Why You Should Back Your Data Up by Jessica Cander
Have you ever lost an important file on your computer? It is a very annoying feeling, which above the emotional factor involved can have far-reaching consequences if it was a valuable file. Every business and individual will most likely experience the loss of some amount of stored data on their... Ultimate data recovery complexity sets in when a hard drive has actually suffered some form of physical damage. ... Two main types of data recovery exist; they are what are known as “logical recovery” and “physical recovery”.

How DATA is LOST by Harald Anderson
Over 95% of the people and businesses that I speak with have experienced data loss. However the sad fact is that the majority of businesses are woefully unprepared and do not understand the serious risk of data loss. Do you have a disaster recovery plan? ... Other common occurrences are: Data corruption (failed CRC or MD5 checks), Hard drive failure (the older a hard disk gets the closer you are getting to the MTBF, or “mean time between failure” that every disk is rated for at the factory), OS failure (it is not uncommon for a machine to fail to reboot after having critical system...

Computer Forensic Experts by Marcus Peterson
Computer forensics is the process of preserving, identifying, extracting and documenting valuable electronic data. The term was first used in 1991 in a training session of the International Association of Computer Specialists (IACIS). Computer forensics has been used in law enforcement and... The forensic expert creates a digital fingerprint of the original hard drive to ensure that it is not tampered with while retrieving data. ... It is used to identify valuable data from personal computers or other electronic data storage devices.

Data Loss - The 7 Most Common Symptoms of a Failed Hard Drive by Jason Perry
If your hard drive is clicking or making grinding noises, you are experiencing system blue screens or system freezes, an error message greets you with ‘drive not formatted’ or ‘operating system not found’, or lastly you are in a never ending loop of computer reboots…there is a very good chance... Clicking Hard Drive A clicking hard drive can indicate a head crash, corrupt firmware on the drive's ROM chip, an electrical problem like a burned chip, blown heads, a bad pcb controller, overwritten servo's, damage to the hard drive's platters and alignment issues from being dropped, jarred or...

Knowing Your Hard Drive - A Guide to Data Recovery by Tony Roberts
Hard drives are usually reliable devices that store all your important files and data. Today’s Information Age runs on data, making the storage of such worth its weight in gold. However, no matter how evolved this technology has become, these media devices are still prone to serious errors that... But in the case of truly important data, like that of company data and others, you may want to employ the services of a data recovery expert. ... There are softwares available that can help recover your hard disk’s data and even make your hard disk usable again.

Free File Recovery by Prabir Sen
A wide variety of failures can result in loss of data, and recoveries of those files become an imperative task to let any enterprise continue functioning. File recovery is the salvaging process, where the lost data in files, failed, wrecked or inaccessible storages, mainly primary storages, such... These utilities may be termed as 'self service file recovery system', and may be considered to be an alternative to the deployment of professional data recovery services, if such failures are not too grave.

Know What You're Dealing With: Essential Information You Must Know Before Paying for Data Recovery by Alex Bezborodov
Know what you’re dealing with The world of data recovery is a big mystery for most consumers and even some IT professionals. This is largely because hard drives themselves are complex devices and their technological specifics are not generally well known. ... A bit about Hard Drives A computer hard drive stores data on metal oxide platters which spin up to 10000 revolutions per minute. ... The brain of the hard drive is its controller board and this is unique for each individual hard drive.

Data Recovery Tips by Michael Russell
The worst thing about any emergency is that it messes up our daily routine and throws us into a state of confusion and we really can never rule out emergencies from our lives, life is full of surprises; some good, some bad. What makes the difference is how readily prepared we are for such... Data recovery or Disc Recovery services are things we hope we will ever have the need for. ... When dealing with data recovery and protection it is vital you remain calm and assess whether you are dealing with a hard drive or other issue.

When Your Computer Fails: A Disaster Recovery Strategy for the Home-based Business by Pamela Bruce
If you are self-employed and work from home, you wear several hats, so to speak: you may be the marketing manager, accountant, receptionist or PR person. You are also your own technical support department and therefore responsible for safeguarding your data. ... Having an external hard drive is great, but what would happen in the case of theft, flood or fire? ... Here are some tips for implementing a disaster recover strategy: Buy an external hard drive . ... It does not have to be anything as dramatic as storm, fire or flood - an overheated motherboard, a malfunctioning hard drive or a...

Electronic Discovery by Marcus Peterson
Electronic discovery is the detection of information in the digital format. Electronic information is retrieved from computer-based systems such as hard drives, CD ROMs, floppy disks, tapes and other electronic backup devices that may contain data. It involves the use of certain technologies... Electronic discovery can be used for any kind of data retrieval, such as document recovery, data recovery, evidence recovery and so on. ... Some of the top providers of electronic discovery services are: Daticon, Electronic Evidence Discovery Inc., Kroll Ontrack Inc., Renew Data Corp, ZANTAZ Inc,...