Parick Boardman's Article in Data Recovery

946 Chances of Data Recovery from Damaged Storage Media
Computer equipment lasts only a few years before something is ready to give out; if problems occur they can affect the magnetic field and data can become lost or inaccessible. If the data is important an attempt must be made to get it back. Fortunately experts are there to help and in most cases it’s a near-certainty that your information will be returned largely intact within a short period of time. This article discusses data recovery from damaged storage memory media.
Posted on Dec-19-2011

1020 How to Recover Data after Your Hard Drive Crashes
It seems almost inevitable that sooner or later you will be inconvenienced by your computer double-crossing you and losing some or all your data. If you’re the fix-it-yourself type you may tempt fate and first try the file recovery yourself; this article explains several steps that can be taken if your original hard drive crashes and is damaged, restricting access to your computer files.
Posted on Dec-11-2011

1017 Search for Lost Data to Recover After Computer Hard Drive Crashes
Reinstalling the operating system works to straighten out the most common types of computer crashes. Files may have been corrupted after bumping into malware and adware but the parts of the computer weren't damaged. When the hardware is damaged during fires, floods, earthquakes, and lightning however the hard drive may need repair or replacement.
Posted on Dec-11-2011

930 Sterile Data Recovery Labs Important for Broken Laptops with Amnesia
Laboratories known as "cleanrooms" are used by data recovery companies who have the expertise and equipment to recover as much data as possible from the computer. This article looks at repairs to laptops, the most vulnerable candidates for data loss due to physical damage to the computer parts due to on-the-go accidental collisions with hard surfaces.
Posted on Nov-26-2011

1229 Data Loss Symptoms Causes and Implications of Downtime
Today more data is being stored in smaller and smaller spaces, with hard drives of 2011 having 500 times the capacity of those in 2001, making a greater impact when hardware and software malfunction. When mission-critical data is corrupted or lost it must be recovered quickly for life to go on as normal and for business to avoid costly downtime.
Posted on Nov-26-2011

783 The Future of the Data Recovery Industry in the Age of the Cloud
The Cloud is a term unfamiliar to many; it is a shift from computing as a product to delivering computing as a utility like a cable service. The user would share resources, software, and storage facilities. The cloud will take care of configuration, virus scanning, maintenance, and act as a data warehouse in an unknown location. This is not a good omen for small companies providing data recovery and other end user products and services.
Posted on Aug-30-2011

814 RAID Array Protection and Data Recovery
Combining drives into a RAID configuration (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) allows two or more drives to appear as a single device to a host system. This was first defined in 1987 at the University of Berekely California by three computer specialists. This article takes a look at the effects that can hinder operations when things go wrong in RAID arrays that can cause downtime.
Posted on Aug-30-2011