we have completed the free diagnostic of your device we will provide you with your exact price in writing prior to commencing any further work.
Posting it? We would suggest using a tracked and insured delivery method. Want to drop it off? That’s okay too. Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5:30pm is good; no appointment necessary: simply prepare the item as described above.
If you want a few more details first, fill out this form and let an engineer go through it and send you back a custom quote.
We’ll be in touch shortly. For anything urgent, call 01865 593000.
We are located in Oxford (approx. 10 miles & 25 minutes drive time via A4074) and we’ve been servicing Wallingford since 2002, so come and visit us Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm or post your device to us with full insurance.
What do you prefer? Wallingford is near enough for many folks who will drop off their drive with us when passing through Oxford; bring the drive in (labelled), for laptops, NAS & servers. Do not wish to travel? Send your drive in insured and trackable. All begins with a free diagnostic and a fixed quote.
Any storage device (whether that’s your laptop, server, NAS unit, database, RAID array, or anything in-between), including: formatted SD cards/USB sticks; drives that have been dropped; failing RAID arrays; data encrypted by ransomware… All of these are worth a free look.
Everything in Wallingford and all of its surrounding areas including Cholsey, Crowmarsh Gifford, Benson, Brightwell, North Moreton and Ewelme. No matter where you are, the service and pricing remain the same.
Most recoveries are completed inside three to four working days. The free diagnostic will be conducted on most occasions within 48 hours. As an estimate, a memory card or USB stick would start at £250 + VAT. Any single hard drive or SSD can be recovered starting at £300 + VAT. A RAID, NAS or server recovery can start at £500 + VAT; all prices are provided in writing first. In most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
For no charge a written diagnostic is provided, with over two decades of experience of exactly the same type of work just 10 miles away, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data. Please call into Oxford, or send it in fully insured.