Minimize the Data loss, in case of Hard Drive crash

Those who carry their business files and customer databases on laptops, will be the hardest hit, data is lost due to failure or damage of hard drive. Here is a guide to safeguard your data when you have drive failures or damaged harddrives.

If the hard drive spins but the files can't be seen, it is better to use Ontrack EasyRecovery. This utility recovers a wide array of data in several different ways. EasyRecovery Professional, the most robust version of this do-it-yourself recovery tool. It offers data recovery, file repair and disk diagnostics for $499.

The lite version is $89 (it lets you recover 25 files per recovery session). Even, if that can’t recover your data, there is another option— shipping the hard drive off to a company that specializes in retrieving data from damaged drives, such as the Ontrack's In-Lab Data Recovery Service. Ontrack reports that the typical minimum recovery cost for a Windows desktop workstation is $1,000, which includes a $100 evaluation fee. The evaluation fee buys a listing of all recoverable and unrecoverable files before launching into to the full recovery. This way, customers know exactly what data will be recovered.

Anyhow if the platter is damaged, be prepared to lose some data. Safe Measures to be followed

•Never get complacent about backup
•Do a restore every couple of months to verify that the backup system is working properly
•Go into the admin screen of your backup application once a month and verify that all the files are scheduled for back up
•Put your data in different places.

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