If your drive fails in Witney you do not need to dispatch it to London or pass it into the hands of an unknown national chain. We are located just 16 miles along the A40 from Witney at Oxford Data Recovery and have recovered data from servers, NAS devices, camera memory cards, SSDs & hard drives in our own UK laboratory since 2002. Feel free to call in on your travels or simply post it to us; either way the diagnostic will be complimentary, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
There are about 30 minutes and 16 miles separating Witney from our bench: you can either drop it off here or post it.
Witney, once famous for its blankets, is a market town (pop. 30,000) west of Oxford. It has lots of small business owners who run their own shops and other types of ventures, as well as schools, and many people working at home. They produce vast amounts of valuable information that would be difficult to replace if lost: account books, photographs, client files, years of research etc.
In many cases a failed hard drive will retain all of its data, so there really isn’t anything wrong with the data itself. The problem usually exists within one of three areas: the heads (they may have gone haywire), the logic board (the “brain” of the drive), or the file system. People such as ourselves deal with these every day. We are located at Oxford Science Park which is only 16 miles away. Therefore it would be relatively easy to come in to us. Alternatively, we are happy to receive a hard drive via postal service and the cost of returning the data back to you is included in the cost of our services.
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 are located in Oxford, approximately 16 miles from you, and have been providing data recovery services to people in Witney since 2002. Because of our proximity to you, you have options. If it’s convenient for your travel plans, you could stop by the Oxford location on your way, or alternatively you could post us the failed hard drive fully insured. Either way, every job begins with a free diagnostic, and a fixed price quote. 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.
Drives reach us from Witney itself (OX28 to OX29) and from all parts of the surrounding countryside, including Ducklington, Curbridge, Hailey, Cogges, Minster Lovell, Crawley and North Leigh. No matter where you live, within Witney or in the villages around it, the drive can come to our Oxford unit or be sent to us by tracked post, and our diagnostics and terms are identical either way: in most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
The four most common types of data loss in the local area are:
Many of our Witney customers live within a short car ride, and can simply carry their disk(s) in to us (or alternatively use the post which works equally well).
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.
For those interested in seeing what we typically take on for Witney, click on any one of them to see further details.
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, approximately 16 miles and 30 minutes up the A40 from Witney, and have been serving clients in Witney from here since 2002. Visit us during the week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm, or send your device to us fully insured.
It’s up to you! If you wish to leave the disk(s) with us while you visit in Oxford (for laptops, NAS and servers, please bring the disk(s) by themselves, clearly labelled), then this is perfectly acceptable. Alternatively, if travelling isn’t convenient for you, then we can accept delivery by post, insured and tracked. In both cases we start off with a complimentary diagnosis followed by a fixed quotation for any work required.
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.
Wherever you live (Witney, Ducklington, Curbridge, Hailey, Cogges, Minster Lovell, Crawley & North Leigh), the service is the same and so is the price.
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.
You get a written inspection for nothing, over two decades of recovery experience, just 16 miles from where you are, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data. Come see us in Oxford or post it in fully insured.