Data Recovery Learning
What training do you need to do Hard Drive recovery?
Seems like a lucrative business to get into. Recovering data from physically damaged hard drives at $1,000-3,000 a pop. What does a tech need to know or where do they go to learn more? Thanks
Data Recovery / Forensic Specialist (Certificate & AAS options)
http://flightline.highline.edu/cg/data.recovery.html
There are some other universities that also cover data recovery (forensics) as part of their computer science courses.
And yes, you will need a very large investment, and highly specialized equipment in order to do HDD recoveries.
See this website for a few photos :
http://www.payam.com.au/cleanroom.html
not only do you need a clean room, but also full body static proof suits, static proof flooring and static proof furniture. All of these equipment are VERY expensive.
Also, in the near future everyone would be using solid state drives — you still think it’s a good prospect? I would think very carefully before entering this sort of business.
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