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Free Hard Drive Monitoring Software

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:32:31 +0000

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.

Free Hard Drive Monitoring Software

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.

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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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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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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.

Your Drive Is Making Clicking or Buzzing Sounds

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Hard Disk Recovery Experts

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:29:08 +0000

There are generally three types of experts who deal with hard disk recovery.

They are:

technical support experts,
software support experts, and
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.

Data recovery experts apply various measures to recover the client’s data from the malfunctioned hard disk.

These experts have responsibilities like tracking case activities online in real time, understanding the customer’s problem and providing a solution for it. They must know how to tackle all types of hard disks. They must have the ability to support all operating systems like Windows, Mac, Linux, UNIX and all media types, to provide a wider scope of services and better meet client or customer needs. They must remain informed about data storage capabilities and technologies. They must provide accurate, cost-effective data safety and integrity solutions to the customers.

They must be trustworthy, as some of the client’s data can be confidential. They must not leak client data to others. They must be honest with their profession. They must be good team members, to create strong customer relationships.

Since the data and information are considered keys to success, these professionals are in great demand in the industry. There is great opportunity to grow in this profession.

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Hard Disk Data Recovery Guide

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:10:57 +0000

Hard Drive Data Recovery

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.

You can use the following procedures if you experience problems in accessing your data:

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.
If the data loss is of minor proportions then you don’t need to consult a technical expert. Data recovery companies can charge a lot even to retrieve a small amount of data. If the data loss is due to accidental delete or because of a virus problem then you can always download certain programs from the Internet and run them. Most of the free programs available on the internet will be able to retrieve data with ease.
When you are searching for data recovery software over the internet, look for programs that have been given good reviews by various online PC or computer magazines. This will help you to download the best programs available. Some programs will require you to register before you can download them.
Look for programs that have a built-in trouble shooting or help manual. This will provide you a step-by-step guide to data recovery and also provide information on what to do if there is a problem.
Another good option is to take the hard drive out and attach it to another computer for data recovery. Always attach it to a computer that has similar configuration as yours otherwise it will not be possible to install your hard drive.

If and only if you have had a serious problem like hard disk crash or some mechanical or logical failure then approach a data recovery expert. Data recovery companies normally have their own labs, tools and expert staff who can handle some of the most sensitive data recovery processes with ease.

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