Remo Undelete will easily and securely recover deleted files from hard drive, flash drive, Usb external drive, Zip, Firewire drives, digital camera card, and more. This powerful recovery software can recover deleted files from various data loss scenarios.
While the cost of a new computer or laptop continues to fall, we truly are almost in an age when these former room-sized giants are now disposable. When last year’s speed-demon is today’s dinosaur, and the cost and hassle of upgrading and updating is on par with simply buying new, what happens to your beloved old digital friend?
This is Part 5 of a set of articles in our series on Data Safety
While many communities and organizations have increased their commitment to proper recycling of old hardware and their hazardous chemicals, what happens to your data once the system is out of your hands? Simply hitting the “delete” key is not a sufficient safeguard to protect any personal or confidential business information. There is a lot of un-secured data on discarded media and hard drives that could potentially be used for criminal activity or identity theft.
It is hard to determine or control where your old computer hardware and media ends up after it’s been discarded. It may pass through the hands of a number of people and vendors on its way to being destroyed, recycled, resold, or refurbished. If you pay attention to the news (or read Platter Chatter regularly), you’ll often hear stories of personal data being retrieved from hard drives sold on eBay, or banking data recovered from inventory sell-off machines. The data sitting in a warehouse loading dock or random dumpster is ripe for the picking.
Protecting yourself against this kind of data invasion is usually pretty easy, but not many of us take the time to invest in our own protection. If you’re interested in your data’s security, take the time to download a free copy of CBL’s Data Shredder software. Once downloaded, you can burn the software to a CD-ROM and boot your old computer one last time. Follow the simple on-screen instructions to completely erase the drive inside to Department of Defense strength levels.
Now you can relax, knowing your sensitive information won’t fall into the wrong hands and your discarded data is safe from nefarious behaviour.
Part 2 of a set of articles in our series on Data Safety
One day I’ll back up my data. One day.
Sound familiar? How many of us put off the little bit of maintenance and housekeeping needed to keep our machines running in tip-top shape, only to pay the price later? Well, for an almost no-brains solution to backing up, “One day” is here. Mostly.
A variety of online backup services offer desktop-syncing programs to provide automatic backups of specific folders or files. Many of the services offer free, lite-versions of their backup applications with limited online storage but until now these have been fairly tech-centric requiring a high level of technical knowledge or competency.
Now, following some successful beta launches, Microsoft has now made available the Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite for Windows Vista and 7, and included is “Windows Live Sync.” If you have a Windows Live ID, you can use the Sync software to synchronize up to 2Gb of data. And with Microsoft Office 2010, you can use your Windows Live ID to store and share documents on Microsoft SkyDrive, Microsoft’s online sharing and storage service.
Not a Windows Live User? DropBox (www.dropbox.com) also offers a lite version of their cloud-based sync software. Simply download a small program to your computer, and after it installs any files copied into your local “dropbox” will automatically be sync’ed with DropBox’s servers online, for any time, any where access.
For more manual control, Gmail users can now upload any file types to Google Docs, so if you really needed to control just a few critical files, you can now store then for free in your Google account. The drawback here is there is no automatic folder syncing, but for those requiring granular control of just a few files, loyal Gmail users can stay in the Googleverse.
While other companies offer some similar online backup/synchronizing services, with Microsoft’s large userbase and ease-of-use software, this backup solution can be easily recommend to all.
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Category: helpful hints, data loss prevention
Tags: backing up data, backup, data safety series, protect data, software, windows
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From HDDoctor.net, post Seagate Unveils the First Hard Disk Drive Featuring 1 TB Per Platter
May 3, 2011 – Seagate Technology LLC unveiled the world’s first 3.5-inch hard disk drive featuring 1TB of storage capacity per disk platter, breaking the 1TB areal density barrier to help meet explosive worldwide demand for digital content storage in both home and office.
Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB Hard Disk Drive
Seagate’s GoFlex Desk products are the first to feature the new hard disk drive, delivering storage capacities of up to 3TB and an areal density of 625 Gigabits per square inch, the industry’s highest. Seagate is on track to ship its flagship 3.5-inch Barracuda desktop hard disk drive with 3TBs of storage on 3 disk platters – which can provide enough capacity to store up to 120 high-definition movies, 1,500 video games, thousands of photos or virtually countless hours of digital music – to the distribution channel in mid-2011. The hard drive will also be available in capacities of 2TB, 1.5TB and 1TB.
