Harddrive Data Recovery: Getting results!

The need for harddrive data recovery always arises after the fact - after you have data loss. If everybody backed up their data properly or had a fail-safe data management plan, the harddrive data recovery industry would be busted - out of business. But considering it's a multi-billion dollar growing industry, there are a lot of people out there in the world who are not protecting their data properly.

Harddrive data recovery is often confused with it's sibling file recovery, but I am here to say otherwise. Knowing the differences will give you a clearer picture of what you need to recover your data and clear up many questions you may have.

Harddrive Data Recovery Terminology

Familiarize yourself with the following harddrive data recovery terminology and the occurances that go along with them:

1. Deleted Files: You have trashed a file by sending it to the Recycle Bin, or by using the Shift and Delete Key combination. It is also possible that you have emptied the trash on the desktop.

2. File Recovery: You have lost a file or lots of data due to accidental file deletion, drive formatting, a virus, or software crash.

3. File Corruption: This happens when either a file refuses to open, or when it does cooperate, the file's contents are unlegible.

4. Damaged Files: A damaged might open, but part or all of it's data appear distorted.

The harddrive data recovery difference

As previously stated, hardrive data recovery, which encompasses all 4 terms explained above plus more, is often confused with the term file recovery. Technincally, harddrive data recovery has the ability to rebuild and repair file systems that hold your files. Also, while both are designed to recover data, hard drive data recovery can recover files using more advance features and modules, like when the data cannot be accesses, or when data needs to be taken from drives which have mechanical errors.

Getting What you Came For

When you are searching for harddrive data recovery, knowing what it is a good beginning. But getting to a specific resolution requires that you know what you are looking for. Often, I get questions regarding the differences between various utilities that recover files, and the levels of pricing for each one. And why services cost so much more if the same procedures are taken.

My answers:

1. If you cannot decide which utility to use, if you are going to do it by yourself, the strongest hard drive data recovery tools recover all possible scenarios. If this makes no sense to you, get support, so that your specific problem can be addressed..

Note that files (not file systems) which are damaged and need repairing, are not hard drive recovery tools , but are file repair utilities. You will find them sold separately in most cases.

2. Pricing for harddrive data recovery services varies according to the procedures taken. If the same steps are required as what's in software, the pricing will be more than if you used a utility by yourself. The reason is simple and clear: Utilities are designed for you to do it. If you would like a service to do it for you - for the extra safety of your data, and for the assurance that experts are recovering your data - pricing increases. The time you would be spending on the harddrive data recovery means someone else has to do it. And you know: You don't work for free and neither does any other person at any company.