Common Backup Terms Explained

disaster recovery

Question: What is disaster recovery?
Answer: Salvaging data stored on damaged media, such as hard drives or disks. When you delete a file Windows only removes the file from the file system table that keeps track of all the files on your hard drive. The actual data is not removed and will remain on your hard drive until overwritten by a new file. Because of this, you can often restore files that have been deleted by using special undelete software. If the file has been overwritten or if your hard drive is physically damaged, you can often still recover much of the data by using advanced tools. This process is rather expensive and can usually be avoided when you make regular backups.

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