The town of Haddington is East Lothian’s county town, and it does its business down the A1: the railway was discontinued generations ago, but Edinburgh is forty minutes west, and the county's farms, firms and families send their failed drives in by car, by one of several local train stations along the coast, or simply via the postal service.
Get a quote first, by phone or through the form, and then send it from anywhere in Scotland by insured post. Or come to South Gyle yourself without an appointment, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5:30pm (the diagnostic is free either way).
The A1 is the main exit route from Haddington itself, taking about forty minutes to Edinburgh when traffic is moving, while local villages along the coast have railway stations (Drem, Longniddry, and the branch line from North Berwick) that provide an easily accessible way by rail to Waverley Station in central Edinburgh, then a train or tram ride west to South Gyle from there. Post services reach every corner of the county equally quickly: fully insured, tracked, next day. The mix of industries in East Lothian combines both farming and working professionals: farm businesses that keep their records on one office computer, many rural-based firms using NAS boxes, and an abundance of photographers who find the coastline supplies them with ample opportunities for card emergencies. House terms apply throughout: the look is free, the quote is fixed, the verdict is honest.
Distance makes no difference to the technical side of things. All drives are imaged first, NAS disks arrive labelled by bay and depart reconstructed, and deletions race the clock in the same way. And all verdicts are always honest, including a ‘no’ for absolutely free where something is truly gone. We charge fixed prices starting at £300 + VAT per individual drive, and in most cases you only pay if we recover your data.
Very, in just one way: stop booting up. A failing hard disk gets damaged each time you shut down and start up again. Turn off at the mains, remove the drive (a computer shop can do this; we will take the drive, not the whole PC) and get a quote before sending it over (by phone or via the quote request form). Then bring or post us the drive (no appointment is needed for drop-offs, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm). Record-keeping recoveries are our staple business; verifying what we have done according to your priorities is included.
Covered: the entire county is routed through the same bench. The two towns are served directly by rail into Waverley, and from there you can catch a train or tram west to South Gyle, possibly an even easier journey than Haddington's own, plus the post takes everyone the same single day. Either way, get your quote in advance, either over the telephone or using the form; drop-offs do not require appointments (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm).