Have you heard of data/file recovery? The definition of the term Data Recovery is "..Making previously lost or damaged data available again.." A data recovery software or method can help us recover destroyed data e.g. an accidentally deleted file. It happens all the time. You delete an important file on your PC and send it to your recycle bin by mistake. You realize what you've done only after you've cleaned the contents of the recycle bin.
What do you do now?
That file you deleted was so important. Fortunately there are lots of methods (Data Recovery Methods) and software (Data Recovery Software) available to help you get your lost files back.
Let's start by mentioning some possible reasons for the loss of data:
* You accidentally delete an important file. Then you immediately shred the contents of your recycle bin
* During today's system crash some files just disappeared and cannot be located or accessed
* You format your hard drive but then you remember those important .zip files previously stored in the newly formatted empty medium.
* A power outage prevented some files from being written to the hard disk.
* Data loss can also occur due to physical damage of the storage media. For example the surface of your CD-ROM may be scratched off or your hard disk may suffer from all kinds of possible mechanical failures.
..and the list goes on.
Is Data Recovery Important?
Data recovery is a very misunderstood concept. A lot of people may not even be aware of the existence and the importance of data recovery. Maybe they think of it on a personal level. The truth is, lost data causes financial disasters to companies all over the world. The cost associated with computer downtime and lost data is enormous (several million dollars) for businesses.
How to deal with data loss?
Losing files is easy but recovering them can be difficult. If the loss was due to physical damage then you need someone with experience, a hardware technician or something. It wouldn't be wise to try to overcome hardware failures alone unless you are a professional.
Now, if the loss of data was due to logical failure or human error then the solution is data recovery software. The data recovery software should be able to:
- Undelete files even after you've shred the contents of your recycle bin
- Recover files after you've been infected from a malicious threat (trojan, worm or other virus)
- Recover files from reformatted hard disks or after your system crashes or your hard disk fails
- Recover all types of files (all kinds of documents, images, music, videos, email messages, zipped files etc)
- Recover data from all types of storage mediums (hard disks, external drives, CD-ROM, usb drives, floppy disks etc)
- Recover files easily and successfully. Should be user-friendly allowing someone with no data recovery skills to use it
- Take/create backups of critical system files or files you choose
The best way to avoid data loss is to start taking backups of your important storage mediums. Either create backups of data on CD-ROMS or use an external drive or zip drive to back up your critical files. If you want to go further look for software that automates the process of backing up and storing your data. These programs are kind of "set and forget". You set it up to take backups every hour or every day or month etc. and let the software do the rest.
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
HDD Recovery Pro - Partition Recovery Software v.2.4.8 New Version Release
HDD Recovery Pro - Partition Recovery Software v.2.4.8 New Version Release
Recent Changes:
1) Preview deleted files BEFORE BUY
2) Support NTFS, NTFS5, NTFS+EFS, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT file systems.
3) Supports Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / Server 2003/ Vista Operating Systems
4) Easy NTFS and FAT Partitions Recovery Wizard
Info Page:http://the-undelete.com/windows_partition_recovery.php
Download Url:http://the-undelete.com/hdd_recovery_pro_setup.exeOrder Page:http://the-undelete.com/purchase.php
Completely recover files and data from damaged hard drives with HDD Recovery Pro.If you have lost information due to a hard drive failure, you may still be able to recover all your files and documents without knowing anything about file systems, partitions, FAT or NTFS volumes.
There are services out there that will take your hard drive and guarantee data recovery. But did you consider the drawbacks? If you have sensitive information on the corrupted hard drive, such information will fall in hands of a third party. It takes time to mail the hard disk and get your data mailed back to you.
Finally, these services may cost you an arm and a leg depending on the complexity of the data recovery job.You can do yourself exactly what these services do to recover lost data from your damaged hard drive. HDD Recovery Pro automates entire process of data recovery after your hard drive fails, or if you accidentally format it, or even if you simply delete a file or a folder.
