http://digitaldatarecovery.org Recover your lost digital images, audio, video and data files. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:43:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/the-world-of-data-recovery http://digitaldatarecovery.org/the-world-of-data-recovery#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:43:03 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=234 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/the-world-of-data-recovery/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/how-to-protect-your-data-and-your-network http://digitaldatarecovery.org/how-to-protect-your-data-and-your-network#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:38:50 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=233 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/how-to-protect-your-data-and-your-network/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/flash-memory-reader http://digitaldatarecovery.org/flash-memory-reader#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:00:02 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=228 Flash is a semiconductor memory that is widely used in consumer and professional electronic devices. We can find Flash memory in memory cards, USB pen drives, solid state disks and similar applications. Sometimes the data gets corrupted or deleted and in order to fix the problem we need to access the memory with PC where [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/flash-memory-reader/feed 7 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/password-recovery-and-password-cracking http://digitaldatarecovery.org/password-recovery-and-password-cracking#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:40:15 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=225 We use encryption and passwords to protect digital data. This can be one file, user account or whole computer system. We rely on passwords and expect that nobody can access the data without knowing the password. Unfortunately, this assumption is wrong. There are many password recovery algorithms. Some depend on properties of particular encryption algorithm [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/password-recovery-and-password-cracking/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/recuva-windows-data-recovery-software http://digitaldatarecovery.org/recuva-windows-data-recovery-software#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:13:21 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=220 Recuva is a complete data recovery solution for Windows systems. It supports FAT and NTFS partitions and can undelete files from disks, removable media, digital cameras and iPods. It can also recover files from corrupted or formatted disks. Deleted emails are also no problem for Recuva. If you have accidentally deleted email in Outlook Express, [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/recuva-windows-data-recovery-software/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/photorec-more-than-image-recovery http://digitaldatarecovery.org/photorec-more-than-image-recovery#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:26:38 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=216 PhotoRec is a free data recovery software that complements TestDisk. TestDisk can recover partitions and deleted files by checking and repairing partition tables and file system data, while PhotoRec ignores file system and scans the disk for known files. PhotoRec is ideal to recover images from any media. Compact Flash cards and other removable media [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/photorec-more-than-image-recovery/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/testdisk-universal-partition-and-file-data-recovery-software http://digitaldatarecovery.org/testdisk-universal-partition-and-file-data-recovery-software#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:56:31 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=213 TestDisk is a complete and universal disk recovery solution for all platforms and all file systems. In addition to this it is free open source project. Open source is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). TestDisk can fix and recover partition tables, recover or rebuild boot sectors, fix FAT tables, [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/testdisk-universal-partition-and-file-data-recovery-software/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/hard-disk-drive-internals http://digitaldatarecovery.org/hard-disk-drive-internals#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:13:42 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=209 Hard disk drives are used in almost every computer. Most computer users never think of them until it is too late and they have lost some files. Since hard drives as other computer hardware are installed in a closed computer case, it is not surprising that an average computer user will have difficulty explaining how [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/hard-disk-drive-internals/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/diskdigger-undelete-and-recover-files http://digitaldatarecovery.org/diskdigger-undelete-and-recover-files#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:05:03 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=206 DiskDigger is a simple but advanced file recovery software. It has two modes of operation: dig deep and dig deeper. The dig deep mode is similar to classical undelete function found in popular file recovery tools. Dig deeper is an advanced mode where DiskDigger tries to find files on the disk regardless of the file [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/diskdigger-undelete-and-recover-files/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/spinrite-data-recovery-software http://digitaldatarecovery.org/spinrite-data-recovery-software#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:20:21 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=201 SpinRite is a magnetic mass storage data recovery and maintenance utility. SpinRite can prevent and predict drive problems. And when hard drive crashes SpinRite can perform extensive data recovery. This is one of the strongest points of SpinRite. The first thing you will notice is the size of the executable file. SpinRite has no classical [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/spinrite-data-recovery-software/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/commercial-data-recovery-software http://digitaldatarecovery.org/commercial-data-recovery-software#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:08:44 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=197 Data recovery software can be distributed as freeware where you can use it at no cost or as commercial software where you have to pay for it. Free software does not mean that this is only some simple tool or is lacking important features. Also for commercial software there is no rule or guarantee that [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/commercial-data-recovery-software/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/ntfs-undelete-windows-data-recovery-software http://digitaldatarecovery.org/ntfs-undelete-windows-data-recovery-software#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:25:54 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=194 NTFS Undelete is a complete hard drive data recovery software for Windows systems. Despite its name it supports all FAT file systems (FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32), NTFS and NTFS5. It can recover most popular file types and using it should present no problem even for inexperienced computer users. Usually the software will be used to [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/ntfs-undelete-windows-data-recovery-software/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/nas-data-recovery-possible-but-difficult http://digitaldatarecovery.org/nas-data-recovery-possible-but-difficult#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:55:40 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=190 Network Attached Storage or NAS is a popular solution to store files that need to be shared among many users. It is mainly found in companies but because of cheap hard drives and high storage capacity it is also used in home environments. While in companies NAS is used mainly as a centralized storage, at [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/nas-data-recovery-possible-but-difficult/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/external-hard-drives-backup-and-data-recovery