By Jacob Somer

Computers have become an integral part of our lives that many people and businesses will not be able to function well without them. We use computers to help us in school, to accomplish tasks at work, for banking, for communication, etc.

It is exasperating to do things all over again and of course a total waste of time, money, and effort. It's a good thing however that there's such a thing as computer data recovery. Data recovery is the process of saving data from corrupted, failed or damaged secondary storage media.

Computers are a big part of the human society. These are used to complete school and office work. They also facilitate banking and communication. So when something goes wrong, our lives and many others can be affected. Can you imagine how it would feel if your bank's computers crash and there is no way for them to know how much hard-earned money you have with them? Companies, such as those mentioned above, specialize in getting back all the information that has been lost.

This process should not be attempted by people inexperienced in this particular field. It would cause more damage than correction. Before going to a professional to perform data recovering, there are certain things to consider: Storage devices such as CDs are prone to physical damages and data loss. Severe damages can cause permanent and total data loss in the storage device. Even so, most of the stored data can be recovered. For single file damage, it is not advisable to create a new file using the same file name. It will only save over the original file, making the recovery of the corrupted data impossible. During OS (Operating System: Windows Vista, Linux, or Mac OS X) failure, it is advisable to have a professional perform recovery, copying the data in another storage medium before reinstalling the OS. For accidental deletion or formatting, do not create a new data in the drive. Creating new files will permanently remove the information to be recovered.

Physical damages in storage devices always cause some data loss. It may be of different kinds: CDs and DVDs may be scratched while hard disk heads (that part that reads and writes information) or motors might fail. Before any data can be retrieved, these damages should first be fixed. However, these cannot be done by everyone. This is because, if one opens a hard disk at home, he or she can allow dust to settle on the platter (the disc where information is stored). This can cause more damage because when the dust particles get in between the platter and the read/write head, the head could crash and damage the platter.

When your computer crashes, your world will not go crashing with it. There will always be professionals who can help in recovering and restoring important files.

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