Indeed, having a means of retrieving your data is essential. For both personal and business reasons, possessing an ability to recover data can save you hours of your time and stress. In fact, the unfortunate truth is that you never quite realize what you have lost until it is gone. However, what many people do not realize is that files tend to leave "ghosts" or shadows of their data. With the appropriate technology, you are able to restore these virtual fingerprints into files. For many years, this type of technology was only available to the FBI or other government agencies. This no longer is the case, as such technology has trickled down to the general consumer.