| Word to the wise: Don't be a data
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| | industry. All legitimate data recovery
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| recovery victim. Of all the industries
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| | companies have at least a clean bench.
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| and businesses out there, including used
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| | But it is extremely over rated. The
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| car salesman, carpet cleaning companies,
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| | function of the clean room is to keep
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| unscrupulous lawyers, and get-rich-quick
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| | environmental pollutants such as dust,
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| schemes, there's one other group you can
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| | airborne microbes, and chemical vapors at
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| now add to the list: Data Recovery
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| | a bare minimum so the disk drive does not
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| Companies. Not all of them, but many of
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| | become contaminated and put in a worse
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| them are using unethical tricks to get
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| | state then when it came in. Because
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| your money.
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| | sometimes disk drives are prone to
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| Think about it: most people are not
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| | internal failure, these rooms need to be
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| computer savvy, they use their PC's to
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| | used to open up the disk drive and
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| check email, create spreadsheets and surf
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| | replace parts or do an inspection. But,
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| the web. How many of us know what's going
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| | they could be the place where the most
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| on inside our computer tower? How many of
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| | used trick is employed.
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| us have opened it up, installed
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| | It's an easy one to pull off, and many
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| additional RAM, made adjustments or added
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| | consumers are getting hit with this one.
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| a new hard drive? Well, some of us have.
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| | And some data recovery companies are
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| But most of us haven't.
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| | employing this scam on consumers
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| And we are the ones that are the victims
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| | regardless of whether they recover the
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| of scams from "so called" data recovery
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| | data or not! They use the Clean Room to
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| specialists. Couple this with the fact
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| | justify charging exorbitant rates. So how
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| that the demand for storage devices
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| | does it work and what should you look out
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| including hard disk drives, DVD's and
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| | for?
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| CD's has skyrocketed, and you have a
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| | Many data recovery companies advertise
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| situation where things may go wrong.
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| | that they have "No Evaluation Charge". So
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| Storing such large amounts of data
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| | you ship or bring your hard disk drive
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| creates an increased failure rate, and
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| | there for the evaluation. But once they
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| people turn to the experts when they need
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| | get your drive in their hands they then
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| to recover lost data.
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| | call you to let you know that the drive
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| Data recovery is becoming a major sub
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| | has to "go in the clean room and it will
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| industry in the computer world. It
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| | cost $300.00 to $500.00 just for that
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| involves a unique set of problem solving,
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| | clean room evaluation". Make sure you
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| software, hardware and crisis management
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| | stop them right there or better yet ask
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| skills. You really need someone who knows
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| | in advance if they have clean room
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| disk drives in and out. You don't want to
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| | charges In many cases the company already
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| be dealing with an un-ethical company at
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| | knows your data is unrecoverable but
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| this time. Plus, the Data Recovery
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| | would still like to make a quick $300.00
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| Specialist has to deal with highly
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| | to $500.00 out of the deal.
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| frantic computer users. Losing data is an
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| | There is even one provider we know who
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| emotional experience; after all, we're
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| | works out of their apartment and still
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| dealing with people's time, talents, and
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| | pulls this trick - they don't even have a
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| intelligence not to mention their entire
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| | cleanroom! And if a company tries to
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| businesses.
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| | justify cleanroom charges by saying that
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| Before the age of computers, the only
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| | their clean room filters cost $30,000.00,
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| equivalent experience would have to be
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| | don't believe them - it's an absolute
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| losing important information, research,
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| | lie.
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| or other critical data to a fire or some
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| | High/Low Pricing Scheme
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| other natural disaster.
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| | Most data recovery companies employ a
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| Luckily enough for people today, that
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| | high/low pricing scheme for data recovery
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| lost data can in fact be retrieved, at
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| | which is OK if followed honestly and not
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| least 70-80% of the time. But each case
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| | used as a setup. For example if you have
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| presents a challenge, especially if you
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| | an 80 gig hard drive you may be quoted a
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| are dealing with an unscrupulous company.
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| | price range of $400.00 to $2500.00 to
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| In addition, drive capacities keep
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| | recover the data. Of course the price
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| increasing which complicates the data
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| | will never ever be in the low range. It
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| recovery process. Different disk drive
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| | will always be in the high range,
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| models have varying recovery rates.
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| | something like $2495.00 or there abouts.
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| Clients usually bring in complex issues
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| | So what happens? You refuse to pay the
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| and want them resolved quickly and
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| | high price and the company in turn
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| cheaply. Unfortunately, that's not always
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| | disables or destroys your hard drive so
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| realistic. Sometimes, they can be solved
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| | no one else can recover your data. And
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| quickly, but data recovery isn't
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| | that's a really unfortunate situation.
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| inexpensive. Dealing with faulty hard
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| | Actually they may have a copy of your
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| drives, corrupted software or human error
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| | data to hold "hostage" in case you come
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| all have a tendency for being complex
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| | back looking for it again. If you do
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| data problems.
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| | choose a company that uses high/low
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| It is very difficult to select a reliable
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| | pricing be prepared to pay the high price
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| data recovery company because there are
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| | right off the bat. Don't send it in and
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| so many, especially on the Internet. So
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| | then decide you don't want to pay the
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| what are the scams? How do you know
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| | high price. Your data may be lost
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| you're dealing with an upstanding
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| | forever.
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| company? Here are a couple of things to
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| | Whatever you do, don't be a victim! Shop
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| beware of:
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| | around, get referrals from others. Check
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| The Clean Room Scam
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| | them out with the Better Business Bureau
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| A clean room or a clean bench is a
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| | to see if they have any complaints. It
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| necessary tool in the data recovery
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| | all will pay off in the end.
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