{"id":13352,"date":"2014-05-14T14:20:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T14:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/data-recovery-specialist\/"},"modified":"2014-05-14T14:20:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T14:20:19","slug":"data-recovery-specialist","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/29961\/data-recovery-specialist","title":{"rendered":"Data Recovery Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_data_recovery_specialist_mean\">What Does Data Recovery Specialist Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A data recovery specialist is an individual that has the technical and logical skills and experience to recover data from computer storage devices, equipment and\/or information systems.<\/p>\n<p>They are usually part of a technical support team, and can recover data lost or inaccessible due to technical or user error.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_data_recovery_specialist\">Techopedia Explains Data Recovery Specialist<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Data recovery specialists are well versed in recovering data from an array of devices and information systems, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Internal and external hard disks<\/li>\n<li>Portable storage devices (flash, SD cards)<\/li>\n<li>Enterprise storage (SAN, NAS, RAID)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Data recovery specialists usually have an expert-level understanding of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>File structures and systems<\/li>\n<li>Basic to advanced operations of hard disks<\/li>\n<li>Software and hardware troubleshooting<\/li>\n<li>Different OS recovery procedures (Windows, Linux, Mac) \n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Data Recovery Specialist Mean? 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