lost data

So you have lost some piece of valuable data that you need to recover, what can you do? The first and most important thing to do after having had lost valuable data is to stop working and to not try and recover the data yourself, unless you have experience dealing with data recovery. Any additional actions taken by the user beyond the occurrence of the problem will make it that much more difficult to restore your lost data. Most lost data occurs as a result of human error in which a user accidentally deletes a needed file or unwittingly deletes a file necessary for running a given program. Lost data can also be the result of a software problem or hardware malfunction.

What causes data loss?

  • Human error (Accidental deletions, etc.)
  • Power outages
  • Equipment problems (Including issues with RAID / IDE controllers)
  • Viruses / Worms
Software data recovery and hardware data recovery are the 2 main types of data recovery. Hardware malfunctions cannot be treated in any way by software, meaning that they must undergo some kind of physical repair before they can be manipulated in such a way as to allow for the stored data to be removed or transferred to another source. Hardware data recovery should generally be handled by a professional data recovery technician who has access to a 'clean room.' In the case of software data recovery, there are a vast number of software products available to the general public which are capable of assisting users recover lost data resulting from contraction of some kind of virus or worm, or simply due to a software malfunction. It is recommended, however, that you employ the services of a professional if your knowledge of the system is lacking in any way, so as not to worsen an already damaged system passed the point of repair.

Professional data recovery companies boast an ability to retrieve lost data resulting from:

  • Virus/Worm attack
  • Human error
  • Fire/Smoke/Chemical/Water damage
  • After fdisk
  • Formatting errors
  • Power failure
  • Software/Hardware failure
  • Overwritten data

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