Re: Computer error rocks Alaska's fund

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Drsolly wrote:

> And what happened when they went to a competent data recovery company? 
> Any of the three disasters above is possibly recoverable. I know that I 
> used to handle all those types of problem, with a pretty good success 
> rate.

If you hit one of the news sites' coverage of this you'll see that they 
spent about US$200,000 -- ~US$70,000 on consultants (who presumably 
determined that the following was the best apporach) and most of the 
rest on overtime and additional part-time workers recreating the lost 
data by scanning "300 boxes" of hard-copy (filled forms, copies of 
birth certificates, etc).

Oh yes, and they now have a "verify the backup can be restored" step in 
the backup plan!


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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