DATA RECOVERY AND IMAGING
Back-up and Recovery
What do you do when your Windows operating system fails to start, or your valuable data (Photographs, music, personal data files) suddenly disappears following a system crash. Do you have a "Disaster Recovery Plan?"
We seem to take for granted that our computer systems will run and run, but disaster can strike at anytime, and in many cases we are not prepared for the consequences of the resulting losses associated with system failures. However, a simple backup schedule could save you from all the heartache.
The majority of computer systems both domestic and business have some kind of recording device installed, that will allow data, music or photographs to be transferred to either a CD or DVD-ROM disk. Recordable CDs and DVDs are available in several categories. CDs can hold about 700 MB of data, whereas DVDs can store about 4.7 GB of data, and a new style of DVD-ROM known as DVD-DL (Dual Layer), can hold up to 8.5 GB of data. Regularly copying data stored on a computer to a CD or DVD is a basic form of carrying out backups and it is a practice that is recommended to all users. The image below illustrates some of the methods currently used to backup data from a client computer.
What do you do when your Windows operating system fails to start, or your valuable data (Photographs, music, personal data files) suddenly disappears following a system crash. Do you have a "Disaster Recovery Plan?"
We seem to take for granted that our computer systems will run and run, but disaster can strike at anytime, and in many cases we are not prepared for the consequences of the resulting losses associated with system failures. However, a simple backup schedule could save you from all the heartache.
The majority of computer systems both domestic and business have some kind of recording device installed, that will allow data, music or photographs to be transferred to either a CD or DVD-ROM disk. Recordable CDs and DVDs are available in several categories. CDs can hold about 700 MB of data, whereas DVDs can store about 4.7 GB of data, and a new style of DVD-ROM known as DVD-DL (Dual Layer), can hold up to 8.5 GB of data. Regularly copying data stored on a computer to a CD or DVD is a basic form of carrying out backups and it is a practice that is recommended to all users. The image below illustrates some of the methods currently used to backup data from a client computer.
RECOVERY
After having failed to back-up your data, music or video collection, have you ever been faced with a hard drive that has suddenly become defective for no apparent reason, leaving you with no easy way of accessing the data that is more than likely still intact on the defective drive.
Data recovery services can be very expensive, however, we at Computech 2000 will do all that we can to recover as much data as is possible from a defective drive, and as economically as possible. Using specialised software and tried and tested techniques we already have a high success rate in achieving data recovery for many of our customers.
Using unique data recovery software, we are even able to recover data from a hard drive that has been formatted or had a new version of Windows installed.
After having failed to back-up your data, music or video collection, have you ever been faced with a hard drive that has suddenly become defective for no apparent reason, leaving you with no easy way of accessing the data that is more than likely still intact on the defective drive.
Data recovery services can be very expensive, however, we at Computech 2000 will do all that we can to recover as much data as is possible from a defective drive, and as economically as possible. Using specialised software and tried and tested techniques we already have a high success rate in achieving data recovery for many of our customers.
Using unique data recovery software, we are even able to recover data from a hard drive that has been formatted or had a new version of Windows installed.
Furthermore, if we FAIL to recover ANY data from a defective hard drive we will NOT charge a fee for the attempt.
IMAGING
"Imaging" refers to the creation of a electronic photograph of the contents of a computer's hard drive. Normally this comprises the Windows installation and any software that has been installed. If the computer or the hard drive should become defective, the existence of the image will allow the system to be restored to a factory default state. It makes the restoration of Windows far easier and less time consuming, and of course, has the added advantage of restoring all the application software that was included in the original image.
Using specialised software, images can be quickly created and stored on a network, local drive or on CD.DVDs, which can be later accessed using a specialised BOOT disk, should the Windows operating system fail to start.
The best time to create a system image is during the installation of a new Windows operating system and before the computer has been connected to the Internet, which guarantees that the system is clear of any external infections. We provide new images for all computers that we custom build, and for those that come to us for a Windows upgrade or new installation, which allows users to return their machines to a default state in a very short space of time.
If "Imaging" is a service that maybe of interest, please get in touch via our contacts page.
"Imaging" refers to the creation of a electronic photograph of the contents of a computer's hard drive. Normally this comprises the Windows installation and any software that has been installed. If the computer or the hard drive should become defective, the existence of the image will allow the system to be restored to a factory default state. It makes the restoration of Windows far easier and less time consuming, and of course, has the added advantage of restoring all the application software that was included in the original image.
Using specialised software, images can be quickly created and stored on a network, local drive or on CD.DVDs, which can be later accessed using a specialised BOOT disk, should the Windows operating system fail to start.
The best time to create a system image is during the installation of a new Windows operating system and before the computer has been connected to the Internet, which guarantees that the system is clear of any external infections. We provide new images for all computers that we custom build, and for those that come to us for a Windows upgrade or new installation, which allows users to return their machines to a default state in a very short space of time.
If "Imaging" is a service that maybe of interest, please get in touch via our contacts page.