Data Recovery for South River, NJ
Every recovery starts with a $75 diagnostic. Bring the drive, or the laptop or desktop it came from, from South River to our Somerville shop; from Borough Hall it's about 35 minutes via Route 18 and I-287. We text you the diagnosis and a flat price, and nothing gets recovered until you give the okay.
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 South River 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 (genealogy research, community festival photos, a small business's tax records, school projects) 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 #48714.
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
Near South River, many listings that promise data recovery are drop-off points that box drives and ship them to labs out of state. That means your files spend days in the mail. Don't risk your data to a lost package; our shop in Somerville does the work on site.
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 South River Families and Their Histories
South River became an independent borough in 1898 and takes its name from the South River, the Raritan tributary along its eastern edge. The borough of roughly 16,000 people became a center for Belarusian Americans after World War II, alongside Polish, Russian and Portuguese newcomers. Family histories like these often live in scanned photos and documents.
Family history and genealogy
Scanned letters, old photos and genealogy files often end up on a single external drive or USB stick. If yours stops working, bring it to our Somerville shop and we'll recover the files on site.
The family desktop
When the family desktop won't boot, bring the whole tower in. You'll get a ticket number by text at check-in and a flat price after the diagnosis.
Main Street businesses
If your shop on Main Street keeps its books and customer lists on one PC, a dead drive can stop business cold. We recover the data and text you the cost before any recovery begins.
South River sections and main streets
Heads up: Dave's Computers doesn't have a location in South River. Every recovery happens at our shop at 75 N Bridge St, Somerville, and your drive never leaves the building.
Directions from South River to Our Somerville Shop
From Borough Hall, a few blocks lead to Milltown Road and Route 18, which runs you through New Brunswick before a short I-287 leg.
From South River Borough Hall
- Head out on Gordon Street, then turn left onto Washington Street. Go about 0.1 mile and turn right onto Jackson Street.
- Turn left onto Main Street (County Route 535). Follow Main Street about half a mile.
- Turn right onto Hillside Avenue (County Route 606), which becomes Milltown Road. Watch for the ramp to Route 18 North just ahead.
- Merge onto Route 18 North. Stay on it about 5.7 miles; it becomes Memorial Parkway in New Brunswick.
- Take the exit for Easton Avenue / South Bound Brook. Go straight onto George Street briefly, then turn left onto Landing Lane (County Route 609).
- Turn right onto Easton Avenue (County Route 527). Continue about 3.4 miles to the I-287 interchange at Exit 10, and take the ramp for I-287 North (Morristown, Mahwah).
- Drive I-287 North about 3.6 miles to Exit 14B. You'll pass Exits 12 and 13. Take 14B for US 22 West toward Clinton.
- After about 1.6 miles on US 22 West, exit right. Bear right onto Grove Street, then right again onto Ivanhoe Avenue.
- Turn left on North Bridge Street and right into our driveway. In about 0.6 mile, look for the blue Dave's Computers arrow sign on your right.
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.
South River 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 South River?
From South River Borough Hall it's about 18.5 miles and 35 minutes, mostly on Route 18 North and I-287. 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.
Do you recover old USB sticks and SD cards, or just computers?
Both. We recover USB flash drives, SD and camera cards, external USB drives, and the drives inside desktops and laptops. Everything is done in our Somerville shop, and drives are never shipped out of state.
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 35 minutes from South River