Hi Renuka! Recently, I got my Data back (around 2 GB) through Stellar Info by spending 20K... Their service is excellent!
--- On Thu, 25/9/08, renuka warriar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: renuka warriar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [AI] 'I want my data back' It trends > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Date: Thursday, 25 September, 2008, 7:43 AM > Date:25/09/2008 URL: > http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/seta/2008/09/25/stories/2008092551411400.htm > > Sci Tech > > IT TRENDS > > 'I want my data back' It trends > > - Photo: Special Arrangement > > Recovery measures: Working on a damaged hard disk in > Stellar's Class 100 Clean Room in Gurgaon. > > Just over a year ago, the devastating cyclone > 'Gonu' struck the coast of Oman, bringing torrential > waters into its capital, Muscat, and flooding many computer > installations. For weeks after that episode, it was > round-the-clock work, in a quiet corner of Gurgaon's > Sector 33, where engineers grappled with the challenge > of recovering precious corporate data from dozens of water > damaged hard disk drives, that had been shipped from Oman, > to the 'Class 10 0' ultra clean lab > rooms of Stellar Information Systems, one of the best known > names in the understated, global business of data safety and > recovery ( > www.stellarinfo.com). > > The last edition of this column (The Hindu, September 11, > 2008) reviewed the broad data recovery challenges for the > enterprise sector. This edition completes > the picture with a look at how this is actually done. > > As enterprise storage needs crash through the terabyte > ceiling into petabytes, data recovery has emerged as a key > corporate concern (a petabyte is 1024 > terabytes. A terabyte is 1024 gigabytes. > > A gigabyte is 1024 megabytes. And a megabyte is just over a > million bytes of information). > > But since so much of the data that needs to be recovered is > priceless - and highly sensitive - those who specialize in > this line of service, prefer to maintain > a low profile: business grows as word-of-mouth enhances > their reputation for discreet and confidential recovery > services. > > Rare privilege > > It was therefore a rare privilege to visit Stellar's > facility and walk (suitably clothed) through India's > largest (and the second-largest in Asia, after > Korea) Clean Room, rated Class 100 - that means, a room > designed to never allow more than 100 particles of 0.5 > microns or larger, per cubic foot of air. > > Such an ultra clean environment is necessary, before one > can even begin trying to recover data from damaged disks > because it involves completely dis-assembling > the hard drive and exposing the magnetic recording surface: > even a speck of dust can destroy a stored sector of files. > > Stellar is able to accept an extremely wide range of hard > disk brands and types, many going back decades, because it > maintains a large library of such original > disks. > > In most cases, where data recovery through purely software > methods has not been possible, the failed component is among > the many electromechanical components > in the drive and not the recording surface (if it were the > latter, data recovery would be well nigh impossible). > > Engineers replace the damaged parts in the drive offered > for recovery, with parts from Stellar's reference units, > and then try to run the unit. > > Skilled, time consuming > > If that works, the data is dumped on another computer and a > copy furnished to the customer on another medium like a DVD. > > Such physical repair and recovery is a skilled and time > consuming process, attempted only if software methods > don't work: Stellar's network extends across > 137 countries and dozens of centres where customers send > their damaged drives. > > They can also attempt software recovery on their own using > some of the tools offered by Stellar for desktop and laptop > recovery; file repair; encrypted > media or password recovery. Sending the physical drive to > Gurgaon is the last resort. > > Once received, it is determined if recovery is possible - > and if the answer is 'yes' the process is usually > completed within a few days: every job is 'top > priority' for its originator: the records of a > bank's savings accounts; the password directory of a > large enterprise; a data base of engineering drawings > created after months of work. > > "It's all a matter of trust," says > Stellar's Chief Executive, Sunil Chandna, "since we > entered the data recovery business 15 years ago, we have > over a lakh > customers." > > Terabyte a reality > > What about the rest of us, with our home and small office > PCs? Our data is growing too, and one terabyte in the home > is now a reality. > > In recent weeks, Stellar has launched a few consumer > products, 'Phoenix Photo Recovery', to get back > precious photos in almost all formats, inadvertently > erased from digital camera or phone media; 'Black > Cat', is a combined anti-virus and data recovery tool > for formatted drives, deleted partitions and malfunctioning > software. > > The obverse of data recovery is data removal: sanitising a > drive completely of all one's files and data before > disposing it or giving it to another user. > Stellar's 'Disk Wipe' solution helps in the > permanent removal of data from a hard disk. > > When you delete a file on your PC, even when you empty the > recycle bin, the information is not completely erased, > merely shifted to a different, inaccessible > part of the hard disk. This is both good news and bad news, > depending on your point of view - and software tools can > usually reverse the process. But today's > data recovery technology as practised by companies like > Stellar, goes far beyond this... into the very innards of > the storage medium, trying to administer > a digital 'kiss of life' to data that is almost > dead. > > ANAND PARTHASARATHY > Thanks to all for making the convention successful; thanks > also to Blind Person's Association for the whole hearted > support. > To unsubscribe send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject > unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any > other changes, please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ Thanks to all for making the convention successful; thanks also to Blind Person's Association for the whole hearted support. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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