My hard simpletech hard drive was recently damaged is it cheaper to buy new one or pay for data recovery?
August 11, 2009 by Data Recovery and Data Backup Tips
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Can you answer johnyboy’s question about Data Recovery?:
If the answer is pay for data recovery what’s a cheap company that will recover the drive sucessfully?
Emergency Data Recovery
If the answer is pay for data recovery what’s a cheap company that will recover the drive sucessfully?
Emergency Data Recovery
what is the best equipment to start a data recovery business ?
August 2, 2009 by Data Recovery and Data Backup Tips
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Can you answer Croco M’s question about Data Recovery?:
Hello,
Hello,
I am in Calgary and I would like to start a data recovery business, what would be the best quality price equipment to start with ?
My idea goes to the Ninja 121 Forensics from YEC right now, is it a good choice ?
waiting your advices guys,
thank you in advance
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Data Recovery - is it Ever to Late to Recover Data?
July 31, 2009 by Data Recovery and Data Backup Tips
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Hard Drive Recovery – a phrase guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of most Computer Technicians (or would do if most of them really knew what it meant) but what causes it and what can be done either to prevent it or certainly to make sure it is handled and remedied correctly.
We can all picture the scenario, a hard pressed systems technician or home worker, up against a deadline to deliver a project in on time or under budget sits back, presses the enter button and……zippo, nada, nothing or even worse than that, the entire system juts flashes up the computer equivalent of “Gone to lunch, back whenever.”
If you have never been in that situation (and haven’t we all at some time or other) then believe me as someone who speaks from battle hardened experience then I can guarantee you that medical science has discovered no laxative quite like this. Boy, the phrase “losing ones lunch” conjures up a whole new image. Not pretty I can assure you.
The answer to all of this is usually quite simple. Back up your data more often and take better care of the equipment you use and hopefully it will take better care of you (or so the story goes) but sometimes it is not that simple.
Data loss can occur for a number of reasons and the five most common are “Hardware Malfunction” and this accounts for 44% (allegedly) of all Data loss situations. Next there is “User Error” and this accounts for about 32% of all data loss. An amusing euphemism for this was once used by one of my colleagues when describing a particular client one day, he went on to describe the source of the problem as being an “interface problem occurring between the keyboard and the chair!”
In approximately 14% of the cases, the data loss occurs through software corruption, Computer Viruses account for 7 % and the remaining 3% occur through what can best be described as “Natural Disasters”.
However in most cases and if dealt with correctly i.e. talking to the right people the situation does not necessarily require or dictate that the perpetrator immediately reach for an old rusty razor blade, meaning that is a lot of cases the problem can be fixed to some degree or other.
Don’t let me build false hopes entirely. If you are in position whereby you do think you have lost data then the first thing you do have to do is talk to someone who knows what they are talking about but accept there will be a certain amount of “collateral” damage in the attempt at restoring your lost data. Sometimes this occurs when the lab you are dealing with encounters formatting issues with hard disks etc and these are unavoidable. However in situations like this you will usually find that the core data recovered (even if a little strange in layout) is at least usable.
So just when you think that all is lost, it need not be the case, in the case of Data Recovery; you just need to know to talk to right people.
Thanks to Stephen Morgan for contributing this article to our Data Recovery blog:
We can all picture the scenario, a hard pressed systems technician or home worker, up against a deadline to deliver a project in on time or under budget sits back, presses the enter button and……zippo, nada, nothing or even worse than that, the entire system juts flashes up the computer equivalent of “Gone to lunch, back whenever.”
If you have never been in that situation (and haven’t we all at some time or other) then believe me as someone who speaks from battle hardened experience then I can guarantee you that medical science has discovered no laxative quite like this. Boy, the phrase “losing ones lunch” conjures up a whole new image. Not pretty I can assure you.
The answer to all of this is usually quite simple. Back up your data more often and take better care of the equipment you use and hopefully it will take better care of you (or so the story goes) but sometimes it is not that simple.
Data loss can occur for a number of reasons and the five most common are “Hardware Malfunction” and this accounts for 44% (allegedly) of all Data loss situations. Next there is “User Error” and this accounts for about 32% of all data loss. An amusing euphemism for this was once used by one of my colleagues when describing a particular client one day, he went on to describe the source of the problem as being an “interface problem occurring between the keyboard and the chair!”
In approximately 14% of the cases, the data loss occurs through software corruption, Computer Viruses account for 7 % and the remaining 3% occur through what can best be described as “Natural Disasters”.
However in most cases and if dealt with correctly i.e. talking to the right people the situation does not necessarily require or dictate that the perpetrator immediately reach for an old rusty razor blade, meaning that is a lot of cases the problem can be fixed to some degree or other.
