Data Recovery for Franklin Township, NJ
Every recovery starts with a $75 diagnostic. Drop off the drive or the whole machine at our Somerville shop, around 24 minutes by car from Colonial Park by way of Manville. After the diagnostic we text a flat price, and your recovery only starts once you reply to approve.
75 North Bridge St, Somerville NJ 08876 · Private parking · Walk-ins welcome, no appointment needed
Contact Us First. It Takes Two Minutes.
No appointment is needed, but a quick message before you leave Franklin Township saves you a wasted trip. Tell us what happened to the drive and we'll tell you what to bring and what not to do in the meantime.
- Whether to bring the whole computer or just the drive
- How to keep a clicking or failing drive from getting worse
- Whether rush service makes sense for your deadline
Bring the Drive In.
No appointment. Check in at the kiosk.Walk in during shop hours and check in on our kiosk. The screen explains how data recovery works in large, easy-to-read text, confirms your turnaround time, and asks you to tick a box and sign on screen. Tell us which files matter most (a graduate thesis and its data, family reunion photos, a landscaper's client invoices, recorded church services) so we look for those first.
We work on internal hard drives and SSDs, external USB drives, flash drives, SD and camera cards, desktops and laptops, and NAS or RAID boxes. We do not recover data from phones.
- Monday to Friday
- 10am to 5pm
- Saturday
- 9am to 2pm
- Sunday
- Closed
$75 to Find Out What's Recoverable.
Standard diagnostic: 2 to 3 days.The diagnostic tells us why the files disappeared (a failing drive, a deleted folder, a corrupted partition, a dead computer around a healthy drive) and how much of your data can realistically come back. You get an honest answer, not a sales pitch.
Your drive stays on our bench in Somerville the whole time. We don't box it up for a lab in another state, so you're never waiting on a shipping label to find out what happened to your files.
- Diagnostic FeeDrive evaluation and recovery assessment
- $75
- Rush ServiceWe offer rush. Ask about it at drop-off
- Available
Credited if you go ahead. When the recovery is approved, the $75 comes off your recovery price. It's not an extra charge.
We Text You the Plan.
Nothing gets copied until you say yes.At check-in we text your ticket number so you know your drive is logged. When the diagnostic is done, we text what we found in plain language: which folders are readable, roughly how much data that is, and the flat price to copy it to a new drive. Reply yes and we start. Reply no and nothing else is charged.
Your ticket # is #46093.
We'll text you once the recovery diagnostic is complete. 👍
Get Your Files Back.
Diagnostic fee already deducted.We text you when the recovery is finished. Come by during shop hours, pay the balance, and take your files home. In the example here, the recovery was quoted at $299. The $75 diagnostic you paid at drop-off comes off that, so the balance due at pickup is $224 plus NJ sales tax.
- Data Recovery (quoted)
- $299.00
- Diagnostic Paid at Drop-Off
- -$75.00
- Subtotal
- $224.00
- NJ Sales Tax (6.625%)
- $14.84
Avoid the Fake Data Recovery Listings
Search for data recovery near Franklin Township and a lot of the pins lead to drop-off counters. Your drive goes into a box and ships to a lab in another state. With files this important, a lost package is not a risk worth taking.
Your drive goes in a box
- The local listing only collects the drive, then ships it to a lab you've never seen, often in another state.
- A failing drive gets bounced around in a delivery truck, and a package can be delayed, damaged, or lost.
- Your family photos or client files pass through strangers' hands and a shipping depot.
- You wait on transit both ways before anyone even looks at it, and the person at the counter can't answer your questions.
Your drive stays in Somerville
- All recovery work is done on-site, on our own bench at 75 N Bridge St. Your drive never leaves the building.
- You hand it to the person who actually does the work, and you can call the shop directly at 908-428-9558.
- Standard diagnostic in 2 to 3 days with no shipping time, and rush service is available.
- If your drive needs something beyond what we do in-house, we tell you plainly and can give you the contact for a recovery partner. The choice stays yours.
Quick test: before you hand over a drive anywhere, ask "Will my drive be recovered here, in this building?" If the answer involves shipping, you're looking at a drop-off point, not a lab.
Data Recovery for Franklin Township's Villages and Growing Neighborhoods
Franklin Township traces back to about 1745 and was incorporated in 1798, and its council has settled on Benjamin Franklin as the namesake. Once a farming community, it has grown to roughly 68,000 residents, making it one of the most populous municipalities in New Jersey. With that many homes and businesses, failed drives are a fact of life.
Colonial Park and canal photos
Colonial Park's arboretum and rose garden, plus the Delaware and Raritan Canal along the township's edge, fill plenty of memory cards. If a card suddenly reads as empty, set it aside and bring it to our Somerville shop.
