OneWorld SafeDisk™ is a premium protection plan setup to enable to extended data recovery protection protections to all types of hard disk media available. With OneWorld SafeDisk™, clients are able to receive support from experienced data recovery professionals during the period of protection.

According to a study by Carnegie Mellon University, "hard drive replacement rates do not enter steady state after the first year of operation. Instead replacement rates seem to steadily increase over time." - USENIX. Furthermore, with the cost of off-site data recovery protections often going into the thousands and the frequency of drive failure on the rise, OneWorld is proud to be the first data recovery protections provider that offers a means for the home user or business owner to ensure that in the event of a hard disk failure, an attempt at recovery can be made with the benefit of full off-site facilities at a reasonable cost.

The OneWorld SafeDisk™ program is a great way for any retailer or IT consultant to provide that peace of mind to their customer by offering a protection plan that provides the customer some assurance that their data could be recovered if lost.

The OneWorld SafeDisk™ Data Recovery Protection Plan compliments the sale of any hard drive or hard drive related product. Being in the Data Recovery businesses for over 10 years, OneWorld knows that the one main point of concern for person or business going through a recovery is cost. If its "out of sight, out of mind," we don't give any thought as to the value of the information kept on our hard drives until it's too late. Much like we insure our homes, businesses, automobiles and other important possessions from the high cost of replacement through damage or theft, the data that is stored on our hard drives is thought to be safe and secure when, in actual fact, it is at risk every day.

How much, and what type of data will be saved on your new hard drive?
What is your data worth, and how much will it cost to replace it if you experience a hard drive crash/failure?
Is your data replaceable at all? Is this "one of a kind" data?
Can you afford professional off-site data recovery protections should you experience a hard drive crash/failure?

The average cost of data loss, including IT protections for repair, lost productivity and the actual value of lost data is approx 3000-3500 per instance.

Recreating data from scratch is estimated to cost between $2000 and $8000 per MB - The Diffusion Group survey.

A Microsoft statistic states that 5% of Windows machines experience a "crash" at least twice daily.

44% of data loss is caused by a mechanical failure of some type.

Research by Gartner shows that an estimated 5% of desktop PC purchased in 2005-2006 will break down or crash within the first year, and similarly 15% of laptops will break down or crash in their first year. 22% will break down or crash within 3-4 years.

"One in Five computers suffer a fatal hard drive crash during their lifetime." MyManagedBackup statistic.

Travelling with a laptop or external hard drive? Hard Drives and the components that are housed in the casing are more sensitive to altitude and have a higher rate of failure at altitudes above 10 000 feet.

"60% of companies that lose their data close down within 6 months of the disaster."

 The Diffusion Group survey

MP3 Players - A "MacInTouch" survey of 4000 iPod users, accounting for 8926 iPods - 1416 iPods failed in the first 5 years since Apple started selling iPod products. Some models showed failure rate as high as 29.9%.

31% of PC users have lost all of their files due to events beyond their control.

"25% of lost data is due to the failure of a portable drive."

 Harris Interactive survey

Data Recovery is the best most cost effective way of restoring lost data. According to a survey of more than 1000 small business organizations done by The Diffusion Group, it takes approx 19 days and costs approx $17,000 to retype only 20 Megabytes of sales data.

The overall average failure rate of disk and tape drives is 100% - all drives eventually fail.