“Organizations of all sizes and consumers worldwide are amassing digital content at light speed, generating immense demand for storage of digital content of every imaginable kind, we remain keenly focused on delivering the storage capacity, speed and manageability our customers need to thrive in an increasingly digital world.” – said Rocky Pimentel, Seagate Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.
GoFlex Desk external hard drives are compatible with both the Windows® and Mac® computers. Each drive includes an NTFS driver for Mac, which allows the drive to store and access files from both Windows and Mac OS X computers without reformatting. The GoFlex Desk external drive’s sleek black 3.5-inch design sits either vertically or horizontally to accommodate any desktop environment.
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EarthSoft Data Recovery Professional is an impressive data recovery software, which can help salvage data lost due to virus infection, mistaken deletion, format, wrong partition, etc. Moreover, this data recovery supports various file systems in Windows.
From HDDoctor.net, post Data Recovery in Houston Texas Area
Looking for a professional data recovery service in houston Texas area? Here is a collection of recovery companies for your referance:
Note: Before we decide to take our disc drives to these companies for a recovery service, we can do something ourself to have a general disc diagnoses by ourself to reduce the expensive recovery cost. Please refer to my another post: Data Recovery User Guide – Through Data Recovery Software
Data Recovery Houston Texas:
Computer Hospital, Inc.
Website: www.computer-hospital.com
Address: 3512 Travis Street, Houston
Tel: TX(713) 472-4357
Houston Computing Services, Inc.
Website: www.houstoncomputing.com
Address: 700 Rusk Street, Houston, TX 77002
Tel: (713) 242-1864
We Recover Data
Website: www.werecoverdata.com
Address: 1200 Smith St. Suite 1600, Houston, TX 77002
Tel: (832) 476-0517
ACR Data Recovery
Website: www.atl-datarecovery.com
Address: Houston, TX 77279
Tel: (800) 444-3225
Data Doctors
Website: www.datadoctors.com
Address: 2055 Westheimer #145, Houston, TX 77098
Tel: (713) 522-4444
Optimum Data Recovery, Inc.
Website: www.optimumrecovery.com
Address: 10303 Northwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77092
Tel: (713) 957-9100
Secure Data Recovery
Website: www.securedatarecovery.com
Address: 4801 Woodway Drive, Houston, TX 77056-1884
Tel: (832) 603-4144
ACE Data Group, LLC.
Website: www.datarecovery.net
Address: 1445 N Loop W, Suite 965, Houston, TX 77008
Tel: (832) 303-3364
If you are living in this area maybe you have heard about one or some all of them, they are all top-customer-reviews recovery companies that can help you so much. If you also know other companies can provide professional recovery services please feel free to contact me, I can list them here in time. Thank you!
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From HDDoctor.net, post Hard Drive File Recovery Software: NextBreed Data Recovery
NextBreed Data Recovery Software can easily recover your lost or mistakenly deleted data from computer or secondary storage medias: hard drives, flash disks, memory cards (like SD cards, MMC cards, etc.). Restore your lost partitions and the lost data on them. You are allowed to salvage data lost from virus infection, mistaken deletion, formatting, wrong partition, etc. with accuracy.
NextBreed Data Recovery is an advanced data recovery software which can recover lost data of all types: Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, audio, video, and outlook email files, etc. Recovery from NTFS, FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 file systems are full supported.
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With the clear main interface and detailed official tutorial, there is no difficulty to use this sotfware readily. NextBreed Data Recovery consists of four major modules which can meet all your needs about data recovery.
Main Features of NextBreed Data Recovery:
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From HDDoctor.net, post List of 22 Data Recovery Softwares
These are the five common reasons of data loss(Hardware Failure,Firmware Corruption,Logical Error,Accidental Deletion,Operating System Failure.). You should be aware of these things to avoid your data from loss. If you have experienced data loss due to any of the reason, you need for data recovery to recover your valuable data. There are two options of data recovery you have- one is software method and second is hardware.
