Retrodata Introduces User-Friendly Data Recovery Device

Data recovery wizard Retrodata has just announced world's first device for data recovery that can be successfully used by non-trained IT personnel. The System P.EX ("platter extraction system") is a monolithic device that weighs no less than 75 kilograms, but will get your data from a damaged disk drive with a minimal user intervention.

The platter extracting device is fitted with laser-guided positioning devices that will accurately extract 3.5-inch platters, thus substituting for qualified recovery engineers. According to the company, any novice computer user can prepare the damaged disk's platters for a recovery session.

Retrodata refused to post pictures of its revolutionary device until the patenting process is fully completed, but company officials claim that it can work on any drive with up to five platters, and even more. That's not it, given the fact that it could also handle drives with internal shock-absorption damping, which makes the device superior to the competition's offerings.

"Only the largest of data recovery companies have tools available that even allow this process to take place," said Retrodata's Duncan Clarke, the inventor of the recovery machine. Data recovery is big business, and the device won't come in cheap. It is slated for public availability starting next week, at a "bargain" price of $6,950 per unit. The initial price covers the 10-year warranty, but not the cost of replacing the precision parts.

According to Clarke, backups do not always save corporation from data failure, as there are additional causes that may affect both data and the backups. "Let me assure you that even multinational corporates are capable of either forgetting to back up, or their backups are corrupt. There would be no such thing as "data recovery if everyone backed up," he said. "Some companies willingly pay [$20,000] to have critical data recovered; factor in emergency turnaround, and this figure can be doubled or trebled," he continued.