Accidentally formatted a hard drive? No problem! HDD Recovery Pro will look for formatted partitions, scan and re-create their file structure, and let you choose files you want to salvage.Even if your disk is completely inaccessible after a crash, HDD Recovery Pro scans your hard drive for damaged partitions to find and correct corrupted or damaged partition tables.
You don’t have to be a computer technician or know anything at all about FAT or NTFS structures. HDD Recovery Pro does its job completely automatically, re-creating all necessary file system and directory structures. All you have to do is select files and folder you want to restore from a simple dialog box, and HDD Recovery Pro will do the rest.
HDD Recovery Pro recovers lost data in most common hard drive failures, including damaged or corrupted drives, inaccessible disks, damaged or corrupted partition tables and file systems. It restores deleted files and recovers data from formatted hdd, flash cards and cameras.
HDD Recovery is available at www.the-undelete.com for free evaluation.
Recent Changes:
1) Preview deleted files BEFORE BUY
2) Support NTFS, NTFS5, NTFS+EFS, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT file systems.
3) Supports Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / Server 2003/ Vista Operating Systems
4) Easy NTFS and FAT Partitions Recovery Wizard
Info Page:http://the-undelete.com/windows_partition_recovery.php
Download Url:http://the-undelete.com/hdd_recovery_pro_setup.exeOrder Page:http://the-undelete.com/purchase.php
Completely recover files and data from damaged hard drives with HDD Recovery Pro.If you have lost information due to a hard drive failure, you may still be able to recover all your files and documents without knowing anything about file systems, partitions, FAT or NTFS volumes.
There are services out there that will take your hard drive and guarantee data recovery. But did you consider the drawbacks? If you have sensitive information on the corrupted hard drive, such information will fall in hands of a third party. It takes time to mail the hard disk and get your data mailed back to you.
Finally, these services may cost you an arm and a leg depending on the complexity of the data recovery job.You can do yourself exactly what these services do to recover lost data from your damaged hard drive. HDD Recovery Pro automates entire process of data recovery after your hard drive fails, or if you accidentally format it, or even if you simply delete a file or a folder.
Accidentally formatted a hard drive? No problem! HDD Recovery Pro will look for formatted partitions, scan and re-create their file structure, and let you choose files you want to salvage.Even if your disk is completely inaccessible after a crash, HDD Recovery Pro scans your hard drive for damaged partitions to find and correct corrupted or damaged partition tables.
You don’t have to be a computer technician or know anything at all about FAT or NTFS structures. HDD Recovery Pro does its job completely automatically, re-creating all necessary file system and directory structures. All you have to do is select files and folder you want to restore from a simple dialog box, and HDD Recovery Pro will do the rest.
HDD Recovery Pro recovers lost data in most common hard drive failures, including damaged or corrupted drives, inaccessible disks, damaged or corrupted partition tables and file systems. It restores deleted files and recovers data from formatted hdd, flash cards and cameras.
HDD Recovery is available at www.the-undelete.com for free evaluation.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
5 Reasons For Owning A USB Flash Drive
There have been a number of wonderful inventions during the 20th and 21st century. Some of these creations have been both massive and minute. Very few of mankinds modern creations have revolutionized working life so much as the USB flash drive though. Ok now that might seem a bit much for some people but the reality remains the same - USB flash drives have made the working lives of millions of office workers, teachers, students, IT and other professionals massively more simple. If you already one (or a few) USB flash drives then you'll know just how incredibly useful they are. If you don't already own at least one USB memory stick then hopefully this article will help convince you of their absolute usefulness in both your working and personal life.
So what's so great about USB flash drives?
Small
Prior to the creation of USB flash drives all external storage devices for computers were either bulky or awkward (dozens of blank discs for example) or sometimes an annoying combination of being both bulky and awkward. USB flash drives are also called Thumb Drives because they're about the size of your thumb (although some are much smaller now) and you can easily fit several gigabytes of data in your jeans or shirt pocket thus eliminating the bulky and awkward factor straight away.
