Linux is valuable not only as an operating system but also as a gateway to all of the codes used to create it. This means that it can be adapted to suit your particular needs. However useful and valuable Linux systems may be, they aren't infallible. They are just as vulnerable to data loss as other computer operating systems.
A unique new technology is being used in Linux data recovery. During a scan, IntelligentScan reads data directly from the disk to determine the extent of the damage. It analyses the data and attempts to sort it into different record categories. Some of the categories include: MBR records, FAT Boot sector records, MFT records, HFS/HFS+ Volume Header, and HFS/HFS+ Btree+ Node.
Each record type has a unique structure that is known to data recovery specialists. Specialists also have knowledge regarding the values of record fields and the relations between the fields for each record type. This knowledge allows them to determine a record type for the data. If data can't be assigned to a specific record type with any certainty, it can be assigned to the type that is the most likely option. If it's difficult to identify only one probable type, it's possible to assign data to several record types, all of which will generate possible files.
The standard practice for data recovery companies is to create a list for each record type. The list includes the records that have been assigned to a type, along with their assignment probability. Different lists can be created, many of which will contain the same data. The information on all of the lists will be analysed and used to generate a list of found partitions. The new list will include information regarding partition parameters such as probable size, cluster size, existence probability and file system type.
Recovery specialists use the file and partition lists to reconstruct file systems and files on the found partitions. It's possible to assign one file to several different partitions. On completion of the hard disk scan, the technicians are able to show all of the found partitions. The parameters can then be manually corrected, provided enough information is available to do so.
IntelligentScan technology enables the recovery of files on new and existing partitions. Data can also be recovered from partitions that have been deleted or reformatted.
In the biological world it can take thousands of years for a species to evolve and climb one rung up the evolutionary ladder. In the technological world, especially the world of computers, evolution seems to occur on a weekly basis. Technology advances at a rapid rate, which allows us to do more with it, which in turn leads to more advanced technology. As we continue to develop, and as data recovery methods evolve, it will soon be possible to reconstruct every move ever made on a computer, no matter how bad the damage. This is bad news for those who use their pcs for nefarious means, but for those of us trying to earn an honest living, it sounds like an outstanding safety net against data loss.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The iPod And The Data Recovery Software
The Apple iPod has taken the audio world by storm. When it was first introduced to the public, it was snapped up so quickly that suppliers often ran out of stock and had waiting lists that were weeks long. Apple soon realised the marketing and entertainment potential that the little device held. The hard drives grew rapidly and their range expanded from music storage and playing to include photo viewing capability and video playback. Even though the hard drive is prone to the same inherent risks and dangers of all hard drives i.e. viruses, formatting and data loss, the age of the iPod has arrived.
IPods come in a variety of styles, each with different features and special functions. The iPod Classic has come a long way since its inception as a strictly musical device. It now comes in two sizes, 80Gb and 160GB, and has audio as well as video capabilities. It comes with an Extras menu where you'll find features such as a calendar, a clock and a space for all your contacts. There is also a function that allows you to lock your screen with a four-digit combination.
The iPod Touch has a multi-touch interface, which allows you to access all of the features and adjust systems using only your fingers. Aside from being able to effortlessly switch between albums and songs and flick through and enlarge photos at will there is also a QWERTY touch screen keyboard. This makes surfing the web with your Wi-Fi connection easier, just another one of the special features of the iPod Touch. An ambient light sensor detects changes in the light around you and adjusts the brightness of the screen to suit the environment. This not only enhances your experience of the iPod, it also saves on battery power.
One of the few flaws in Apple iPods is their reliance on inbuilt hard drives, so they face the same potential data loss risks as all hard drive systems face. Data recovery companies can restore lost data from iPods, but there is also data recovery software available that is just as reliable.
The software is able to recover data from iPod drives that have been formatted or corrupted by viruses. The drives are also vulnerable to physical damage from being dropped and banged around or can simply malfunction due to a fault in their hardware. Data lost in this way is also fully recoverable with the use of data recovery software. Images, videos, photos and music that have been accidentally deleted can be easily restored.
