Data File Recovery

Archive for March, 2010

i need some help plz.
list six recommended tasks or features that i should use as part of my regular disk maintenance schedule. identify the type of task the name of the program how frequently the task should be performed and what precautions i should take and the recommended tasks are performed using tools within windows XP.

Disk Cleanup – every day to every week at the most – cleans temp files, recycle bin, old setup files etc.
Disk Defragmenter – every day to every week at the most – reallocates disk space making your system run smoother
Check Disk – every week to every month at the most – searches and fixes OS errors and corrupted files.
Adware/Spyware/Anti-virus – every day to every week – perform a full system scan to remove any malicious activity.
Back-up – every day to every week – if you have important information which you would never like to lose this is a good tool

For all these tools make sure to let them run and finish completely, do not turn off your PC or perform excessive activity when performing these tasks, in doing so, data loss, corruption, or errors might occur (just let them run overnight) good luck

1.When I already backup my pc, do the backup disk contain the operating system and other files I installed in my computer?

2.Do recovery disk also contain this files and the operating system?

Back up is for data you’ve created (music, photos, letters, documents) & has no operating system files.
Recovery disk has only the operating system (as provided by the manufacturer). Using this may delete any data files on your hard drive, depending on which method of ‘restoration’ you select from that recovery disk.

Note: if your doing a system restore;

Before you do anything, back up your drivers to a separate CD!
It gets harder and harder to find them, and many places charge to get them.
Try Driver Magician Lite (freeware);

http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwbackup.html

Use the ‘identify & back up all drivers’ for the first BU; & keep it with your unit.

Data back-ups are separate items from System backups;
Data are things you have created or added to you unit with programs: letters, documents, pictures, music, etc. These should be done every other week or 1X per month.

Windows has a backup built in (System Tools> Backup), but I find it bulky & hard to use.
Your 1st backup should be the ‘all’ data option as a baseline; after that use the ‘incremental’, which saves only new items, and changes to originals. This saves space on you backup media.
Ideally 2 copies are made of each backup: one kept with the unit, one kept ‘off site’ in case of fire, storms, etc.
One decent B.U. application is ‘Cobain’ (moderately easy to use; freeware).

http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/software.htm

I am sure a few of you windows users know the scenario. Windows crashes and has to be reinstalled. All your files from the old installation are gone. Where can I find a program that will recover these lost files?

there are several softwares that recovers files just open www.recovermyfiles.com/ or type (recover file software free download) into google

I just switched from Norton AV to Avast!.
Avast! requires that I set what areas to scan. This laptop is running on Vista Home Premium, and has a ‘D:’ drive for recovery files. Should I make the scan run on this hard disk partition?

yes for your answer.
Avast should scan the entire comp.
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Can someone give me a link for a free (full) download of file recovery? I tried looking EVERYWHERE, but they are all trials/demos.

Type recuva into google,no trial,it’s free

Some motherboard manufacturer advise to keep some free space at the end of hard disk for recovery of OS/Data I do not know whether it is advised by the motherboard manufacturer only or otherwise it is also recommended as a general. My question is how much space to keep free and whether it is to be kept as a partitioned or un-partitioned space.

the free space is normally kept as a D: partition (assuming that your regular hard drive partition is C:)

Most computer makers now put the recovery partition on the drive nowadays.

I would make a D: partition just big enough to place an image of your Operating system and essential files on it.

I just switched from Norton AV to Avast!.
Avast! requires that I set what areas to scan. This laptop is running on Vista Home Premium, and has a ‘D:’ drive for recovery files. Should I make the scan run on this hard disk partition?

yes for your answer.
Avast should scan the entire comp.
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I deleted a WHOLE folder of important document that included templates that would take a lot of time to make up again. What is the best recovery software for accidentally deleted files?

Migo Digital Rescue

I have a few critical files that i wanna recover and i’ve heard theirs file recovery programs.. would anyone know about really good ones that actually work?

there are a lot of recovery software out there. yes they do recover some files, some of them recover most of the files but they all have one con: at least 50% of the recovered files will be corrupted and you won’t be able to do anything with them….unfortunately

Where can i download data recovery software that can recover data from NTFS File system

yes, the software I used to use, asoftech photo recovery, can recover data from NTFS, check out more from their site

http://www.asoftech.com/apr/