If your hard drive fails in Newtownards this does not necessarily mean that you have to take an expensive journey across the sea to use a nameless national laboratory. As a local company located nearby (only 12 miles west of Newtownards) and easily accessible via car from the A20, we at Belfast Data Recovery have been recovering data in house from computer hard drives, solid state drives, memory cards used in cameras, NAS units, and server systems for over two decades. Simply bring your damaged device into us when you come into Belfast or send it to us via postal service (fully insured). The diagnostic is free, and in most cases you don't have to pay until we successfully recover some or all of your lost data.
It takes approximately 25 minutes to travel from Newtownards to our Belfast office which is around twelve miles away. Therefore, you may choose to simply drop off your item in person, or send it to us via postal service (fully-insured).
Regardless of whether you reside in the town centre, Comber, Greyabbey, the Ards Peninsula, etc., the service is exactly the same: you may either drop off your item in person at our Belfast location, or send it to us via postal service (fully-insured).
The town of Newtownards is located at the top of Strangford Lough near Scrabo Tower approximately twelve (12) miles east of Belfast. It has a population of around thirty thousand (30,000) and is an active commercial market town with a wide range of retail and industrial businesses including the Ards Shopping Centre, a strong retail and manufacturing presence, along with many marine and agri-businesses located on or surrounding Strangford Lough. In addition, with a large commuter population, there are considerable amounts of business and personal data stored locally on hard disk drives.
As such, there are numerous irreplaceable data stores. Retailers and manufacturers are storing server and NAS box based data; marine and agri businesses are using hard disks to store their work related data; tradesmen, commuters and households alike are storing their photographs, documents etc., for years on a single external drive. Thus, when these devices fail, it often feels catastrophic to lose access to them.
Not usually. For most dead-looking drives that appear to contain no readable data, all bytes of original data remain intact; it is simply the electronic components, heads or file systems that have failed to read/write properly. All that is required is proper, successful access to that data, which can typically happen on the first try by someone who does this each day.
We are based in Belfast, which is 12 miles west of Newtownards via the A20. For twenty plus years we have been recovering data for customers in the Newtownards area who have lost data due to failed storage systems. Therefore, because we are geographically close to Newtownards, customers have some flexibility. Customers may bring their storage media to our Belfast office if they plan on going into Belfast anyway, or send it by post via fully insured postage. Each recovery process begins with a complimentary diagnostics test and each customer receives a fixed price quotation for the recovery of their data. In most instances customers will only be required to pay for their data recovery if we have successfully recovered their data.
At the top end of Strangford Lough is Newtownards, a market and retail town with an established group of small manufacturing and trading companies spread throughout its various industrial sites. The jobs we receive out of the Ards are generally a combination of business-related storage issues (a NAS or server where one disk has failed, or a point-of-sale or accounting device that won't turn on) along with home users whose hard-drives have become full of irreplaceable family pictures and documents. Regardless of which type of storage issue we encounter, the first thing we do is make an image of the storage so we can build back the user's data from that copy.
All jobs received in from Newtownards via drop-off from within the town or by postal service from other locations around the Ards Peninsula are handled entirely at our Belfast lab. Every customer receives a complimentary diagnostics test along with a fixed price quote prior to us commencing any work. No charges are made and no customer data is sent outside of our company without obtaining express permission from the customer beforehand.
Below are four examples of the types of storage recoveries that arrive at our lab for recovery most frequently from Newtownards and surrounding areas.
Since many customers in Newtownards live relatively close to our office, many choose to physically bring in the unit themselves. However, posting in the drive is equally simple if travelling to our location isn't feasible.
Just give us a phone call or message about the device and the problem that has occurred, and we'll tell you approximately how much it's going to cost right then and there, before you even bring it down to see us or ship it to us.
Drop your device (or just the drive for laptops, NAS and servers) into our Belfast location Mon–Fri 9am–5:30pm (walk-ins welcome) or post your item to us fully insured at your convenience.
We will assess your device, most of the time within 48 hours, and issue a fixed written quote prior to performing any work.
Once your data is recovered, we compare it against a list of files; you may choose to pick up your data yourself or have it posted to you on brand new media.
Dropping off saves you the shipping hassle, as well; if you're in an emergency situation and need this job done quickly, please let us know when you contact us.
Take a look at what we offer for Newtownards. Check any of them out for details.
Feedback from some of the people we have assisted in and around Newtownards.
The review section does not contain fabricated reviews. We are collecting verified, named customer feedback for Newtownards and will add it here when we receive it. Until then please contact our engineers directly at 028 9002 0144 to discuss your issue.
Send or drop off your item for a free diagnostic check with a description of the issue. One of our engineers will review the item, then provide you a written quote prior to doing any repairs.
Prior to sending or dropping off your device for a diagnostic test (free), obtain a quotation from us via telephone or using the provided form. Step one: get the device to our Belfast bench. Carefully wrap the device and include your contact information inside the parcel. Then send it over. There is no charge for this diagnostic service. Once we receive it, you will be given a firm written price to confirm whether you wish to go ahead, before any work is done.
Sending it? The use of a tracked, insured delivery method would be recommended. Alternatively, dropping it off can also be done Monday to Friday, 9am–5:30pm; no prior booking required but do ensure that all items are packed accordingly.
Still waiting to send something? Please complete the form describing the failure/fault in your own words and one of our engineers will get back to you with a quotation based upon your individual circumstances.
We will get back to you soon. If it is urgent, call 028 9002 0144.
We operate in Belfast, which is located approximately 12 miles west of Newtownards along the A20, about 25 minutes driving time. We have been recovering data for Newtownards and the Ards Peninsula for over two decades. You may send your drive to us by dropping it off at our Belfast office Monday to Friday, 9am-5:30pm, or by sending it via post, fully insured.
Either way works well. Many customers from the Newtownards area drop the drive in while travelling into Belfast. For laptops, NAS and servers bring just the drive(s); you need to label them. If you would prefer to avoid travel, you can post the drive(s), fully insured and trackable. Either method allows you to obtain a complimentary diagnostic, and a fixed price quotation before work begins.
Anything that holds data: hard drives, SSDs, USB memory sticks (pen drives), camera cards, Macs, laptops, external hard drives, RAID arrays, NAS boxes, servers and databases. It does not matter whether the media has been formatted or whether it was damaged due to a simple accident, a failed array or a ransomware hit: every item that contains data is worthy of a free diagnostic.
All of Newtownards and surrounding area, including Comber, Greyabbey, Ballygowan, Kircubbin, Conlig, Millisle and Donaghadee. Our service and pricing is the same no matter where you are in this region.
Most recoveries take 3 to 4 working days with the free diagnostic completed in most cases within 48 hours. A rough guide as follows; USB sticks/memory cards from £250 + VAT, hard drives/SSDs from £300 + VAT, RAID/NAS/servers from £500 + VAT, always with a fixed written quote first. And in most cases you only have to pay if we recover your data.
Free written diagnostic. Most of the time we only charge for data recovery if we can recover your data. Over two decades experience within 12 miles of Newtownards on the A20. Post it to us fully insured or drop it off in Belfast.