As iPods continue to develop more elaborate features and meet more entertainment needs, the demand for them increases. Apple discovered a niche in the audio market and filled it, expanding to every corner and crevice. It remains to be seen whether or not they left any room for competitors, as so far no one has risen to the challenge and developed quite as spectacularly as Apple has. The age of the iPod is upon us, and it seems that the little device is bent on world domination.
IPods come in a variety of styles, each with different features and special functions. The iPod Classic has come a long way since its inception as a strictly musical device. It now comes in two sizes, 80Gb and 160GB, and has audio as well as video capabilities. It comes with an Extras menu where you'll find features such as a calendar, a clock and a space for all your contacts. There is also a function that allows you to lock your screen with a four-digit combination.
The iPod Touch has a multi-touch interface, which allows you to access all of the features and adjust systems using only your fingers. Aside from being able to effortlessly switch between albums and songs and flick through and enlarge photos at will there is also a QWERTY touch screen keyboard. This makes surfing the web with your Wi-Fi connection easier, just another one of the special features of the iPod Touch. An ambient light sensor detects changes in the light around you and adjusts the brightness of the screen to suit the environment. This not only enhances your experience of the iPod, it also saves on battery power.
One of the few flaws in Apple iPods is their reliance on inbuilt hard drives, so they face the same potential data loss risks as all hard drive systems face. Data recovery companies can restore lost data from iPods, but there is also data recovery software available that is just as reliable.
The software is able to recover data from iPod drives that have been formatted or corrupted by viruses. The drives are also vulnerable to physical damage from being dropped and banged around or can simply malfunction due to a fault in their hardware. Data lost in this way is also fully recoverable with the use of data recovery software. Images, videos, photos and music that have been accidentally deleted can be easily restored.
As iPods continue to develop more elaborate features and meet more entertainment needs, the demand for them increases. Apple discovered a niche in the audio market and filled it, expanding to every corner and crevice. It remains to be seen whether or not they left any room for competitors, as so far no one has risen to the challenge and developed quite as spectacularly as Apple has. The age of the iPod is upon us, and it seems that the little device is bent on world domination.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Determine The Failure Type Of Hard Disk And Recovery
As the hard disk is just the de facto storage device in home computers, it is best if the user knows more about the hard disk.
What is more important though, is to know when your disk fails. Since it stores just about all your data, an irreversible failure means that your data goes down along with it.
This is especially true when you suffer hard disk crash. Thus here I have written a guide that is a good guideline to determining the kind of failure that you are suffering from and what measures to take to minimize the damage done.
Sounds
Sounds are a good indicator of a head crash. If you hear any clicking, grinding, scraping, these are indications that your hard disk is suffering/has suffered head crash. Otherwise, the failure is logical in nature.
In fact, it is the most obvious sign of a head crash that any data company worth their salt will immediately diagnose it as such and give you advice to take measures to prevent further damage to your hard disk.
However, if you hear whirring sounds but your computer fails to boot up, it is another kind of hardware failure. The controller chip on the PCB containing the firmware could have suffered damage, usually a result of power surge. This results in the read-write head being unable to properly track the sectors on the platter, and it keeps retrying again and again to read. Or it could even affect the way the different components of the hard disk interact.
The whirring sound is made when the platters spin and stop as the read write head attempts to read information off it.
BIOS
If your hard disk can be detected in BIOS, the most likely cause of failure is logical in nature.
On the other hand if BIOS does not detect the disk, check the internal power connector and connector ribbon is properly attached. There is a possibility that the connection from the motherboard to the disk is not proper. Detach and attach both connectors to see if this problem is clears up.
Once you have done that check, and it still can't be detected by BIOS, then possibly you have encountered hardware failure. This failure can range from electrical to mechanical faults.
System and hardware check
If your hard disk is detected by bios, but your computer shuts down randomly, there are 2 main possible causes; system overheat or faulty hardware.
Check the ventilation holes of your computer, to see if they are choked with dust and other impurities. These holes facilitate ventilation, and keep your system temperature down. Remember to clean the internal fans also, which include the processor fans, the PSU fans and so on.
A hot internal system can cause the various computer components to overheat function improperly. When these components overheat, performance is affected. Your system will sometimes randomly restart itself, or even shut down. The hard disk, for example, is more susceptible to crashes in this situation.
