If your drive goes down in Farnham, you won’t need to send it away to London, nor will you need to give your data to one of those giant national chains. Guildford Data Recovery is only 11 miles along the A31 from Farnham, and our own UK laboratory has handled all types of equipment since 2002, from servers and NAS boxes to camera cards, SSDs and hard drives. Drop in as you pass through, or post it in: either way, there’s no charge for the diagnostic, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
Farnham and our bench are approximately 25 minutes and 11 miles apart; you can take it in yourself or post it.
Farnham is an attractive Georgian town of about 40,000 residents in the far west of Surrey. It has the University for the Creative Arts, a busy scene of independently owned businesses and a sizeable number of commuters. Together, they produce a significant amount of data that would be difficult to replace if lost: portfolios, client files, accounts and years’ worth of work.
A drive that has stopped working normally still has all its data intact; the problem is nearly always the heads, the controller board or the file system. The job is simply to read the data back carefully, and we do that every day. We are at Guildford Business Park, only 11 miles away, so visiting us is easy, although you can also post it, and we cover the cost of returning it to you.
Recovering data since 2002, with a free written diagnostic, a fixed price agreed before we start, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
Usually not. A drive that looks “dead” typically still holds all of its data; the failure is in the heads, the board or the file system, and the data simply needs to be read off cleanly, first time, by people who handle drives like yours every day.
We are based in Guildford, around 11 miles from Farnham, and we have been providing data recovery services to people in Farnham since 2002. This means you can choose whether to pop into our Guildford unit, if it fits in with your route, or simply send your drive fully insured by post. All jobs start with a completely free diagnostic inspection and a fixed price, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
The postcodes we hear from most often, along with all the nearby villages and estates we cover in just the same way.
In addition to Farnham itself (GU9–GU10), we receive drives from right across the surrounding area: Wrecclesham, Rowledge, Frensham, Tilford and Badshot Lea. Whatever part of Farnham you are in, central or one of the surrounding villages, the drive can either be brought to our Guildford unit or sent to us by tracked post, and the free diagnostic and pay terms remain exactly the same whichever method you choose: in most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
Farnham is a historic Georgian market town with a thriving creative scene, and a lot of irreplaceable work is stored on external hard drives.
The area around Farnham, GU9 and GU10, has an identity of its own. This can be seen in the University for the Creative Arts, the creative industries (design and photography) and the local antiques and independent retail sector. It also shows in what we recover: external drives and photo libraries containing a professional’s whole back catalogue of work, student laptops containing dissertations or portfolios that can no longer be accessed, and the occasional SSD that has failed just prior to an important deadline.
When it comes to creative work, which is irreplaceable by its very nature, the read-only process (which includes imaging the original drive) is essential: we work from the image and never touch your original. Farnham is approximately ten miles down the road via the A31, so it’s easy to drop off or use tracked post; the diagnostic is free, the quotation is fixed before any work starts, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data. If your drive is clicking or won’t power up, please stop using it and get it to us: each time you power it on, you put the data at risk.
Farnham is near enough that plenty of people choose to walk in and drop off their items; however, if this does not fit into your schedule, sending it by post could not be easier.
Call or message us about the device and the fault, and we will give you a likely price straight away.
Bring the device (or, for laptops, NAS units and servers, just the drive) to our Guildford unit, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm, or send it to us fully insured.
We inspect it, generally within 48 hours, and send you a fixed quote in writing before anything is done.
We carry out the recovery and check it against a file listing, and then you can either collect your data from us or receive it by post on new media.
Drop it off and you skip the postal leg altogether. Urgent jobs can usually be moved up the queue, so just let us know when you call.
Below are some of the types of devices we recover data from for Farnham customers. Please click on any one for further information.
Send us your device for a free diagnostic and give us as much information as you can about what happened. One of our engineers will review it and confirm your exact quote in writing before any work is carried out.
The first step to getting your data back is sending the device to us. Pack it safely, put your contact details inside the package and send it in. Once we have completed the free diagnostic, we will confirm the exact cost in writing before any work starts.
Sending it by post? We’d recommend a tracked, insured service. Dropping it in? No problem: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm. Please package the device as described above first.
Would you like more information first? Complete the form with further details about your issue, and one of our engineers will review it and send you a tailored quote.
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Our laboratory is located in Guildford, approximately 11 miles (a 25-minute drive) from Farnham along the A31. We have been serving customers in Farnham from our Guildford laboratory since 2002. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm, you are welcome to call in person, or you can send your equipment to us fully insured.
You can decide how best to get your device to us. Due to Farnham’s proximity to Guildford, many customers prefer to deliver their drives while passing through Guildford; for laptops, NAS or servers, please bring only the drive, labelled. Alternatively, you may prefer not to travel, in which case please insure and track your package. Whether you visit us personally or post it to us, both options start with a complimentary diagnostic and a fixed quote.
Anything that stores data is worth a free look, including databases and servers, NAS units and RAID arrays, external drives, laptops and Macs, camera cards and USB sticks, and SSDs and hard drives. Whether a card has been formatted, a drive has been dropped, an array has failed or ransomware has struck, it is all worth a free diagnostic.
We cover the whole of Farnham and the surrounding areas, including Rowledge, Wrecclesham, Hale, Heath End, Badshot Lea, Upper Hale, The Bourne and Runfold. Regardless of where you are located within these boundaries, you will receive exactly the same service at exactly the same cost.
Most recoveries take three to four working days, and the free diagnostic usually takes no longer than 48 hours. As a rough guide, a memory card or USB stick starts at £250 + VAT, a single hard drive or SSD at £300 + VAT, and a RAID, NAS or server from £500 + VAT. Prices are always quoted in writing first, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
A free written diagnostic and more than two decades of recovering data just 11 miles up the road, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data. Call into our Guildford unit, or post your drive to us fully insured.