DriveSavers Extends $500 Relief

Millions of computers exposed to flood waters and/or power surges from Hurricane Ike are vulnerable to hard drive failure resulting in the loss of valuable data. DriveSavers, in data recovery, is offering assistance by providing $500 off data recovery services to victims of Hurricane Ike. In addition, DriveSavers’ extensive network of computer service providers throughout the affected region will provide additional discounts and support.

DriveSavers has over twenty years of experience recovering data from storage devices that have been exposed to some of the worst disasters imaginable, including sustained water and fire damage, corruption and power failure. By using DriveSavers professional data recovery services, Hurricane Ike victims may be able to recover irreplaceable digital photos, critical financial records, address books, passwords, personal files and other important data from their damaged hard drives.

“We’ve recovered data from drives so badly damaged in hurricanes, tornados, fires and other disasters that others declared them unrecoverable,” said Scott Gaidano, President of DriveSavers. “Our data recovery expertise is like no other, and we are available 24/7 to help Hurricane Ike victims with their data loss. By working with our network of computer retailers and consultants in the area, we can help people impacted by the storm get their data back quickly and conveniently.”

From now through October 30, 2008, DriveSavers is offering $500 off their data recovery services for single hard drives damaged by water or power surges from Hurricane Ike; one recovery per person and one recovery per business.

The following are tips on how to protect computers from water damage and power surges.

If your computer has suffered water damage:

• Do not attempt to power up visibly wet devices.
• Do not dry a wet hard drive or other computer media; place them in an airtight bag and call DriveSavers for proper shipping and handling instructions.

To avoid data loss caused by power surges:

• Unplug all electronic devices from outlets, surge protectors and battery back-up systems before power is restored.
• If a hard drive won’t spin up or makes any unusual noises, shut down the computer immediately and call DriveSavers.