Pricing Guide

This information has been provided to give an indication of the range of prices that we at DataWreck charge for our services.

Please note:

-That final quotes are based on individual assessment.

- Quotes are dependent on the size of the media, not the amount of data stored on the drive.

-We offer a 10% student, and forces discount.

-Whilst our analysis is free, and indeed our quotes are no obligation, we ask that you have a clear understanding of the price range before you send a device in. If you are uncertain of where your item of digital media would be considered in our price range please feel free to call us and we can give you a rough estimate.

Logical Vs Physical.

We split the types of work we receive into two sections. Logical and Physical.

Logical.

This is a situation where a hard drive is mechanically sound but you are unable to access your data. Perhaps accidental deletion, format or a boot loop has occurred preventing access to your data.

Typical Causes include: Virus Attack, File Deletion, Bad/Corrupt Sectors, loss of file system/structure or Human Error.

Symptoms include: Slow access times, Blue screen of death, "drive not formatted" message, Missing partitions, computer freezing during use and Missing Files/Folders.

Physical.

Electrical & Circuitry

If your drive has suffered damage from the wrong power supply being used, power surges or power cuts we class this as electrical damage in the physical range.

Typical Causes include: Power cuts, wrong power supply used on an external drive and power surges.

Symptoms include: Drive not spinning, Burnt components and smoke.

Mechanical

This form of damage commonly occurs when a drive has received an impact. However over time a hard drive will degrade as parts wear out. Also, some components can just be faulty.

Typical Causes include: Media Degradation, Head Crashes/Pre-Amp Failure, Motor Failure and Environmental factors such as excess heat, water or vibration.

Symptoms include: Audible clicking/ticking noise, beeping noises or the drive not spinning at all.

(If your hard drive is clicking you should no longer try to power it on as you may cause further damage. In this case we recommend that you seek professional help as soon as possible)