Computers are meant to make our lives easier, or so they say. They are extremely useful, the majority of the time, that is undoubtedly true. However, when they go wrong, they can be the bane of all of our lives. Of course, it is always the computer that goes wrong, never anything to do with the person using it! However, one of the most common problems that people have with their computer, or notebook, is losing important data or information. Most people think that, if something is deleted, it is gone forever. Nothing could be further from the truth. It still exists on the hard drive; it has just had its regular link removed so that the user cannot see it, or access it anymore.

It is actually extremely difficult to delete something permanently from a hard drive, and not something that a user is likely to do by accident. This is where you can make yourself a good little income, by offering your services as a data retrieval expert. You might be thinking that you are no expert, but you really don’t need to be. The fact is that you only need two things to be able to recover data that was thought to be lost, from a hard drive. They are a hexadecimal editor, and a viewer. You don’t even need to pay for these as you can download them for free from a number of different sources on the Internet. CNet.com has a great website with lots of downloadable pieces of software, including the free ones that you need to become a data retrieval expert.

Once you have made yourself familiar with the software, you need to advertise your services. Of course, you can use the Internet for this, and the majority of ways that you do it will be free. You could write an article on an associated topic that promotes your service, in a discreet way of course, and links to your own web page. This article could then be submitted to a large number of website article databases. That’s just one of the methods of advertising you could use. However, it is worth considering what you would do if you found that you had deleted something important, before you knew what to do yourself. You would, more than likely, look in the local business directory for data retrieval. That’s exactly what a lot of other people will do too! You need to get yourself listed, and it is worth having a company name that will get your listing near the front, as the majority of people simply call the first number they see.

You should contact an established data retrieval expert in your area to find out how much they charge. This will give you a good idea of the amount of money you could make, and help you set your rates too. You can devote as little, or as much, time as you like to this new venture. It can be a side-line to make some extra cash, or you could turn it into a full-time business, it is your choice!