Portable
USB flash drives are about the single most portable data backup device possible. They don't require an external power source of any kind, nor do you need any cables or tools to set them up and last but not least they don't require any additional software to be installed for them to work on any modern computer (Windows XP, 2000 and Vista and most Macs) so you can quite literally pick them up and use them anywhere you want.
Reliable
Once the data is stored on a USB flash drive you can rest assured that it's going to stay there and be there when you next need it. This is totally unlike the world of floppy disks or rewriteable CD/DVD discs where they can just stop working for no apparent reason. Flash drives were built to provide consistent and reliable performance. Most of these drives come with built-in write protection to prevent you from overwriting your own important data - if you were silly enough to do so.
Tough
For years people fiddled with boxes of floppy disks and CDs/DVDs. These were bulky, easily lost and easily damaged. External hard drives also provided another method of transporting data between systems but the smallest jolt was and is enough to kill an external hard disk stone dead. USB flash drives are based on what's called Solid State Memory - this simply means that it's the same as standard computer memory in that it has no moving parts and is therefore almost impossible to damage (except for jumping up and down on it or maybe hitting it with a hammer for example. Please don't test either of these theories at home!)
Mass Storage
The first USB thumb drives only offered between 16MB and 64MB of storage space. The incredible popularity of these drives has driven the desire for more and more storage space to new heights every few months. Currently 8GB USB drives are becoming pretty common and it won't be long before the 12GB and 24GB models hit the market. To put this in perspective 8GB is enough to hold 2 full DVD quality movies or about 2,700 high quality MP3 files - surely this is enough for you? No?
The portability of the USB flash drive combined with reliability and the more than generous storage provided by such a tiny device make them the smart choice for anyone who needs to move files between PCs or simply just keep a second copy of their most precious data on a secure and reliable storage device.
So what's so great about USB flash drives?
Small
Prior to the creation of USB flash drives all external storage devices for computers were either bulky or awkward (dozens of blank discs for example) or sometimes an annoying combination of being both bulky and awkward. USB flash drives are also called Thumb Drives because they're about the size of your thumb (although some are much smaller now) and you can easily fit several gigabytes of data in your jeans or shirt pocket thus eliminating the bulky and awkward factor straight away.
Portable
USB flash drives are about the single most portable data backup device possible. They don't require an external power source of any kind, nor do you need any cables or tools to set them up and last but not least they don't require any additional software to be installed for them to work on any modern computer (Windows XP, 2000 and Vista and most Macs) so you can quite literally pick them up and use them anywhere you want.
Reliable
Once the data is stored on a USB flash drive you can rest assured that it's going to stay there and be there when you next need it. This is totally unlike the world of floppy disks or rewriteable CD/DVD discs where they can just stop working for no apparent reason. Flash drives were built to provide consistent and reliable performance. Most of these drives come with built-in write protection to prevent you from overwriting your own important data - if you were silly enough to do so.
Tough
For years people fiddled with boxes of floppy disks and CDs/DVDs. These were bulky, easily lost and easily damaged. External hard drives also provided another method of transporting data between systems but the smallest jolt was and is enough to kill an external hard disk stone dead. USB flash drives are based on what's called Solid State Memory - this simply means that it's the same as standard computer memory in that it has no moving parts and is therefore almost impossible to damage (except for jumping up and down on it or maybe hitting it with a hammer for example. Please don't test either of these theories at home!)
Mass Storage
The first USB thumb drives only offered between 16MB and 64MB of storage space. The incredible popularity of these drives has driven the desire for more and more storage space to new heights every few months. Currently 8GB USB drives are becoming pretty common and it won't be long before the 12GB and 24GB models hit the market. To put this in perspective 8GB is enough to hold 2 full DVD quality movies or about 2,700 high quality MP3 files - surely this is enough for you? No?
The portability of the USB flash drive combined with reliability and the more than generous storage provided by such a tiny device make them the smart choice for anyone who needs to move files between PCs or simply just keep a second copy of their most precious data on a secure and reliable storage device.
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