Some people are concerned about Computer Forensics, as they want their personal information on their computers safe and secure. A few are very concerned especially if they are up to “no good” as they know that their information might get them into really serious trouble and there will be criminal implications. Either way, no one wants to have their data compromised, hacked or open for identity theft right? Well, that is the bad news, I guess, but there is an upside to computer forensics and let me tell you a little story, something that happened to me, that made my day.
First, I ended up with one of those HP Laptops, that had the problem with the DC Jack and the AC Adapter, what happened next was a complete disaster and something very scary for someone who had been quite lax with backing up my data to a back up hard drive system – never again! Any way what happened is this little problem with the DC Jack and AC adapter fried my circuits on my hard drive, thus the hard drive did not work anymore, would never work again, and the computer forensic people told me I was SOL.
Oh man, I am screwed I thought, but they told me there is a way that might work in getting your data back. “Really, how?” I asked. He told me that, they could send it to their clean room vendor, who worked with such things and they would get the exact same hard drive circuit and put it back on and then “maybe” like 60-70% chance they could get my data. It worked, thank god, and its all thanks to the smart folks that know computer forensics, these guys are my new best friends and will definitely get a Christmas Card from me in 2008.
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