Compared to other computer related services the data recovery services business is relatively new, completely unregulated and not very well understood by most today’s consumers. The purpose of this article is to help the reader make an objective decision as to how to choose a data recovery service provider so as not to fall victim to a new spin on a very old scam (the bait and switch) or worse; trust the data recovery job to a well meaning friend or to anyone that doesn’t have both the skill and necessary tools to even attempt a hard drive data recovery without doing further damage to the drive and possibly losing the data.
A prospective customer who is in need of data recovery service for a failing hard drive or other device has already suffered one catastrophic failure which has caused the loss of their data. By understanding how data recovery works and some of the most common scams and mistakes made in the industry a mindful consumer can protect themselves from a second and more permanent catastrophe that will result in the permanent loss of their data.