The Jurassic Coast doesn't have a specialist recovery lab — but it doesn't need one. We're Bristol Data Recovery, and we've recovered hard drives, SSDs, camera cards, NAS units and servers for Weymouth and Portland customers for over 25 years. There's no need to travel: post your device to us fully insured, and we return it the same way. Free diagnostic, no fix no fee on most jobs.
Around 85 miles from the Dorset coast to our Bristol bench — so we've made posting in simple, insured and fully tracked.
Weymouth is a classic Dorset seaside town — a Georgian esplanade, a sweep of sandy beach, a working harbour, and around 53,000 residents. Next door, Portland and its harbour host the National Sailing Academy that staged the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing, and the whole stretch forms part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Tourism, sailing, fishing and a busy mix of small businesses keep the town turning.
All of that generates irreplaceable data: years of holiday and family photos, sailing and event imagery, business records, and work that lives on a single drive. When that storage fails — a dropped external, a dead SSD, a card that comes up blank — it can feel like the data is gone. It usually isn't.
Most failed drives still hold their data perfectly; the fault is in the electronics, the heads or the file system, not the data itself. It just needs lifting off safely by people who do this every day.
We're Bristol Data Recovery, around 85 miles from the Dorset coast, and we've recovered exactly this kind of data for Weymouth and Portland customers for over 25 years. The distance changes nothing about the result — only the logistics, and we've made those painless. Post your device in fully insured and tracked, and we return it the same way. Free diagnostic, fixed quote, and no fix no fee on most jobs.
No collection service, and no need for one. The post is quick, insured and tracked, and you keep your device until the moment you send it.
Call or message us with the device and the fault, and we'll tell you the likely cost and how to pack it.
Wrap it so nothing can move. For laptops, NAS and servers, take the drive or drives out and send just the drives, labelled.
Royal Mail Special Delivery or a courier both work. Include your name, address, phone and email so we can quote.
We diagnose within 48 hours, recover, verify against a file listing, and post your data back to Dorset on fresh storage with free next-day shipping.
Posting adds about a day each way. Urgent business cases can often be prioritised — just say so when you call.
Six of the jobs that come in most often from the Dorset coast.
A snapshot of what we handle for Weymouth customers — each links to the detail.
From the harbour round to Portland and inland to Dorchester, the process is the same: post it in fully insured, and we return it the same way.
A few words from customers we've helped around the coast.
My external drive of family photos stopped being recognised. I posted it from Weymouth, had a quote the next day and everything back within the week. Faultless.
SSD in my laptop died with no warning. Clear pricing, no jargon, and my work files were back within four days. Posting from Portland was easy.
A card of holiday photos came up blank. They recovered every single shot and the price was exactly as quoted. Couldn't recommend them more highly.
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Send us your device for a free diagnostic, and tell us a little about what happened — an engineer will review it and confirm your exact quote in writing before any work begins.
Recovering your data starts with getting the device to us. Pack it safely, add your contact details, and send it over — after we run a free diagnostic, we’ll confirm your exact price in writing before any work begins.
Posting it in? We recommend a tracked, insured service. Prefer to drop it off? You’re welcome Monday–Friday, 9am–5:30pm — please still package the device as above.
If you need more information on our data recovery service, fill out the form with more detail about your issue and an engineer will review it and give you a custom quote.
We’ll be in touch shortly. For anything urgent, call 0117 332 1137.
No — we're based in Bristol, around 85 miles from the Dorset coast, and we serve Weymouth, Portland and South Dorset from there. There's no need to travel: post your device to us fully insured and tracked, and we return it the same way. The distance changes nothing about the result.
Pack it so nothing can move, then post it fully insured and tracked — Royal Mail Special Delivery or a courier both work. For laptops, NAS units and servers, take the drive or drives out first and send just the drives, labelled with their order. Include your name, address, phone and email so we can book it in and quote first.
Often, yes — but don't power it up or dry it with heat, as that can cause more damage. Get it to us and we'll assess it. Drives that have met sand, salt or water are recovered routinely as long as they haven't been run while still damp.
All of Weymouth, Portland and South Dorset — including Wyke Regis, Chickerell, Preston, Upwey, Littlemoor and Dorchester. The service and pricing are the same wherever you are.
Most jobs are recovered within 3 to 4 working days once your device reaches us, with the free diagnostic usually done inside 48 hours; posting adds about a day each way. As a guide, USB sticks and memory cards start from £250 + VAT, hard drives and SSDs from £300 + VAT, and RAID, NAS and servers from £500 + VAT — always with a fixed written quote first.
Free written diagnostic, no fix no fee on most jobs, and over 25 years of recovering the irreplaceable. No need to travel — post it in fully insured from anywhere on the Dorset coast.