Yes, Searching For A Data
Recovery Solution Doesn't
Have To Be Difficult.

...But Most People Don't Know What
To Look For In Choosing One – The
Process is Simpler Than They Think.

Ken Roberts, Founder

Call any company who offers data recovery and they will claim to be qualified to do the job.

But be reassured, ALL DATA RECOVERY SOLUTIONS ARE NOT THE SAME – how could they be with over 12 million websites to choose from?

Finding The Right One Can Be Easy - it’s not about luck, like so many people believe.

It’s not about searching through endless websites by trial and error, neither is it about randomly choosing one or two to call – which is what most people still do.

The process is much simpler, so simple that most people overlook it. This oversight is precisely what can make the data recovery process feel so frustrating.

I can't even imagine the tax nightmare that almost happened...

As the president of a global web development company, EVERYTHING I had was on my computer: email, graphics, data, financial records, even faxes!

My drive started making funny noises one day.... I ignored it. HUGE mistake. The hard drive would not even boot anymore. I tried to get it back up - forget about it.

Thank you ACR Data Recovery...100% of my critical data was recovered!

-- Bron Fieldwaker (President, Syndicate Digital Production)

Letter from Ken Roberts
Creator of Media Tools Professional™
Founder, ACR Data Recovery™

Dear Friend,

Twenty years ago, I experienced data recovery myself, when the industry was just forming. I made the mistake of deleting a business file by accident. I searched everywhere on my computer for the data, but it was gone.

Despite all my efforts, I couldn’t recover the data. So, I started looking for a data recovery solution, but couldn’t find one. I could hardly believe I was the only person wanting to recover data.

I was confused – with computers being used by so many people, why weren’t there any data recovery products or services? And if there were, why couldn’t I find them?

Today, finding a data recovery solution is easy. Choosing the right one from the 12 million websites, reminds me of the frustration I experienced twenty years ago in locating just one.

Can There Really Be 12 Million Data Recovery Solutions?

Imagine there are twelve million computer manufacturers, television companies, and cell phone makers. How about operating systems, like Macintosh, Windows, Linux, UNIX, NetWare, and...who else?

Let’s see - computer manufacturers gives 5,660,000 results. Cell phone makers has 238,000 choices. And operating systems offers a surprising 92,000,000.

We all know - there aren’t that many REAL solutions.

Data recovery is no different.

Like computers, cell phones - and every other industry - the data recovery world has very few companies that have the know-how to create the data recovery software, and the advanced technologies required to make data recovery possible.

This is just the beginning.

How about the costs of building out a clean room environment and maintaining it? Plus, data recovery specialists and software programmers don’t work for free.

What This Means Is...

Only a handful of firms are doing data recovery as a full-time business. And there are lots of techs, computer repair shops, and marketing groups cross-selling data recovery on the side - which I will talk about in a minute.

My promise to you is - in just a few minutes, you will be able to differentiate a professional data recovery company from other groups that offer data recovery. And more importantly, you will know specifically how to use each one to get your data recovered.

Thank you for all your support today. This message comes from Outlook on my crashed machine. I got all my data back, and I couldn't be happier.

-- Tom Moulder (TREX Associates, Inc.)

Well – shortly after my first attempt and failure in data recovery, I discovered a client’s main office computer crashed. He didn’t know what to do – much less know that he could lose his data.

Remember, this was twenty years ago when computers were just becoming mainstream across many business industries – but data recovery was unheard of.

This got me thinking. I knew someone had to know about data recovery. Computers were being used by too many people, and I was sure lots of other people were losing data too.

I figured all I had to do was find this somebody and have them teach me their data recovery techniques. Was I naïve.

I soon learned there wasn’t anybody. The more I searched, the more ‘brick walls’ I ran into.

Right then and there I made up my mind

Refusing to quit, I started researching ways to recover data. I am talking about reading out of print computer books, talking with some interesting beings over the phone, and trying out everything I thought would work. I was determined to find a way to recover my client's data - and mine.

