Is this possible everywhere?

In Belgium and neighbouring countries we come to you. Further afield is possible by arrangement. For a badly damaged device we discuss beforehand whether it is feasible on site.

What if it does not work at my place?

We explain why, and you choose: stop, or have the recovery finished in our lab under the same agreements. There too, all copies are destroyed afterwards, with a certificate.

Is it safe to open a drive at my home?

Yes, because the drive is not opened in your room air but in a mobile cleanroom: the same dust-free environment as in the lab.

What does a private recovery cost?

On top of the normal recovery price we charge travel and the engineer's day. Gilding is a separate option. After the intake you know the full amount.

Private recovery: at your place, with you watching • Datarecuperatie

What it is

In an ordinary recovery you hand over your device and get it back with your data. In a private recovery an engineer comes to you, at home or at the office, and everything happens in your presence.

You see what is on the drive, you hear why a step is needed, and you choose which files come first. Nothing goes to a lab, and nobody else sees your data.

one engineer, from start to finish
everything at your location, on an agreed day
explanation as it happens, in plain words
you decide which files take priority

How a day runs

Intake Beforehand, by phone: what happened, which device, what matters.
Setup The engineer sets up the equipment at your place, including a mobile cleanroom if the drive has to be opened.
Imaging First a write-protected copy. Your original device is not touched afterwards.
Looking together You see folders and files appear, and say which ones must be included.
Delivery Your data on a new device, encrypted if you want, with a file list.

What happens to your device afterwards

At the end of the day you decide. Whatever the choice, all working copies are destroyed in your presence, and you get a certificate for that.

Destroy

The device is destroyed, with a certificate per device, type and serial number.

Keep

You keep the device, and we leave it as it is.

Gild

We finish the drive's platters with a gold layer. You get them back as a keepsake: framed, as a paperweight, or simply to show.

The gilding happens on the platters: the data is then gone for good, and what remains is an object you can keep.

Who this is for

sensitive or personal data you do not want to hand to anyone
public figures, directors and their families
photographers, artists and collectors with years of work
estates: the drive of a parent or partner
anyone who simply wants to be there

Why it works here

More about our lab →

Nearly 20,000 donor drives The right part is usually ready.
X-ray in-house First see, then act.
Rework and reballing Chips removed and refitted safely.
Our own software Up to hundreds of terabytes.
Mobile cleanroom The device stays in your building.
Since 1988 Nearly forty years of equipment and experience.

Book a day?

Call or write to us. We go through your device and your question, and plan a day that suits you.

free analysis request → +32 (0)800 11 400