Data Recovery Software – Are they Useful?

b> Have you ever heard the word data recovery ? If YES , then you might be aware about the data loss situations . But if you say NO then you are one of the lucky person who have not experienced the situations of data loss , hard drive crashes which demand data recovery . < br />< br > What is Data Loss ? < br />< br > Data Loss is a situation where you lose the data stored on your hard drive or it becomes inaccessible . This data could be the important business files , music , personal collection of pictures , emails , videos or anything . Now why this happens ? This situation generally occurs when the hard drive fails or crashes , files get corrupt or damaged , there are virus attacks on your computer system , hard drive corrupts due to water - fire damages , poor usage of the hard drive , ad ware – spy ware attacks etc . Because of these reasons you might lose access to your data or it can get corrupt . But the relief is that this inaccessible data ca be recovered back . It ’ s possible almost in 95 % of the cases . < br > Data Recovery Software are the best means to recover the lost , deleted , inaccessible , corrupt , damaged data from the hard drive , files and folders and other storage media . < br />< br > What is Data Recovery Software ? < br />< br > By Data Recovery Software I mean to say , software which can recover back the lost data by scanning your hard drive . Similar in the way as you see other software which have different functions and working . For instance , anti - virus software will stop , remove and protect your computer system from virus attacks , and any password recovery software will help you to restore the lost / forgotten passwords of your email id which were stored in your PC . < br />< br > According to Surveys , < br />< br > " Viruses : Survey finds PCs infected at a rate of more than 10 % each month " -- ( ICSA Labs , 2002 ) < br />< br > “ 35 % of all PCs sold to businesses are laptops and 1 in 5 of these laptops will suffer hardware failure in the first 3 years " -- Gartner analyst Brian Gammage , The Changing Spectrum of Mobile PC Usage , October 30 , 2002 < br />< br > " Data Recovery is possible in 85 % of all data loss case " -- Dan Pelosi , Data Recovery 911 , December 2002 < br />< br > Thus it can be concluded that data recovery has its own importance when people loose their important data . Data recovery software is useful for file repair , file recovery , database recovery , backup recovery , email data recovery and forensic data recovery . < br />< br > < br /> How to use Data Recovery Software ? < br > < br /> The data recovery market is flooded with many data recovery software range . There are renowned companies and small manufacturers too which perform data recovery at small scale . But data recovery is not an easy task to perform . It requires determination , expertise , appropriate recovery tools , Class 100 Clean rooms , biometric environment and of course a data recovery technician who can perform the data recovery – thus resulting into data recovery services . < br > < br /> Data Recovery Software is developed to minimize the possibilities of data recovery services thus enabling the end user to himself perform data recovery on his PC . The do - it yourself data recovery software available in the market completely scan your damaged hard drive and retrieves the lost data . When you finalize the data recovery software , always look for the software support provided by the data recovery company on their website : < br />< br > < br />• You can view the Animated Working Demos – how the software works , provided by the company . These working demos are the best option to know and view the GUI and functions of the software . < br > • You can also look for any software user ’ s guide made available by the company on their website . The manual has the step by step procedure to perform data recovery . Follow these steps and evaluate the software . • When you download the software , view help manual accompanied with the software . It guides you with step by step recovery procedure . < br > < br /> Generally , demo version of the data recovery software are available for FREE downloads . It ’ s free because the companies want you to test the recovery possibilities of your data and then only purchase the software . The demo versions are not enabled with saving feature for the recovered data . You can download the demo version and run it on your computer system . < br />< br > < br /> Word of Caution : The point which should be noted here is that you should not run the data recovery software on the corrupt drive . As this might overwrite the original data which then gets deleted . Always perform data recovery on the copy of corrupt data and a good device . < br > < br /> Install demo version of the data recovery software and analyze its working , features and the amount of data which the software can recover . If the software displays the lost , deleted data then the software surely can get back your data to you and you can also purchase it . When you run the demo version always ensure ; < br > < br />• How much time does the software take to recover data ? < br > • Is the software able to recover the deleted files also ? • Can it recover attachments ? < br > • Can it recover data damaged due to virus attacks ? • Is the software provider data recovery company recognized in the market ? < br > • What is the recovery percentage of the software ? • Is the software purchase amount refunded , if the software is unable to recover data ? < br > • View clients of the company , if possible contact them and gather feedback about the company • Read client testimonials of the company < br > • Consult with support staff of the company and ask queries related to your data loss situation ? Like , according to them which would be the appropriate data recovery software for your case of data corruption ? As this would help in purchasing the right software . • Compare 2 - 3 data recovery companies with their recovery percentage , client satisfaction percentage , data recovery techniques , range of data recovery software provided by the company . < br > < br /> After performing all these checks you can purchase the software and recover your data . < br > < br /> Please Note : While you are performing check on data recovery companies , always try to find out real data recovery figures of the company , as many companies add false figures to their websites and in the end are able to empty your pockets . < br > < br />< br />< br > Conclusion : < br />< br >
Author: neha gupta

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