If your ventilation is cleaned but the system still shuts down once in a while, you may have faulty hardware. In most cases, it is the RAM, so you can try swapping it out and see if the problem persists.
Operating System
The system files of your operating system could be corrupted, if your computer can still boot up your operating system (like Windows), but it intermittently hangs, fails to boot up or just simply freeze.
If your operating system doesn't load up at all, and you get error messages such as "invalid partition", "Missing Operating System" or "Error Loading Operating System", there is almost certain that your partitions are causing problems.
Bad Sectors check
If none of the above checks yield any results, the underlying problem could be much worse.
If you can boot up you can load Windows YET the computer crashes occasionally even after you have checked for any system heating problems and other hardware problems, bad sectors might be the problem you are looking at.
OR
If you cannot even startup you computer, there is still that possibility that bad sectors is current suffering.
To check for bad sectors, you can either use Windows chkdsk/scandsk. However, might I recommend ADRC's hard disk checker, which is free too.
Download ADRC's hard disk checker here.
Download and unzip. Run the application (no installations needed), and simply select the disk you are having problems with and click check.
If you cannot startup your computer, detach your hard disk and install it into another computer with a working Windows system and scan from there.
Partitions check
You can use fdisk from Windows 98 bootdisk to see if you can view partitions.
To create Windows boot disk, you can go to our "creating boot disk" guide.
Restart your computer, and boot with your newly created boot disk instead of your hard disk. If Fdisk can see any partitions, most likely your hard disk failure is logical of nature.
If you can see any partitions, you can check the boot sector with our ADRC data recovery tools, and see if the boot sector has any errors. Detach your hard disk from your current system and install it into another working system as a secondary disk.
Download ADRC data recovery tools.
Once you have downloaded and unzipped the file, run the application. Under the tools tab, select the "Boot Builder" command. Then, select the disk letter. After which, select the file system (NTFS for Windows XP users) and the click the "Read Boot Sector" command.
Even if Fdsk cannot detect any partitions, so long as there is no "No Fix Disk" error, the failure is still logical in nature. If however if you see the "No fix disk" error, the failure is hardware based, and if you decide to go for recovery, the costs will be high.
Hopefully, this guide will be useful to you in assessing the nature of your hard disk failure. This is crucial, especially if you decide to go for a professional data recovery service so that you don't be blindsided by not knowing the difference between a hardware failure, hard disk failure, crash, or a logical failure.s
What is more important though, is to know when your disk fails. Since it stores just about all your data, an irreversible failure means that your data goes down along with it.
This is especially true when you suffer hard disk crash. Thus here I have written a guide that is a good guideline to determining the kind of failure that you are suffering from and what measures to take to minimize the damage done.
Sounds
Sounds are a good indicator of a head crash. If you hear any clicking, grinding, scraping, these are indications that your hard disk is suffering/has suffered head crash. Otherwise, the failure is logical in nature.
In fact, it is the most obvious sign of a head crash that any data company worth their salt will immediately diagnose it as such and give you advice to take measures to prevent further damage to your hard disk.
However, if you hear whirring sounds but your computer fails to boot up, it is another kind of hardware failure. The controller chip on the PCB containing the firmware could have suffered damage, usually a result of power surge. This results in the read-write head being unable to properly track the sectors on the platter, and it keeps retrying again and again to read. Or it could even affect the way the different components of the hard disk interact.
The whirring sound is made when the platters spin and stop as the read write head attempts to read information off it.
BIOS
If your hard disk can be detected in BIOS, the most likely cause of failure is logical in nature.
On the other hand if BIOS does not detect the disk, check the internal power connector and connector ribbon is properly attached. There is a possibility that the connection from the motherboard to the disk is not proper. Detach and attach both connectors to see if this problem is clears up.
Once you have done that check, and it still can't be detected by BIOS, then possibly you have encountered hardware failure. This failure can range from electrical to mechanical faults.
System and hardware check
If your hard disk is detected by bios, but your computer shuts down randomly, there are 2 main possible causes; system overheat or faulty hardware.
Check the ventilation holes of your computer, to see if they are choked with dust and other impurities. These holes facilitate ventilation, and keep your system temperature down. Remember to clean the internal fans also, which include the processor fans, the PSU fans and so on.
