Archive for November, 2009

Nov 30 2009

Recovery of Data Post Windows Corruption

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Operating system is the most important part of the computer system without which a computer cannot work. It acts as an interface between the hardware and user. Talking about Windows operating system, it provides various advanced features that provide easy and safe operation of computer applications. But, there are times when Windows operating system gets corrupted, the system becomes unbootable, which may further lead to loss of all the data present in the system. In such situations, a valid backup file comes in handy to restore your data. But in case of non availability of backup, you can always rely upon robust Disk Recovery solutions available.

There are a lot of reasons responsible for corruption of Windows. Few of these are improper system shutdown, accidental deletion, system malfunctioning, virus attacks, etc, due to which you may observe the following:

  • Damage of important system components like boot sector, NTLDR, MBR, MFT, EBR, NTFS.sys and more.

  • Partition table error.

  • Windows registry corruption

  • FAT or NTFS file system corruption due to excessive fragmentation.

  • Dynamic volumes corruption or loss.

  • CHKDSK errors.

In case of the errors given above, the computer system may encounter boot problems, which may

lead to inaccessibility of data stored in the hard drive. Sometimes, in this situation the data gets deleted too.

Resolution:

Consider the following measures to resolve the issue:

  • Use a powerful anti virus software.

  • Use an updated and valid backup.

  • Re-install the operating system.

However, when you re-install the operating system, all the hard drive data gets deleted, which creates catastrophic situations. In these cases, your data can only be recovered by using an efficient hard disk recovery software. These are reliable applications that salvage all your lost, deleted or missing data that cannot be accessed normally. Incorporating sophisticated scanning mechanisms, these hard disk recovery application provide comprehensive recovery of your data. Designed by well-educated data recovery experts, these tools are embedded with rich graphical user interface that make them user-friendly and self-explanatory and hence do not require any prior technical understanding.

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Nov 26 2009

What Happens When Virus or Malware Infected your Hard drive & How You recover Your Data From There

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The hard disk of a computer stores all the information of the system. This data is not only vital for us, but some of it is critical for the system itself. The information stored in the file system, refers to the working of the operating system and other such applications stored on the system. However, the proper functioning of the system can be disrupted when it encounters malware infection. A computer malware is one of the most common reasons behind data loss in computers. These are the programs that are specially developed to damage the system. Removing a virus from a system often causes the data on it to get wiped out. After this, if a backup is available, you can use it to recover the data. In case the backup is not available, use a powerful hard drive recovery software to recover your data.

For example - One day you observe that your system is running slow. After a while random programs start on their own and your CD ROM opens and closes randomly. The system starts after a while, but all your programs on it are gone. 

No doubt, this is a catastrophic situation as all your important programs might have been affected due to malware or virus infection. At this point of time, you need to find a quick solution for the problem before it gets worse. But, let us first find out the cause of the problem.
The prime cause for this is virus or malware infection. It can come through various sources like If you have an anti-virus, it may not be up-to-date. This is why the virus on your system went undetected by it. It is also possible that the virus scan did show it, but you ignored the warnings.


Whatever may be the reason of the problem, damage has been done. However, the following measures may help you prevent your system from virus.

  • Use and up-to-date anti-virus and remove the virus.

  • Always keep your firewall on.

  • Computer virus can also come through files downloaded from Internet. Therefore, it is important to scan the files before downloading.

These measures ensure total safety of the system as well as the data. In case, you fail to apply these measures and the system gets affected by virus or malware, then your data can either be lost or corrupted. In such situations, you can recover your data using a Disk Recovery software. These tools employ quick scanning algorithms to recover your data accurately. Also, these Hard Drive Recovery applications are equipped with intuitive graphical user interface that makes them easy to use and understand.

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Nov 19 2009

Successful Data Recovery Must be Done As Quickly As Possible

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You must retrieve your lost data and information as soon as possible to save your business and organization. Obviously, the quick recovery is just a plain convenient, if lost or missing data is required soon. Whenever you store data or download and install a software of damaged computer hard drive, there are strong chances that data is being overwritten and you may come across permanent data loss. The same thing applies on all other storage media like USB drive, CD, DVD, external hard drive and so forth. The best way out to handle such cases is to opt for data recovery solutions through reliable applications.

 

In order to learn why and how the system failure and data loss occurs, it is essential to have grasp on how the operating system stores and deletes data on hard drive. Every time when you store data on the hard drive, a file icon is created by which you can identify the file and access it. In background, the file is converted into digital form and stored using binary digits (0 and 1).

 

Operating system creates a unique entry for every file in the file system table. The entry includes, file name, file size, starting sector address of the file, ending sector address of the file, creation date and time and so forth.

 

Whenever you delete any file from your computer hard drive, the file icon and file system table entry are deleted. The file remains physically intact, but operating system can not locate the file due to missing file memory reference pointer in the file system table. Operating system shows the disk space, that was used by lost file, as free and can be allocated to new file. Until the space is overwritten, data recovery is possible.

 

When the memory reference pointer is deleted, operating system can not locate the files on hard drive and thus it seems that file is lost permanently. In such cases, Data Recovery Software come for your rescue.

 

The partition recovery software are powerful and advanced third-party applications that methodically scan the whole hard drive and extract all of the lost data from it. The applications do not demand prior and sound technical skills as they come equipped with simple and interactive graphical user interface.

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