Data Recovery Companies

With data recovery being big business, there are numerous data companies available today. These companies offer all kinds of software and products to help in the recovery of data.

These companies range from large businesses to small shops and from dedicated shops that offer only data recovery services to other companies that offer a wide array of computer related products and services.

One good thing about these companies is that most of them ask the customer to pay only if they are able to recover a significant portion of the lost data. If they're totally unsuccessful in recovering any of the lost data, the customer usually will not be charged.

In a situation where a lot of valuable data has been lost, one should not automatically assume that the data is gone forever. These companies use some very innovative methods to help recover lost data. The average percentage of successful retrievals of lost data is in the range of 80 - 90%.

The process to have your data retrieved by one of these companies normally goes something like this.

First, contact them and tell them the problem. They'll issue instructions on safely packing and sending the damaged drive to them. Once it gets into their hands, they'll test and evaluate the drive to see how much data can be recovered from it. At this stage, the customer is normally given a quote of the price and informed about the quantity of data that can be recovered.

Different companies have different cost structures. Some companies have fixed prices that depend on the type of media or the size and nature of the data recovery process. Others charge customers depending on the individual job.