A hot internal system can cause the various computer components to overheat function improperly. When these components overheat, performance is affected. Your system will sometimes randomly restart itself, or even shut down. The hard disk, for example, is more susceptible to crashes in this situation.
If your ventilation is cleaned but the system still shuts down once in a while, you may have faulty hardware. In most cases, it is the RAM, so you can try swapping it out and see if the problem persists.
Operating System
The system files of your operating system could be corrupted, if your computer can still boot up your operating system (like Windows), but it intermittently hangs, fails to boot up or just simply freeze.
If your operating system doesn't load up at all, and you get error messages such as "invalid partition", "Missing Operating System" or "Error Loading Operating System", there is almost certain that your partitions are causing problems.
Bad Sectors check
If none of the above checks yield any results, the underlying problem could be much worse.
If you can boot up you can load Windows YET the computer crashes occasionally even after you have checked for any system heating problems and other hardware problems, bad sectors might be the problem you are looking at.
OR
If you cannot even startup you computer, there is still that possibility that bad sectors is current suffering.
To check for bad sectors, you can either use Windows chkdsk/scandsk. However, might I recommend ADRC's hard disk checker, which is free too.
Download ADRC's hard disk checker here.
Download and unzip. Run the application (no installations needed), and simply select the disk you are having problems with and click check.
If you cannot startup your computer, detach your hard disk and install it into another computer with a working Windows system and scan from there.
Partitions check
You can use fdisk from Windows 98 bootdisk to see if you can view partitions.
To create Windows boot disk, you can go to our "creating boot disk" guide.
Restart your computer, and boot with your newly created boot disk instead of your hard disk. If Fdisk can see any partitions, most likely your hard disk failure is logical of nature.
If you can see any partitions, you can check the boot sector with our ADRC data recovery tools, and see if the boot sector has any errors. Detach your hard disk from your current system and install it into another working system as a secondary disk.
Download ADRC data recovery tools.
Once you have downloaded and unzipped the file, run the application. Under the tools tab, select the "Boot Builder" command. Then, select the disk letter. After which, select the file system (NTFS for Windows XP users) and the click the "Read Boot Sector" command.
Even if Fdsk cannot detect any partitions, so long as there is no "No Fix Disk" error, the failure is still logical in nature. If however if you see the "No fix disk" error, the failure is hardware based, and if you decide to go for recovery, the costs will be high.
Hopefully, this guide will be useful to you in assessing the nature of your hard disk failure. This is crucial, especially if you decide to go for a professional data recovery service so that you don't be blindsided by not knowing the difference between a hardware failure, hard disk failure, crash, or a logical failure.s
Features Of Online Data Storage Backup
Online data storage backup enables businesses to have a secure coverage of their data that they can backup on the Internet.
There are various sites that provide online back up storage such as Mozy, Carbonite, Xdrive and IBackup which enable business to store and share their files online. However while deciding for online backup, it is necessary that one should have the adequate platform for storage, which may vary from storage of multimedia to encrypted files.
Online data storage backup can be enabled through Exchange data servers, SQL databases and system states. Businesses must ensure whether they are going to enable the sharing of data. Some of the features of it can be stated as follows:
• Costs: The cost for storing data depends upon the amount of information that one is storing. For example, if one is storing data in Xdrive, individuals will get 5GB of free space with charges of $10 for 50 GB per month. In order to upload the file many sites provide accelerator software that enables the compression and faster uploading of files.
• Security: The crucial feature of online back up storage is seen in terms of file sharing and that the files that are stored on the server are not available for accessibility to other users on the Internet. Another important security feature is seen in terms of incremental transfer of data. Data during uploading or downloading should not be lost.
• Websites: There are various websites that are hosting online data storage. Some of these sites include Apcana Data Deposit Box, Xdrive, IBackup and Mozy. All these websites have their own packages for storing online data
This has become an important criterion for individuals and businesses to have adequate storage of files. Especially when portable devices fail to prove an adequate measure for storing files, online data storage becomes necessary.
There are various sites that provide online back up storage such as Mozy, Carbonite, Xdrive and IBackup which enable business to store and share their files online. However while deciding for online backup, it is necessary that one should have the adequate platform for storage, which may vary from storage of multimedia to encrypted files.
