Get your photo archive sorted, once and for all.
You send us your hard drive with all your photos. We clean it up, sort it, and remove duplicates. You get the drive back with an archive you can actually navigate.
Twenty years of photos, five folders, and zero control.
You have photos on the old PC, on an external drive, on your phone, and maybe on a USB stick somewhere. The same picture lives in three folders. You can never find what you're looking for — but you don't dare delete anything either, because what if it matters?
It's a completely normal situation. We've seen it many times — and we know how to clean up without losing anything.
Three steps. No surprises.
You send us the drive
Wrap up the drive and send it by post to Alta. If you're nearby, drop it off in person. We confirm receipt the same day.
We clean it up
Duplicates removed, photos sorted by date, screenshots and videos separated out. We keep you posted along the way.
You get the drive back — sorted
We ship the drive back with a short final report: what was removed, how much space was freed, where everything lives.
Here's what your archive looks like coming back.
Concretely, here's what's on the drive when it returns:
Clear flat rates by size.
Postage added separately (typically NOK 150–300 round trip, depending on size). Payment by Vipps or invoice after delivery.
What we don't do.
Your photos are yours. These rules apply without exception:
- ✕We never upload photos to cloud services or external servers.
- ✕We never permanently delete anything without your written approval.
- ✕We don't manually review the content — only automated processing.
- ✕We never use your images for anything else — not for training, not for marketing.
- ✕All working copies are deleted within 30 days of you confirming receipt.
- ✕The machine processing the drives is kept offline during the work.
How the pipeline works, briefly.
You don't need to understand this to order — but if you're wondering what actually happens to the drive, here it is:
Duplicate detection
Each file gets a cryptographic hash. Two files with the same hash are bit-for-bit identical and can safely be merged into one.
Date sorting
We read the timestamp from the photo's EXIF metadata. If EXIF is missing, we fall back to filename and modification date.
Visually similar photos
Perceptual hashing catches burst shots and lightly-edited versions — like the same scene shot five times in a row.
Content classification
An open classification model separates screenshots, documents, and memes from actual photographs — keeping the main folder clean.
Photos scattered across the PC itself?
If your photos live everywhere on the PC — in folders, on the desktop, in downloads, on OneDrive — you can't just ship us a drive. Then we'll figure it out together.
We can do remote help via screen sharing and gather everything in one place before cleaning up, or you can drop the PC off in Alta. Reach out and we'll find what's easiest for you.
Get in touch about PC cleanup →Common questions.
How long does it take?
2–7 days from when we receive the drive to when it's on its way back, depending on size. We give a concrete estimate once we've seen what's on the drive.
What if the drive is damaged?
We don't do data recovery. If the drive can't be read, we ship it back without billing — you only pay postage. Recovering data from a broken drive is a separate service we can point you to.
What about sensitive photos?
Photos are handled confidentially. We don't manually review the content — the pipeline works on file hashes and metadata only, not the visual content beyond automated classification. The machine is offline during the work.
How do I pay?
Vipps or invoice, after the drive has been shipped back and you've confirmed everything looks good. You pay nothing up front.
Where are you based?
We're in Alta, Finnmark. We accept drives from all of Norway by post — that's the most common way to deliver.
What if I want the duplicates back?
We never permanently delete without approval. By default, duplicates go into a separate folder on the drive that you can delete yourself once you're confident in the result.
Order cleanup or request an estimate.
Fill out the form and you'll hear from us within 24 hours with the shipping address and a price confirmation.