VirtualLab™ is modeled on a networking technology called “client/server.” In a client/server network, a server acts as the master to one or more client machines. The server typically serves as a central repository for files and applications that the clients may access by connecting to the server via a network connection. The server acts as the “brain” of the network by managing the transfer of information and sending instructions to the clients.

In keeping with this client/server model, we have designed VirtualLab™ to include two closely interacting applications: VirtualLab™ Server and VirtualLab™ Client.

VirtualLab™ Server

VirtualLab™ Server, physically located at the BinaryBiz facility, is the brain of the data-recovery process. This portion of the system uses sophisticated and innovative algorithms to remotely analyze a Bad Device and build a virtual file system on the Host Computer that mirrors that of the Bad Device. These routines are the culmination of more than 15 years of human experience in the data-recovery field. In essence, we’ve distilled the experience and knowledge of our technicians into the artificial intelligence at work in the VirtualLab™ Server.

VirtualLab™ Client

VirtualLab™ Client is the application you must download and run on the Host Computer. Much of what it does is governed by commands it receives from VirtualLab™ Server. VirtualLab™ Client is responsible for gathering data from the Bad Device and sending compressed and encrypted information about that data to VirtualLab™ Server. VirtualLab™ Client then builds a virtual file system on the Host Computer based on the analysis results it receives from VirtualLab™ Server. Once the virtual file system is complete, VirtualLab™ Client allows you to select which “lost” folders and files you want to save to the Good Device.

No data files or any other personal information is sent to, or stored by, VirtualLab™ Server (we’re big privacy advocates here at BinaryBiz!).