(571) 456-3050

Open 7 days · 11am-8pm

Arlington, VA · Hard drive & SSD repair

Your hard drive stopped. Your files did not.

Board-level drive repair in Arlington, VA, and the files off it first.

  • Clicking drives
  • Not recognized
  • Laptop & desktop
  • SSD & NVMe
  • $65 diagnostic
  • Mail-in nationwide

Written $65 diagnostic, applied to the work. No recovery, no recovery fee.

A hard drive platter held up in the WeFixed cleanroom, the technician reflected in its surface
Short answer

Yes. We repair and replace failed hard drives and SSDs in laptops, desktops and external enclosures: clicking drives, drives that aren't recognized, and drives that stopped booting. When the fault is the drive's electronics, port or enclosure, we repair it at board level. When the drive itself is dying, we move your files to a new drive or SSD first, then replace it. A $65 written diagnostic tells you which case yours is before any work starts.

WeFixed Repair Center, 2722 Washington Blvd N, Arlington VA 22201. Walk in, or mail in from any state.

30 seconds

What is your drive doing right now?

Pick the one that sounds like yours. You get a straight answer, the one thing worth doing in the next minute, and your case starts already described.

Clicking, beeping or grinding almost always means the heads inside are failing.

Do this now

Power it off now and leave it off. Every extra minute of running costs you readable data, and do not run recovery software over it.

What we do

We read it data-first and put in writing what is still reachable. Damaged platters or a crashed head stack are not work we take, and we say so before you spend anything.

A drive that does not mount is usually a failed USB bridge, port or power circuit, not a failed drive.

Do this now

Stop re-plugging it and stop swapping cables. Repeated power cycles are what turn a repairable fault into a recovery case.

What we do

We repair the port, the bridge board or the power rail, or move the drive out of a dead enclosure. In most of these the data was never in danger.

"No bootable device", a freeze on the logo, or an endless spinner points at the system drive.

Do this now

Leave the machine off rather than retrying the boot. Bring the whole laptop or desktop in: we need the drive as it sits.

What we do

We secure what is readable first, then repair the drive or put your system on a new SSD with your files, programs and settings moved across.

A drive knocked while it was spinning takes mechanical damage in that instant.

Do this now

Do not power it up "just to check". That check is what does the damage.

What we do

The diagnostic says whether it still reads, and we take the data off in one controlled pass, not a dozen hopeful ones.

This is a drive telling you it is going to fail, while it can still be read. It is the best moment you will get.

Do this now

Stop writing new data to it. Do not "clean it up" or defragment it.

What we do

We copy everything off while it still cooperates and move you to an SSD. The failure then happens after your files are safe.

Liquid corrodes the board around your data, and a surge burns the power circuitry. Neither erases the drive.

Do this now

Do not power it on to test it, and do not try to dry it out and use it. Get it to us as it is.

What we do

Board-level cleaning and component repair to bring the electronics back, then the data off it. Work we do every day.

0+ yrs Board-level work, in house
$0 Written diagnostic, applied to the work
0 states Tracked mail-in, both ways
5 Read Google reviews
What "hard drive repair" actually means

Three different jobs. An honest Repair Center tells you which one you need.

The $65 written diagnostic exists to sort your drive into the right one before you spend a dollar on the wrong one.

A WeFixed technician at the recovery workstation in the Arlington, VA Repair Center
Path 1

The electronics failed. We repair the drive.

Controller board, USB bridge, connector, power circuit. Component-level work under the microscope, and the drive comes back as it was, with everything on it. The cheapest of the three, so the diagnostic looks here first.

An opened hard drive held in gloved hands at the WeFixed Repair Center
Path 2

The drive is dying. We rescue the data, then replace it.

Nobody rebuilds worn mechanics on a workbench. We copy everything off while the drive still reads and put you on a new SSD, files and settings moved across. The old drive comes back to you or is wiped securely, your call.

A WeFixed technician working on drive electronics beside a board schematic in Arlington, VA
Path 3

It will not read at all. Now it is a recovery case.

Board-level recovery is our in-house work, on drives, SSDs, phones and soldered Mac storage. Fixed price in writing, an honest read on the odds, and no recovery fee if we cannot recover it.

Straight about the limits

What we do, and what we will not pretend to do.

  • Controller (PCB) repair, including the ROM transfer that makes a donor board work
  • USB bridge, connector and enclosure faults on external drives
  • Burnt power rails, shorted lines and corrosion after a spill or surge
  • Drives that read but are dying: everything copied off, then an SSD upgrade
  • Laptop and desktop system drives, including soldered Mac and PC storage
  • SSD, NVMe and flash: controller and chip-level work, not just a software scan
  • Physically damaged platters or a crashed head stack: we do not open drives to swap head stacks
  • "Miracle" recovery attempts on a drive the diagnostic says is beyond us
  • Running destructive recovery software over a failing drive to see what happens
  • Charging you a recovery fee for data we could not recover

A Repair Center that tells you no at the diagnostic is worth more than one that tells you yes and bills you for the attempt.

