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• GE
• Nestle
• Raytheon Missle Systems
• Lockheed Martin
• St. John's University
• C.F. Bean
• SAIC
• St. Luke's Episc. Hospital
• Clorox
• Washburn University
• Xerox
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court
• TXU Electric
• 1st Pacific Bank of California
• Technicore
• Johnson Controls
• Lear Siegler
• Dell
• SportsfanOutlet.com
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Texas
• University of S. Carolina
• U.S. Army
• U.S. Marines
• Killeen I.S.D.
• Crystal City I.S.D.
• DOS Computers
• Naval Surface Warfare
• XAP Corporation
• Fig Leaf Software
• Louis Berger Group
• University of Missouri
• FlightSafety
• Motorola
• Naval Research Lab
• Hilton Grand Resorts
• DynCorp
• XFab - Texas
• Indiana University
• City of Ottawa KS
• Alemite
• Gyro Trac
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"Our critical customer data was lost on our primary and
backup systems. With 2 dead drives in a RAID 5 array, we thought
our data was gone for good. Thank you for all of your help in
getting us back up and running."
- T. Fisher
"When our RAID crashed, ACS Data was able to save our business.
Thank you Thank, You Thank, You!"
- J. Davis
"My hard drive sounded like it was full of gravel when it
crashed, all of my accounting and graphic designs were lost. ACS
data recovery was able to recover all of my data and save my business."
- M. Bartonelli
"ACS Data was able to recover all of our product database
when our server's hard drive crashed. We were given a reasonable
price range, and they stuck by their quote. We are extremely pleased
to have our data back."
- T. Blaine
"We called a number of data recovery companies,
and we elected to go with ACS. We're glad we did. You folks were
able to get every file back (even some we had deleted long ago),
your technicians were friendly and knowledgeable and kept us informed
throughout the entire process."
- J. Robnett
"Most of my wedding images were taken digitally
and stored on my laptop. My hard drive crashed, and I lost all of
the photos. ACS Data was able to recover all of the pictures for
me. THANK YOU!"
- A. McAllistor
"ACS Data got the job done right and in a reasonable
amount of time. Great job."
- S. Martin
"Thanks for your honesty. Even though my hard drive was
unrecoverable, you still stuck by your promise and didn't charge
anything for attempting the recovery. I was worried that there
would be some hidden charges, and was happy to know there weren't."
- C. Mitchell
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Generally
speaking when a hard drive is received by a data recovery firm,
the first thing they do is evaluate it, and determine what recovery
solution will be necessary. If
the drive failure is a logical issue as mentioned earlier, then
a scan of the drive will be performed to try and repair the file
system corruption. Sometimes a partition can be repaired and the
drive restored to the status that it was before the failure. If this is not possible, then a very low-level
scan will be performed that essentially searches every sector of
the hard drive for files. Once
the files are located, they can then be copied to the media of choice,
i.e. a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or another hard drive.
Logical recoveries can take up an enormous amount of time,
especially if the drive is on the verge of physical failure.
It’s not uncommon to allow for one day of scanning and a
day for recovering the found files.
If the drive has suffered a physical failure, then the recovery
procedure is quite a bit more challenging. As mentioned above, there are really two sub-categories of physical
failure; mechanical and electronic.
An important element in recovering data from a physical failure
is having the necessary parts to get the drive functioning again. Unfortunately with hard drives if you have
a 20GB Maxtor Hard Drive for example, then you will need another
identical 20GB Maxtor Hard Drive for salvaging parts.
In cases where the electronic circuit board has failed on
the hard drive, then you have to have the exact same circuit board
on hand in order to retrieve the necessary circuit components for
replacement. Many times you cannot even exchange circuit board for circuit board.
These repairs generally require soldering skills and a thorough
knowledge of electronics to be successfully completed.
You will most likely hear “Class100 Clean Room” thrown around
a lot when talking to data recovery professionals.
Simply stated, a Class100 Clean Room maintains
exceptional air purity, and contains less than 100 airborne particles
larger than 0.5 microns in each cubic foot of air. This is vital
in protecting sensitive internal components of hard drives. Anytime a hard drive is having an invasive procedure performed on
it, a Class100 clean room or better is needed. >>Continue
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