Online data storage backup can be enabled through Exchange data servers, SQL databases and system states. Businesses must ensure whether they are going to enable the sharing of data. Some of the features of it can be stated as follows:
• Costs: The cost for storing data depends upon the amount of information that one is storing. For example, if one is storing data in Xdrive, individuals will get 5GB of free space with charges of $10 for 50 GB per month. In order to upload the file many sites provide accelerator software that enables the compression and faster uploading of files.
• Security: The crucial feature of online back up storage is seen in terms of file sharing and that the files that are stored on the server are not available for accessibility to other users on the Internet. Another important security feature is seen in terms of incremental transfer of data. Data during uploading or downloading should not be lost.
• Websites: There are various websites that are hosting online data storage. Some of these sites include Apcana Data Deposit Box, Xdrive, IBackup and Mozy. All these websites have their own packages for storing online data
This has become an important criterion for individuals and businesses to have adequate storage of files. Especially when portable devices fail to prove an adequate measure for storing files, online data storage becomes necessary.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
E-Mail - Importance & Recovery
E-mail abbreviated for Electronic Mail is a way to send message over network. Use of email has increased remendously as it is fast, reliable, cheap and effective way of communication. In today's competitive world of business, email has become the important mode of communication. It has become the backbone of the organization.
Bigger organization uses their own mailing server to contact to the client or their own employee. Outlook express or Microsoft outlook is used to store the mails. As the mail server can store such a big amount of data and it is also unsecured. So the mails are down from mail server to the individual machine.
Storing of email includes physical storage, logical storage as well as backup and recovery. The biggest security threat to any mail storage is email data to be lost. The general loss of mails is because of viruses, system format, and accidental deletion of mail. Mail could also be lost due to outlook express gets corrupted or Microsoft outlook not opening.
To recover the mail from such conditions email recover software has been developed. Email recovery software scans extract and saves email from .mbx and .dbx files in which Microsoft Outlook Express stores messages and folders on the local drive.
Bigger organization uses their own mailing server to contact to the client or their own employee. Outlook express or Microsoft outlook is used to store the mails. As the mail server can store such a big amount of data and it is also unsecured. So the mails are down from mail server to the individual machine.
Storing of email includes physical storage, logical storage as well as backup and recovery. The biggest security threat to any mail storage is email data to be lost. The general loss of mails is because of viruses, system format, and accidental deletion of mail. Mail could also be lost due to outlook express gets corrupted or Microsoft outlook not opening.
To recover the mail from such conditions email recover software has been developed. Email recovery software scans extract and saves email from .mbx and .dbx files in which Microsoft Outlook Express stores messages and folders on the local drive.
The Tape Drive
Multiple tape cartridges are used in conjunction with automated media handling devices for data storage and transference. More than 80% of the world's digital data is stored on tape. Tape drives can be described as the central technology in all disaster protection architectures. The importance of tape in disaster protection and recovery is growing.
Beginnings: The tape drive has been around for more than five decades. It has been constantly evolving itself scaling new heights of technology. IBM invented the tape in the 1960 as a multi-purpose, bulky storage device. The early tape inventions can be classified into three periods:
· IBM 1360 Photostore period i.e. from 1960s
· IBM 2321 Data Cell period from mid 1960s
· Grumman Masstape period from late 1960s/early 1970s
The diverse forms of tape included reels, chips, strips, cylinders and film sheets. These tape forms were characterised by access times of less than 10 seconds and capacities of more than 100GB. However, bulky size with unreliability and high maintenance costs restricted the tape popularity in the 1970s. This changed in 1988. SorageTek invented the ACS4400 tape library. This modified existent tape drives. Tapes became the apt media for data storage and backup. It began to be widely used by commercial enterprises and personal users.
Characteristics:
· Tapes used include 8-millimetre Exabyte VXA, Sony AIT, DLT and Super DLT LTO Ultrium, IBM-compatible half-inch 3490 cartridge, StorageTek 9840/9940 and Sony SAIT.
· Tape uses a method of sequential access to read the data or the information.
· Reliable and durable
· Physically robust with strong magnetic internal structure
Data Loss: Modern tape technology exposes certain structural weaknesses. This makes them prone to data loss.
