subject: Acting To Recover Hard Drive Data [print this page] Acting To Recover Hard Drive Data Acting To Recover Hard Drive Data
What can you do to recover hard drive files that look like they are gone for good? There is actually no single solution when it comes to hard drive recovery, but knowing where to begin is key. Whether you've accidentally deleted files, mistakenly partitioned or formatted your hard drive or simply had an average hard drive failure, the first 15 minutes to one hour is a key time for you. Your actions during this time should be the difference between fully recovered data and happiness, and an expensive data recovery nightmare.
Hard drive failure is a lot more likely than you might think, but data recovery services and other services guarantee that your data is recoverable, even when it seems all is lost. Consider these ideas when you have lost data:
1. Panic Is Your Biggest Enemy - Basic fact in the data recovery industry: panic, do something crazy(which naturally panicked people tend to do), and you can kiss your data goodbye. Whether you've lost a critical assignment your boss is asking for, or have experienced a total hard disk drive failure, the best thing you can do is to take a "time out". In pretty much all physical hard drive failure occurrences, the only thing a layman PC user can do is make things worse. With lost files, data recovery software may be a solution, but contacting a professional first is always the easiest way to preserve your data.
2. Don't Bother With Data Recovery Software, Run From Utilities - Are you an everyday user of data recovery software? If so, go to it. But if you're in a panic and are looking for "that answer", anything that claims to recover hard drive data back to its original state, pause for a moment. Understand that data recovery software is a very dubious industry. Companies who market this product make their living playing off of the fear and panic of panicked people. Ask yourself this: is there a money back guarantee? Will the developer be liable and pay you for lost data? Both questions are aclassic no. Don't waste your money. And as for utility products, realize that in data recovery circles, these are known as data killers. The fact is, these programs aren't specifically made for data recovery processes, so why use them for that purpose?
3. Call On An Expert - Yes, it's hard. This is the age of the Internet, after all, and the concept of picking up old technology like a telephone to call an actual person seems a little odd (I'm only half joking). But on a serious note, how is calling a professional data recovery company, staffed by specialists who recover hard drive data every day of the week, going to injure you? It won't, put simply. Any data recovery shop with any credibility will have a toll-free support number, and consulting with an engineer is pretty much always free. If your data is important, remember that an expert is the best person to help you.
Hard disks fail everyday, and partitions and files are lost accidentally everyday. Your occurrence is one that many others have felt, and then recovered from. As long as you know that your ability to recover hard drive data is based on how you act once the data is lost, you'll be fine.
