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ABC
Computer Data Recovery
- Specialize in recovery
of hard drives, CDs and
diskettes. Located in
South Houston and Brenham.
Accurate
Data Recovery - Low
price data recovery shop
who provide free evaluations
and claim fast turn-around
times.
AcoDisc
- Offers specialized
data recovery from corrupt
or damaged CD-R, CD-RW,
CD-Rom, and DVD-RW discs.
ACS
Data Recovery - Recover
data from hard drive
crash. No evaluation
or attempt fees.
Action
Front Data Recovery Labs
- ISO certified data
recovery services with
labs in Atlanta, Santa
Clara, Dallas, Chicago,
Toronto (also Buffalo
and Tokyo Japan)
Active
Data Recovery @ Toronto
- Offers data recovery
services for hard drives,
RAID and other computer
media.
Adaptive
Research and Design
- Data recovery from
crashes, viruses, electrical
surges, and sabotage,
on hard and floppy drives
under any operating system.
Adroit
Data Recovery Centre
- International data
recovery centre providing
data recovery services
for all media and OS.
Advanced
Data Solutions -
Offers data recovery
from damaged hard drives,
fire, water, dropped,
lightning, virus infected
for all systems.
Aigon
Sarl - Provide solution
in hard disk recovery
Altiris
Client Recovery Solution
- Offering data recovery
services for organization's
computers with client
backup and recovery.
Pricing and ordering
information.
Apollo
One Data Recovery
- Recover lost, deleted
or corrupted pictures
from flash memory cards.
Arrowkey
- Creators of CD-R Diagnostic,
software which recovers
data from unreadable
CD-R and CD-RW disks,
and AccuBurn-R, software
which overcomes existing
CD burning software limitations.
Aver
Drivetronics Data Recovery
- International computer
data recovery and hard
drive repair service.
Backtrack
Data - Recover lost
files from failed hard
drives at fixed cost
California
Data Recovery - Services
include recovery of deleted
data files, hard drive
repair and recovery,
tape conversion and electronic
evidence discovery for
business, government
and law firms.
CBL
Data Recovery Technologies
- Offering data recovery
services for any media
and any operating system.
CD
Data Guys - Recover
data from PC hard drives,
3.5" floppy diskettes,
CD-Rs, and CD-RWs. Includes
recovering pictures and
MP3 files.
CD
Recovery Services
- Provides data recovery
services for CD-R and
CD-RW discs. Also sells
a wide range of CD-R
accessories and supplies.
Cherry
Systems - Data recovery
services.
Common
Computers - Recover
from drive failure, crashes,
fdisk, or lost data.
Data Recovery and PC
upgrading in Oklahoma.
Computer
Disk Service, Inc.
- Distributor of hard
drives. Also offers hard
and tape drive repair,
and data recovery.
Computer
Forensic Solutions
- Manufacturer of hardware
based computer forensic
solutions to protect
mission critical data.
Computer
Recovery Limited
- Specialising in data
recovery from most medias
and supports all major
operating systems and
manufacturers.
Computerbroken.com
- Data recovery services
for hard drives and zip
disks.
Critical
Data Recovery Services
- Extracts data from
failed, corrupted, or
physically damaged media
devices such as hard
drives, RAID arrays,
tapes, and other computer
removable media.
CTE
Computer Data Services
- Services data loss,
crashed hard drives,
damaged disk restore
and recovery from hard
drives and zip disks.
Data
Clinic Ltd. - Data
recovery services and
solutions.
Data
Doctors - Offers
data recovery services
for hard drives, floppy
disks, and removable
drives.
Data
Mechanix - Specializes
in data recovery of all
kinds on virtually all
platforms, operating
systems and media types.
Data
Recon, LLC - offers
data recovery and computer
forensic analysis services.
Data
Recovery 911 - Specializes
in hard drive recovery,
data loss, and all forms
of removable media. Does
not charge for failed
recovery.
Data
Recovery Aid - Providers
of data recovery solution
for data lost due to
mechanical or logical
failure from any media.
Data
Recovery and Reconstrution
- Data recovery services.
Data
Recovery Canada -
Specializing in data
recovery 24/7 and computer
forensics.
