| Hard drive data recovery is the process of | | | | recovery software. |
| recovering data from damaged or corrupted media | | | | 2. When data is deleted due to formatting of the |
| when it cannot be accessed normally. Data can be | | | | hard disk or inadvertent operation, your data still |
| retrieved from hard drives, FireWire drives, USB | | | | remains intact on your drive. Only the file indexes get |
| drives, DVDs, CDs, RAID (redundant array of | | | | deleted. You should scan the disk drive to recover |
| independent disks), SAN (storage area network) and | | | | the data, and the recovery software can help you in |
| NAS (network attached storage). | | | | this regard. |
| Usually a hard drive may suffer either logical damage | | | | 3. If physical damage occurs, recovery software |
| or physical damage. Logical damage is due to | | | | cannot help you. You will have to approach a |
| corruption of operating system or file system, virus | | | | recovery professional who will provide personalized |
| attacks and similar factors. Physical damage is due to | | | | service in repairing your damaged hard drive and |
| drive head crash and damage to circuit board, | | | | retrieving the data from it. |
| actuator arm, and other internal components of the | | | | Data file recovery software is user-friendly and can |
| hard disk. | | | | be used by any user without technical expertise. But |
| It is highly important to have an efficient method of | | | | if physical damage takes place, you shouldn't try to |
| recovering your important data such as company | | | | recover data yourself. It may cause further damage |
| particulars, legal documents, personal information and | | | | to the hard drive and may result in data loss which is |
| family photos. | | | | permanent. |
| Various methods exist for retrieval of data. We list | | | | Efficient and assured data recovery demands |
| the common ones below: | | | | solutions offered by a trustworthy and experienced |
| 1. When the operating system or file system gets | | | | enterprise. A total analysis of the problem is |
| corrupted, your data cannot be accessed. It's | | | | necessary before deciding on a recovery process. |
| possible to recover the data with the help of data | | | | |