There are some other universities that also cover data recovery (forensics) as part of their computer science courses.
And yes, you will need a very large investment, and highly specialized equipment in order to do HDD recoveries.
See this website for a few photos : http://www.payam.com.au/cleanroom.html
not only do you need a clean room, but also full body static proof suits, static proof flooring and static proof furniture. All of these equipment are VERY expensive.
Also, in the near future everyone would be using solid state drives — you still think it’s a good prospect? I would think very carefully before entering this sort of business.
Jim
August 10, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Well, if I were you, I would investigate the subject by Googling it on line. Use “DATA RECOVERY” as the search term. Look for technical sites, especially forums, where you can read up and study this issue. It’s a bit technical and complicated, and so I am not going to do an explanation. Try DATA RECOVERY + FORUMS, DATA RECOVERY SOFTWARE, DATA RECOVERY + ISSUES, etc. After studying this topic, you should have a good idea of what to do.
Just one other thing – REAL data recovery often needs to be done in a multi-million dollar “clean room.” Sometimes, even space suits are used in those rooms…because even the smallest speck of dust can destroy a hard disk platter. Sometimes, in order to recover the data, the hard disk must be opened up and the platters removed and special equipment is used to read the platters to get the data. The other thing is, that recovery is almost NEVER 100% – there is almost always some unrecoverable data due to disk damage or corrupted data. When a hard disk dies, it quite often destroys some of the data on the platters – so consequently, some of the information is irretreivable.
There is data recovery software out there you can buy, it’s quite expensive for the good recovery software – and potentially you could build a business with this, but just be aware, you have to be able to access the hard disk in some manner in order to get the data, and if those platters need to come out of the hard disk shell, guess what – you had better have a NASA style “clean room” to do it in.
Ol'grizzler
August 10, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Too late for that I am afraid, with the rapidly falling prices and increasing capacity of S S drives the demand for hard drive recovery is certain to shrink. Also as others mention the initial outlay is such that it’s not a viable proposition for a new business. You need a good deal of free capital to equip the necessary lab and the probable return does not make it as good a proposition as the high prices may suggest.
Data Recovery / Forensic Specialist (Certificate & AAS options)
http://flightline.highline.edu/cg/data.recovery.html
There are some other universities that also cover data recovery (forensics) as part of their computer science courses.
And yes, you will need a very large investment, and highly specialized equipment in order to do HDD recoveries.
See this website for a few photos :
http://www.payam.com.au/cleanroom.html
not only do you need a clean room, but also full body static proof suits, static proof flooring and static proof furniture. All of these equipment are VERY expensive.
Also, in the near future everyone would be using solid state drives — you still think it’s a good prospect? I would think very carefully before entering this sort of business.
Well, if I were you, I would investigate the subject by Googling it on line. Use “DATA RECOVERY” as the search term. Look for technical sites, especially forums, where you can read up and study this issue. It’s a bit technical and complicated, and so I am not going to do an explanation. Try DATA RECOVERY + FORUMS, DATA RECOVERY SOFTWARE, DATA RECOVERY + ISSUES, etc. After studying this topic, you should have a good idea of what to do.
Just one other thing – REAL data recovery often needs to be done in a multi-million dollar “clean room.” Sometimes, even space suits are used in those rooms…because even the smallest speck of dust can destroy a hard disk platter. Sometimes, in order to recover the data, the hard disk must be opened up and the platters removed and special equipment is used to read the platters to get the data. The other thing is, that recovery is almost NEVER 100% – there is almost always some unrecoverable data due to disk damage or corrupted data. When a hard disk dies, it quite often destroys some of the data on the platters – so consequently, some of the information is irretreivable.
There is data recovery software out there you can buy, it’s quite expensive for the good recovery software – and potentially you could build a business with this, but just be aware, you have to be able to access the hard disk in some manner in order to get the data, and if those platters need to come out of the hard disk shell, guess what – you had better have a NASA style “clean room” to do it in.
Too late for that I am afraid, with the rapidly falling prices and increasing capacity of S S drives the demand for hard drive recovery is certain to shrink. Also as others mention the initial outlay is such that it’s not a viable proposition for a new business. You need a good deal of free capital to equip the necessary lab and the probable return does not make it as good a proposition as the high prices may suggest.