Data Recovery - You Can Get It Back!

Data recovery is a process whereby you can save data andfiles you accidentally deleted, had eaten by malicioussoftware or viruses, hardware failures, corporate espionageand many more scenarios. Most people believe that when thehard drive crashes their world ends also, but that's notusually the case. In fact 85% of the time the data isrecoverable, and at far less trouble and expense than youmight fear at first.

It's a wonder something that spins at thousands of times aminute doesn't crash more often than they do, what with allthe abuse we heap upon them. When's the last time you did adust patrol near your drive ports? Hard drives aren't theonly data that can be saved too. Zip drives, floppies,DVD's, CD-ROM's and more can be rescued. And sometimes theworst of disasters will yield up results. Techniciansregularly extract data from computers that are burned to acrisp. Admittedly this is trickier and more expensive, butit can be done. On woman had her Apple Powerbook sink to thebottom of the Amazon, whereupon tiring of waiting for thesalvage operation, she promptly donned her scuba gear, swamdown to the sunken boat and retrieved her precious files.She then mailed the whole mess to DriveSavers and theymanaged to save most of her data, despite being submergedfor three days!

Most recoveries aren't nearly as sexy, and can usually beresolved with a software solution, usually by the client hisor herself. Off the rack data recovery software is quitegood and relatively inexpensive, especially when youcompared to the cost of dealing with replacing the lostfiles. Most data recovery issues stem from human error,roughly 25%. A software solution can run you anywhere from$75-$400, whereas if the problem is too difficult and youhave to box it up and send it out, expect to pay between$500-$2000, with the average price of $1000.

The key to remember is that deleted data is usually not goneforever, just maddeningly misplaced. The good news is thatrecovery can be a mouse click away!

Keith Thompson is the Webmaster of Data Recovery Service offering fast and easy solutions for data recovery.

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