Research and coursework
Rutgers University manages the Hutcheson Memorial Forest in the township, with its old-growth woods. If your own thesis or research data sits on one failing drive, it deserves a careful diagnosis, done in our own shop.
From Griggstown to Franklin Park
Family computers across the township hold decades of photos and paperwork. If yours will not boot, bring the whole computer in and we will text you what we find.
Franklin Township communities
Heads up: Dave's Computers doesn't have a location in Franklin Township. Every recovery happens at our shop at 75 N Bridge St, Somerville, and your drive never leaves the building.
Directions from Franklin Township to Our Somerville Shop
From the western side of the township the route crosses into Manville on the causeway and approaches Somerville from the south on Bridge Street.
From Colonial Park (Somerset County park) in Franklin Township
- Leave the park on Colonial Drive and turn left onto Elizabeth Avenue (CR 621). Colonial Drive runs about half a mile; Elizabeth Avenue is a short 0.3 mile stretch.
- Turn left onto Weston Road. Follow it about 2.1 miles; it bends right and becomes Weston Canal Road for another half mile.
- Turn left onto the Manville Causeway (CR 623). Continue about 0.4 miles; the road becomes Wilhousky Street.
- Turn right onto South Main Street (CR 533) in Manville. Go about half a mile, then turn left onto Roosevelt Avenue.
- Follow Roosevelt Avenue, then turn right on South 13th Avenue. Each runs about 0.4 miles. Turn left onto Brooks Boulevard and continue about 0.8 miles.
- Turn right onto US 206. Stay on US 206 for about 1 mile.
- Turn right onto South Bridge Street. Head north about 1 mile into Somerville as it becomes North Bridge Street. Turn left into our driveway at 75 N Bridge St, marked by the blue Dave's Computers arrow sign.
A Real Office, With Our Own Parking
We work out of a commercial office building on North Bridge Street, not a spare room in someone's house. It's the large gray-shingled building with the stone front and the tall brick chimneys.
- Find the blue arrow sign. Our Dave's Computers sign sits at the curb right at the driveway entrance.
- Pull into the private lot. Follow the driveway along the left side of the building to the parking lot. Parking is free.
- Look for our windows. Our entrance is in the single-story wing facing the lot, with Dave's Computers signs in the windows.
A Few More Things
Need It Sooner?
Standard turnaround is 2 to 3 days. We also offer rush service; we'll go over timing and cost with you at drop-off.
Rush AvailableCan't Carry It In?
Heavy tower or a NAS box full of drives? Call us from the parking lot at 908-428-9558 and we'll come out to your car to carry it in.
Call Us FirstWant the Full Picture?
See everything we recover on our data recovery in New Jersey page, or read how data recovery pricing works before you come in.
Franklin Township Data Recovery FAQ
How much is the data recovery diagnostic?
$75. It covers checking the drive, finding out why the files are missing, and telling you what can be recovered. If you approve the recovery, the $75 is credited toward the price.
When is the $75 refunded?
When you hand us the drive directly (a bare drive, external drive, USB flash drive or SD card) and we can't recover your data, the diagnostic is refunded. If the drive has to be removed from a laptop or desktop, that removal is labor, so the diagnostic isn't refunded even if recovery isn't possible.
How long does it take?
The standard diagnostic takes 2 to 3 days. We also offer rush service, and we'll go over it with you in person at drop-off.
How far is your shop from Franklin Township?
From Colonial Park (Somerset County park) in Franklin Township it's about 8.0 miles and 24 minutes, mostly on Weston Canal Road, Manville Causeway and US 206. The shop is at 75 N Bridge St, Somerville, with a private parking lot. Look for the blue Dave's Computers arrow sign at the driveway.
I have a NAS at my Franklin Township home office. Can you recover from that?
Yes, we recover data from NAS and RAID setups as well as individual drives. Bring the unit and its drives to our Somerville shop; the $75 diagnostic is credited toward the recovery if you approve.
Do you ship my drive to another lab?
No. All recovery work is done on-site at our Somerville shop, and your drive never goes in the mail. If a drive needs work beyond what we do in-house, we'll tell you and can give you the contact for a recovery partner, so you decide what happens next.
Can you recover files from my phone?
No. We recover data from hard drives, SSDs, external drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, computers, and NAS or RAID systems, but not from phones.
Do I need an appointment?
No. Walk in Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm or Saturday 9am to 2pm and check in at the kiosk. Questions first? Call 908-428-9558.
Bring the Drive In Today.
$75 diagnostic. Honest answers. The same technician since 2011.
908-428-9558Mon-Fri 10am-5pm · Sat 9am-2pm · 75 N Bridge St, Somerville NJ · About 24 minutes from Franklin Township