Data
Recovery Centre UK
- Professional data recovery
service, free evaluation,
low fees and fast turnaround.
Data
Recovery Clinic -
Extensive experience
in emergency data recovery
including mechanical
failure, natural disaster,
viral infection, file
corruption, human error,
and sabotage from all
operating environments.
Special forensic, SQL,
and RAID units.
Data
Recovery Corporation
- Offer data recovery
services on all hard
drives and operating
systems.
Data
Recovery Group -
With full knowledge of
hard drive architecture
and electronic circuitry,
experience in software
and file structures.
Data
Recovery Inc. - Recovery
services for all types
of storage, hard drives,
tapes, removables, and
optical media.
Data
Recovery Labs - Specializes
in the recovery of data
from crashed and non-functioning
media. Can recover from
the majority of operating
systems.
Data
Recovery Link - Operates
from a level 10 clean
room. Recovers data from
hard drives and other
damaged media.
Data
Recovery Masters
- Restores and recovers
information from all
types of magnetic media.
Data
Recovery Room Inc
- Data Recovery in Seattle
offering fast service,
free pickup and delivery,
institutional and educational
discounts.
Data
Recovery Room Inc.
- Data recovery service
in Seattle.
Data
Recovery Service Inc.
- Offers data recovery
from damaged or corrupted
hard drives. Provides
a full estimate on repair
and recovery within 24
hours.
Data
Recovery Services
- Offers fast response
to data recovery needs
in any location. Operates
on most media.
Data
Recovery Services UK
- Offers emergency data
recovery services for
hard disk drives and
tape media plus computer
forensic analysis.
Data
Rescue - Data recovery
on PCs.
Data
Security Lab - Offers
data recovery and duplication
services plus hardware
and media sales.
Data
Services 24/7 Ltd
- Offer data recovery
and password recovery
services. No fix, no
fee.
DataBank
- Recovery services on
all types of computer
hard drives, disks, tapes
and media. Assists in
forensic and electronic
investigations.
Databe.com
- Provide hard drive
recovery services at
flat rate and low price.
Dataleach
Data Recovery - Offer
computer data recovery
services for hard drives.
Extract data from failed
disk or drive.
DataLife
- Specialists in lost
data recovery following
disk or drive failure
from all forms of media
including hard disk,
CD, CD-RW and Zips. Also
offers forensic and password
recovery services.
Data911.net
- Specializing in data
recovery and conversions
between many different
formats, as well as providing
forensic evaluation,
analysis, and consultation.
DataQuest
International Ltd.
- Data recovery company
located in the UK for
most media and file systems.
Datarecovery
- Professional data rescue
services on damaged media
of all types and file
systems.
DataRecovery
BC - West Canada
data recovery services
for most storage mediums.
DataRecovery.net.au
- Perform data recovery
services for Windows
operating systems and
storage media.
Datarescue.org
- Data recovery from
hard drives and tapes.
Datex
Europe - Offers hard
disk drive repairs and
data recovery services
in class-100 clean rooms,
as well as peripheral
repairs.
DBR
Technologies - Offering
data backup and recovery
services in Gauteng,
South Africa of deleted
or corrupted files and
formatted hard drives.
Digital
Data Recovery - DDR
provides data recovery
from all types of storage
media and computer forensic
services.
Digital
Medix - Data recovery
and computer forensics
performed on all types
of media performed in
a class 100 or better
clean room.
Disaster
Recovery Group -
Offering data recovery
services with evaluations
in Riverside, CA.
Disk
Doctors Labs Inc.
- Specializes in high
end data recovery for
Raid systems. Provides
24 hours hotline and
no charge for failed
recovery.
Disklabs
- Perform data recovery
services for hard drives
and all data media.
Disk-O-Tech
- Retrieve lost data
from all catastrophic
occurances and deals
with computer crime investigations.
Docotor
Recovery - Specializes
in data recovery of damaged
of corrupt files.
Doctor
Byte - Recover data
from defective HD, RAID,
CD, Zip, floppy. Also
recover deleted or corrupted
files.
Doctor
Disk - Perform data
recovery for all storage
media including HDD,
RAIDS, Tapes, CDs, DVDs
and legacy storage devices
Drive
Service Company -
Provider of data recovery
and services. Resolving
disk problems, major
hard drive crashes, drive
failures and disk failures.
