Tag: Hard Disk
Free Hard Drive Monitoring Software
Posted by admin on Sep.16, 2010, under Free, Free Software, Hard Disk, RAID Server (3) Comments
Free Hard Drive Monitoring Software Acronis Drive Monitor is a free drive monitoring software that helps to protect essential data in the hard disk. By automatic checking of hard disk and episodic reporting to the user, Acronis makes data in computer more secure. Another hard disk Recovery Guide that we reviewed earlier. Acronis Drive Monitor monitors event logs and attaches flag to the occurrence that indicate that data are in danger. And when a crash of hard disk is imminent, it alerts the user about the trouble. So user can take a backup of essential data before actual disaster happens. It also explains the nature of the problem and guides the user on how to deal with the trouble.
How to use Free Hard Drive Monitoring software : Acronis Drive Monitor: Users have to only install Acronis in their computers. Once the installation procedure is complete, it starts to monitor the health of the hard disk. It gives an on-screen message to the users when a crash of hard disk is about to occur so that users can timely backup their critical data. Acronis Drive Monitor gives users extra time to respond in order to save data contained on disk devices and to arrange for their replacements.
- Its services includes:
- Checking for disk trouble automatically
- Monitoring event logs and attaching flag to the event that indicates possibility of loss of data.
- Sending an email and displaying a message on window taskbar when it uncovers a disk related problem.
- Providing a weekly report showing the status of storage media.
- It supports RAID drives too.
You can Download Free Acronis Drive Monitor software from here!
Apart from using Acronis Drive Monitor, make sure you also read All Causes for Data Loss. You can Recover your damage data with Free File Recovery Software.
Free Active Partition Manager Software
Posted by admin on Feb.20, 2010, under Free Software, Hard Disk (4) Comments
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.
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
All causes of Data loss
Posted by admin on Feb.16, 2010, under Data Recovery, Hard Disk No Comments
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 |
First Steps for Data Recovery
Posted by admin on Feb.12, 2010, under Data Recovery, Hard Disk (4) Comments
Data recovery is a tricky thing, and if you’ve somehow accidentally deleted or had your important files
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. (continue reading…)
Is Your Hard Drive Making Clicking or Buzzing Sounds
Posted by admin on Feb.10, 2010, under Hard Disk (37) Comments
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”.
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. (continue reading…)
Hard Disk Recovery Experts
Posted by admin on Feb.09, 2010, under Data Recovery, Hard Disk, Recovery Experts No Comments
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technical support experts,
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software support experts, and
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data recovery experts.
The technical support expert generally deals with physical problems with hard disks, and how to install or uninstall hard disks. They check for malfunctions due to electric or voltage problems.
The software experts mainly deal with making software solutions for hard disk recovery. They create customized software solutions and test them. They also make antivirus solutions for the customers. (continue reading…)
Hard Disk Data Recovery Guide
Posted by admin on Feb.09, 2010, under Data Recovery, Hard Disk No Comments
There are different types of data recovery programs available on the internet that will help you to recover all your important information within no time. These specific programs can initiate data recovery on various storage devices like the hard disk, CD, DVD, USB drive, Zip drive and other media devices.
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Most of the data loss occurs due to hardware failure and hence you need to identify the reason for data inaccessibility first. This will help you to understand what process needs to be followed for data recovery. (continue reading…)


