http://digitaldatarecovery.org/external-hard-drives-backup-and-data-recovery#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:42:57 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=188 External hard drives are very popular because they offer flexibility and capacity for low price. External hard drive is one ore more hard drives mounted in an enclosure. This enclosure contains power supply and one of standard interfaces, usually USB. In other words, external hard drive contains a minimum set of components to connect a [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/external-hard-drives-backup-and-data-recovery/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-data-recovery-software-how-to-use-it http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-data-recovery-software-how-to-use-it#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:25:58 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=185 When you start thinking about data recovery it is very likely that you have lost some important files. Maybe the data loss is due to not making regular backups, failed hardware soon after major data update or because a digital camera damaged the compact flash card. Regardless of the nature of the problem any lost data [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-data-recovery-software-how-to-use-it/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/compact-flash-cards-memory-and-readers http://digitaldatarecovery.org/compact-flash-cards-memory-and-readers#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:23:36 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=182 Compact Flash (CF) memory card is a popular removable storage media used mainly in digital cameras and similar portable devices. It is available in many forms, sizes, speeds, capacities and price ranges. CompactFlash cards are manufactured by SanDisk, Samsung, Sony, Kingston Technology, Kodak, Panasonic, Toshiba, Canon and many other manufacturers. The main media that is [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/compact-flash-cards-memory-and-readers/feed 7 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/hard-drive-repair-and-data-recovery http://digitaldatarecovery.org/hard-drive-repair-and-data-recovery#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:57:33 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=178 Hard drive is a sensitive device with electrical and mechanical components. Any failure and we can not access the disk. The simplest approach is to replace the drive and restore the data. But this is not always possible. In some cases we will need help from professional hard drive data recovery company. Data recovery services [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/hard-drive-repair-and-data-recovery/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/practical-memory-card-and-usb-flash-disk-data-recovery http://digitaldatarecovery.org/practical-memory-card-and-usb-flash-disk-data-recovery#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:10:34 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=175 All removable media like flash drives, USB disks, pen drives and flash memory cards are based on the same technology: flash memory. This is semiconductor memory that can be programmed with data and for this operation it needs power, but after we disconnect the power the data stays there. Solid state disks (SSD) also fall into [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/practical-memory-card-and-usb-flash-disk-data-recovery/feed 4 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-hard-disk-backup-and-restore-software http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-hard-disk-backup-and-restore-software#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:52:55 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=170 Hard disk backup is the cheapest data recovery service. This fact is well known to IT experts and administrators, but ordinary computer users usually don’t care until it is too late. The importance of backups is properly understood only after some major failure and data loss. Computer systems are reliable but still can and do [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-hard-disk-backup-and-restore-software/feed 1 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/data-recovery-prices-hard-drive-data-recovery-cost-analysis http://digitaldatarecovery.org/data-recovery-prices-hard-drive-data-recovery-cost-analysis#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:08:56 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=167 When you start looking for data recovery prices it is very likely that a computer related accident has happened. Your hard drive has failed, you can not download images form your digital camera or some other problem accessing digital media. You need files that were there until the hardware failed. Computer hardware failure is nothing [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/data-recovery-prices-hard-drive-data-recovery-cost-analysis/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-hard-disk-imaging-software http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-hard-disk-imaging-software#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:31:19 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=163 Hard disk image (or partition image) is a file that contains all the data that is needed to recreate a particular disk or partition. Hard drive may be split into many partitions. Each partition has own file system andunder operating system it is visible as one disk. Disk or partition image is usually created for backup [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-hard-disk-imaging-software/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-partition-software-hard-drive-partition-management http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-partition-software-hard-drive-partition-management#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:21:17 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=160 Hard drives are getting bigger and bigger. 1 TB of drive capacity and even more is reality and such drives are not expensive. This means that anyone working with a computer can afford huge disk space. To actually use a hard drive we have to make a partition and format it with one of the [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-partition-software-hard-drive-partition-management/feed 0 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-hard-drive-eraser-software-permanently-delete-files http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-hard-drive-eraser-software-permanently-delete-files#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 14:35:25 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=158 Most computer users aren’t aware of the fact that deleted files are still present on the hard drive. Emptying the trash can or recycle bin does not delete the files. The files only become marked as deleted and used disk space is freed for other data. There are many excellent undelete tools that can recover [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-hard-drive-eraser-software-permanently-delete-files/feed 1 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-undelete-software-how-to-retrieve-deleted-files http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-undelete-software-how-to-retrieve-deleted-files#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:36:22 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=155 Unintentionally deleted files is one of the common problems. Most of us use trash can (or recycle bin in Windows). Each deleted file goes here and if we make a mistake we can easily undelete it. The file has only changed its location. However, if we empty the trash can then the file is deleted [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/free-undelete-software-how-to-retrieve-deleted-files/feed 8 http://digitaldatarecovery.org/hard-drive-monitoring-with-speedfan-and-smart http://digitaldatarecovery.org/hard-drive-monitoring-with-speedfan-and-smart#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:27:19 +0000 admin http://digitaldatarecovery.org/?p=147 S.M.A.R.T. or for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology was developed by major hard drive manufacturers like Western Digital, Seagate, IBM and many others. Now it is used by all manufacturers. This technology provides data that can be used to warn user if the hard drive is experiencing problems. This early warning provides enough time to [...]]]> http://digitaldatarecovery.org/hard-drive-monitoring-with-speedfan-and-smart/feed 0