The Drama of Data Recovery by Khieng Chho
Data loss is often a tragic and traumatic experience for most computer users. It is often due to hard drive failure, accidental formatting, electronic malfunctioning or a product of "natural calamities". This seems to be not much of a problem when there are viable data back-ups that the user... Once a hard drive is sent to a data recovery company, it will be subjected to a diagnosis that will help determine the drive's condition and the status of the data loss. ... Data recovery is a huge business, which help computer users recover their data losses, even from a burned out hard drive!

Data Recovery Tips by Bruce Hopkins
Looking for the best data recovery software can be a real nightmare when you have just lost, seemingly irretrievably, much of your work. But if you don't panic and look carefully for the best solution, than very often it is possible to retrieve much if not all of your lost data. ... Another problem can arise if you decide to repair the drive by defragging the computer, before you have a chance to try any data recovery. ... The trick is to be very quick and find the gap in the system before doing too much other work, as this, especially if your hard drive has got very little unused space,...

Sea-Front or Action-gate by Richard Myers
June 25, 2005 Seagate Technologies’ web site now indicates the company offers data recovery services. Further investigation shows the shipping address, the place to send your subject drive for data recovery service, actually belongs to ActionFront Data Recovery. ... Any hard disk drive manufacturer would be more qualified to perform data recovery services than an independent firm. ... It’s doubtful that a hard drive manufacturer offering such services will be well received. ... I’ve always held the belief that if drive manufacturers offered data recovery services it would kill the...

Hard Drive Recovery Experts by Eric Morris
There are generally three types of experts who deal with hard disk recovery. They are technical support experts, software support experts and data recovery experts. The technical support expert generally deals with physical problems with hard disks, and how to install or uninstall hard disks. ... The software experts mainly deal with making software solutions for hard disk recovery. ... Data recovery experts apply various measures to recover the client’s data from the malfunctioned hard disk. ... They must know how to tackle all types of hard disks.

One Method of Data Recovery from a Dead Hard Drive by Gary Higbee
Here is the situation. A laptop comes to us with a dead hard drive. Unfortunately, the user needs some files off the dead drive. After much research on the internet and a couple of data recovery quotes we decide to try and recover the information ourselves. ... We then used a T-5 Torx drive to remove the screws securing the circuit board to the hard drive. ... After waiting another 20 minutes we had a drive image of the bad hard drive and our data was recovered. ... We put the circuit board from the good drive onto the dead hard drive and placed it back in the laptop.

Got Virus? by Woody Bowers
GOT VIRUS? Your Data is NOT lost forever! In the wake of so many computer viruses running wild, “Hope is not lost”! With the recent release of such viruses as: mydoom; netsky; mofei, lovegate and many more destructive viruses, there is an affordable solution to recover your lost files from your... “Attempting to utilize recovery software can make your data hard to salvage if not impossible in some cases. ... “These programs may write data on the drive which then overwrites your original data, making data recovery almost impossible”, states Brian Cain, VP of sales at ECO.

Did You Ever Want to Completely Erase Everything on Your Computer? by Ken Savage
Did you ever want to erase everything on your computer? This is a program I found that does that for you quickly and easily. Active@ KillDisk is a hard drive eraser and is powerful and compact DOS software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any... It’s a hard drive and partition eraser utility. ... It uses access to the drive’s data on a physical level via BIOS bypassing logical drive structure organization, thus it does not matter what operating systems and file systems located on the machine.

Lightning Season: How to Avoid Data Loss by Woody Bowers
We have just entered the time of year that most electrical storms occur. Sudden loss of power, power surges, and electrical spikes are all very common causes of computer damage. There is no way to stop Mother Nature however; there are some precautionary measures that can be taken to save your... The staff at Eco Data Recovery, located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (the lightning capitol of the world) offers the following suggestions to keep your computer and hard drive safe from Mother Nature: 1.) Plug your computer into a battery backup.

Data Recovery Tips by Paul MacIver
If you have ever faced the loss of data, you will know what it’s like to have anxiety over severe trouble with your server, hard disk or RAID health. This is however, a time for some caution in terms of time and money. Data recovery can sometimes be worked out yourself, with help of software and... Do not remove drive covers: Hard drive covers are best left to specialists. ... • Hard drive may not spin and may be still. ... RAID Drive Crash: Replace the RAID data drive that failed, never ever reuse it.

Choosing a Data Recovery Company in case of Data Loss! by Usman Qureshi
The choice of a specialist data recovery company in case of severe data loss is really a big deal. When you have lost almost all the important data of the enterprise, which is the backbone of your business, the only hope for the survival of your business is to contact an expert data recovery... There may be many more points and queries that can be asked to find the best data recovery company for your data loss; but above points will give you a few important ingredients that are possessed by your data recovery service provider.