Data recovery and/or file recovery is not always possible in all scenarios but in the majority of cases significant recovery is usually possible if the attempt to recover the lost data is made soon after the data loss occurs.  Data can be lost in many different ways, the most typical are:

• Accidental deletion, erasure or format.
• Malicious or intentional deletion, erasure, or format.
• Operating system failure or software crash.
• Physical damage to storage medium, ie. scratched CD/DVD.
• Physical Hard Drive failure or crash.  Catastrophic hardware failure.

Typically the most severe data loss occurs with a catastrophic hardware failure.  This type of loss is usually the most complete and by far the recovery attempt is the most costly.  Thankfully, hardware failure is the least common type of data loss.

Simple accidental deletion is by far the most common form of data loss, and in most cases if the affected storage device is brought in immediately following the incident there is a near 100% recovery rate.

Malicious destruction occurs when data is intentionally destroyed or deleted, and the effectiveness of any recovery attempt from this type of loss is completely dependent upon the skill and thoroughness of the person responsible for the data destruction.  Recovery from this type of loss can range from a 100% full recovery, to a 0% total loss, depending upon the techniques that were used to destroy the data.

In every case the sooner the affected hardware is brought in for analysis the better the odds are that a recovery can be made.  Even in the worst cases, at minimum, partial recovery should be possible.

Typical types of data recovered includes but is not limited to:  pictures, music, videos, spreadsheets, databases, letters, and documents of all types.

We offer FREE hard drive or storiage media evaluation. Find out how our team of San Antonio Data Recovery specialists can help recover your critcal data.  210-260-0045.