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Identify a hard drive data recovery service provider that suits your needs!

• DriveSavers Data Recovery
  Recovers lost data for individuals, corporations, educational institutions, and government agencies.
  www.drivesavers.com
• SalvageData Recovery Service Lab
  Offers data recovery business solutions and consultancy to recover data from hard drives lost due to RAID failure, fire and water damage, software failure, power outage, and human error.
  www.salvagedata.com
• Ontrack Data Recovery
  Specializing in retrieving lost data from tapes and hard disk drives. Offers software and emergency, on-site, and remote data recovery services.
  www.ontrackdatarecovery.com
• IntelliRecovery
  Global data recovery services company specializing in hard disk and hard drive recovery from lost data, drive crashes, and more.

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First, you should consider what kind of service you are going to need from a data recovery company.

1) Local Company: you can physically take the hardware to them.

2) A company that can recover your data using remote sources.

Also you should determine how much money you are willing to spend to recover your data. Recovery rates will vary depending on whether you need remote, in-lab or on-site recovery services.

Second, use an internet “Search Engine” to find websites for data recovery companies. Search specifically for local companies if you are going to need in-lab or on-site service.

Third, visit the websites of potential data recovery companies. Make note of each company’s available services, pricing system and testimonials…

What happens when you are working on a special document or project on the computer and your screen goes blank! Panic? No – get help!

The good news about a crash is that most data, in most situations, can be recovered. Some projects may require several days, or even weeks, but about 75 per cent of all assignments can be turned around in less than 48 hours and the average data recovery success rate is 85 per cent.

The bad news is that organizations can sometimes make matters worse by delaying their response in a crisis situation, or taking action that makes their data harder, or in a bad case, impossible to retrieve.

Sometimes people fail to recognize that any…

1. Kroll Ontrack®
Kroll Ontrack provides technology-driven services and software to help recover, search, analyze and produce data efficiently and cost-effectively. Commonly bridging the gap between technical and business professionals, Kroll Ontrack services a variety of customers in the legal, government, corporate and financial markets around the world.
http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/

2. R-Tools Technology Inc.
The leading provider of powerful data recovery, undelete, drive image, data security and PC privacy utilities for the Windows OS family.
http://www.r-tt.com/

3. DTIData
DTI DATA is the industry’s premier data recovery service and recovery software company for both physical and logical hard drive recovery.
http://www.dtidata.com/

4. SalvageData
SalvageData is the first and only US based ISO 9001:2000 certified data…

When looking for a data recovery provider, it’s important to ensure that the one selected can handle not only the various types of media, but also understands the data security regulations of today’s organizations. For example, encrypted data requires special data handling processes — from the clean room to the technically-advanced recovery lab. This isolation ensures no one person has complete access to the media throughout the recovery process, thereby providing security while maintaining recovery continuity and quality.

Additionally, it is important to note that some data recovery companies have been cleared for security projects and services for U.S. government agencies. As a result, these companies implement data privacy controls that are based on the U.S. government’s Electronic Defense Security…