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Tech Tip: Make regular backups of the registry: Since the registry is the heart of a Windows server, it's a good idea to back up the registry on a regular basis. This will help provide painless system restoration in the event of a failure.

There are many ways to accomplish this task. While the automatic methods are best, you can also use a manual method at will. Here are a few ways to back up the registry...

Our Data Recovery Successes and Failures

Graph We record the details of our last 10 projects here that have an element of data recovery so that you can be aware of the types of work we do and our level of success. All personally identifiable information has been removed from the descriptions as we protect the privacy of our clients.

Our current success rate is 95%.

While some of the projects listed below are purely data recovery, bear in mind that some of the projects also include PC repair. This is an additional service with an additional cost.

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Date	Description	Result
1/4/2009	Data Recovery: Remove hard drive from failed system. Recover data and copy to customer-supplied external hard drive. Reassemble failed PC.	SUCCESS
12/22/2008	Recovered data from failed hard drive. Burned data to 2 DVDs.	SUCCESS
12/8/2008	Data recovered - burn to DVDs.	SUCCESS
1/12/2008	Recovered "Documents and Settings" folder and all files and folders underneath.	SUCCESS
10/8/2007	Recover/Backup data from failed hard drive to DVDs.	SUCCESS
8/23/2007	Recover data from old PC with failed hard drive and copy data to new PC.	SUCCESS
7/27/2007	Examined computer - it would not boot in normal mode, safe mode, or with last known good configuration. Removed hard drive and connected to other system. Attempted to back up files first as per customer request. Backup failed due to file corruption. Repaired hard drive with software. Backed up files to 2 DVDs. Tested DVDs to make sure data was reliable. Mounted hard drive back in to laptop. Because of the repair, I was then able to go into safe mode and remove offending driver - a touch pad driver. Now it boots ok, but correct mouse driver still needs installed by customer.	SUCCESS
7/26/2007	Diagnose bad hard drive. Order replacement 60 GB drive. Install new drive. Install Windows XP (via system restore CDs). Data recovery was attempted on the bad drive using several methods but nothing was successful. The drive would not even be recognized. I can refer you to a data recovery service to have the drive recovered in a "clean room". This is very expensive. It would probably cost between $500 and $2000 dollars. Customer decided to not pay for the clean room.	FAILURE
7/16/2007	Diagnosed bad drive. Recovered data to new drive. Reinstalled Windows, drivers, applications and updates. Installed and updated AVG Free antivirus.	SUCCESS
3/14/2007	Diagnose PC and attempt simple recovery -Ran software to correct drive errors, but system was still unbootable. -Ran disk diagnostics to determine if hard drive had physical errors. Passed. -Ran system diagnostics to check for other bad hardware. Passed. -Used advanced software to do a system restore to revert to previous registry. This process failed. The computer is physically ok, but vital system files (files that make up the system registry) are corrupt. Backing up data files, reinstalling Windows and restoring data.	SUCCESS