Data Recovery

Disaster Recovery

Orange County Computer, Inc. is  highly recognized among it’s peers as reliable data recovery experts. Our skilled techs can recover data that typical  IT companies automatically send out to a clean room for diagnosis. Our in-house technicians can recover data from virtually any type of hard drive crash even with RAID Configurations.

What to Do When Disaster Happens

If you experience a data loss situation it is extremely important that you do not act hastily in trying to resolve the problem. Doing so can make matters worse and could result in the complete and permanent loss of your data. If you don’t understand what is happening with your system, don’t do anything but seek the advice of a hard drive recovery professional.

If your drive is making any unusual noises such as clicking, grinding or metal scraping, turn it off immediately! This condition typically indicates a head crash and major media damage. Hard disks spin at a high rate of speed, anywhere from 3200 to 10,000 revolutions per minute. Extensive damage can occur in a short period of time if a drive is left running, making the data irretrievable. In this situation it is best to turn off the system, remove the drive and bring it to our facilities for hard drive repair.

If you’ve accidentally deleted files, emptied the Recycle Bin or Trash Can, don’t install any software or save additional files to your drive. Doing so may permanently overwrite the deleted items. If you are in the middle of a project when you discover files are missing, or you believe they have been deleted, save the current project to a floppy disk or another storage device. Don’t write, install software, or save anything to the drive where the missing files were located.

Recovery Completion Process

When your data has been successfully recovered, we offer several means of returning your data to you. Depending on the size and amount of files recovered, they may be placed on an external drive, DVD, or transferred to another system provided by you or Orange County Computer, Inc.
*Remember to BACKUP often. Don’t take chances with important data!  Data Recovery should not be your last resort. We recommend implementing a Primary and Secondary Backup Solution as  an alternative to Disaster Recovery.