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Wilcox PC Pro Services: Turning Technology Failure into Functional

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I provide 3 general data services:

1. Data backup - Backing up your data regularly is important, especially when you're dealing with confidential or critical data. Also, if you suspect a hard drive of failing because you hear this, you need to have it backed-up immediately.

2. Data recovery - Did you accidentally delete a file or a whole bunch of them? Don't worry, most of that data, if not all of it, can be recovered. When you delete a file, the actual data isn't deleted, just the reference to the data it gone. Make sure you shut your computer down immediately when you notice that file is missing because your operating system will see the space on your hard drive where that data is located as free game and will eventually write over it.

However, if your hard drive has suffered physical damage, I am more than willing to take a look, but I do not have an ISO class 5 clean room and I am not certified to go digging inside of a hard drive and replacing heads, removing platters, etc. Let's hope it doesn't come to that because you go from about $30 recovering data from a working hard drive to anywhere from $1,000 to $3,500 on a non-working hard drive. Back up your data regularly and a failed hard drive won't be so stressful.

If your hard drive looks like this, well, I can't help you...

3. Data destruction - If you want to sell a computer or otherwise pass off your hard drive to someone else, you need to wipe the data off that hard drive. I have software programs that will write over all the data on the hard drive and I can do it with as many passes as you like (the more passes, the least likely data can be recovered). If, however, you want to toss or recycle a hard drive, I will take note of the serial number and take the hard drive apart and physically destroy it so that nothing can be recovered.

If you want help with any of these data services, please visit my Request a Service page and fill out a request form. I will reply as soon as possible.

Email: wilcoxpcpro@gmail.com

Call: 513-549-2561