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When you experience the loss of invaluable and irreplaceable data on your computer systems, the first order of business for you is to either mitigate the loss or recover as much of the lost data as possible. While there are hundreds - and dare we say thousands - of data recovery companies all touting their own data recovery experts, you will still look out for the right one to meet your needs.
1. Expertise - Each data recovery expert has his own forte to speak of. Some experts focus on different media or different problem areas. Ask your data recovery expert which media and problem area he does best.
Some companies are better when dealing hard disks, while some are better working with CD-ROM media. Keep in mind that each media required different expertise and different facilities. For example crashed hard disks require Class 100 cleanroom facilities.
The data recovery company you will deal with should have Class 100 clean room facilities to deal with such instruments. Class 100 facilities means that the area has only 100 airborne particles larger than .05 microns per square foot. This ensures that further damage to the drives is avoided when they are disassembled.
If they do not have these facilities, you may want to move on to another data recovery company.
