Data Recovery Cleanroom

London and Manchester, UK
0870 140 2525

Data Clinic's Data Recovery Cleanroom

Providing a Clean Air and Anti Static Environment for hard disk data recoveries

Clean Air: Clean air provides the only effective safeguard against airborne particles in the atmosphere, which can all too easily impair critical processes in invasive hard disk recovery.

Contamination exists naturally in fresh air - for example, occurring when particles are released from the human body by movement and breathing, and also generated by processes and machinery. You only have to look at a beam of light through a window to see these particles in the air.

The naturally occurring contamination of fresh air is approximately one million particles above 0.5µ per cubic foot.

Close-up of a dust particle

Anti Static: Computer hard disks are very susceptible to damage from static electricity.

Correct handling procedures are paramount as even a small amount of static electricity can severly damage a hard disk and cause problems accessing the data.

Static electricity is generated naturally within the body and builds up over time until it is discharged - eg. by touching something metal like a hard disk, by which time, it can be too late.

Hard drives should always be handled correctly

Invasive Hard Drive Drive Repair

Invasive hard disk repair and recovery procedures require work to be actioned in a clean air and static-free environment.

This type of repair is necessary when internal mechanical damage to the hard disk has occured (eg. a head fault. Common symptom: ticking noise coming from the hard disk) and it therefore becomes necessary to open the hard drive to effect a repair.

Data Clinic's hard disk drive recovery cleanroom:

  • ISO 5 (Class 100) HEPA filtered closed clean air environment - Constant cleaned and recirculated airflow
  • Dissipative flooring, clothing and monitoring
  • Coved skirting
  • Coated tooling and equipment
  • Ioniser

This facility allows our staff to work on your hard drive in the correct recovery and repair environment, greatly increasing the likelyhood of a successful data recovery.

 

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cleanroom airflow controls
Data Clinic's cleanroom is a closed environment, with variable airflow controls

cleanroom work area
Clean air and static free work environment

cleanroom static testing station
Testing station allows close monitoring of static electricity