Binfield · RG42 · usually posted in, never collected
Data recovery in Binfield. A parish of its own, with no station anywhere in it.
Binfield is an independent civil parish within Bracknell Forest located north-west of the town it posts through, and covers land formerly part of Windsor Great Forest. There are no rail stations in Binfield; the M4 motorway is to the north of the area, the A329(M) to the south and London Road bisects the parish. In fact, according to the local neighbourhood plan, sixty per cent of trips to work in Binfield are taken by car. The historical centre of Binfield is surrounded by modern housing developments: Popeswood, Amen Corner, Temple Park, Farley Wood, Knox Green and Jennett's Park. Approximately 1,525 homes have been designated for development at Amen Corner and Blue Mountain. According to the 2021 census, there were approximately 9,943 residents of Binfield compared to 7,880 ten years previously. The work here is contract based: software and test engineers, project managers, technical authors and recruiters holding source trees and deliverables on their own laptops; groundwork and civil engineering firms with setting-out data, point clouds and dated site photography for their projects. Newbold College on St Mark's Road holds dissertation research and lecture archives, and clubs and organisations use volunteers' personal computers to store member information. Due to the lack of a counter in Binfield, most drives are submitted via post. To submit one, obtain a quote first over the phone or with the form, then post it tracked and insured to the Guildford intake lab, or drop it off at the Guildford intake lab during business hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm, no appointment needed). It is diagnosed for nothing.
Describe the fault to an engineer
0800 6890668
Five faults Binfield keeps sending.
None of these? Run the triage →| The symptom | Why it turns up here | Start here |
|---|---|---|
| Contractor's laptop has the client deliverable still on it | Contract leaves the only workable version on the contractor's computer | Stop working, turn off, obtain a quote, then post the drive, not the laptop |
| One-machine limited company that refuses to start on a Monday | Consultants here use one single workstation for multiple years, replacing it late | We recover, you rebuild your IT |
| Five-year-old portable drive (external) that was dropped and makes clicking noises when attempting to access it | In a single copy: setting-out information, point clouds and dated photographs of sites | Most typical package opened by this bench, from anywhere |
| Two-bay network attached storage device that has quietly been running in a state where there is only one active hard drive | A mirrored pair is silent about the loss of the first of its two members | Both members of a mirrored pair are imaged prior to any rebuild taking place |
| The club machine has both the membership list and match footage | One volunteer, one laptop, and no duplicate of the season's data | Power it off now; each time it is restarted, a bit more of it is lost |
A Binfield job, from the phone call to the parcel coming back.
What Binfield asks before posting.
There is no station in Binfield. Does that make posting harder?
Absolutely not, because nothing we do uses a platform or driver. Binfield does not have a train station and has no need of one: please obtain a quote first via telephone or using the form, and a trackable, insured package handed in on a weekday should normally reach us the next morning. Please send it to Building 2 at Guildford Business Park, GU2 8XG, on the ground floor. On the label please ensure the name 'Guildford Data Recovery' is included instead of this website. Return carriage is paid for you.
I contract for one of the offices across the A329(M) and my laptop has died. Who owns the problem?
Normally, the contractor does. Many Binfield contracts place the deliverable, source tree and documentation onto the contractor's own machine, making them responsible for it. If your project is interrupted, please tell us on the initial call that the work has been halted and we will open the case as a high priority: it is read the day it arrives, then imaged through the working day rather than queued.
The site drive with the setting-out data on it was dropped. Is that recoverable?
Often it is, and the associated dated survey work is usually why people will care about a particular disk. A disk that has been dropped, and now is clicking or grinding, should be turned off right away, as each time you turn on the disk, the heads drag over a previously damaged surface. Leave it off. Get a quote first, then pack it so it can't move. Let it be opened on a bench rather than at a desk.
What happens to a client's data while you hold it?
The data remains in the laboratory and is treated confidentially. First an image of the disk is made and every other step is performed based upon this image. Therefore, the original disk remains untouched. When you receive your information, you receive both the data along with a confirmed report of what was readable and what was unreadable. In addition, the written quote and the VAT invoice are identical line by line. If there are conditions outlined within your agreement, please advise us when you call 0800 6890668.
The rest of what Binfield sends us.
Next door to Binfield, on the same terms
Ring for a quote, pack, post: that is usually the whole of it from Binfield.
Nothing will be decided until your free assessment is in: leave the device off, and tell us about the issue you are experiencing.