SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOVERING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION FROM A STORAGE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A method for recovering information from a storage media comprising:
- writing a section of data to the storage media;
maintaining the section of data on the storage media in accordance with a data retention policy;
designating a portion of the storage media that contains the section of data available for overwrite; and
continuing to maintain information regarding the section of data after the portion of the storage media is designated available for overwrite.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for retrieving certain electronic information previously stored on certain storage media after a threshold set in the storage retention criteria has been exceeded in an electronic information storage system that stores electronic information on storage media in accordance with a storage retention criteria is provided. The method includes storing a record in a memory associated with a system manager that assigns the storage retention criteria to the certain electronic data, designating the storage media available for overwrite after the threshold set in the storage retention policy has been exceeded, identifying the certain storage media available for overwrite, and retrieving information from the certain media after the threshold set in the storage retention policy has been exceeded.
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2 Claims
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1. A method for recovering information from a storage media comprising:
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writing a section of data to the storage media; maintaining the section of data on the storage media in accordance with a data retention policy; designating a portion of the storage media that contains the section of data available for overwrite; and continuing to maintain information regarding the section of data after the portion of the storage media is designated available for overwrite.
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