DriveSavers
- Worldwide data recovery
service for all operating
systems and storage media.
Authorized by all drive
manufacturers.
DSR
Computing Services
- Perform data recovery
services and pc support.
dtidata.com
- Data recovery software
for Microsoft operating
systems. Utility software.
Demos, free downloads
and tech information.
Dwarf
Paradox Document Recovery
- To fix corrupted documents
at low cost
ECO
Data Recovery - Provide
data recovery service
for hard drive, server,
RAID, SAN, and NAS.
Ess
Data Recovery - Fast
service and low cost
data recovery.
Every
Bit Data Recovery
- Every Bit Data Recovery
offers a free data recovery
analysis within two business
days and services in
recovering lost data.
Excalibur
Data Recovery Inc.
- New England based and
specialize in recovering
lost data from RAID Arrays,
SNAP Servers, hard drives,
DLT and 4mm DAT tapes.
Excel
File Recovery - Data
recovery due to virus,
corrupt files or lost
or forgotten passwords.
Exchange
Recovery Clinic -
Recover data from exchange
server database and email
from all edb files and
stm files.
Fields
Data Recovery, UK.
- Provide data Recovery
of hard drive, CD, CD-R,
DVD, and CD-RW. No recovery,
no charge.
File
and Data Recovery Service
- Specializes in retrieving
lost, deleted, or corrupted
files and data from computer
hard drives, floppy disks,
and other storage media.
Flash
Memory 911 - Specialize
in the recovery of data
from deleted, corrupted,
damaged and even formatted
flash memory cards.
Flashback
Data - Offer specialized
data recovery services
for any media types including
hard drives, backup tapes,
CD and removable media.
Flashcard
Recovery - Recovers
lost files and images
from flashcards, compact
flash, and other smart
media.
FlashFixers
- Recovers data from
damaged or corrupted
flash memory cards of
all types.
Forensic
Data Services - Data
recovery and forensic
analysis services.
The
Foundation - Data
recovery services for
the Indian Subcontinent.
FRS
Europe BV - Specialists
in data recovery. Located
in the Netherlands.
Grampian
Technical Services
- British based company
offering quality data
recovery on hard drives,
floppy, and zip.
Halo
Recovery - Offers
competitive rates in
data recovery for home
and business users in
UK.
Hard
Disk Recovery Services
- Hard disk recovery
services for physical
and file system problems
as well as RAID servers.
Hard
Drive Recovery Group
- Offers nationwide RAID,
disk, data, and hard
drive recovery services.
HDRC
- Hard disc data recovery
and repairing services
in India.
Ibas
- Provider of data recovery,
data erasure and computer
forensics.
Independent
Technology Services
- Flat rate data recovery
with information on viruses
and disk drives.
IntelliRecovery
- Global data recovery
services company specializing
in hard disk and hard
drive recovery from lost
data, and drive crashes.
Free evaluations.
Internet
Desk, Inc. - Specialists
in data recovery from
damaged or virus infected
hard drives or retrieval
of lost files after accidental
formatting.
Iomega
Data Recovery Services
- Data recovery specialist
who provides free media
evaluation or 24-hour
critical response onsite
data recovery.
IT
Data Recovery - Hard
disk data recovery services
based in Austin Texas.
Kenedacom
- Offers disk recovery
services, and hard drive
and tape data recovery.
Kurt
European Data Recovery
Service - Provide
emergency data recovery
for failed disks and
all media types for all
operating systems.
Linwei
Technology - Provide
hard disk drive data
recovery service for
PC, MAC, Server, Laptop
and RAID.
Magic
Card - Instant system
and data recovery card
that will protect from
worms, computer viruses,
unformat, undelete and
hacking.
MDS
Disk Service - Data
recovery for crashed
hard disk drives and
other magnetic media.
Mediarecover.com
- Undelete, fix lost
images and files from
SmartMedia, CompactFlash,
Memory Stick and MicroDrive.
Memofix
Canada - Quantum,
Seagate, Plextor and
ADIC drive warranty service
depot and hard disk drive
data recovery and repairs.
