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According to the magazine, Live Science, 2008 was one of the costliest years on record for natural disasters in the United States. Hurricane Ike led the way with $30 billion in damages to Galveston, Texas and surrounding areas. Hurricane Gustav cost $10 billion in the Gulf of Mexico region. There were 1,700 plus tornadoes reported in the United States in 2008, resulting in several billion dollars in damage. When you add in severe thunderstorms, ice storms, floods, and lightning strikes, the total toll that natural disasters wrung from the country last year is phenomenal.

Not only do natural disasters cost individuals, they can also decimate businesses. Most companies have thought through the potential of losing hard assets like vehicles, equipment, and inventory and have put insurance in place to cover any potential losses. However, the most important asset a company owns is its information. Accounting records, inventory lists, employee data, and client work is irreplaceable if lost. The loss of data can cripple a company’s day-to-day operations and can even force it to the brink of insolvency.

Natural disasters can quickly destroy a company’s data, most of which is likely to be stored on computers. Computers are sensitive to water, smoke, fire, dropping and power surges. Backing up the data to another removable media storage device like a tape or portable hard drive can help protect the data but only if it is not in the same location as the original data. For example, if a manager diligently backs up the company’s data to a tape drive every night and then leaves the tape on top of the computer, the tape will be lost along with the original data in the event of a natural disaster. Back ups should be taken off site daily so that it is stored in a completely separate location than the company’s live data.

What happens when computers get damaged without having a back up? Fortunately, there are companies that specialize in data recovery in just such situations. IntelliRecovery (www.intellirecovery.com) restores data from damaged hard drives. While there is some damage that cannot be overcome, IntelliRecovery has succeeded in restoring information from even the most injured hard drives.

IntelliRecovery is an easy service to use. Regardless of the state of the hard drive, the customer simply places it in the shipping bag and sends it off to the company. IntelliRecovery examines the extent of the damage and works on retrieving any available information on the drive. To further protect your information, the company is prepared to sign a confidentiality agreement assuring that your recovered data remains secure.

While you can’t choose the time of a natural disaster, you can protect your company’s data from loss with a solid back up plan and the knowledge that you may be able to still retrieve it with a data recovery service like IntelliRecovery.