| Data recovery can be tedious. The good news is | | | | much of the disk as they can to produce the copy |
| data recovery, more often than not, is still possible. | | | | which they then share with the software specialists. |
| Data recovery can be done in either two ways: by | | | | The bulk of the data recovery process lies on the |
| using data recovery software or data recovery | | | | software team as they are the ones who do the |
| services. Data recovery software can help you | | | | actual extraction using complicated software |
| revive the data which you thought was lost. | | | | programs designed especially for data recovery work. |
| However, data recovery services can do more than | | | | The ensuing data are then filed and written onto a |
| that. | | | | new, undamaged media. |
| So what exactly is data recovery? | | | | Before engaging a hard drive recovery service to |
| Data recovery, according to the word sleuths and | | | | attempt data recovery, it pays to know what a hard |
| data recovery experts, is the process of salvaging | | | | drive and hard drive failure are. A hard drive is a |
| deleted or inaccessible data stored on damaged | | | | stack of discs coated with thin layers of substrate |
| media like magnetic disks and computer hard drives, | | | | and magnetic material. Hovering above the disc is the |
| optical devices, and tape cartridges. Many data | | | | drive head. The discs create a slight breeze as they |
| recovery software programs and data recovery | | | | spin, creating a cushion of air for the head. The drive |
| services are designed to help users retrieve their files | | | | head, as a rule, never touches the discs unless |
| at the event of a computer crash or viral infection. | | | | something happens to that cushion of air beneath it. |
| How does data recovery work? | | | | If however, the head touches the discs, it will drop |
| The first step of the process of data recovery | | | | through the magnetic layers and cut slashes into the |
| service usually involves evaluation to determine the | | | | surface of the discs. It grinds through the aluminum |
| extent of the data lost. After the prognosis, the data | | | | substrate and sprays dust from all three layers all |
| recovery experts and technicians would then proceed | | | | over the discs. The result is hard drive failure. |
| in "cloning" or copying the media into their systems. | | | | Utilizing data recovery services from data recovery |
| The actual data recovery process occurs when the | | | | experts usually comes as a last resort. But they do |
| technicians secure and extract the data from the | | | | not come cheap. Data recovery software like, say |
| copy of the damaged media. | | | | Symantec's, could cost something like $39.95. A data |
| Hardware and software teams | | | | recovery expert could charge from $250 to $3,500 |
| A damaged media has the data locked within it and it | | | | on their data recovery services. |
| is the job of highly experienced hardware and | | | | Each data recovery service has a unique approach in |
| software engineers to unlock it. These two teams of | | | | solving the data recovery problem. But usually, the |
| data recovery experts work very closely together | | | | priority is to get the damaged drive running again. |
| throughout the project, combining all their | | | | However, data recovery services cannot perform |
| experiences in their respective fields to solve the | | | | miracles. A massive head crash in the drive usually |
| problem quickly and surely. | | | | mean it's gone for good. |
| For safety measures, hardware engineers access as | | | | |