Hard Drive Recovery

Free File Recovery Software

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:49:33 +0000

Pandora Recovery is a powerful free tool that provides its users an effective way to attempt recovery of permanently deleted files. And that does not mean restoration of a file from Recycle Bin. The software recovers files removed from Recycle Bin, deleted using Shift + Delete keys bypassing Recycle Bin and

Free Pandora Recovery Software

files deleted from DOS prompt. Pandora Recovery lets its user browse, search, preview and recover files deleted from NTFS and FAT volumes, supporting hard drives, flash drives and memory cards. It successfully handles archived, hidden, encrypted and compressed files and recovers Alternate Data Streams (ADS). Pandora Recovery features classic interface wizards, hints and context-sensitive help. Pandora Recovery allows user to browse and search the tree of deleted files where show deleted items only button comes handy. Finally, it has ability to scan drive clusters, picking up files whose MFT record has been reused by OS, damaged or recreated (it can restore files on formatted drives).

Version 2.1.1 supports Data carving (surface scan) of Adobe PhotoShop PSD and MS Outlook PST.

File recovery has never been easier thanks to Pandora Recovery. The program’s wizard-like approach to finding and retrieving lost files will appeal to all users.

The user interface is about as straightforward as it gets. Clean and simple menu and command buttons run across the top of the paneled window, while a tree-menu containing hard-disk folders to browse resides in a sidebar. But what stood out the most was the program’s wizard, which walked us through the process of locating long-lost files. It first prompts you to check your Recycle Bin, which sounds obvious, but is a necessary time-saver. The program has three search settings (Browse, Search, Deep Scan) and each has its own description so that you’ll know which to choose. Depending on the search setting you select, the program’s interface changes to accommodate the search. We started with a Deep Scan, which detects deleted file types. Once we selected the file types to include in the scan (All, Images & Photo, Archived Files, Music & Sounds) the program immediately went to work scanning our hard disk. Considering the task at hand, the program quickly pulled up deleted files.

We liked the quick help links located throughout the interface to answer specific questions, but the program does included a very thorough built-in Help file. Our only complaint is that it left files that had to be manually deleted during uninstallation. However, we highly recommend this free program for any user looking to quickly locate a lost file.

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Free Active Partition Manager Software

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:43:35 +0000

During the surfing I found a good free software for Partition. Which is Active Partition Manager. Active@ Partition Manager is an application that helps you manage storage devices and the logical drives or partitions that they contain. You may create, delete, format and name partitions on your computer without shutting down the system. Most configuration changes take effect immediately.

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Active@ Partition Manager includes the following features:

Create a partition or logical drive
Format a logical drive or partition (FAT16, FAT32, NTFS)
Assign or change partition attributes
Format a Flash memory as NTFS
Delete a partition or logical drive
Create FAT32 partitions greater than 32GB in size (up to 1Tb)
Mark partition as active.
Create several partitions on a USB flash memory device
View the properties of a partition, logical drive or hard drive device

Active@ Partition Manager is a component of Active@ Boot Disk (Windows-based LiveCD) You can Free download here

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Server RAID, NAS and SAN Information

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:17:45 +0000

RAID Server

RAID and other enterprise server environments have a high degree of fault tolerance however even the most well designed systems are susceptible to malfunctions and RAID systems can hardly be an exception to this rule. There’s a litany of reasons that can cause a RAID system failure. Sometimes power fluctuation, software, hardware problems (disk controller malfunctions) or even human error.

Unfortunately when a business RAID, NAS or SANs storage server system first fails, it can be the first sings an unfolding catastrophe. The damage and losses caused by such failures are not only disruptive to productivity, but the down time and outage can also often have astronomical financial consequences if not quickly remedied.

Commonly used Server RAID Configurations:
Following are RAID server makes and types, including the most widely used RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 configurations.

RAID 0

RAID O uses what is called a data striping technique. Multiple hard drives are combined into one large volume. Because it splits the data and accesses both drives in parallel, RAID O reads and writes faster than a non-RAID configuration. RAID 0 doesn’t offer data redundancy and requires a minimum of two hard drives to be totally restored as a requirement for completing a successful RAID recovery.

RAID 1

RAID 1 mirrors, or copies the content of one drive onto another twin drive. If one of your drives should fail, mirroring guarantees optimal data integrity and instant access to your data. Another advantage of RAID 1 is that it allows you to use just 50 percent of your NAS device’s available capacity. A requirement for RAID 1 is a minimum of two hard drives and when using more they must be even numbers. The advantage of this type of RAID configuration is that recovery takes less time, resources and tools – assuming that the mirrors functioning correctly when the failure occurred.