If your data is lost due to the software problem like logical error, operating system corruption or accidental deletion, then you should use data recovery software to recover and restore your data. Here is a collection of 22 data recovery softwares for you:
1. Pandora Recovery
Version:2.1.1,Free, www.pandorarecovery.com
2. Easeus Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition
Version: 5.5.1,Free, www.easeus.com
3. MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition
Version: 6.5,Free,www.minitool.ca
4. NextBreed Data Recovery
Version: 1.0, Free to try; $64.99 to buy, www.nextbreed.com
5. VirtualLab Data Recovery
Version: 6.0.2.8,Free to try (10MB of recovered data); $39.95 to buy,www.binarybiz.com
6. EasyRecovery Professional
Version: 6.10, $499.00 to buy,www.ontrack.com
7. Recover Files
Version: 3.27,Price: Free to try(Limited functionality); $29.95 to buy.www.UndeleteUnerase.com
8. File Recovery Assist
Version: 3.0.0.38,Price: Free to try(Some features disabled); $29.95 to buy. www.sondle.com
9. Data Recovery
Version: 2.3.1,Free,tokiwa.qee.jp)
10. Recover My Files
Version: 4.6.8.1012,Price: Free to try (Save-disabled); $69.95 to buy,www.getdata.com
11. GetDataBack Data Recovery
Version: 3.3, Free to try (Copy-disabled); $79.00 to buy,www.runtime.org
12. PC Inspector File Recovery
Version: 4,Free,www.convar.com
13. File Scavenger Data Recovery Utility
Version: 3.2,Free to try (64KB file size recovery trial); $49.00 to buy,www.quetek.com
14. Pen Drive Data Recovery Software
Version: 3.0.1.5,$45.00 to buy,www.p-dd.biz
15. Moleskinsoft File Recovery
Version: 2.1.1,Free to try (Restores files with size of up to 100kB); $49.90 to buy,www.moleskinsoft.com
16. Easeus Deleted File Recovery
Version: 3.0.1,Free,www.easeus.com
17. R-Studio Data Recovery
Version: 5.3 build 133533,Free to try (64K-file undelete/recovery trial); $79.99 to buy,www.r-tt.com
17. Easeus Data Recovery Wizard
Version: 5.5.1,Free to try (1-mb size file recovery trial); $69.95 to buy,www.easeus.com
18. GetDataBack for NTFS
Version: 4.21,Free to try (Full file recovery disabled); $79.00 to buy,www.runtime.org
19. Memory Card Pictures Recovery Restore
Version: 3.0.1.5,Free to try (Limited file saving); $69.00 to buy,www.DataDoctor.biz
20. USB Drive Data Recovery
Version: 3.0.1.5,Free to try (File saving feature is disabled); $45.00 to buy,prodatadoctor.com
21. Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery – Professional
Version: 4.2,Free to try (Recovery-disabled); $99.00 to buy,www.stellarinfo.com
22. R-Undelete
Version: 4.1 build 133533,Free to try (64KB-file trial); $54.99 to buy,www.r-tt.com
Data recovery cannot always be done on a running system. As a result, a boot disk, Live CD, Live USB, or any other type of Live Distro containing a minimal operating system and a set of repair tools is needed.
Knoppix: The original Linux Live CD. It contains many useful utilities for data recovery. SystemRescueCD: A Gentoo based Live CD, useful for repairing unbootable computer systems and retrieving data after a system crash.
Even in Space, It’s Not a Matter of If, But When Digital Disaster will Strike
Astronauts aboard the much talked about and followed final Space Shuttle mission experienced a computer glitch and were found scrambling early Friday morning. Aboard a space shuttle mission astronauts have a busy schedule of performing tests and experiments, doing science studies, delivering goods to the International Space Station as well as ceremonial events like greetings from Presidents and famous musicians back on Earth. Getting some sleep, while part of the schedule, can be a challenge on its own. The last thing a shuttle crew wants is to be woken up unexpectedly. That’s what happened late Thursday night/Friday morning when an alarm started sounding that a computer had failed and the crew had to jump out of their slumber to see what was up.