Micro
Com LLC - Delivers
emergency data recovery
service, retrieves inaccessible
computer storage device
data, provides forensic
data recovery investigations
and expert witness consulting.
Microdot
Systems Ltd. - Data
recovery from crashed
drives using unique state-of-the-art
recovery methods.
Micro-Surgeon
- Data recovery service
and forensic discovery
services. Located in
Northern New Jersey.
Midwest
Data Recovery - Provides
services for RAID systems
and servers, desktops,
laptops, tape cartridges,
flash cards, and removable
media devices. Contains
a listing of services,
shipping instructions,
and policies. Located
in Niles, Illinois, United
States.
MjM
Data Recovery - Data
recovery service for
the UK and Europe.
911myData
- Disk, tape or drive
data recovery. Website
includes on-line pricing
estimation tool.
Ondata
International - Data
recovery from hard drives
and files, located in
the UK.
Ontrack
Data International
- Recover data from virtually
every operating system
and storage device in
any data loss situation
without voiding equipment
warranties.
Optical
Drive Repair Ltd.
- Optical and magnetic
recording techniques
specialist offers data
recovery service for
most types and forms
of corrupted or damaged
storage media.
PAYAM-Support
and Design - Specialize
in recovering data from:
PC IDE and SCSI hard
disks, laptop, notebooks,
and floppy disks. Based
in Sydney, Australia.
PCM
Assistance - Specializing
in the recovery of computerized
data.
Practical
Intelligence Solutions,
Inc. - Atlanta provider
of computer forensics
and data recovery services.
Premier
Solutions Company
- Provider of data recovery
services.
Quantum
- DLTtape disaster recovery
initiative.
Quantum
Digital Security
- Provide data recovery
and secure backup services.
R
and R Data Recovery
- Data recovery from
all forms of media are
available.
RCR
Concepts Data Recovery
- RCR performs recoveries
for all types of media
and assure confidentiality.
Recovery
Labs - Data retrival
and service, file repair
and data conversion.
Renew
Data Corp. - Offers
data recovery, computer
forensics, and media
or data conversions.
Re-Source
Hardware - Perform
data recovery on obsolete
or hard-to-find hard
drives.
reWave
Hard Drive Recovery Specialists,
LLC - Provide free
evaluation and friendly
service for hard drive
recovery.
Sernat
Data Recovery - Recover
data from common hard
disk and floppy disk
failures.
Silva
Development Group
- Provides computer data
insurance policies to
businesses and individuals.
Southwest
Stars - Data recovery
for RAID and multi-disk
arrays, deleted or corrupt
MS SQL server and corrupt
Norton ghost files.
SureVault
- Electronic data vaulting,
storage, backup and protection
of your data.
TecLeo
- Specializing in recapturing
lost data from hard drives,
backup tapes, floppy
diskettes, DAT tapes
and all other types of
digital media.
TLC
Technology - Data
recovery services for
all types of data loss.
Located in Omaha, Nebraska
TNT
Data Recovery Labs
- Professional data recovery
staff provides 24 hr
data recovery solutions
nationwide.
Total
Recall - Provider
of data recovery and
data recovery software
for the PC and Macintosh.
Universal
Data Recovery - Data
recovery solutions, located
in Brighton, England.
Universal
Data Recovery Limited
- Located in Brighton,
England. Data reconstruction
and rescue.
USByte
Data Recovery - Information
about data recovery from
hard drives, CDs, DVDs,
Zip drives, Jazz drives
and tape drives.
Vantage
Technologies - Specialist
in data recovery and
restoration services
for all types of disk,
diskette, tape and optical
storage media.
Vital
Data Recovery - Montreal,
Canada - Vital Data
Recovery provides professional,
fast and low cost recovery
services for hard drives.
Vogon
International - Data
recovery, computer evidence
and other services provided
in Europe and North America.
WG
Fulton & Associates
Inc - Data Recovery
and Office Network Systems
in San Diego
WinnipegDataRecovery.com
- Offer data recovery
solution for computer
storage devices
WinRecovery
- Data recovery and repair
service.
