Other Media Repair Overview Due to the rapidly developing technology, critical data is stored in numerous devices that range from mobile storage devices to multimedia platforms. Hence Data Recovery Services have geared up to help us in retrieving lost or damaged data not only from hard disk, but also from all kinds of other media such as flash memory devices, data storage device, digital cameras and the like. Besides utilizing data recovery services and professionals, users can also take the help of several commercially available data recovery software which are efficient in the task of recovering lost or damaged data from various kinds of storage media like: * Compact Flash Disk * Tape Drives * CD / DVD * Pen Drives * Smart Media * Digital Videodisk * Micro Mini Disks etc. Let us explore some prominent storage media that fall in this category. Tape Data Recovery A large number of businesses create back ups of their systems on tape drives. They are of high capacity, fast as well as convenient. However, these tapes may fail or become corrupt due to many reasons such as physical damage, water damage, overwriting, back up failure, broken tapes and the like. The data recovery services and software can successfully recover data from a number of varied formats of tape drive like 4mm DAT, DDS, DLT tapes, SONY AIT, Travan tapes and many more. These software first examine the tape to determine the physical or logical damage and then perform a low level read to create a secure copy of the data. The format is then determined and the course of action is decided. After successful recovery, the data is returned on a DVD or hard drive. CD/DVD Recovery Data Recovery from CD/DVD has also been made easy by the introduction of certain easy to use tools. These programs scan the disk sector, salvage the corrupted or damaged files and create a copy in the hard disk. The CD/DVD recovery software and particularly efficient in salvaging corrupted audio, video, digital multimedia and image files such as AVI, MPEG, MP3, RM, JPEG and the like. These support optical disks of many kinds like CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW among others. Pen Drive Data Recovery Recovering lost or damaged files from Pen Drives can also now be done by the user himself using some simple and non destructive software. These software also support compact flash drives and memory cards. These software are most often developed by the data recovery service companies themselves. They help in retrieving data from accidentally formatted Memory sticks and pen drives. They allow the retrieval of data whether it has been lost due to virus or human error. Data can successfully be repaired and recovered from all kinds of USB Drives like Kingston, Transcend, Super Flash, Kingmax and of all capacities like 64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB as well as 4GB. Please visit us for more information ABKdata Web: http://www.abkdata.com Email: sales@abkdata.com End of Document