RAID 5

RAID 5 offers the best mix of data backup, capacity and performance. Although RAID 5 does stripe all available drives into a single large volume, space equal to one of its hard drives is used to store parity data. If correctly configured, when one hard drive fails, it will use the parity data to rebuild your data. RAID needs a minimum of 3 hard drives. Another backup option RAID 5 offers is hot spare. This reserves an additional hard drive that takes over immediately if another drive fails. Total RAID capacity is calculated by subtracting the space of two drives from the sum of all the hard drives. If you want to use hot spare with RAID 5, you must have a minimum of 4 hard drives.

All Disk Based RAID Array Configurations:

We address the most common RAID configurations mentioned above, but following are more obscure types available to you as well.

Server RAID Configurations:
RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 4	RAID 5 RAID 1E RAID 6 RAID 5E	RAID 5EE RAID ADG RAID 0+1 RAID 10	RAID 50 RAID 51

Common RAID Failures Include:
RAID controller failure Rebuild failure Damaged striping Multiple drive failure (or multiple drives go offline) RAID array or volumes that won’t mount after a server crash	Configuration damage or corruption Addition of incompatible drives Hardware conflicts Software corruption Viruses or malicious intent

RAID Hard Drive Types:
IDE/ATA/PATA/EIDE ULTRA/ATA 100 SAS SCSI	ESDI Fibre Channel USB Firewire	PCMCIA RLL iSCSI eSATA	SATA II/2.0 SATA MFM

All Server OEM Makes and Models:

	All ProLiant Series	Full RAID Support
	All PowerEdge Series	Full RAID Support
	ProLiant (CPQ) Integrity AlphaServer e3000	Full RAID Support
	IBM XSeries, Unix AIX, PSeries	Full RAID Support
	Entire line of product	Full RAID Support
	All Intel, AMD + More	Full RAID Support
	Entire RAID Product line	Full RAID Support

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All causes of Data loss

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:39:41 +0000

Data Loss Causes

Following mechanical and electrical failure causes along with software corruption and human error often plays a major role in data loss, however regardless the cause of failure.

Logical	Physical	Disasters
Deletions	Head Crash	Fire
Virus Infection	Media Damage	Flood
Corruption	Electrical Damage	Hurricane
Lost Password	Controller Error	Tornado
Damaged / Overwritten MFT	Actuator Failure	Earthquake
Lost Partition structure	Damaged Motor	Power Spike
Formatted Partitions	Bad Sectors	Earthquake
File Deletion	Heat Related Failure	Power Shortage & Spikes
	Dropped cracked casing	Sabotage or Terrorist acts

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First Steps for Data Recovery

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:06:08 +0000

Data recovery is a tricky thing, and if you’ve somehow accidentally deleted or had your important files

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corrupted or lost due to human error, business espionage, faulty hardware or software or any other reason; the good news is that your lost data is probably recoverable. This article will show you a few things NOT to do when an event such as this occurs.

Don’t run the drive anymore, or use the device. (MP3, portable storage, camera card, whatever) If you think it won’t hurt to even just poke around the internet for a solution to this mess you’ve made/found, you’re wrong! Don’t install or run anything on the drive you hope to recover data from (infected Hard Drive). Only access this drive again from a healthy PC with the software solution you’re going to use. Since files are overwritten in the order they’ve been deleted, the last files that have been excised from your drive will be the first to be lost permanently. Even just surfing, with all the cookies and temporary internet files that are always being generated will often doom the process without you even knowing about it.

Don’t use tools that may reside on your computer, such as Scandisk, or a boot record utility, as these will probably overwrite exactly the files you’re seeking to get back.

In short, be careful! Your data may very well be recoverable, as long as you don’t do something to erase it forever! Find a good data recovery software solution, and then follow the instructions to the letter, and you’ll more than likely live to see your lost data return. I already found a good free recovery software for you.

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Free Software for Drivers Backup

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:27:03 +0000

I found a very useful software and it is 100% free. In thins software you can easily create the backup of your computer installed drivers (just the particular or all drivers) and use it to troubleshoot any driver problems. This backup will be very useful when you will format your computer window due to any reason or installation same configuration PCs. There is no need to search the drivers from internet or drivers CD, just import the driver backup and within five minute, you will complete the driver installation process. You can move this backup from one computer to other computer for installation.

