Ontrack Data Recovery Announces 2005 Top 10 List of Strangest (and Funniest) Data Disasters6 December 2005
Ontrack Data Recovery has unveiled its
annual Top Ten list of the strangest and funniest computer mishaps in 2005.
Taken from a global poll of Ontrack data recovery experts, this year's list
of bizarre data disasters is even more incredible when you consider that in
each case cited, Ontrack actually recovered the data.
"Ontrack Data Recovery receives more than 100,000 requests for data
recovery service every year so we come across some pretty strange data
disasters," said Jim Reinert, senior director of Software and Services for
Ontrack Data Recovery. "Although the examples in this year's list are
pretty extreme, they illustrate a very important point -- data recovery is
possible, even in cases where it seems impossible."
(Click here for details) One customer's dog mistookhis memory stick for a chew toy.Copyright Kroll Ontrack, Inc.
The Ontrack 2005 Top Ten List of Data Disasters and Remarkable Recoveries
10. PhD Almost an F -- A PhD candidate lost his entire dissertation when a
bad power supply suddenly zapped his computer and damaged the USB Flash
drive that stored the document. Had the data not been recovered, the
student would not have graduated.
9. Suffering from Art -- While rearranging her home office, a woman
accidentally dropped a five pound piece of clay pottery on her laptop,
directly onto the hard drive area that contained a book she'd been working
on for five years and 150 year-old genealogy pictures that had not yet been
printed.
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8. Domestic Dilemma -- A husband deleted all of his child's baby pictures
when he accidentally hit the wrong button on his computer. His wife
hinted at divorce if he did not get the pictures back.
7. Bite Worse than Bark -- A customer left his memory stick lying out and
his dog mistook it for a chew toy. Ontrack was able to recover all of the
data despite teeth marks all over the stick and a hole that went completely
through.
6. Don't Try this at Home -- A man attempting to recover data from his
computer on his own found the job too challenging mid-way through and ended
up sending Ontrack his completely disassembled drive -- with each of its
parts in a separate baggie.
5. Out of Time -- A clockmaker suffered a system meltdown, losing the
digital designs for all of its clocks. Ontrack literally beat the clock
recovering all their data just in time for an important international
tradeshow.
4. Drilling for Data -- During a multi-drive RAID recovery, engineers
discovered one drive belonging in the set was missing. The customer found
the missing drive in a dumpster, but in compliance with company policy for
disposing of old drives, it had a hole drilled through it.
3. Safe at Home -- After one of their executives experienced a laptop
crash, the Minnesota Twins professional baseball team called on Ontrack to
rescue crucial scouting information about their latest prospects. The team
now relies on Ontrack for all data recoveries within its scouting and
coaching ranks.
2. Hardware Problems -- A frustrated writer attacked her computer with a
hammer. When the engineers received the computer, the hammer imprint was
clearly visible on the top cover.
And finally, the number one most bizarre data disaster of 2005...
1. La Cucaracha -- In hopes of rescuing valuable company
information, a customer pulled an old laptop out of a
warehouse where it had been sitting unused for 10 years. When engineers
opened the computer, it contained hundreds of husks of dead and decaying
cockroaches.
"Data can be recovered from computers, servers and even memory cards used
in digital devices by either working on the computers or media/storage
devices in our labs and cleanrooms, or by using our patented Remote Data
Recovery™ technology," added Reinert. "However, individuals and
companies can avoid the hassle and stress this can cause by backing up data
on a regular basis and establishing a relationship with a professional data
recovery company before disaster strikes."
For further information about data recovery, please call Ontrack at
1-800-872-2599 or visit the Web site at www.ontrack.com.
About Ontrack Data Recovery
Ontrack Data Recovery (www.ontrack.com) is the largest, most experienced
and technologically advanced provider of data recovery products and
services worldwide. Ontrack is able to recover lost or corrupted data from
virtually all operating systems and types of storage devices through its
do-it-yourself, remote and in-lab capabilities, using its hundreds of
proprietary tools and techniques. Ontrack Data Recovery is a brand name of
Kroll Ontrack Inc., a technology services subsidiary of Kroll Inc., the
global risk consulting company.
Contact:
Jeff Faust
Kroll Ontrack
Ontrack Data Recovery
952-949-4033
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