Data Recovery Tools

Admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:38:44 +0000

Whenever we face data loss situation, we always want to get it recovered as quickly and as cost effectively as possible. There are different data recovery tools that we can utilize and some are more effective than others, but it really all depends on the nature of data loss.

A number of common ways that data is lost or corrupted are as follows:

User Errors: Such as accidental deletion of data files, partition, accidentally formatted the drive or reinstalled the windows operating system.
Software Errors: This typically occurs because software will write the data to the wrong part of the disk
Hard Drive Electronics Failures
Hard Drive Arm Failures
Hard Drive Platter Failures.

Amongst these types, user errors and software errors come under logical failure and can easily be dealt using powerful data recovery software. The rest, hard drive electronics failures, hard drive arm failures and hard drive platter failures come under physical failure, in which case a data recovery professional should be consulted.

There is a way to prevent a disaster i.e., backing up your files on a regular basis can save you from losing your important data and files for good. There are a number of ways in which you can backup your files these days. You can either get an external hard drive and backup your data every so often or you can backup all of your data on CD or other disk format at certain times.

One such powerful windows data recovery software that helps to recover lost data from logical failure cases is Remo Recover (Windows), that is a collection of various data recovery components designed to recover deleted files emptied from recycle bin, inadvertently deleted or lost due to virus or Trojan infection, unexpected system shutdown, software failure or even after Windows reinstallation. The software has versatile options to perform full search on a hard drive to recover deleted or lost files.

This Remo Recover (Windows) is fast in recovering data and does not require special technical or data recovery skills to recover deleted files.

Examining the two basic types of data recovery

Admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:35:20 +0000

There are two forms of data recovery. One entails the use of powerful software to read a failed drive and restore all of the files on it to a safe location. The actual process involved is very simple and can be accomplished by anyone with a data recovery program and a basic knowledge of computer operation. The second is more aptly titled disk recovery as it involves physical disassembly of a hard drive unit to “get at” the stored data inside. The first technique can be done by the amateur repairman but still requires disassembly of the personal computer or laptop and removal of the drive. That drive must then be connected to another working computer that has data recovery software installed on it. The second hard drive recovery option is more complicated. If the drive in question has suffered a physical breakdown such as a frozen head or burned out drive motor, that hard disk assembly must be taken apart, made functional, and then researched using those same powerful data recovery tools.

If all of this sounds complicated to you that is because it is! And for that reason most file recovery is better left to a professional data recovery services company. One we recommend is Disk Doctors Labs. Disk Doctors has offices all around the globe (30 in North America) and is skilled in all forms of deleted file, reformatted file recovery. They are equally adept at recovery of data from damaged hard drives and business systems such as RAID 5. RAID systems are huge digital storage systems for business that incorporate many hard disks into one server. When these fail billions of separate files can be at risk. Furthermore most RAID systems are in constant use and should they fail it results in a major network crash. Corporate America relies on Disk Doctors for fast secure RAID recovery. If Disk Doctors can repair the most sophisticated business digital storage systems ever developed they can surely make short work of restoring the files locked away on the crashed hard drive of your laptop!

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Data Recovery Tools

Examining the two basic types of data recovery