Light bulbs were also going on in my head saying this could make a great business opportunity.

Fortunately, I found a way to repair my client's partition, so that I could access and copy the data off to a new hard drive. It took me a month to recover the data - if you can imagine that.

This experience changed my life and the data recovery industry. For the past eighteen years, I have been recovering data, fighting crime with computer forensics, and building professional data recovery software that are used worldwide.

What still surprises me today is - finding the right data recovery solution seems just as difficult as it was twenty years ago, unless you know exactly what to look for.

Can Finding The Right Solution Be This Easy?

Yes, It Can Be - But You Have To Know What To Look For In A Data Recovery Company.

Here's how...

Professional data recovery companies ONLY offer three things - data recovery software, data recovery service, and computer forensic service. Nothing more!

Let’s see...

On any website you are reviewing, start by looking for data recovery software and data recovery services. If either of them are missing - especially data recovery software – 99.9% of the time you are NOT looking at a full-scale professional data recovery company. Here’s why...

The Techs and The Marketing Companies...

Techs and companies that offer data recovery services, but don’t promote data recovery software, don’t do so, because they don’t have the know-how to do it, they can’t make as much money from selling products, or they want you to be dependent upon their higher priced services.

Marketing websites promote everything short of the kitchen sink to make a commission - as long as they don’t have to answer the phone. These companies affiliate with professional data recovery companies to help sell their data recovery software - and on occasion data recovery services.

Every now and then, you see one of these marketing sites trying to promote data recovery services for somebody, but eventually they quit because it becomes a tech support nightmare.

What This Means Is...

When you are looking at a data recovery website, data recovery software should be offered in addition to data recovery services to consider the company as a full-scale professional data recovery company.

Sure – there’s the 1% exception, but it’s like finding a needle in a haystack. Their main excuse for not offering data recovery software is, it can be harmful to your data. My response, it’s an excuse - they can’t make it, otherwise they would. And they want you to be dependent upon their services.

If the site looks suspect - as in one of those marketing sites - take the extra step to find the contact information. If it’s hidden at the bottom of the page, if they don’t have a 1-800 number, or if email support is the only way to contact them, click the back button and move on to the next website.

The exception...

While professional data recovery companies offer data recovery software and data recovery services, a few professionals I know just make and market data recovery software themselves.

I consider them professionals because their solutions are good, and they have been doing this for many years. Kudos to you guys!

The People Posing as Professionals

I’ll say it again - professional data recovery service companies make and sell data recovery software, regardless of what the sales staff says. Here’s why I know this...

The original five data recovery companies made data recovery software as a solution for home-users who couldn’t afford data recovery services; and as a marketing tool for technicians.

We all knew technicians had clients with data loss problems, but they had no know-how or utilities to help them out. So, we all basically offered them data recovery software for a small fee to cover our costs. In return, we all hoped to earn their referral business when in-lab proprietary procedures were needed to recover the data. It worked!

But then...

I started releasing more powerful data recovery products.

My second data recovery product Boot and Partition Repair™ sold like hot cakes. Then, when I released Media Tools Professional™ the entire data recovery industry changed worldwide. Here’s how...

Media Tools Professional is essentially a data recovery company in a box. It is still the only software available that can access drives that are mechanically failing. And the function Reverse-Clone, Cycle-Clone can even work through read errors to extract data.

If you don’t know much about data recovery, extracting data from failing drives is where the money is made, not selling data recovery software. If you can keep the drive out of the cleanroom using software, even more money can be made. This is Media Tools Professional.

After about three months after its release, data recovery companies started popping up all over the Internet. It puzzled me. I couldn’t figure out what was going on until these ITs’ companies - who had bought my software - started asking us to recover the drives they couldn’t do with Media Tools Professional.

What I found out is this - these ITs’ created a data recovery site and started promoting themselves as a data recovery company. Anything they couldn’t do with Media Tools Professional, they would send to us, or to one of the other four professional data recovery companies.

