category : Computers-and-Technology:Data-Recovery
Forbid it that you have to experience a major hard disk crash ?? containing a lifetime of work ?? before considering the importance of your company??s data. Since today??s economy is becoming increasingly technology driven, the loss of sensitive data without backups is tantamount having your business burn down to the ground.
However, if this has already happened to you, then this must be a terrible time for you. If the hard disk that contains all the important data of your company ??which costs a fortune ?? has totally crashed, then you will need to employ the services of a professional data recovery expert.
Most data recovery services will tend to be pricey; no matter how much you may wince at the price they may quote you, the fact remains that in most cases, the data you may lose could very well be worth ten time more than that anyway.
But still it remains that you have to know how to choose and deal with a data recovery service provider to make sure you don??t get the raw end of the deal.
1. Assess You Loss ?? First of all, you will have to assess the data loss you are experiencing. If the data is dispensable, then you may want to just suck down the loss. If the data is valuable but ultimately not invaluable ?? you may try some data recovery techniques that you can perform yourself ?? software recovery and other like methods.
If the data is invaluable ?? then you might want to hold your horses and employ a professional software recovery company to do the work itself. It would also be advisable that you refrain from doing anything to your hard disk as you could very well exacerbate the damage to the drive. All you should do is secure the offending drive and set it aside properly.
2. Choose the Right Company - When considering a data recovery company, always consider whether they have the right equipment and facilities to deal with your data recovery needs. You will want to choose the right company to deal with the kind of media you need recovered ?? hard disks, CD-ROMS, tape media, etc.
Many hard disk failures due to motor head crashes or other physical malfunctions in the media will require that the disk be opened and possibly disassembled in the data recovery company??s laboratories. Hard disks are sensitive, precision instruments and cannot be opened and exposed to our normal environment.
The data recovery company you will deal with should have Class 100 clean room facilities to deal with such instruments. Class 100 facilities means that the area has only 100 airborne particles larger than .05 microns per square foot. This ensures that further damage to the drives is avoided when they are disassembled.
Also, just because a data recovery company charges much for its services does not mean that they are better than the rest. Since the data recovery business is becoming increasingly saturated, it would do good to shop around for the best service at the right price.
Beware of bait and switch schemes some data recovery companies perform. They will quote you a price saying that they are willing to perform the job for let??s say $600 - $2800. You will be attracted to the lower end quotation of the job - $600. Unfortunately, more often than not, they will charge you the higher end price - $2800.
If you found those tips useful more information on Data Recovery can be found at "Data Recovery without heartache".
วันเสาร์ที่ 13 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2551
For Want of a Nail...": Back Up Early, Back Up Often
category : Computers-and-Technology:Data-Recovery
Most of us know the old saying beginning, "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost." This unfortunate tale leads from the loss of the horseshoe to the loss of the battle and finally the kingdom.
In mid-December, it was the loss of a piece of plastic the size of a pea that led to the destruction of our database and bookkeeping computer. It was a cold Thursday in Colorado Springs when our bookkeeper came to me and told me her computer wouldn't start. Computers that don't start usually need new power supplies. I ran out, bought one, and installed it. Unfortunately, the computer still didn't start.
I dug deeper into the computer and discovered my little piece of plastic had broken and the power switch wasn't connecting correctly. I put the computer back together with the switch hanging outside the computer case so our bookkeeper could continue her projects.
A half hour later, the computer was sounding like a diesel truck idling at a stoplight. I opened it up and found that one of the unused power cables from the new power supply had fallen into the fan for the main CPU chip and had broken several of the vanes on the fan. The fan was vibrating unmercifully and needed to be replaced.
Here comes my fatal mistake. I removed the fan to take it to the computer store. Since it was only a small fan cooling the chip, I turned the computer back on to see if it would work. The smell of burning plastic filled the air, and the computer worked no more.
A new chip was $100 and had to be ordered. The computer store guys couldn't promise something else in the computer wasn't burned up as well. I spent Friday getting a spare computer up and running. After a tense few hours, I got the data off the hard drive. I spent the weekend loading software onto the new computer.
