AARRRGGH!
You know that
sinking feeling
as you watch the
car door close,
just out of
reach and you
realize your
keys are about
to be locked
inside?
Losing data
feels a lot like
that. You click
'OK' to empty
the trash on
your desktop or
repartition the
drive. Or
there is the
abstract terror
when you start
your system and
it tells you
there is no
drive present or
file not found.
Do not panic, we
have recovered
from these
situations, and
even worse!
While not all
data will be
recovered from
all situations,
our flat rate
service
routinely
recovers 100% of
lost data.
So
you think you lost data...
STOP USING THE
MACHINE WITH THE
MISSING DATA!!
If you are
reading this
from the machine
with the missing
data, write down
this number
(916) 645-3500,
Shut down the
system and call
us.
Regardless of
who you choose
for your
recovery
service, do NOT
use the machine
at all until the
drive is
analyzed.
The number
one rule to
follow if you
think you lost
data, is to not
write anything
more to the
effected hard
drive! This rule
stands true for
any data loss
situation...
If you have
deleted a
partition by
accident, do not
create another
partition, just
leave it blank.
If you have
deleted files
from the
recycling bin
that you realize
you need, do not
(if possible)
save anything to
the drive. The
reason for this
is that hard
drives do not
actually erase
anything, not
data or
partitions. When
you erase a file
from the
operating
system, it is
just marked on
the drive as
having been
deleted. When
the system needs
to store more
data on the
drive, it will
consider files
on the drive
marked 'deleted'
as being empty
space, and
cheerfully copy
over them. If
that happens
then you're in
big trouble.
The same rule
applies to
partitions.
Partition
information just
presents the
operating system
with a way of
addressing the
space available
on the drive. Like the index
of a book, if you wipe out
a partition
everything from
it will seem to
be gone.
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Proven Staff