What Types Of Digital Media Allow For Data Recovery?


by ejwest - Date: 2010-09-21 - Word Count: 503 Share This!

There are a number of reasons that an individual or company may need to turn to a data recovery company. These companies offer the ability to extract information from damaged (and often even dead) devices. Users of computers that have had an up close and personal encounter with a computer virus, natural disaster, mechanical failure, or even just a plain accident may still have need for some of the data on the hard drive. Losing the use of a computer is bad enough, but losing the files on it for good can double the negative impact. This is where companies that specialize in data recovery can jump in and save the day.

However, many do not realize that data recover capabilities extend far beyond just computers and hard drives. In fact, the best companies are able to recover almost any time of digital media. Businesses both large and small often require data recovery for their servers. Losing vacation photos from five years ago is one thing, but losing customer data can be disastrous. Jpeg (or gif) recovery for digital cameras is becoming very popular as well. Because of their small size and portability, it is not uncommon for cameras to be damaged. But that does not mean that the owners are willing to let their priceless memories go without a fight. Just because the camera and or memory card are damaged does not mean that the file is lost forever.
There are also examples of data recovery for ipods, video recorders, cell phones (which are more like miniature computers nowadays as is), and even video game systems. . That's right, the red ring of death may mean the end of an X-Box 360, but it does not need to mean the end of the game (or other media) files that were held on it.

If the need is great enough, most data can be brought back. Just ensure that the company offering data recovery services is reliable, efficient, and talented enough to get the job done. Do it yourself software may promise a quick and cheap fix, but is unlikely to perform any task more complicated than bringing back a file from the recycle bin. In fact, it may make the problem far worse than it was initially. Follow references, do research, and talk to the company beforehand to make sure that it can handle the job that needs to be done. The best companies will not be cheap or extraordinarily fast, but they also will not make false promises and will be the most likely to restore the lost files. At the end of the day, it is getting the data back that is the most important thing.

Anything that can store data can lose it. And anything that loses data can have it recovered (in most situations). It is only a matter of time before tablet and ipad data recovery is commonplace. Damaging a media device is bad enough. It is not always necessary to compound the error by giving upon the files that it contained.

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