By Monday morning, the new bookkeeping computer was working, but some information was missing and many processes were changed. The burned-up computer still sits in pieces awaiting a decision.
Most longtime computer users can share similar tales of data lost. Hard-drive crashes, viruses, theft, fire, and flood can all wipe out your data and possibly damage your business.
There are many solutions to backing up data. Disks, tapes, and online backups are all good potential solutions for protecting information on your computer.
Our database/accounting information and the "My Documents" folders on individual computers are backed up onto a server computer daily. Our problem was that the more elusive information like the e-mail files and those tucked on the desktop were not backed up regularly. Now they are.
For individual computers, we use Roxio Easy CD and DVD Creator onto a CD or DVD. I try to back up weekly and then find out it's been a month.
It is important for you to locate all the files you want to back up. E-mail files like Outlook and Eudora in Windows are not stored in the "My Documents" folder. Sometimes these e-mails are the most critical of all your information.
Another important point is to store your backup disks off site on a regular basis. If theft, fire, or flood should occur, most of your data will be recovered.
Backing up takes time, but not as much time as recovering all your data from your paper files. Almost every computer user wishes, at some time, they had backed up ten minutes earlier. Back up often and save your kingdom.
Scott Flora is the Vice President of About Books, Inc. ABI is a consulting company helping authors and publishers edit, design and print their books. Scott is also the Executive Director of the Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN - http://www.spannet.org). More information at http://www.about-books.com or call 719-632-8226.
Most of us know the old saying beginning, "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost." This unfortunate tale leads from the loss of the horseshoe to the loss of the battle and finally the kingdom.
In mid-December, it was the loss of a piece of plastic the size of a pea that led to the destruction of our database and bookkeeping computer. It was a cold Thursday in Colorado Springs when our bookkeeper came to me and told me her computer wouldn't start. Computers that don't start usually need new power supplies. I ran out, bought one, and installed it. Unfortunately, the computer still didn't start.
I dug deeper into the computer and discovered my little piece of plastic had broken and the power switch wasn't connecting correctly. I put the computer back together with the switch hanging outside the computer case so our bookkeeper could continue her projects.
A half hour later, the computer was sounding like a diesel truck idling at a stoplight. I opened it up and found that one of the unused power cables from the new power supply had fallen into the fan for the main CPU chip and had broken several of the vanes on the fan. The fan was vibrating unmercifully and needed to be replaced.
Here comes my fatal mistake. I removed the fan to take it to the computer store. Since it was only a small fan cooling the chip, I turned the computer back on to see if it would work. The smell of burning plastic filled the air, and the computer worked no more.
A new chip was $100 and had to be ordered. The computer store guys couldn't promise something else in the computer wasn't burned up as well. I spent Friday getting a spare computer up and running. After a tense few hours, I got the data off the hard drive. I spent the weekend loading software onto the new computer.
By Monday morning, the new bookkeeping computer was working, but some information was missing and many processes were changed. The burned-up computer still sits in pieces awaiting a decision.
Most longtime computer users can share similar tales of data lost. Hard-drive crashes, viruses, theft, fire, and flood can all wipe out your data and possibly damage your business.
There are many solutions to backing up data. Disks, tapes, and online backups are all good potential solutions for protecting information on your computer.
Our database/accounting information and the "My Documents" folders on individual computers are backed up onto a server computer daily. Our problem was that the more elusive information like the e-mail files and those tucked on the desktop were not backed up regularly. Now they are.
For individual computers, we use Roxio Easy CD and DVD Creator onto a CD or DVD. I try to back up weekly and then find out it's been a month.
It is important for you to locate all the files you want to back up. E-mail files like Outlook and Eudora in Windows are not stored in the "My Documents" folder. Sometimes these e-mails are the most critical of all your information.
Another important point is to store your backup disks off site on a regular basis. If theft, fire, or flood should occur, most of your data will be recovered.
Backing up takes time, but not as much time as recovering all your data from your paper files. Almost every computer user wishes, at some time, they had backed up ten minutes earlier. Back up often and save your kingdom.
Scott Flora is the Vice President of About Books, Inc. ABI is a consulting company helping authors and publishers edit, design and print their books. Scott is also the Executive Director of the Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN - http://www.spannet.org). More information at http://www.about-books.com or call 719-632-8226.
