Currently bunch of tools are available in data recovery software category, mostly they are categorized under “File and disk management”, they still not have been able to achieve special appreciation in software industry as distinctive product category. The most popular desktop utilities have been Anti-Viruses, System optimization applications which are destined for safeguarding computer system from threats of viruses, Trojans and Malwares or by improving system performance by using bunch of optimization tool. However I still feel either data recovery services or software hasn’t got the recognition which it requires.

Lately, lots of data recovery service companies have started their operations around the globe, but if I recall the start of the millennium we had very few companies such as Kroll Ontrack, DriveSavers, Actionfront (Seagate Services now) etc providing data recovery services from physically or logically crashed drives. The type of data loss was limited to viruses and human errors, but the scenario has changed with invent of complex storage solutions designed by companies like EMC, Hitachi or NetApps etc.

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