SpectrumData Recovery’s Top Tips for Ensuring Maximum Recovery of Data
- Don’t panic, stay calm
- Turn off the machine/device and disconnect it from the power source
- Do not attempt to reboot or restart the machine
- Do not attempt to reinstall any software inclusive of operating system or recovery partitions
- Do not attempt to write to the disk in any way
- Do not attempt recovery yourself – it will usually make future data recovery more difficult or potentially unviable
- Do not install any off the shelf recovery software or inbuilt recovery partitions
- Do not attempt to remove your hard disk and slave the disk in another workstation
- Contact SpectrumData Recovery for advice on what to do next
- When you send your media to SpectrumData Recovery, ensure the item is shipped correctly according to our guidelines, in order to avoid further damage during transit