To do this, we will use a simple Software called DriverMax free download. Using this Free Software, we can easily export the backup of any specific or all drivers and then import it for reinstallation later or elsewhere. You can free download (with free registration code) this tool for windows XP and Vista also. Download it and run the easy setup.

After Installation launch DriverMax software, the first screen you will get with title “DriverMax – Version” and options “Export drivers, Import drivers and Installed drivers report”. Just Do this

- Export Driver option to start backup process.
- it will show you the whole driver list on your system.
- select your useful driver or click select all option to selest all.
- then export them to your desired location (folder) or make a zip file of drivers.

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Software for Windows Data Recovery

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:39:23 +0000

Data Recovery basically means the process of acquiring back usable data from the damaged, corrupt media or storage device. The loss of important data can cause fall down of businesses, leaving you and your company in the most evil situation to face.

RecoveryFIX for Windows data recovery software is an effective tool to recover deleted files, files deleted from the recycle bin or deleted permanently using the Shift + Delete keys. Our windows data recovery software tool efficiently recovers data from the corrupt windows partitions based on FAT and NTFS operating systems, and even from the reformatted partitions. Data from the damaged, formatted, deleted or corrupt partitions of Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, 2000, 2003 is successfully recovered by the windows data recovery software and supports data recovery from
FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems.

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Chilly Driver Backup Tool : Backups your Device Drivers on windows to reset after Drivers corruption of failure.

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Chilly Internet Privacy Eraser Tool : Deletes your internet usage log from computer. Best use in offices.

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Chilly Memory Optimizer Tool : Refreshes the hard disk hold up memory, and releases the corrupt memory spaces.

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If Accidentally Lost or Deleted Files

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:22:17 +0000

Emptied your recycle bin? Discovered that you may have needed something there? Don’t worry. The file is still there, and likely very recoverable. Has the file you’ve been looking for been missing for a while? Chances are, it’s still available.

In situations where you are simply looking to undelete a file or retrieve data that was once there but can’t be found now, you can likely perform your file recovery with data recovery software.

Your Best Actions:

1. Save as little as possible to your hard drive.
The more data you save to your drive, the less chance you can recover your files

2. Do NOT install data recovery software to your hard drive.
Although it sounds counter-intuitive, some of the best data recovery software works directly from CD, USB drive or Floppy disk

3. Contact a professional.
Contacting a professional, and can prevent you from taking any action that makes your data unrecoverable.

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Is Your Hard Drive Making Clicking or Buzzing Sounds

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:20:12 +0000

Is your hard disk drive making strange whirring, clicking or buzzing sounds that you have not heard before? Additionally, are these being accompanied by error messages or difficulties with your computer? An example of this may be “blue screen errors”.

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When your drive starts making sounds that you haven’t heard before, you may be having some drive head issues. This is a very critical time for your hard drive – any rash actions could mean complete hard drive failure. If you are in this situation, your drive recovery can still be very inexpensive, but you must follow a cautious route.

Your Best Actions:

1. Turn Off Your Computer
Although this action sounds counterintuitive, it can make a huge difference. Your drive is making noises because something (most likely the heads) of your hard drive are misalighed. Turning off your computer can prevent the heads from damaging your hard disk platter and making your data unrecoverable.

2 . Contact a professional
Your drive is in a structurally tentative state. Contacting a professional first will ensure that your drive can be recovered cheaply, and not end up being an expensive hard drive repair job.

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100% Free PC INSPECTOR File Recovery Software

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:55:31 +0000

PC Inspector

Here are some of the new features in PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x:

Finds partitions automatically, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged

Recovers files with the original time and date stamp

Supports the saving of recovered files on network drives

Recovers files, even when a header entry is no longer available. Competition products cannot recover such files. The “Special Recovery Function” supports the following disk formats:

ARJ | AVI | BMP | CDR | DOC | DXF | DBF | XLS | EXE
GIF | HLP | HTML | HTM | JPG | LZH | MID | MOV | MP3
PDF | PNG | RTF | TAR | TIF | WAV | ZIP

PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x is so-called FREEWARE. This means that the software does not cost you a single penny.

All you have to do is go to our download area to download the latest version of PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x.

PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x cannot help if you have mechanical problems with the disk drive. If the hard disk is no longer recognised by the BIOS or is making unusual noises, you should contact the specialists, CONVAR – The Recovery Team. They will certainly be able to help.

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