Mach4 Computer Services

So, your desktop computer has stopped working and you face the quandary of whether to repair, or replace it with a new one.

Replace:

• Cost from major retailer - £300 - £800
• Cost from Mach4 from £200
• You can retain the monitor, mouse and keyboard
• The printer may not be compatible if it has an parallel port connection; most new motherboards do not support parallel ports and this function has been replaced by USB, ethernet or wireless printers (for some motherboards, an add on parallel port is possible).
• If the hard disk is damaged, a new operating system may be required.
• Files and settings transfer can be expensive is carried out as a stand-alone service by some IT technicians.
• Programmes may have to be repurchased or replaced if supplied with the PC.

Data can be lost when the media that it is stored on fails, but can often be retrieved from corrupt hard drives, CDs, DVDs, memory cards and flash (USB) drives.

There are a variety of methods for this, the most complex being the dismantling and reconstruction of hard drives under laboratory conditions, the simplest being retrieval through specialist software. Neither method is quick, but both can be effective and save our customers many hours (or days) of work in rebuilding their databases or re-entering their tax returns!

Part of the process is to scan the corrupt media for malware, such as virus infection as, if corrupt files are transferred to the new drive, the problem will repeat itself when the file is accessed.

Contact Mach4 for estimates for recovery and sanitisation of your lost data.