Over the past few years, cloud computing has become extremely popular. More and more businesses have now stopped storing information on physical media, and instead are opting to store it online on cloud servers. However, a very large percentage of local and international businesses still use conventional storage media for saving information. Information and records are generally stored on physical media such as hard drives and magnetic tapes. Hard drives, discs, and magnetic tape are all prone to scratches and damage, however.
If you lose sensitive information, there are many companies that offer professional data recovery services. Most people think once a file has been deleted from the recycle bin, then it’s lost forever. That’s actually incorrect. There are certain software programs you can use in order to recover the files that were permanently deleted. But if the information can’t be restored, your only option would then be to opt for professional data recovery services. Here’s how companies recover data.
Special Machines
There are special machines to which you can hook up a hard drive in order to recover information. Information on hard drives is actually stored in clusters. Once you permanently delete a file, it isn’t overwritten on the cluster until some new files are installed on top. As a result, this information can be restored through recovery machines that can read these clusters and recover information.
Prices
Companies that offer data recovery services generally charge a fee that depends on the amount of information to be recovered. Before you send your hard drives for recovery, you should ask the company for a quote. It is important to note there’s no guarantee all of the information will be recovered. The company will ask you to sign a disclaimer before processing the hard drives.