DATA RECOVERY

Introduction
Global Data Finder welcomes you to the world of Data Recovery.

Data Recovery, having been around for more than 20 years is not a new concept. It’s methods and applications have evolved tremendously within the last 5 years or so and are just recently gaining more attention globally. Efforts to stay successful in Data Recovery require experience and expertise. Global Data Finder has both.

Data Recovery requires professionals with the experience necessary to properly recover your deleted, corrupted, or damaged files from all levels of damaged Hard Drives or other digital storage devices. Global Data Finder has the skilled professionals with over 10 years of hands on detailed minded experience.

Definition
If you use a computer you are very aware of all the pictures, files, emails, music, etc. that you have stored on that computer. Imagine a scenario wherein your computer locks up on you, won’t boot, gives you the “Blue Screen of Death”, or otherwise crashes on you. What is the fist thing you think ? That your long saved data is gone ? Well, it’s not gone. Most times the data is recoverable if you adhere to and remember a few simple steps. STOP! TURN OFF and unplug the computer.

Data Recovery is a process by which skilled professionals use their talents to recover digital data in their original format from digital storage devices. To accomplish this task, the technician must first determine and evaluate the reason for the occurrence. The damage could be Physical damage or Logical damage.

Should you experience any type of problem with your computer or storage device, you should immediately turn off the system, if not, you are possibly over-writing your needed data. If you hear a ‘clicking” sound of any kind from your system turn it off immediately. Do not allow anyone to attempt to re-boot or recover your data unless they are experienced and professionally trained in data recovery so as to not compromise your systems integrity. This will only add to the problem and could possibly cause your system to “eat itself” and further destroy your data.

Types of Hard Drive Damage
There are two common types of damage that can occur with your storage devices:

Physical damage is of a mechanical type that is the cause of a malfunction within the drive and if recovery is attempted incorrectly will cause the device to become inaccessible to any recovery. This type of damage must be serviced in a “Clean Environment” by trained professionals. Global Data Finder ‘s “Clean Environment” has an ISO 5 rating that is required to perform this type of invasive operation on a hard drive. It also may require the acquisition of Hard Drive parts that will allow the technician to more successfully attempt a physical damage recovery.

Basically, this means that there is some sort of actual physical damage and that by ordering parts for the damaged drive, the technician is able to patch the hard drive long enough to possibly recover the data. Global Data Finder has years of experience in this exact type of recovery.

Logical damage are faults that can possibly be addressed with proprietary software solutions created and offered by Global Data Finder. Although there is plenty of “recovery” software on the market, those attempts are most times unsuccessful and only add to the damage already present on the Hard Drive.

Global Data Finder cares about your data and the recovery of same. Use only the best for those things that are most important to you, Global Data Finder.

Types of Hard Drives and Media Storage Devices

Common Hard Drive from your home PC or Laptop
RAID arrays
Servers used for massive data storage
Back Up Tapes used for storage purposes
iPod music storage devices
Palm Pilots or PDA’s
Digital Cameras, pictures and/or videos
Blackberry
USB Drives
Flash Cards and devices (all types and brands)
CD’s and/or DVD’s that are damaged or otherwise inaccessible
And many more as technology continues to make data storage possible on new devices.

Reasons for Data Recovery

There are many reasons for having data recovered and most of those reasons center around human error. Deleted files, accidental erasing of data, mechanical damage, program problems are only a few reasons. But, the most important reason to have your data recovered is that you need it and is critical to a functioning business or you as an individual. Here are a few of the possible reasons you may need Data Recovery. Although this list is not inclusive it covers the most common reasons.

Most Common Reasons for Data Recovery
Crashed Hard Drive, RAID, or Server
Corrupted Files
Virus Damage
Cell Phone text messages deleted
Cell phone pictures lost
Instant Messages deleted
iPod music or videos inaccessible
Deleted e-mails
File Folders deleted or corrupted
Pictures corrupted or deleted
Calendars/Date Book lost
Address Book lost
Voice messages lost

Most Common Operating Systems

As technology continues it’s trek into the future, the reasons and types of Data Recoveries will continue to grow. Along with the reasons for Data Recovery and types recoveries, there are the Operating Systems used on these storage devices. Listed here are those that are most common. Again this list is not an inclusive list as new operating systems are being developed and created as this moment. Global Data Finder is and always will be on the cutting edge of all things new to this industry.

Window versions
Linux flavors
Novell Netware
MAC versions
UNIX flavors
DOS and all other Operating System types