We don’t imagine the worst for us because we assume that what happens to Sam and Sally down the street, would never happen to us. After all, we are as careful with our assets, as a mother is to her newborn infant. So when disaster strikes we go into denial, until someone or another cause forces us to get a handle on reality. A fire which ravages our home or business is one of those “never can happen to us†events that strikes every so often. Similarly, a flood caused by a heavy rainfall while you are away can have you bailing out more than water.
If a flood or fire strikes your home or business, your insurance company would normally help you recover the costs of getting things back up and running. However, money cannot replace the lost information. You could find that it is impossible or at the least time-consuming to replace and rebuild financial records and customer files, especially if you have no data backup stored off-site. However, don’t despair, there is still a chance you might recover the data stored in the destroyed or damaged equipment.
Recovering data after a flood or fire can be a challenge. Yet, you may find that a recovery service can likely recover the data even if the fire melted the plastics parts. Also, the fire or flood may have spared the interior of the drive. In this case a competent technician could rebuild the electronic parts damaged in the fire, making data recovery possible.
At the same time, intense heat from the fire may have melted the head platters. Melted platters could kill the chances of successful data recovery. However, you will not know this or the extent of the damage until someone at the recovery service opens and inspects the drive.