As the unexpected computer failure alert was signaled, the crew got down to finding out what was wrong and taking action to get business back to normal in the middle of the night. Getting data and backup software programs to an alternate machine were some of the measures needed to get things running again. Daily operations make use of anywhere between 2 and 4 of the main shuttle computers, while super-critical moments like re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere use all 5 onboard computers. Once Mission Control reviewed that everything was running again, the astronaut crew was allowed to go back to sleep. Later that morning, they received a wakeup call from R&B superstar Beyonce who paid tribute to their work and the general history of the Shuttle program (the first of multiple beamed recordings on the day, the next being from Sir Paul McCartney). The interruption of a computer failure required immediate attention to get computer access online again and beyond that the crew will continue to investigate data records of the error in order to figure out what went wrong.
The Shuttle and space program are no strangers to freak occurences and unexpected happenings – enough of them have made the press coverage over the decades, but they cope by being ready to take action and planning for disaster recovery. When it comes to your crucial I.T. systems and the data that is protected and managed by them, continuity in the event of a loss is key. Data recovery services provided by CBL are all about this. Labs stand at the ready to fix problems and get digital media from hard drives, laptops, servers and portable devices back in your hands so ‘business as usual’ can continue. Business as usual on a Space Shuttle mission might not be anything close to ‘usual’ but even 220 miles above the clouds, dealing with computer disasters is part of it.
Category: data loss prevention, business
Tags: atlantis, backup, business continuity, computer crash, disruption to business, failure, nasa, space shuttle
what is computer forensics?
Computer forensics is a branch of digital forensic science pertaining to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage media. The goal of computer forensics is to examine digital media in a forensically sound manner with the aim of identifying, preserving, recovering, analyzing and presenting facts and opinions about the information. With these useful forensics tools we can finish this work shortly and accurately.
A) List of tools for computer forensics
1. SANS Investigative Forensics Toolkit – SIFT (GPL V2.0)
Multi-purpose forensic operating system
computer-forensics.sans.org
2. EnCase (Windows, commercial, V6.18)
Multi-purpose forensic tool
www.guidancesoftware.com
3. FTK (Windows, commercial, V3.2)
Multi-purpose tool, commonly used to index acquired media.
accessdata.com/products/forensic-investigation/ftk
4. PTK Forensics (LAMP, free/commercial, V2.0)
GUI for The Sleuth Kit
sourceforge.net/projects/ptk-forensics/
5. The Coroner’s Toolkit (Unix-like, IBM Public License, V1.19)
A suite of programs for Unix analysis
www.porcupine.org/forensics/tct.html
6. COFEE (Windows,Proprietary)
A suite of tools for Windows developed by Microsoft, only available to law enforcement
cofee.nw3c.org
7. The Sleuth Kit (Unix-like/Windows, IPL, CPL, GPL, V3.1.1)
A library of tools for both Unix and Windows
www.sleuthkit.org
8. Categoriser 4 Pictures (Windows, Free, V4.0.2)
Image categorisation tool develop, available to law enforcement
9. Paraben P2 Commander (Windows, Commercial)
General purpose forensic tool
10. Open Computer Forensics Architecture (Linux, LGPL/GPL, 2.3.0)
Computer forensics framework for CF-Lab environment
11. SafeBack (commercial, V3.0)
Digital media (evidence) acquisition and backup
12. Forensic Assistant (Windows, commercial, V1.2)
User activity analyzer(E-mail, IM, Docs, Browsers), plus set of forensics tools
B) Tools for Mobile device forensics
Mobile forensics tools tend to consist of both a hardware and software component.
1. Cellebrite Mobile Forensics (Windows, Commercial)
Univarsal Forensics Extraction Device – Hardware and Software
2. Radio Tactics Aceso (Windows, Commercial)
"All-in-one" unit with a touch screen
3. Paraben Device Seizure (Windows, Commercial)
Hardware/Software package
4. MicroSystemation .XRY/.XACT (Windows, Commercial)
Hardware/Software package, specialises in deleted data
5. Oxygen Phone Manager (Commercial)
C) Other computer forensics tools
1. HashKeeper (Windows, free)
Database application for storing file hash signatures
2. Evidence Eliminator (Windows, commercial, V6.03)
Anti-forensics software, claims to delete files securely
3. DECAF (Windows, free)
Tool which automatically executes a set of user defined actions on detecting MS’s COFEE tool
Today’s gadgets are smarter, faster, and more mobile than ever before. Taking our iPods and laptops with us everywhere is now a part of everyday life. Our high-tech electronics allow us to work or play on the go, but also make a tempting target for thieves.
