It is no secret that most of what we hold dear is saved on our computers. We save our family pictures, our financial information, and even our dirty little secrets. When something happens that causes this information to be lost or corrupted most times people think it is lost forever. However, this is not true and data recovery experts are proving it every day.
There are a lot of different scenarios that can take place that would cause the need for an expert of that profession. No matter what anybody tells you or no matter what you may have read, it is totally possible to recover data from a destroyed hard drive. Of course there are limits to the destruction the device can face, but generally it is possible to save the information.
The information on these drives is stored on a magnetic plate hidden deep inside the drive. As long as that plate can be accessed, taken out, or otherwise saved, then so to can the information on it. There are drives today that save information in other ways and those too have their limits but can be saved as well. It all depends on the person or team you have working on it.
The best way to make sure this is not a worry is of course to make back ups of your information. Especially for the secrets or otherwise personally damaging data. It goes without saying but things like this should not even be documented if it can be avoided. But for some reason people continue to have a need to write things like that down
When that does not work, there are still other ways to get it done. The fact of the matter is that all data is recoverable to some degree. If you or someone else is trying to keep certain information out of the public eye or out of a persons hands, simply destroying a hard drive might not be good enough. You might be required to take other measures.
If physically damaged the drive can still be saved. First there is an attempt to find what is broken or damaged and repair or replace the part or parts. If the pieces can be replaced to a point in which the drive will operate again, there is a really good chance that the data on it can be salvaged. This is not always a guarantee but this does offer a high success rate.
If replacing parts does not work then the other option is quite the opposite. The drive must be disassembled to a point in which the magnetic disk that all the information is written to can be removed. Once it is removed it can be placed into a working drive and this will hopefully gain access to the drives information.
Finally data recovery experts will also make sure that the drives that they store the information on are not only very good and of high quality, but that they are made in such a way that if they are damaged they will automatically save the information in a safe and secure portion of the drives case. This way it can be retrieved later by people who know how to access this safety area.
There are a lot of different scenarios that can take place that would cause the need for an expert of that profession. No matter what anybody tells you or no matter what you may have read, it is totally possible to recover data from a destroyed hard drive. Of course there are limits to the destruction the device can face, but generally it is possible to save the information.
The information on these drives is stored on a magnetic plate hidden deep inside the drive. As long as that plate can be accessed, taken out, or otherwise saved, then so to can the information on it. There are drives today that save information in other ways and those too have their limits but can be saved as well. It all depends on the person or team you have working on it.
The best way to make sure this is not a worry is of course to make back ups of your information. Especially for the secrets or otherwise personally damaging data. It goes without saying but things like this should not even be documented if it can be avoided. But for some reason people continue to have a need to write things like that down
When that does not work, there are still other ways to get it done. The fact of the matter is that all data is recoverable to some degree. If you or someone else is trying to keep certain information out of the public eye or out of a persons hands, simply destroying a hard drive might not be good enough. You might be required to take other measures.
If physically damaged the drive can still be saved. First there is an attempt to find what is broken or damaged and repair or replace the part or parts. If the pieces can be replaced to a point in which the drive will operate again, there is a really good chance that the data on it can be salvaged. This is not always a guarantee but this does offer a high success rate.
If replacing parts does not work then the other option is quite the opposite. The drive must be disassembled to a point in which the magnetic disk that all the information is written to can be removed. Once it is removed it can be placed into a working drive and this will hopefully gain access to the drives information.
Finally data recovery experts will also make sure that the drives that they store the information on are not only very good and of high quality, but that they are made in such a way that if they are damaged they will automatically save the information in a safe and secure portion of the drives case. This way it can be retrieved later by people who know how to access this safety area.
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