Data Recovery

By default, we forget things. Historically, to avoid this problem, people have used paper in one form or another, writing whatever notes are needed to be able to avoid forgetting anything. The bad news is that paper is easy to shred, can be lost, and consumed by fire. Paper can help us to remember, but data on paper are data easily forgotten.

With the move to electronic data, we have learned that an interesting shift has taken place. Where it used to be difficult to remember things, it's now difficult to forget. Sure, you can erase the file, but copying electrons is almost free—how many other copies exist? How many backup copies are made automatically by the application or operating system in use? Even if all copies are deleted, are the data really gone? If you need to retrieve data from a particular form of media, how will you find someone who can read it?

Interhack understands computer systems and the data they hold. When you thought the data you needed were gone, checking with us just might turn up some surprisingly pleasant results.