The latest gadgets are always in high demand and can be quickly pawned by criminals looking to make fast cash. Usually the technology itself is the target, and your personal data is simply discarded. If you are lucky enough to recover your stolen goods and your data is missing, don’t give up hope.
Data that has been deleted or quick-erased may still be recovered. Most thieves will not take the time to completely erase a stolen laptop, but are simply re-installing the operating system to make it look like new. Using specialized data recovery tools our technicians are able to access portions of the hard drive where deleted data can still reside. So before you give up on your data, let us perform a free evaluation to determine whether your case is a candidate for our recovery services.
File system types can be classified into disk file systems, network file systems and special purpose file systems.
1. Disk File Systems:
a) Disk file systems
A disk file system is a file system designed for the storage of files on a data storage device, most commonly a disk drive, which might be directly or indirectly connected to the computer. Examples of disk file systems include FAT (FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT), NTFS, HFS and HFS+, HPFS, UFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, btrfs, ISO 9660, ODS-5, Veritas File System, VMFS, ZFS, ReiserFS and UDF. Some disk file systems are journaling file systems or versioning file systems.
b) Optical discs
ISO 9660 and Universal Disk Format (UDF) are the two most common formats that target Compact Discs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Mount Rainier is a newer extension to UDF supported by Linux 2.6 series and Windows Vista that facilitates rewriting to DVDs in the same fashion as has been possible with floppy disks.
c) Flash file systems
A flash file system is a file system designed for storing files on flash memory devices. These are becoming more prevalent as the number of mobile devices is increasing, and the capacity of flash memories increase.
While a disk file system can be used on a flash device, this is suboptimal for several reasons:
a) Erasing blocks: Flash memory blocks have to be explicitly erased before they can be rewritten. The time taken to erase blocks can be significant, thus it is beneficial to erase unused blocks while the device is idle.
b) Random access: Disk file systems are optimized to avoid disk seeks whenever possible, due to the high cost of seeking. Flash memory devices impose no seek latency.
c) Wear levelling: Flash memory devices tend to wear out when a single block is repeatedly overwritten; flash file systems are designed to spread out writes evenly.
d) Tape file systems
A tape file system is a file system and tape format designed to store files on tape in a self-describing form. Magnetic tapes are sequential storage media with significantly longer random data access times than disks, posing challenges to the creation and efficient management of a general-purpose file system.
In a disk file system there is typically a master file directory, and a map of used and free data regions. Any file additions, changes, or removals require updating the directory and the used/free maps. Random access to data regions is measured in milliseconds so this system works well for disks.
However, tape requires linear motion to wind and unwind potentially very long reels of media, and this tape motion may take several seconds to several minutes to move the read/write head from one end of the tape to the other.
Consequently, a master file directory and usage map can extremely slow and inefficient with tape. Writing typically involves reading the block usage map to find free blocks for writing, updating the usage map and directory to add the data, and then advancing the tape to write the data in the correct spot. Each additional file write requires updating the map and directory and writing the data, which may take several seconds to occur for each file.
Tape file systems instead typically allow for the file directory to be spread across the tape intermixed with the data, referred to as streaming, so that time-consuming and repeated tape motions are not required to write new data.
However a side effect of this design is that reading the file directory of a tape usually requires scanning the entire tape to read all the scattered directory entries. Most data archiving software that works with tape storage will store a local copy of the tape catalog on a disk file system, so that adding files to a tape can be done quickly without having to rescan the tape media. The local tape catalog copy is usually discarded if not used for a specified period of time, at which point the tape must be re-scanned if it is to be used in the future.
