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Data recovery after reformat

Admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:13:44 +0000

Whether or not you need to reformat your hard drive depends on the operating system you wish to install. Some operating systems require different file systems like NTFS or FAT32, so sometimes you need to reformat. You can also have more than one operating system on your hard drive but to do this you must create a partition. A partition is a reserved area on the hard drive which you can dedicate to different things depending on your needs. Generally, when you are installing an operating system you will have to reformat your hard drive or create a partition for the operating system to run on. It does not decrease the life of your PC, but sometimes during the reformatting process there are chances of losing some data. Data recovery after reformat is definitely possible, and hence, you have all chances of getting back the lost data.

If you have accidentally reformatted your hard drive and you lost data in the process, the first thing that you can do is to rescue your files using commercial data recovery software. This is a more affordable approach, easier, and fast. There are many applications that can efficiently perform data recovery after reformat of your hard drive.

REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software, lets you recover all the data that you lost, after reformatting the hard drive. The software lets you preview the recovered files, before saving them onto the location of your choice. This way, you get a fair idea of the files that you can recover.

Using File Shredder to erase files forever

Admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:54:21 +0000

Do you own an office? If so then you might be using a paper shredder to shred those important papers as you want nobody else to read them. But have you ever thought about the files stored on your computer. How can they be deleted forever?

File Shredder utility works on the same principle of a paper shredder that is often used to completely destroy unwanted sensitive data. Classified documents are often not torn by hand and thrown into waste bins, but they are destroyed using paper shredder.

Perhaps you have heard about certain data recovery software’s that promise to recover files that have deleted and even lost due to formatting. That is TRUE. It has become very easy now-a-days to recover deleted files because of the nature the files are deleted on Windows. When you delete a file, the operating system does not really remove the file from the hard disk; it only removes the allocation attributes of the file from the file system. The file remains on the disk until another file is created over it, and even after that, it might be possible to recover data by studying the magnetic fields on the disk platter surface.

Normal delete command or deleting data from the recycle bin is not a safe method for data removal. To securely erase we need to follow certain patterns or standards to wipe drive. The patterns used for overwriting effectively remove magnetic remnants from the hard drive.

Remo File Shredder a data eraser utility is designed to do the same job. This file shredder eliminates data file(s) in different directories with a stroke of a key shredding sensitive data beyond recovery. Because of its intuitive design and a simple user interface, it helps you to safely and easily erase private data from your hard drive.

It allows you to erase a complete hard disk and even a logical drive as well. It offers maximum number of methods for disk erasing.

Important points to remember while selecting an email recovery program

farheen — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:15:16 +0000

Microsoft Outlook has become the standard for email client serve systems. Irrespective of the popularity and wide use of Outlook, it is not free from data loss. Outlook PST files often need repair and messages files are lost on a regular basis. Emails and associated files for use in Outlook email system can be damaged in many ways. Sometimes a simple act of downloading a message may result in file corruption because of virus, upgrading versions of Microsoft Office will result in lost files, 2GB file size limit creates problems, a simple accidentally deletion of emails leads to data loss, unexpected power cuts can corrupt .pst file.

Despite the improvements made in newer versions of Outlook .pst file errors/corruption still occur; in such a case you will need a .pst recovery solution. Email recovery is much more than simply finding a lost note. It is a very complex process and requires Microsoft Outlook recovery tool for successful data recovery. It is very difficult to find quality email recovery software. Not because they are difficult to find, but because there are too many of them and finding an efficient one is very difficult. Quality email recovery software will include in their process an improved version of scan PST that will dig a bit deeper for damaged files and result in guaranteed recovery.

Important features needed in an email recovery program (Outlook) are:

User-friendly standard Outlook-style interface to facilitate easy recovery
Advanced PST file scanner which will be very fast and effective
Read Only application – so that it does not modify the damaged/inaccessible PST file
Should support mail recovery for Outlook .PST files with the 2GB size limit problem
Should recover PST files even if password protected
Able to recover deleted and hard deleted items from PST file
Repair Corrupt Outlook .pst files
Should allow preview of recovered data
Should recover embedded objects/attachments such as Excel Worksheets, Word documents, etc
Should have the capability to recover email messages in various format like plain text, RTF and HTML
Should support all the versions of Outlook from 97-2007.

PST file is the storehouse of all mission critical precious Outlook data such as emails, notes, contact, tasks and so forth. No chance can be taken with them. Choose a Mail Recovery Software wisely to ensure 100% success. However, it is strongly recommended to try the trial version of the PST Repair Tool. Trial versions are free to download and evaluate, which will give fair idea of repair possibilities.

Use data recovery software to restore your computer’s functionality

Admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:38:04 +0000

The recent spate of malware and adware installed on home PCs through virus attacks has made the need for powerful data recovery tools even more acute. For many of these attacks there is no antivirus solution. In fact many are designed to shut down essential functions of the Windows operating system such as system restore so as to block off a fast recovery route. Anyone who has ever tried to remove a stubborn recycler virus can attest to this. Most antivirus programs are now including powerful back up software bundled with their programs. Still once the malware entrenches itself the only solution is often to recover your data and reload Windows.
This is accomplished by using powerful and effective data recovery software.

Superior data recovery programs can rescue lost files in nearly any situation

Admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:30:34 +0000

Newer editions of data recovery programs have been built with features so as to rescue files regardless of damage done to the start up files. This problem is usually evidenced by windows error messages popping up or even the complete inability to load Windows and the presence of a bright blue error screen.

Better data recovery software can not only dig behind the scenes to access your hard drive on a frozen PC but they can even locate and recover files that have been marked as open by reloading of Windows. There are actually quite a few needed components to look for when choosing windows recovery software.

High speed is essential in any data recovery tool

Admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:25:24 +0000

Probably the most important feature that must be included in a valid data recovery tool is speed. With modern hard drives rapidly approaching a standard of 1000 gigabytes in size no one has the time to wait on a slow scan. This is an odd contrast, as every data recovery program in existence must make a deep scan to recover files lost due to reformatting.

So how do we meet this contradiction? We do so by purchasing a data recovery tools that are capable of searching through memory at a lower level. The more basic the file structure we scan is, the faster our data recovery tool can function. Another suggestion is to find program that runs the actual scanning function from ram thus avoiding the need to “check back” with the technician computer hard drive. The data recovery tool you choose should be Windows Vista and Seven compatible. If not this is a dead giveaway that the program is obsolete.

The best recovery software is targeted to one operating system

Admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:22:15 +0000

The best suite of data recovery tools will be OS targeted. This means they will have been built for specific issues of operating systems. Don’t believe any sales pitch that claims their program works equally well on Windows, Macs, or Linux. For Windows you need powerful Windows recovery software, for Linux, Linux recovery and so on. A simple way to understand this is anytime you want to recover data software must match the application.

To some degree this also applies to data recovery tools for other digital media. USB flash drives are often formatted using older FAT methods. You will have small success accessing RAW camera files using a data recovery program built for Linux. To see a complete suite of quality data recovery tools it is recommended you visit diskdoctors.net. Disk doctors established themselves in 1991 as leaders in onsite data recovery and now offer home user versions of all their date recovery technologies.