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Loss of data from hard drive or a hard drive malfunction may prove detrimental to the prospects of your business. But data recovery from damaged hard drives is possible if you know what to do and whose help to ask for.

The biggest question is to what extent can data be recovered successfully. Server databases of up to forty-six gigabytes have been recovered. Data have also been recovered from hard drives damaged due to fire or flood.

Data loss attributable to human error or minor system malfunction, without damage to the hard disk, is recoverable by using data recovery software available in the market. Data is often erased accidentally and cannot be found even in the Recycle Bin. This recovery software provides an ‘un-erase’ feature that will allow you to retrieve data from your hard drive. There are many recovery utilities available on the internet that can be downloaded for free but they provide limited features than the paid versions. The most popular are McAfee Utilities, Gateway GoBack, Ontrack System Suite and Norton SystemWorks that can cost anything between $40 and $60.

However, if the problem is more serious than a mere loss of data, then it is advisable to send the hard drive to a reputable data recovery service provider. If you are having problems with a damaged hard disk, the best thing to do will be to leave it alone and send it to the recovery service provider. People have been known to install recovery utilities on the damaged hard drive but only to worsen the damage. If you are keen on trying to recover the data on your own, then first attach the damaged hard disk to another computer and use as a secondary slave disk before trying to retrieve the data.

Before sending the damaged hard drive for data recovery service, the reputation of the service provider should be taken into account. Companies that have established their credibility in this field should be your first choice. It is also advisable that you ask for an estimate of the cost and time within which the recovery process would be done. Usually, it takes 3 to 5 days for the process to be completed. Depending on the complexity of the problem the cost may be between $300 and $2500. Some of the more established data recovery companies are Ontrack, CBL Data Recovery Technologies, Vogon International, Data Recovery Clinic and Action Front though this is not an exhaustive list.

Though there are ways to recover data, there is no harm in taking measures beforehand. Important data, especially server databases, should always be backed up and businesses should assess the risk involved to take proper preventive measures.

For more on Data Recovery visit Susan’s site at hard-disk-recovery.info. Susan also writes at Business and Finance.

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Problem Description

Partitions refer to the portions of the hard disk that have their own logical file structure. Re-partitioning means deleting and resizing the current partitions on the disk. Since re-partitioning almost always involves deleting the current partitions, all previously held data in the partition is lost. This is usually done to re-align the space and data on the hard disk, but may also be the result of plain human error, the end result being that data in the old partition is inaccessible.
Phoenix Novell’s advanced software engine can recover data from re-partitioned volumes.

Technical Aspect of the Problem

Repartitioning involves restructuring the hard disk to divide it into areas having their own logical file system. This is often done to accommodate multiple Operating Systems on one disk, but is also done to reorganize data on the disk or reorganize disk space.
Partitioning is usually done in the MS-DOS mode (which is a mandatory partition in a Netware based disk) using the fdisk.exe and the format.com utilities. Creating partitions/re-partitions is a simple 2 step process of defining the partitions, and then formatting the defined partitions.
Since repartitioning also involves the formatting of volumes, data recovery from such volumes need advanced software

Technical Aspect of the Solution

Phoenix Novell is a Windows based application and can only be installed on a Windows based hard disk. Therefore, the failed Novell based disk needs to be attached as a secondary disk to a Windows based disk with Phoenix installed in it. After the damaged disk is attached, Phoenix needs to be run from the working disk.

The software scans the selected volume of the damaged secondary disk to search for lost or missing partitions and displays the list. It scans either the Volume Table only (if the linking mode is set to FAT1 or FAT2), or the drive itself (if the linking mode is set to Contiguous), looking for lost/missing partitions. Since this is an extensive search, the process may take some time to complete, after which the results are displayed in a tree structure and any number of files may be selected for recovery.

Working of Phoenix Novell

The damaged server disk needs to be connected as a secondary to a working Windows based disk with Phoenix Novell installed in it. The software is then run to start the recovery process.

Clicking Drive -> Select Netware Partition will issue a notice about this process being a lengthy one, after which the volume to be scanned is selected. The software then starts scanning either the FAT table or the volume itself (as per the linking mode), then analyses the data structures and file system attributes, and finally displays the list of found data.

Any number of files can be selected for recovery, and clicking ‘Recover Selected’ will restore the selected files. Alternatively, clicking ‘Recover Deleted’ will recover all the files listed in the displayed list of files.
If the recovery is not satisfactory or if some of the files are recovered improperly, clicking Tools -> Change Linking Mode -> Contiguous Mode will change the linking mode to Contiguous which is a much more comprehensive scan of the volume, especially if the volume to be recovered has been formatted.

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With the value on information rising day by day, one of the
greatest threats to businesses of any size is data loss. If the
data centers in your business have ever experienced a hard drive
disaster, you quicky realized just how valuable the information
lost is.

And then, the situation becomes even worse, when you realize
how much it is going to cost for a disaster recovery specialist
to try and retrieve or restore your data for you.

Here are some basic tips for avoiding such a situation.

1. If you company is using older computers, be sure your tech
support is regulary checking for any problems on your hard
drives. By discovering problems before they have a chance to
wreak havock on your data, they will have an opportuntiy to back
the data up before it is no longer retrievable.

2. Make sure your techies are giving you the old hard disks
when they do hard drive upgrades on your systems. Even when the
information has been copied onto new disks, the old drives still
contain all your valuable data. You don’t want this getting into
the wrong hands. Plus, it is always good to have a backup while
the new hardware is settling in.

3. Especially in a fast paced office environment, the thousands
of computer files can become disorganized over time. Make sure
your computer support is running defragmentation programs on a
regular basis.

4. Keep the operating systems the same across all machines in
your office. This will help prevent hard drive corruption from
various users incorrectly installing programs on a system they
are not familiar with. Better yet, leave program installation,
removal and system partitioning to your tech support.

5. Make sure employess report any problems that crop up on
their machines. If even one computer starts acting strangely,
running slower, or giving error messages, have support run a
scan disk or CHKDSK immediately. Remember, it will be much
cheaper to repair one computer’s hard drive than to pick up the
tab after a total system disaster!

Keeping the following tips in mind when creating your data loss
disaster prevention plan will help limit not only headaches, but
losses to your bottom line.

James B. Allen blogs regularly about disaster recovery
planning. To learn more about data recovery and
other aspects of disaster recovery, visit James at:
DisasterRecoveryData.com.

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