Don’t let me build false hopes entirely. If you are in position whereby you do think you have lost data then the first thing you do have to do is talk to someone who knows what they are talking about but accept there will be a certain amount of “collateral” damage in the attempt at restoring your lost data. Sometimes this occurs when the lab you are dealing with encounters formatting issues with hard disks etc and these are unavoidable. However in situations like this you will usually find that the core data recovered (even if a little strange in layout) is at least usable.
So just when you think that all is lost, it need not be the case, in the case of Data Recovery; you just need to know to talk to right people.
Thanks to Stephen Morgan for contributing this article to our Data Recovery blog:
Stephen Morgan writes about a number of Technical issues and more information on Data Recovery can be found at http://www.diskdoctors.net
What does data recovery mean to you?
July 30, 2009 by Data Recovery and Data Backup Tips
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Hard disk drives have now become imperative to everyday life, even to those who have never seen one before. Many people do not know what hard disk drives look like and how they should be treated. Many users transport their external drives in their bags not realizing how sensitive they are. Manufacturers build rugged drives, but they are still not immune, their casing is tough but the internal components are not. Therefore if you drop your external drive you may have to pay the consequence – a data recovery company.
There are many specialized data recovery companies in the market; this is ultimately due to the high number of drives that are failing. The correlation shows that the numbers of hard drives that are failing are in line with the numbers that are being manufactured. Statistics show that the numbers of hard drives produced every year are in their millions. And this number is going to carry on increasing and this is due to the variety of products that a hard drive will be used in. Plus the Government has recently unveiled Digital Britain which now means that everyone will have a computer, which in actual fact the percentage of the population that owns a computer is a lot less than you would think.
Digital Britain will boost the hard drive market and in turn will boost the data recovery market. Hard drive failure is a reality for a very high percent of those who own a computer. The data recovery companies see this day in day out. The number of customers who have complained that their hard drive is only a few weeks old keeps on increasing. Is this due to the higher capacity of hard drives or is there another problem?
Do we need a better design of hard drive or is it that we have to keep backing up our data time after time to ensure that the pictures of our loved ones won’t be lost forever. However we do know that even if the drive fails, there is still hope for the data, data recovery technicians are able to work wonders. They are able to resurrect data that many people thought they had lost forever.
Data recovery is pretty soon going to be a mainstream service, not only will it be a necessity to many but a get out of jail free card to husbands who forgot to backup their children’s baby pictures.
Thanks to Sk Data Recovery for contributing this article to our Data Recovery blog:
There are many specialized data recovery companies in the market; this is ultimately due to the high number of drives that are failing. The correlation shows that the numbers of hard drives that are failing are in line with the numbers that are being manufactured. Statistics show that the numbers of hard drives produced every year are in their millions. And this number is going to carry on increasing and this is due to the variety of products that a hard drive will be used in. Plus the Government has recently unveiled Digital Britain which now means that everyone will have a computer, which in actual fact the percentage of the population that owns a computer is a lot less than you would think.
Digital Britain will boost the hard drive market and in turn will boost the data recovery market. Hard drive failure is a reality for a very high percent of those who own a computer. The data recovery companies see this day in day out. The number of customers who have complained that their hard drive is only a few weeks old keeps on increasing. Is this due to the higher capacity of hard drives or is there another problem?
Do we need a better design of hard drive or is it that we have to keep backing up our data time after time to ensure that the pictures of our loved ones won’t be lost forever. However we do know that even if the drive fails, there is still hope for the data, data recovery technicians are able to work wonders. They are able to resurrect data that many people thought they had lost forever.
Data recovery is pretty soon going to be a mainstream service, not only will it be a necessity to many but a get out of jail free card to husbands who forgot to backup their children’s baby pictures.
Thanks to Sk Data Recovery for contributing this article to our Data Recovery blog:
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What are the chances of data recovery from a compact flash drive?
July 30, 2009 by Data Recovery and Data Backup Tips
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Can you answer SP’s question about Data Recovery?:
I have a non-responding CF with some important academic docs and pictures. Local IT guys and one data recovery firm were helpless while another firm claims to be able to recover for $900. I am wondering if I should take the chances. Of course I know it depends if I value my data as much as to pay $900. While I can not price the data, the cost does seem to be pretty high….
How To Recover Lost Data
I have a non-responding CF with some important academic docs and pictures. Local IT guys and one data recovery firm were helpless while another firm claims to be able to recover for $900. I am wondering if I should take the chances. Of course I know it depends if I value my data as much as to pay $900. While I can not price the data, the cost does seem to be pretty high….
How To Recover Lost Data
