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Fire hazards in factories that use chemicals |

Sunday, 03 January 2010
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Chemicals are used in almost all day-to-day items; starting from the nail polish you use to the cement used to make buildings. The problem with chemicals factories is that they pose a great threat to all the data stored in the factories. The slightest mis-hap at a factory or lab dealing with chemicals can lead to a fire which in-turn damages the computers and other storage devices on-site. When such disasters occur, one should go to a Hard Drive Recovery Service to recover the data lost due to physical damage of the storage media.
For example, when a fire breaks out at a factory that manufactures nail polishes. The factory is burnt completely destroying everything, including the critical data stored in the hard drive of the computers kept there.
Why data is at risk in a nail polish factory?
A nail polish factory, uses a high amount of alcohol and spirit to manufacture nail polish. Alcohol and spirit are both highly ignitable. This is why the factory and everything in it, gets burnt to a crisp within minutes of the fire starting.
The fire in the factory needs to be put out no doubt, but this process, instead of saving the hard disk, further damages it. When water is used to put out the fire, it wets the hard drive and thus damages it. Similarly, when sand or mud is used, the drive has sediments which also destroy its components. All this gives data recovery a grave chance.
What can one do after such a fire?
When any computer is burnt, never attempt to start it.
The first thing one should do is to remove the storage media from therein. The drive must be handled very carefully. One must ensure to never shake it nor try to clean it at home using brown goods or home appliances.
Then pack the hard disk into a non-static bag. After taking all the precautions to ensure that your drive is safe from further damage, contact a company that provides Hard Drive Recovery Services. These companies have expert technicians who can perform safe Data Recovery.
Stellar Data Recovery Inc., which is a Data Recovery company is well equipped with expert technicians. It has Class 100 Clean Rooms i.e., a sterilized and controlled environment, where they perform invasive Data Recovery. The company has the capability of recovering data no matter how the data was lost—due to fire, water, virus attack, etc. Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
Andrew Watson has 6 Years of Experience in the Software Technology field doing research in Stellar Data Recovery Inc. which offers data recovery, data recovery services, data recovery New Jersey and hard drive recovery services.
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