But today, we can store every type of data in our electronic gadgets and the data stored is now just a touch away. To sum up, data is mobilized and can move from place to place by means of storage devices. Modern storage devices include Pen drives, hard drives, external hard drives etc.
IS DATA IN STORAGE DEVICE SAFE ENOUGH?
The answer in most cases is negative. The issue is that storage devices are mechanical instruments they may get corrupted due to viruses, physical damage or by the malware attack. For instance, the hard drive of our computer or laptops may encounter malware or virus attack, it behaves abnormally and in most cases, the data stored in it is suffered and sometimes cause automatic deletion. There is no way of determining that when your storage device is going to deceive you. So, what is the excellent way to secure our data? Are the online storage drives better? Maybe they are the better option but these cannot be treated as the replacement of hard drives.
IN CASE OF DATA LOSS, HOW IT CAN BE RECOVERABLE?
In past, there were extreme cases of data loss because of lack of technology that it is impossible to recover the deleted data. Now with the advancement in software technology numerous recovery software are racing in the market to provide best and effective hard drive recovery service. When in worst cases, the paid features enable us to retrieve the excess amount of data.
WORKING OF RECOVERY SOFTWARE:
The first step is to select the appropriate recovery software according to the need and availability on the internet. Almost all recovery software work on the same principle. After installation of software package scan the hard drive. By doing so you have the list of recoverable files categorize in the software window. If you want to make complete recovery than start recovering files, or you want to recover selected files than most of the recovery software enables you to select your files and retrieve the desired ones. The free version of recovery software only allows up to 2 GB of data recovery. But if you want to recover a large amount of data or an organization wishes to use the software than pro version or paid versions of recover wizards are needed. But what in case if you find a physical damage on the hard drive? Physical damage is usually problematic. In physical damage demagnetization of magnetic drum, silicon damage or other internal damage that cannot observe directly etc. usually encountered. Here in this you have to spend some money and consult with the recovery expert, but it is strongly recommended to consult with the professional expert because sometimes data costs even more from money.