IBM has developed a file system for tape called the Linear Tape File System. The IBM implementation of this file system has been released as the open-source IBM Linear Tape File System — Single Drive Edition (LTFS—SDE) product. The Linear Tape File System uses a separate partition on the tape to record the index meta-data thereby avoiding the problems associated with scattering directory entries across the entire tape.
Tape formatting
Writing data to a tape is often a significantly time-consuming process that may take several hours. Similarly, completely erasing or formatting a tape can also take several hours. With many data tape technologies it is not necessary to format the tape before over-writing new data to the tape. This is due to the inherently destructive nature of overwriting data on sequential media.
Because of the time it can take to format a tape, typically tapes are pre-formatted so that the tape user does not need to spend time preparing each new tape for use. All that is usually necessary is to write an identifying media label to the tape before use, and even this can be automatically written by software when a new tape is used for the first time.
e) Database file systems
A recent concept for file management is the idea of a database-based file system. Instead of, or in addition to, hierarchical structured management, files are identified by their characteristics, like type of file, topic, author, or similar metadata.
f) Shared disk file systems
A shared disk file system is one in which a number of machines (usually servers) all have access to the same external disk subsystem (usually a SAN). The file system arbitrates access to that subsystem, preventing write collisions. Examples include GFS from Red Hat, GPFS from IBM, and SFS from DataPlow.
2. Network file systems
A network file system is a file system that acts as a client for a remote file access protocol, providing access to files on a server. Examples of network file systems include clients for the NFS, AFS, SMB protocols, and file-system-like clients for FTP and WebDAV.
3. Special purpose file systems
A special purpose file system is basically any file system that is not a disk file system or network file system. This includes systems where the files are arranged dynamically by software, intended for such purposes as communication between computer processes or temporary file space.
Special purpose file systems are most commonly used by file-centric operating systems such as Unix. Examples include the procfs (/proc) file system used by some Unix variants, which grants access to information about processes and other operating system features.
Deep space science exploration craft, like Voyager I and II used digital tape-based special file systems. Most modern space exploration craft like Cassini-Huygens used Real-time operating system file systems or RTOS influenced file systems. The Mars Rovers are one such example of an RTOS file system, important in this case because they are implemented in flash memory.
Downtime
the period during which your critical systems are unavailable.
Recovery time
the duration spent repairing your systems to a functioning state.
Together they can add up to a significant headache. At what point did you notice something was wrong? How long has the issue persisted? When did you realize that you had a major problem on your hands? Being able to monitor and detect anomalies within your network is a challenge faced by all companies. However once they are acknowledged, how swiftly you decide to take action will determine the length of downtime.
Recovery times will vary depending on the nature of the specific failure. Emergency service can be performed in as little as 24 hours while other projects, that require additional attention, can take longer. For most recovery projects we have a normal turnaround of 1 week. The sooner your recovery time starts is the key to limiting your downtime.
The decision to request external help is not an easy decision for companies whose data is sensitive. This is why CBL Data Recovery has a strict privacy policy when it comes to all of our customers. We can assess your problem and take action. Have peace of mind knowing your data is safe with us. Minimize your downtime and begin your recovery time with CBL.
Category: business, data recovery
Tags: business continuity, confidentiality
There is a relatively new phenom in the hard drive industry. Hard Drive enclosures have become a crucial part of the recovery process with some external USB hard drives. If your external drive encrypts the data for you, then be sure to keep the enclosure with the drive when you send it in for repair/recovery and make sure you make a note to keep the enclosure intact and with the drive. If you are unsure whether or not your dirve might be encrypted, be on the safe side and keep the enclosure.
For example, these popular drives will encrypt the data stored on them:
Western Digital My Book EssentialWestern Digital My Book EliteMy Passport EssentialMy Passport Essential SEMy Passport Essential EliteDon’t assume the professional you’ve entrusted your drive to knows that the enclosure could make or break the recovery results. We have had several projects over the past 6 months that have required us to retrieve the enclosure from the client or the company that had the drive before being shipped to our lab. Recently, an enclosure had been thrown in the dumpster and could not be retrieved.
