Data Recovery UK

Computer systems of one shape or form are utilised in a number of different areas and although most of us will be familiar with our desktop or laptop computer systems which in most cases are used in very hospitable environments, computers are however also in daily use in many other arena’s where conditions are far from ideal and will stop most consumer PC components in their tracks.

Many military, industrial and commercial computer systems are required to operate in extreme conditions and as such need extremely robust storage facilities which are commonly called “Ruggedized Hard Drives”. These extremely robust drives which can be either platter based or solid state drives utilising flash memory technology, are designed to operate in the most demanding and environments which can include heat ranges from minus thirty to 85 degrees Celsius.

In addition to being capable of handling extremes of heat these ruggedized drives will also be able to handle operational vibrations and extreme shock in some cases up to 150g as well as extremes of depth and altitude.

Forms of  entry level ruggedized drives can be found in devices such as music players which utilise one inch specially designed micro drives  but most other are well out of reach of  the pockets of the average consumer not that they would be generally required of course.

Small micro drives are also used in some pen drive although for this application flash memory is often considered a better option because in the event of data recovery being required the data can still be accessed.

The down side of microdrives is that recovery can be very expensive.

In any type of data recovery scenario if correctly managed the first priority is always to make sure the the integrity of the existing data is secure that no more damage is inflicted during the recovery process. This generally happens when non experts attempt to recover the data from the original disks.

This same idea is also vitally crucial when dealing with any recovery involving an exchange database since there has already been a major data loss and mail records can be of paramount importance to the companies record and any more loss should be avoided if at all possible.

This first step is done by checking for all components that are working correctly and then copy them to ensure continued operation. Then any of the items that have failed must first be stabilised before they can be copied. These two steps are essential to the proper recovery of a system.

On of the biggest factors involved in permanent data loss is unfortunately failed attempts at self recovery or failed attempts by IT staff trying to do a recovery on the cheap so to speak. Self recovery attempts of important business data has proven over the years to be a false economy and as such given the importance of business data this is best left to specialist data recovery companies.

If you are in the London area for business data recovery in London give us a call.