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Data recovery is a very important aspect for business continuity at businesses of all sizes. No matter if you run your own business from home or work remotely outside of the big city, the possibility of a hard drive crash is inevitable. Proper planning will ensure that you can recover your data from a simple drive crash to even a fire or flood situation.
Backing up your data
Whether you work from a laptop or desktop workstation the first step to data recovery is making sure you have a backup copy of your files. A simple spare hard drive, flash drive or backup DVD or CD is a great place to start. For the best fireproof hard drive protection choose a fire safe USB drive or NAS device.
Storing your backup copy
Once you've made your backup copy you'll need to properly store the information to ensure you can recover your files. If you have a fireproof hard drive this step you've pretty much got covered. However, if you do not have one of these devices it is generally a rule of thumb to store your data offsite in either a bank deposit box, or at least in another location. This will help reduce the risk of total data loss in the event of a fire or flood.
A combination of both on-site and off-site data storage is always the most solid approach. Every business is unique and one plan may work better for you than the other.
Data Recovery Service
Data recovery in some instances can be as simple as reverting to a backup copy from last week or months CD / DVD or tape. In other situations, such as a fire or flood this could mean that more serious steps must be taken to recover your data from your hard disk drive. Data storage hardware like ioSafe comes standard with a data recovery service in the purchase price. However if you have yet to incorporate a complete solution into your backup strategy then you will need to contact a professional service company to assist.
There are many companies who specialize in data recovery and below you will find a fairly comprehensive list:
On Track
Drive Savers
Salvage Data
Data Recovery Group
Vantage
Computer Medic - Ann Arbor, MI
Total Recall (not the movie with Arnold)
CBL data recovery service
ACR Data Recovery
To find a data recovery service company in your state, check out this complete guide:
http://www.datarecoverycompanies.com/stateguide.html
