Advancement In Data Recovery Methods Makes Recovery Possible In Any Type Of Data Loss Situation

 Data recovery is the process of recovering lost data that cannot be accessed normally from storage devices like hard disk drives, CD’s, DVD’s and storage tapes. Recovery may be required because of damage caused to such devices or due to defects in the file system known as logical damages.
 Data recovery from physically damaged hardware involves a variety of techniques. Replacing the damaged components of the hard disk may help in the process of hard drive data recovery. However, for complete reconstruction, an imaging process is used. This image is then stored and read on another reliable medium. This allows maximum if not complete recovery of lost data.
 * Physical Recovery Process
 Physical data retrieval process can also include removing a damaged printed circuit board (PCB) and replacing it with a healthy board, replacing read/write head assembly and installing the damaged platters of a HDD into a healthy drive. Disk imaging is another process used to recover data lost due to physical damages. This involves repairing the logical damage discovered by scanning the extracted images. Though the file remains usable, vital information becomes irretrievable, and data recovery is often incomplete.
 Recovering data from logical damage is a challenging task. Power outage, system crashes and problems with hardware and drivers prevent the file system from being transferred completely to the storage medium. Most of the operating systems have their own tools to fix such problems. Consistency checking and data carving are commonly employed techniques to recover data from logical damage. Improvements in file carving techniques have led to methods that can recover files. However, file carving is an expensive and time-consuming technique.