Today, we live in a world that is increasingly reliant upon digital storage solutions. It is convenient, cost-effective, and an efficient way to store our data.

However, it’s not infallible. When good drives go bad, we pray that they might somehow fix themselves, but more often than not, when the files we lose are of great importance to us, we turn to professionals to try and recover the data for us.

A data recovery service is a very specialized, hi-tech service that uses the latest forensic data recovery techniques to attempt to restore files on hard drives that have been compromised due to mechanical wear, environmental damage, or human error.  They use dust free clean rooms to avoid contaminating your data, highly specialized recovery tools, and a staff of exceedingly well-trained experts.

Sounds expensive, right? Well, it is.  The amount that you pay will vary on a case to case basis because there are many factors to take into account when estimating the true cost of a data recovery service. For instance, the capacity of your hard drive, and the amount of data you want restored. Additional considerations include how much physical damage your hard drive has sustained, whether or not the file system is still intact, or simply the complexity of the work involved.

At Drive Savers, an average single drive recovery will cost around $1500, but it can cost as much as $3000. Disk Doctors charge $1000 for a 500 GB hard drive without physical damage, but their prices rise further with higher capacity drives, or those with mechanical failures. However, the fees do not always end there. Disc evaluations can be as much as $200, shipping to and from the recovery facility is not cheap, and the cost of replacement media, or an expedited service, will almost always cost you more.

With an ioSafe hard drive you can forget about the crippling costs associated with a data recovery service, because ioSafe includes this free of charge with every hard drive it sells. This “no questions asked” service covers you for up to $5000 of forensic data recovery, for any loss, for any reason.

They have a free global shipping system that will whisk your drive off to a secure location so that it can be worked on to revive your lost files. When the work is complete, ioSafe will replace your hard drive, free of charge, and ship it back to you with all the data that it was able to recover.

"The ioSafe “no questions asked” service covers you for up to $5000 of forensic data recovery, for any loss, for any reason."

ioSafe’s line of disaster proof hard drives truly provide you with a guaranteed defense against all eventualities. These storage solutions are tough, and built to last, and it is good to know that even if the unforeseen does happen, and you end up losing data through human error or some other means, the ioSafe Data Recovery Service is there to help.

Call or email us today for a quote on ioSafe hard drives for your business. They are the protection you simply cannot do without.

Step One…Don’t Panic!

Take a deep breath and look at your situation. Your hard drive has just crashed and this is problem that needs to be addressed right away but it’s not a catastrophe! You can fix this and you can prevent the loss of not only your data but also the pictures of your family and friends.

An ioSafe + Cloud Backup is a great way to prevent data loss from a crashed hard drive. This will allow you to recover programs very easily and quickly.

We live in the age of the digital camera and snapshots taken with our phones and people are moving away from the habit of having physical copies of their pictures. While the technology has changed, this core concept has not; you need to protect your collections of photos. We used to order multiple copies of pictures and keep them in photo-books for protection and presentation. Now people show their photos on social media sites, blogs and their various electronic devices and they still have to worry about losing their memories.

We’re going to walk you through some troubleshooting techniques that you can use in response of a hard drive crash. There are many options open to you in a situation like this and remember the most important thing is not to lose your head; you’re not on a sinking ship, you just need to plug a hole in the boat and fish your luggage out of the water.

If your hard drive is making clicking, whirring or grinding noises turn it off and unplug it. Then carefully remove the hard drive from the computer (remember that hard drives are very sensitive to static electricity and physical jolts). Do not assume that the files are unrecoverable and if you don’t have a backup in place, you’ll need to turn to commercial services.

Often the best options for laypeople are on the internet and with recovery software. One such company available is DriveSavers. Since 1985 this company has been helping people and businesses protect and recover their data and they have various options for recovery plans and will service a wide range of devices. The website Kroll Ontrack has developed protocols to meet virtually any recovery need and they offer helpful user guides and software for sell.

The website savemymemories.org is a good resource for tips and troubleshooting advice about recovering photographs. Their advice is straight-forward and is geared toward educating as well. They talk about hardware and software, how to prepare and protect your photos from disaster and they a great page of links about not just about protecting your memories but about many different aspects of digital photography.

One of the best options you can take to protect your photographs is be prepared before anything happens. One of the best ways to go on the offensive against potential crashes is to invest in an ioSafe hard drive; one of the best features that ioSafe offers on these hard drives is the Data Recovery Service. This product is available with numerous drives like the ioSafe Solo, the Rugged Portable SSD and the SoloPRO SSD. These hard drives are a great choice not only because they are disaster-proof and protect your photographs from outside threats; the Data Recovery Service ensures an unmatched safety net in the case of internal loss. With such features as access to expert technicians, up to $1000 of forensic data recovery, replacement hardware pre-loaded with recovered data and a three-year limited warranty.

No matter which option you choose; your best plan to prevent these types of emergencies before they happen. So when investigating plans to fix your crashed hard drive, look for the best way to prevent this from happening again.

Written by Joseph Fowler