To be on the safe side, if you need data recovery for an external hard drive the safest course of action is to simply send the enclosure along with the drive. The drive doesn’t need to be inside, just included in the box. If you’ve been told the data is not recoverable send it in for a second opinion. We’ve had several successful recoveries from drives that were declared unrecoverable from other data recovery companies.
Most companies with any sort of important historical data have archives. Years of old data packed away in the basement collecting dust. However, it is important to note that even they can be at risk for disasters.
Recently a television station lost much of its 37 years of archived footage. Fire damage was to blame for gutting the news studio and the offices. Thankfully no one was injured but much of the station’s history will be forever lost.
Often times it may not be possible to keep backups of all formats of data but this serves as a reminder that disaster can strike at any time. Archived or not, the protection and maintenance of original data should be on the minds of many today’s companies. While many of our home users may not have 30 years of data to protect, I believe all of them would agree it is just as important.
Always keep a backup of important data. Try to store multiple copies in different locations. If all else fails, talk to a CBL recovery expert about your situation. We are always ready to help.
“A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective.” - John Argenti, author and founder of the Strategic Planning Society
In military school it was taught to always have a plan, a contingency plan, and an emergency plan in place before moving forward to achieve the objective. In business, most people understand that a business always needs a plan, but few know that a contingency plan is also needed to be put in place in case something in the plan goes wrong. Even fewer people understand the importance of an emergency plan in case the contingency plan fails, until it is too late.
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
For eleven years I have worked in the data recovery industry working with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. 100% of the businesses and agencies that I have worked with had no emergency plans in place, which costs them time and money. After catastrophic events such as hurricanes, fires, and floods businesses are usually working with consultant to prepare plans for disaster recovery. Unfortunately, many consultants workout plans and contingency plans for businesses, but fail to recognize and put in place emergency plans.
Take for example data from a Fortune 500 company. By 2011, all Fortune 500 companies should all have a disaster recovery plan in place for their data. The plan usually consists of making the data redundant through servers that store the data on a redundant array of independent disks (RAID). The contingency plan usually involves the data being copied and stored offsite through tapes or mirrored offsite servers in data centers. Unfortunately, this is where the planning stops. No emergency plan is offered in case everything goes wrong.
“Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.” – Steven Spielberg
When the failure occurs it leaves the IT personnel and management of the company to develop crisis techniques and solutions on the fly, which usually proves to be more harmful than helpful. Once the panic has subsided they start reaching out for data recovery experts. Finding experts take time and money. Capabilities, security, responsiveness, accreditations and costs are all important factors to consider when vetting the correct expert. Usually a number of these factors are not considered when a company is in a panic. Both time and money could have been avoided by putting in place an emergency plan that vetted and secured the correct expert.
Flashback Data offers data recovery cost protection plans that go in effect after the plan and contingency plan have failed. This type of an emergency plan offers a flat low cost fee per year that will minimize downtime, save money, and detours panic.
Have you looked at your disaster recovery plan?
From HDDoctor.net, post Windows-based Bootable Recovery CD/USB Flash Disk: Active Boot Disk
Windows can’t start normally? Need to access your data or repair your computer?
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Insert the boot disk and reboot the computer. Make sure that a boot section in BIOS is configured properly. BIOS setting guide.
3. Over 30 Utilities Included
When you boot up your computer, select from as many powerful tools as possible. Over 30 useful utilities are included: disk recovery, data recovery, smart disk diagnostic, password resetting, data erasure and network access tools in one bootable disk.
Active@ Boot Disk combines a number of powerful tools that let you: Recover lost data,Reset Windows passwords, Make computer system backups, Securely erase data.
Main utilities included:
2. Active@ Data CD/DVD Burner – Burner Utility
Active@ File Recovery – File & Folders Recovery Tool
Active@ Partition Recovery – Partition Restore Utility
Active@ Disk Image – Backup Disk Image
Active@ KillDisk – Erase & Destroy Data
Active@ Disk Monitor – Monitor & Control Disk Health
Active@ Password Changer – Recover & Reset Passwords
Active@ Partition Manager – Create, Format & Delete Partitions
OS Support:
Works with Windows Clients: NT, Win2000 Wks, XP, Vista, Windows 7
Works with Windows Servers : NT, 2000 Server, 2003, 2008
