Almost all of us experience data loss at some point in our electronic life. This can happen for a few reasons: viruses, physical damage, Configuration errors, lost letters and more. It's important not to panic, as there are good solutions that will help you restore the lost data, in many cases. Software such as Bad Copy Pro or Multi Data Rescue will be able to correct corrupt or lost data, in most cases.

In more complex problems you may want to turn to the professional companies that deal with data recovery issues, such as OnTreak. These companies offer a variety of tool :

Remote treatment - where they treat your computer from their site and do the recovery work from a far.

Onsite treatment - data recovery specialists come to your office or home and work on your computer. This is a more in-depth treatment that is required in the more serious cases.

The lab treatment - your computer is taken to the lab for data recovery. This is done in the most extreme cases, for example when the computer is destroyed in fire of explosion. In the lab, the technicians will try to save as much as possible from that device.

Data recovery evolve all the time and makes it possible to save more of the lost data. There is a lot to be done about lost files, so make sure you give it your best efforts.

After you have recovered what needs to be recovered - how do you prevent the next Data loss event? How do you make sure you never lose any data again?

There are a few possible solutions to that, and they depend on your budget and just how paranoid you are as to the possibility of another incident. Here's a quick list of a few of the best preventive measures:

Daily manual back up - you can backup your daily work from you hard drive straight to CD. You can than place the CD in a safe place and this will pretty much guarantee you will always have a latest version of your work. This method is time consuming, and it may not fit you if you're doing a lot of work during the day and add a lot more data. This method may suit small operators.

Remote backup - This method is used by many organizations. The data is backed up automatically in a remote site. This way nothing ever gets lost and everything is backed up in a second place. Even if there's a fire in your office all the data is preserved. The disadvantages here are information security risks, as well as the costs involved. Nonetheless, this is a popular method among medium and big organizations.