A WeFixed data recovery specialist in a cleanroom suit holding a hard drive board in Arlington, VA
How it goes

Four steps, and you approve the price before step three.

  1. 01

    Tell us what the drive is doing

    Pick your symptom above, call, or walk in. If it is making noise, power it off first: that one act is often worth more than anything else you can do.

  2. 02

    A $65 written diagnostic

    A technician checks the electronics, the SMART health and whether it still reads, then names the real fault and the exact price. The fee applies toward the work.

  3. 03

    You approve the price. Nothing before that.

    Repair, replace or recover: you choose from options in writing, with an honest read on what each one gets you.

  4. 04

    Your files come back with the hardware

    On the repaired drive, on a new SSD, or on fresh encrypted media. Your data stays yours: we work in-house and never share it.

Start your case

Tell us about the drive. We answer with a real diagnosis, not a call centre script.

Pick a symptom above first and it arrives already written down. A photo of the drive label helps us more than you would think.

What needs fixing?
How do you want to get it to us?
Add photos (up to 5, optional) A few quick pics help us diagnose faster. Large photos are compressed automatically.
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A written quote before any work · We reply fast · We never share your info.

Or call (571) 456-3050
Hard drive repair near me

Ten minutes away, not shipped away

We are on Washington Blvd in Arlington, open seven days. Drop the drive, the laptop or the whole desktop off in person, or mail it in from any state with tracking both ways.

  • Ballston
  • Clarendon
  • Courthouse
  • Rosslyn
  • Crystal City
  • Pentagon City
  • Shirlington
  • Virginia Square
  • Cherrydale
  • Falls Church
  • Alexandria
  • Washington DC
  • Bethesda
  • McLean
  • Fairfax

2722 Washington Blvd N, Arlington, VA 22201 · Open 7 days · 11am-8pm

FAQ

Hard drive questions, answered straight

If yours is the clicking kind, read this first: what to do in the first ten minutes

Can a hard drive actually be repaired?
Sometimes, and it depends on what failed. The electronics around the drive, its controller board, USB port or enclosure, can be repaired at board level, and the drive returns to service as it was. The mechanics inside a spinning drive, the heads and platters, are not realistically rebuilt outside a clean-room lab, so when they are wearing out the honest fix is to move your data off and replace the drive. We do both, and the diagnostic tells you which case you have.
My drive is clicking. What should I do right now?
Power it off and leave it off. Clicking usually means the heads are failing, and every additional minute of running scrapes away data that could still be read. Don't run recovery software over it and don't keep re-plugging it. Bring it in or mail it to us; we image the drive data-first, so whatever is readable gets secured before anything else is attempted.
My laptop hard drive failed. Can you replace it and keep my files?
Yes, that's the most common version of this job. We pull what's readable off your old drive, install a new SSD, move your files and, when the old system is still intact, your programs and settings too, so the laptop comes back familiar, just faster. If the old drive is too far gone to read normally, it becomes a board-level recovery first, then the replacement.
My external drive isn't showing up on my Mac or PC. Is the data gone?
Usually not. In external drives the weak points are the USB port, the bridge board in the enclosure, and the cable, and the drive inside is often perfectly healthy. We repair the port or bridge, or move the drive out of the failed enclosure, and your files appear again untouched. If the drive inside did fail, we tell you exactly what recovery would take before you commit.
What does hard drive repair cost?
Every job starts with a $65 written diagnostic that names the fault and the exact price before we start, and the fee applies toward the work. A port or enclosure repair costs far less than people expect; a replacement is the drive plus the transfer; and if your case turns out to be a recovery, you get that quote in writing too, with an honest no-go if the odds aren't worth your money.
Should I just replace my hard drive with an SSD?
If your drive is over five years old, slow, or showing SMART warnings, replacement is usually smarter than repair, and an SSD makes an old computer feel new. We handle the whole move: your files, your programs where possible, and the old drive returned to you or wiped securely, your choice.
A hard drive held under the light at the WeFixed Repair Center in Arlington, VA

The drive is not the point. What is on it is.

Bring the drive, the laptop or the whole desktop to our Arlington Repair Center, or mail it in from anywhere in the US. A $65 written diagnostic, an exact price, and nothing chargeable until you say yes.

2722 Washington Blvd N · Open 7 days · 11am-8pm

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