Losing data on a PC always causes an upset because the information stored there is often important to us. After all, w

hy else would you want to keep it stored there in the first place? Data is often stored on individual hard drives, on RAIDs and now days it is stored in something called a data cloud.

Hard drives and RAID’s are physical devices that store information on platters or discs that are combined on top of one another, where as a cloud is a virtual drive that basically exists in cyberspace. A cloud, says Intratec, is an effective way to store all of your data because there is no way for you to lose it, even if you delete the copies on your local computer, you can still go back to the cloud to retrieve the data.

Even though cloud storage is a new technology and an effective measure against data loss, it is still expensive to implement on your own or for your company. The other alternative is to try and access the service via the internet and through big companies like Google, but you have to be careful with what you put in there because the people that are hosting your data will always have access to it.

Why Data Loss Occurs So Often

A regular hard drive on the other hand is limited to its physical operation as well as the operations that are performed on it by the user. In other words, the data that is stored on the drive can be lost whenever the drive get corrupted or it simply stops working, and it the data itself can be lost by the user, either by deleting the data or accidently loading a virus on to the machine.

The web is full of viruses that can get onto your computer from just about anywhere. The moment they have been copied onto your hard drive somewhere, they begin their dirty work of corrupting your files, changing and even deleting your data. The same thing happens to a RAID when it gets infected with a virus, with the only difference is that there is usually a lot more data to lose.

Possible Solutions That Can Help Prevent Unwanted Data

A RAID basically functions like a group of individual hard drives working together. Sometimes it only consists of a single drive and sometimes many, and it also offers a fair amount of data security because the drives can be mirrored and exact duplicates of the data you require can be stored on another part of the RAID. That way you can prevent data loss by having duplicate information stored in the same place.

If you are an individual user and your computer only has a single hard drive, then things get a little more difficult. The only way to prevent any data loss on your computer is to make a back-up of all your data and try to store off the hard drive somewhere. That way you can revert back to it if something does happen to your computer. Unfortunately, if you have already lost your data, regardless of whether you are using a single drive or a RAID, the process for data recovery gets a little tough.

Recovering the Data You Have Already Lost

In most cases the data deleted by a user or lost from a virus is usually still on the drive until it gets written over by other data. The process of recovery in that instance is very much the same as taking the deleted files out of your recycle bin, all that needs to happen is the data needs to be extracted, and the minor change that is made to the bits and bytes of data is restored so that it is readable again.

When your drives physically crash the recovery process is a lot more complicated. Thankfully the process of recovering your lost data is still a possibility because the drives can be taken apart and rebuilt in a clean room, where they individual platters are read and the data extracted and stored in a readable place. The whole process can be quite costly, and only worth your while if the data is critical and you cannot afford to lose it.

So make sure you keep your drives clean and virus free, and always remember that even though the data is lost, it can always be recovered in one way or another.

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Intratec Data Recovery is your specialist if you have data to recover. Da

maged or lost data on hard drives, laptops, memory sticks, iPods, servers and RAID systems may often be salvaged when the correct methods are employed.

The experts at Intratec Data Recovery have honed their skills and have found that they can recover at least some data, even if the situation appears very dire, including physical or environmental disk damage or dramatic equipment or server failures due to power surges or blackouts. Contact today if you have data to recover. We work on a no recovery – no fee basis, so there are no hidden costs.

Intratec Data Recovery’s Cape Town data recovery service is our oldest branch and the one we had started back in 2000.  Its subsequent success has meant that we were able to expand and now we can offer our data recovery services in Johannesburg and Durban as well.

At our Cape Town data recovery operations we had refined our techniques and methods and introduced the very first certified clean room facilities where we can perform open disk recoveries.  Intratec Data Recovery can perform data recovery on any media and file system.  Contact us today if you have lost or damaged data.

Intratec Data Recovery’s Durban data recovery branch is our youngest of which we are extremely proud.  This branch joins our Cape Town branch (established in 2000) and our Johannesburg branch (2006) in our ongoing success story.

Intratec Data Recovery’s success is based on specialised experts’ ability to recover clients’ data off any type of media, irrespective of the file system used.  Now our Durban data recovery service can do the same for KZN residents and businesses.  If you have damaged or lost data on a disk, computer or server, give us a call today.  We have found that there is almost always something to recover.

For specialised Centurion data recovery, look no further than Intratec Data Recovery.  Our branch in Johannesburg can serve your needs, so if you have lost or damaged data or e-mails on your computer, server, RAID system, iPod, smart media, flash disk or memory stick, contact us today.

Intratec Data Recovery will quote you within three hours and give you an estimate of the time frame and probability of recovery, expressed as a percentage.  We can supply recovered data on a disk we supply or on a DVD if it is under 4GB in size.  If we are unsuccessful, the service is free.  This is part of our Centurion data recovery service to you.

Ever since Intratec Data Recovery had opened their Johannesburg branch in 2006, a Midrand data recovery service of the highest standard has become available to people and companies in this part of Gauteng.

Our Midrand data recovery service can salvage data or e-mails that have become damaged or lost on your laptop, memory stick, iPod, RAID system or almost any other media.  We support all file systems too, including Windows, Novell, DOS, Mac OS, Linux and Unix, so give Intratec Data Recovery a call today and get your data back.  We give free quotations and if we cannot recover your data, you do not pay a cent.

Johannesburg data recovery has an immigrant from Cape Town.  Following Intratec Data Recovery’s tremendous success in the Cape, we have opened branches in Johannesburg and Durban as well, bringing our specialised data recovery services to the City of Gold.

Intratec Data Recovery can salvage accidentally deleted, damaged or lost data from different media and any file system.  Our clean room facilities enable us to perform “open drive recovery” as well, which is well worth remembering, because this specialised service is now also available as part of our Johannesburg data recovery offering.  We have found that there is almost always something to salvage, so do not lose hope; contact us today.

Intratec Data Recovery can salvage data that has become damaged or lost on all different types of media.  Our data recovery methods will depend on the type of media, the file system used and the extent of the damage.

Sometimes the firmware of a hard disk drive may become corrupted and has to be rebuilt.  This may be erroneously diagnosed as a hardware error or faulty drive.  Operating systems may also become corrupt due to power surges or outages, whereby the file structures have become damaged while they were being written.  Our specialists have advanced software that can repair operating systems.  These are only some of Intratec Data Recovery’s data recovery methods.

Intratec Data Recovery offers data recovery services to salvage recoverable data off hard disks, floppy disks, RAID systems, memory sticks, iPods, laptops, personal computers or any other type of media.  Our experts work with all file systems, including Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Unix, DOS and Novell Netware.

At Intratec Data Recovery we endeavour to quote within three hours and we will give you an itemised quotation showing the costs of our data recovery services and any additional spares, if necessary.  We will also indicate the likelihood of a recovery and a time frame.  If we cannot recover your data, you do not have to pay a cent.

Not only is it a nuisance when your hard drive decides to crash, but it can also have detrimental results. Information is of high importance in today’s world, and not being able to access yours can lead to serious consequences, even financially. So what do you do if this had to happen to you? The most important advice is to not do anything yourself if you want to have a chance to retrieve some of the information. The best is to go to an expert on hard drive data recovery.

A hard drive is a very sensitive piece of equipment, and if the crash was caused by physical damage, the chances are that it might have to be opened. This cannot be just be done by anybody, anywhere. Even dust that settles on the surface can lead to the remaining information to be lost. Intratec Data Recovery has the necessary state of the art facilities to do successful hard drive data recovery. Contact us to help you save your valuable data.