Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation (With CD-ROM) (Networking Series)

Data recovery is the process in which highly trained engineers evaluate and extract data from damaged media and return it in an intact format. Many people, even computer experts, fail to recognize data recovery as an option during a data crisis. Yet it is possible to retrieve files that have been deleted, passwords that have been forgotten, or to recover entire hard drives that have been physically damaged.

As computers are used in more important transactions and storage functions, and as more important data is stored on them, the importance of qualified data recovery experts becomes clear. Perhaps your information has been subjected to a virus attack, suffered damage from smoke or fire—maybe your drive has been immersed in water—the data recovery experts can help you. Or, perhaps your mainframe software has malfunctioned, or your file allocation tables are damaged—data recovery experts can help you.

So, what would happen to the productivity of your organization in the event of a system-wide data center failure? For most companies, the loss would be catastrophic. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of employees would be rendered unproductive. Sales transactions would be impossible to complete. And customer service would suffer. The cost of replacing this data would be extraordinary—if it could be replaced at all.