Data Recovery And Back Up For Email Clients
category : Computers-and-Technology:Data-Recovery
Booting issues, virus attacks, or corrupted file systems are very much present in any exchange or mail servers and can cause many of your archived email messages to apparently disappear. Companies which rely heavily on email communication and do not have back ups might find this a pervading problem. But data recovery designed specifically for email recovery can fix this problem.
Here are a few examples of data recovery steps in three of the most widely used email clients:
IncrediMail Email Data Recovery
Select File Data and Settings Transfer Transfer from Old Computer... from the menu in IncrediMail email client.
Click on the OK button.
Click Open; then click OK.
IncrediMail Email data recovery process will then start.
Once done, a dialog box will appear, indicating that the data recovery process is finished. Click OK.
IncrediMail will auto-restart to complete the data recovery process. Outlook Email and Other Data Recovery
Select File Import and Export... from the Outlook menu.
In the drop-down menu that appears, select Import from another program or file.
Click Next.
Run your mouse over the Personal Folder File (PST) to highlight it.
Click the Next button again.
Using the Browse button, select the backup copy of the PST file you want to recover from your backup location.
On the dialog box, place a check mark on the box that says Replace duplicates with items imported to start the data recovery process.
Click Next.
Once the data recovery process is done, click Finish.Outlook Express Email Data Recovery
Select File Import Messages... from the Outlook Express menu.
Choose the Outlook Express version that you have as the email program to import from.
Click the Next button.
From the dialog box, make sure that you again choose the right Outlook Express version.
Click OK.
Select the folder containing your back up copy of your Outlook Express mail store by using the Browse button.
Click Next >.
Choose which folders to import and the data recovery process will start.
Click Next; then Finish to finalize the data recovery process.It is a fact that exchange and email servers are a vital aspect of any company. So to protect this fragile part of your company??s IT asset base, you need a splendid back up program and state-of-the-art data recovery system that has been tested and proven effective in its job.
Computer Data Recovery provides helpful information on hard drive data recovery, computer power supplies, computer data storage and numerous links to useful computer products.
Booting issues, virus attacks, or corrupted file systems are very much present in any exchange or mail servers and can cause many of your archived email messages to apparently disappear. Companies which rely heavily on email communication and do not have back ups might find this a pervading problem. But data recovery designed specifically for email recovery can fix this problem.
Here are a few examples of data recovery steps in three of the most widely used email clients:
IncrediMail Email Data Recovery
Select File Data and Settings Transfer Transfer from Old Computer... from the menu in IncrediMail email client.
Click on the OK button.
Click Open; then click OK.
IncrediMail Email data recovery process will then start.
Once done, a dialog box will appear, indicating that the data recovery process is finished. Click OK.
IncrediMail will auto-restart to complete the data recovery process. Outlook Email and Other Data Recovery
Select File Import and Export... from the Outlook menu.
In the drop-down menu that appears, select Import from another program or file.
Click Next.
Run your mouse over the Personal Folder File (PST) to highlight it.
Click the Next button again.
Using the Browse button, select the backup copy of the PST file you want to recover from your backup location.
On the dialog box, place a check mark on the box that says Replace duplicates with items imported to start the data recovery process.
Click Next.
Once the data recovery process is done, click Finish.Outlook Express Email Data Recovery
Select File Import Messages... from the Outlook Express menu.
Choose the Outlook Express version that you have as the email program to import from.
Click the Next button.
From the dialog box, make sure that you again choose the right Outlook Express version.
Click OK.
Select the folder containing your back up copy of your Outlook Express mail store by using the Browse button.
Click Next >.
Choose which folders to import and the data recovery process will start.
Click Next; then Finish to finalize the data recovery process.It is a fact that exchange and email servers are a vital aspect of any company. So to protect this fragile part of your company??s IT asset base, you need a splendid back up program and state-of-the-art data recovery system that has been tested and proven effective in its job.
Computer Data Recovery provides helpful information on hard drive data recovery, computer power supplies, computer data storage and numerous links to useful computer products.
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