I’ve got a list of thousands - yes thousands - of companies that have done this over the years.

Here’s my point to help you...

There are very few professional data recovery companies and thousands of small IT businesses cross-marketing data recovery services in the name of “XYZ data recover company” trying to outsmart you.

Anybody can make a fancy looking data recovery website, posing as a professional data recovery company. They buy software from the professionals so that they can try the recovery first; and then send off drives they can't do themselves to those experts. Quite a few people have become very good at this.

But, very few people can make and sell data recovery software, and perform data recovery services. So, you can tell who the posers are when reviewing their website - you won't find data recovery software.

When Using the Local Business

Professional data recovery companies are called professional for one reason – they think data safety first, and data recovery second; and it's the only thing they do. Local IT companies may think they know the best safety steps, but twenty years of dealing with them tells me otherwise.

Now I’m not bad-mouthing them or suggesting you can’t use one of them for basic data recovery cases. Heck, twenty-percent of our revenue comes from these techs and computer shops. But, ....

I am urging you to do one thing before letting them do anything to your media - make them perform a bit-image of your drive, and then, demand they give you the original – not the copy – before authorizing the recovery process. Why?

What this does is ensure you have a backup if and when a mistake is made. In data recovery, you seldom get a second chance to recover data.

When to Use the Professional...

If your data has value - monetarily, emotionally, or your company is going to cut your head off if you don’t get the data recovered - you should consider using a professional data recovery company.

If your media is failing to start to the desktop, or it’s making noises you have never heard before, turn it off immediately and contact a professional data recovery company. Cleanroom work is needed.

Your Data Recovery Checklist

When searching for the right data recovery solution, keep this checklist in mind:

1. Professionals ONLY offer data recovery software, data recovery service, and computer forensics. Nothing more!

2. A few pros program and market data recovery software, but don't offer data recovery services.

4. People posing as professionals only market data recovery services. Most websites to watch out for fall in this category. Professional data recovery service companies offer data recovery software.

5. If a site looks suspect, challenge the contact information. Is it only at the bottom of the page? Is there no tool-free 1-800 number? Is there only email support? If so, move on to the next site.

6. If you use a local IT company to attempt the recovery, get a bit-image backup, and then have them return the original, before approving the recovery process.

7. When data loss means losing money and memories, if your data cannot be recreated, or if the drive is failing to start to the desktop, turn it off and call a professional.

I just want to thank you for your service. You are a life saver. Your support has been great. On a scale 1 to 10, 10 being the best, you are an 11.

-- Bob Kinsey (Standing O Entertainment)

Having experienced the process of searching for a data recovery solution myself twenty years ago, to becoming a leading data recovery and computer forensics specialist today, I know first-hand the obstacles and frustrations most people are having in finding a data recovery solution. That’s why I have shared these insights with you – because choosing the right data recovery solution can be easy – if you know exactly what to look for.

I urge you to start testing my insights today.

Soon, you will find the right data recovery solution.

To Your Success!

P.S. – If you landed on this website looking for a data recovery information on how to have a successful recovery, “Can Finding The Right Data Recovery Solution Really Be This Easy?” is a must read . These insights often mean the difference between a having a successful recovery and not getting your data back. You can read it here right now.

P.P.S. – If your purpose is to get a quote, start your recovery right now by answering a few questions.

P.P.P.S. – Yes, you can also call us toll-free .

-Ken

Yes, Searching For A Data Recovery Solution Doesn't Have To Be Difficult.

Can There Really Be 12 Million Data Recovery Solutions?

What This Means Is...

Right then and there I made up my mind

Can Finding The Right Solution Be This Easy?

What This Means Is...

The People Posing as Professionals

When Using the Local Business

When to Use the Professional...

Your Data Recovery Checklist

Yes, Searching For A Data
Recovery Solution Doesn't
Have To Be Difficult.