UNIX Hard Drive Data Recovery
Expert UNIX Hard Drive Data Recovery Services
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* Physically failed hard drives require Class 100 Clean Room engineering to perform ANY data recovery.
UNIX data recovery requires both very complicated processes and also an understanding of how UNIX works. Many hard disk data recovery companies implement commercial data recovery utilities that can read through the file system. This is a mistake. What we are finding is that many flavors of UNIX implement files systems that are either not commonly used and there are no data recovery tools available for or that the file system is so complex that commercial tools will not de-couple the damage that was done to the file system. Worse yet is that many of these utilities will actually create more damage to the file system. When the logical file system damage is combined with other factors such as a physically failing disk, hard or soft failing media, or even if the damage is part of a RAID array the issues only compound themselves and create more of a risk to the disk. In these cases what is required is a true Mass Storage Recovery Engineer (MSRE) that is capable of salvaging data from your system.
Because UNIX systems are most often used in a commercial environment the implications of their failure are even greater and have the ability to affect not only the company but also the employees and even clients of the company in a very negative way. These systems require the utmost care and immediate attention. One of the biggest challenges that you may face is the fear of damaged media. When this occurs on a UNIX system the drive may or may not make any sounds and the only indication may be intermittently failing or disappearing data. The damage being created on the drive though can be catastrophic due to multiple head crashes that will cause sheared media to be cast onto the platter from the centrifugal force of the spinning disk. When the heads go over this media the heads will crash again and drive will with increasing speed start to eat itself beyond the ability to recover. A Mass Storage Recovery Engineer will understand how to use clean room procedures in order to clean up the damage and help to protect the disk from creating more damage. One can imagine in this case how damaging processes such as huge data pulls or even running commercial data recovery utilities could be in this case just because they read every sector and create the ideal environment to damage the disk very badly. Additionally, because these systems often use SCSI interface hard drives which are very different from IDE Hard drives your data recovery company needs to understand these differences and how they will impact the recovery.
Another UNIX issue commonly faced is that of smaller SOHO (Small Office Home Office) RAID arrays such as Buffalo, US Robotics, and others that use Linux as the back end. However, these systems while they are still Linux often non-standard and in some cases even proprietary file systems for their data partition. In these situations there is no commercial software that will recover these files. Datatech Mass Storage Recovery Engineers have developed solutions for these systems and have a proven track record with dealing with them.
Back to TopOn recommendation from the mac store I contacted a recovery service on the west coast. It was a nightmarish experience to get through to a live person and the fee that I was quoted was exorbitant and frankly because of the lack of customer service, I did not have confidence in the company to recover my work.
A quick search on the web lead me to DataTech Lab. After a couple of rings the telephone was answered by a man who's calming, professional voice gave me the confidence that led me to entrust my problem to them for resolution.
The result? A quick turn-around with personal attention and over 95 % total recovery of my hard drive. Best part of the deal -ONE THIRD of the price of the west coast competiter! No competition there. Customer service - priceless!"
Karena Mendoza
Composer, Producer
Big Voice Productions, IL
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