Vantage Data Recovery

I was introduced to someone the other day, and after the usual small talk, she asked what I did.  Following a very brief explanation of what I meant by data recovery, there was a pause.  I cringed waiting for the inevitable question - “How do you do that?” Continue reading ‘Data Recovery? How Do You Do That?’ »

You have made the decision.  Your data is important and you need it back.  You are going to use a professional data recovery company.  So what can you do to help assure a successful recovery?

Choose wisely…

Don’t pick a company just because it’s the closest, the cheapest or has the coolest name.  While cost is often a driving factor, capabilities and experience should be your first concern. Continue reading ‘Getting the Most From Your Data Recovery Company’ »

Data gets lost.  It’s a fact of modern life.

We all store lots of data.  Photos, financials, our latest novel, customer accounts, emails, new product development ideas, genealogy records, engineering specs, tax returns, term papers, spreadsheets, programming code, business plans, music.  You name it, we save it, both for personal and for business use. Continue reading ‘What’s Your Data Worth?’ »

Data recovery is not meant to be a foolproof alternative to backing up.  Any professional data recovery company that has been in business for a while has experienced situations where data could not be recovered, or not recovered in its entirety.  If your hard drive suffers a head crash and scrapes all of the magnetic coating off your disks, no one can put it back.  If your data is erased, then physically overwritten, it’s gone.  Continue reading ‘The 99% Data Recovery Rate Myth’ »

You suddenly can’t access critical data, and in a panic search the web for help.  And find it.  Too much of it actually.  A search on Google for “data recovery” will give you over 20 million hits!  Sorting through your options, you start to wonder - Why won’t some of these people tell you how much your data recovery project will cost, while others offer to recover your data for $99.00?  Why are data recovery prices so varied, and why are some companies advertising flat rates?  Continue reading ‘Data Recovery Pricing’ »

Almost every data recovery company has a page on their website explaining how to choose a data recovery company.  These pages generally tell you why they are the best/only/most logical choice.  “Choose me.  Pick me.  Love me.”

I would like to go on record as saying that while I would certainly like you to “choose me”; I know that Vantage is not the only professional data recovery company out there.  So how do you choose? Continue reading ‘Choosing a Data Recovery Company’ »