Data
Recovery - information
Data
recovery is the act
of salvaging data stored
on damaged media, such
as magnetic disks and
tapes. There are a
number of companies
and software products
that can help recover
data damaged by a disk
crash or virus. Of
course, not all data
is recoverable, but
data recovery specialists
can often restore a
surprisingly high percentage
of the data on damaged
media.
Data
recovery cases can
be divided up into
two main categories:
Common
Recovery –
Involves floppies and
hard drives that are
usually from single-user
personal computers.
Complex
Recovery –
Involves hard drives,
RAID arrays, tape and
optical media or corrupted
databases and file
systems usually from
multi-user, business
systems. Data storage
at the high end has
become a very complex
field. In the case
of these complex systems
data recovery can be
seen as “troubleshooting
data storage.”
Whether
common or complex,
each data recovery
case is unique and
the process can be
very resource extensive
and exceedingly technical.
Increased
Incidence of Data Loss
Despite
technological advances
in the reliability
of magnetic storage,
the incidence of data
loss continues to rise.
Data storage devices
are susceptible to
damage from natural
and human sources.
Consider
these facts: 1. More
data is being stored
in smaller spaces –
Today’s hard
drives store 500 times
the data stored on
the drives of a decade
ago. Increasing storage
capacities amplify
the impact of data
loss, making mechanical
precision more critical.
A slight nudge, a power
surge, or a contaminant
introduced into the
drive may cause the
head to touch the platter
resulting in a head
crash. 2. Data has
become more mission-critical
– Users today
store more data on
their desktops and
networks that is mission-critical
to their organizations
and to their personal
lives. Loss of mission-critical
data, by definition,
causes major business
processes to stop.
3. Backup technology
and practices have
failed to adequately
protect data –
Many users back up
their data only to
find their backups
useless at that crucial
moment when they need
to restore from them.
They fail because the
systems are designed
with a set of requirements
that rely on a combination
of technology and human
intervention for success.
Taped, tape drives
and cartridges do not
always work properly,
due to their dependence
on mechanical perfection.
Backup software can
become corrupted. Users
accidentally back up
corrupted or incorrect
information.
Causes
of Data Loss
Data
loss happens for a
number of reasons.
It has become a major
problem over the last
few years as more and
more digital information
is being stored on
media that fails. It’s
estimated that only
3% of the worlds information
is backed up. More
often than not, backups
are not done correctly
– consequently
leaving you with no,
or the wrong data.
Causes
of Loss in Databases:
- Backup
files not recognizable
by the database engine
- Database
locked as ‘suspect’
preventing access
- Deleted
or dropped tables
- Accidentally
deleted records
- Corrupted
database files
- Damaged
individual data pages
- Accidentally
overwritten database
files and devices
- Flood,
Fire or Earthquake
(natural disasters)
Remember
that at some point
everyone who works
on a computer will
experience data loss.
It’s not a question
of “if”
data will be lost but
“when”
data will be lost.
A
data loss situation
is usually characterized
by the sudden inability
to access data involving
a previously functioning
computer system or
backup or the accidental
erasure of data or
overwriting of data
structures.
What
is data loss?
Typical
Characteristics of
a Common Data Loss
Situation:
- Accidental
deletion of data
- The
sudden inability
to access data from
a previously functioning
computer system or
backup
- Accidental
re-forming of partitions
- Hard
disk crash or hard
disk component failure
- Ticking
or grinding noises
coming from the system
unit where the hard
drive is located
while powering up
or trying to access
files. This symptom
almost always indicates
a failing hard drive
and is often accompanied
by some of the other
symptoms.
Note
– Most drives
will emit a light mechanical
hum that a user may
notice under normal
operation. An indication
of impending failure
is when the “normal
sound” changes
to louder ticking or
grinding noises. This
symptom may precede
actual data access
problems as the drive
utilizes spare detectors
- Computer
won’t boot.
Blue or black screen
after power up. The
system will not load
Windows or other
operating system
- Applications
that are unable to
run or load data
- Trying
and failing to start
an application such
as Microsoft Excel
or Microsoft Word
- Opening
folders that should
be full of files
but appear to be
empty
- Inaccessible
drives and partitions
- Corrupted
data
- Visible
fire or water damage
- Media
surface contamination
and damage
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