| Data Loss is a Reality | | | | classified into two categories i.e.: |
| What to do if an individual or an organization loses its | | | | 1) Physical Damage |
| vital data? The lost data is not an umbrella or a | | | | The storage media can get damaged due to a |
| walking stick, for which you can place an | | | | number of reasons. Optical disks may have their data |
| advertisement in the lost and found columns of some | | | | storing layer scratched off or damaged due to |
| local newspaper. It requires much more then this. | | | | mishandling, exposure to light, high temperature or |
| Data loss is an undeniable and inevitable reality in | | | | moisture. Tapes may simply warp or snap due to a |
| today's techno savvy world. It may occur due to a | | | | faulty head or some other reason. Hard drives may |
| variety of reasons. First and foremost, the thing to | | | | suffer a mechanical or electronic failure due to |
| be kept in mind is that despite all the technological | | | | damage to some internal component. Most of the |
| advances, all the storage media that are currently | | | | times, physical damages can not be repaired by the |
| popular tend to have a definite life span. For example, | | | | end users and they often require the services of |
| hard drives have a life span of three to six years. | | | | expert data recovery technicians to salvage the lost |
| Optical discs have an average life span of about | | | | data. |
| thirty years. Hence data loss may occur due to failure | | | | 2) Logical Damage |
| of storage media. Other common reasons for data | | | | Logical damage occurs due to a file system |
| loss are hardware or system malfunction, virus or | | | | corruption. This may happen due to a number of |
| malware attacks, human error, software corruption | | | | reasons such as a malware attack, accidental deletion |
| or program malfunction and natural calamities. | | | | of important files or folders, power spike or |
| Necessity is the mother of invention. As it is possible | | | | electro-static discharge. This leads to a fault in the |
| to loss data, so we need data recovery. | | | | program design, owing to which it responds |
| What is Data Recovery? | | | | inappropriately or may completely crash. Sometimes, |
| Data recovery is the process of recovering data | | | | the logical errors can be corrected using the DIY data |
| from a damaged or corrupted storage media, when it | | | | recovery software. However, if the damage is |
| becomes impossible to access it using the regular | | | | substantial, it may necessitate the services of a data |
| procedures. Data recovery also involves salvaging | | | | recovery company. |
| deleted files from a storage media. Data recovery | | | | Is Lost Data Always Recoverable? |
| services are usually provided by highly specialized | | | | Most of the times lost or erased data can be |
| concerns, which have the expertise and know-how | | | | recovered with a high success rate. Often when a file |
| to perform this complicated task. Highly skilled data | | | | is deleted, it continues to reside unharmed in the |
| recovery technicians use an array of software and | | | | unallocated clusters on the disk and is recoverable. |
| hardware tools that are at their disposal, to retrieve | | | | Sometimes even the files which get written over can |
| the lost data. | | | | be recovered, using highly sophisticated data |
| Why Do We Need Data Recovery? | | | | recovery techniques. So, practically speaking, we |
| Due to widespread digitization of institutions and | | | | rarely come across cases, where the lost data is |
| organizations in the last few decades, the rate at | | | | hundred percent irrecoverable. |
| which data is being generated per year is constantly | | | | Essentials for Data Recovery |
| on the rise. Businesses and corporations have totally | | | | Owing to a continuously rising demand, a number of |
| computerized almost all the aspects of their day | | | | data recovery companies have mushroomed over |
| today activities. In such a situation, where companies | | | | the years. However, the companies which are |
| rely heavily on the saved data, a potential data loss | | | | genuine and authentic can be counted on fingers. |
| disaster can jeopardize the very survival of a | | | | Proper infrastructure (Class 100 Clean Room facilities), |
| concern. Physical assets are increasingly being | | | | skilled technical staff and customized tools are the |
| replaced by virtual assets and every bit of data is | | | | indispensable requisites for any good data recovery |
| sometimes worth its weight in gold. As per a recent | | | | company. Moreover, a bona fide data recovery |
| estimate, the value of 100 megabytes of lost data | | | | company should be backed by dedicated R&D |
| stands to be approximately $1 million. In a scenario | | | | to offer a wide range of solutions to its customers. |
| where 43 percent of the companies facing a data | | | | So next time you lose any data, do not get scared |
| loss disaster end up in bankruptcy, data recovery is a | | | | or anxious. The chances are that some good data |
| necessity. | | | | recovery company will be able to save the day for |
| Reasons for Data Loss | | | | you. |
| Generally speaking the reasons for data loss can be | | | | |