Magnetic Internal Cavity: Tapes may appear to be sturdy physically. The interior disk cavity is sensitive to magnetic fields. Thus, tapes require high maintenance. Improper care simply leads to overwriting. Consequently, there is a massive loss of data. Hence, a user has to take certain physical maintenance precautions:
· Avoid travelling with the tape. Even if you do carry the tape, make sure it is protected. The tape must be wrapped in a protective sheath. It can be either enclosed in tissue or plastic.
· A user must not holiday with the tape. Tossing and throwing from a height should be avoided.
· The tape should not be exposed to too much light, heat and humidity. This could cause internal damage and lead to data loss. The user should keep the tape in a cool area.
· The tape should be kept away from pets.
· The tape should not be handled with greasy and oily fingers.
· For the most part, the tape should be kept in a vertical position to avid scratches and jars.
Power Surges: Tapes are intricate data storage devices. A user has to ensure that all connections are proper. The tape has to be kept in a compatible drive to avoid ESD. The user has to ensure that all connections are tightly plugged in.
Natural and Man-made Disasters: Tapes are prone to corruption and data loss through natural disasters of floods, fires and earthquakes. At best, a user can take advantage of the tape's large backup memory capacity. Tapes can be stored in a secondary site to be kept far from natural disasters.
Man-made disasters of data theft and terrorism plague the tape more than any other data storage device. Tapes are often recycled lending them data invasion. They are cheap but usually at the price of data. Tapes do not have any kind of internal security. This makes them easy targets for data hacking.
Advantages
Capacity: Tapes boast of extremely large storage options. Tape drives can store more than 50GB of data. They are also used as large apt backup media. They provide off-line storage options.
Cost: Tapes are inexpensive. A personal user has the ability to engage in proper and reliable backups of several gigabytes of data at a cheap rate. It has a low market price. Tapes allow the user cheap backup option.
Reliability: Tape is reliable and durable. It continues to operate for a short time after the tape interior heads have failed. This allows the user to save data before the entire tape corrupts. It is structured to withstand shocks and physical duress. With proper maintenance, the tape can function for a long time.
Simplicity and Universality: Tapes are convenient and simple to use. They do not require technical knowledge. Tapes are portable. They are used to the optimum in automated tape libraries.
Beginnings: The tape drive has been around for more than five decades. It has been constantly evolving itself scaling new heights of technology. IBM invented the tape in the 1960 as a multi-purpose, bulky storage device. The early tape inventions can be classified into three periods:
· IBM 1360 Photostore period i.e. from 1960s
· IBM 2321 Data Cell period from mid 1960s
· Grumman Masstape period from late 1960s/early 1970s
The diverse forms of tape included reels, chips, strips, cylinders and film sheets. These tape forms were characterised by access times of less than 10 seconds and capacities of more than 100GB. However, bulky size with unreliability and high maintenance costs restricted the tape popularity in the 1970s. This changed in 1988. SorageTek invented the ACS4400 tape library. This modified existent tape drives. Tapes became the apt media for data storage and backup. It began to be widely used by commercial enterprises and personal users.
Characteristics:
· Tapes used include 8-millimetre Exabyte VXA, Sony AIT, DLT and Super DLT LTO Ultrium, IBM-compatible half-inch 3490 cartridge, StorageTek 9840/9940 and Sony SAIT.
· Tape uses a method of sequential access to read the data or the information.
· Reliable and durable
· Physically robust with strong magnetic internal structure
Data Loss: Modern tape technology exposes certain structural weaknesses. This makes them prone to data loss.
Magnetic Internal Cavity: Tapes may appear to be sturdy physically. The interior disk cavity is sensitive to magnetic fields. Thus, tapes require high maintenance. Improper care simply leads to overwriting. Consequently, there is a massive loss of data. Hence, a user has to take certain physical maintenance precautions:
· Avoid travelling with the tape. Even if you do carry the tape, make sure it is protected. The tape must be wrapped in a protective sheath. It can be either enclosed in tissue or plastic.
· A user must not holiday with the tape. Tossing and throwing from a height should be avoided.
· The tape should not be exposed to too much light, heat and humidity. This could cause internal damage and lead to data loss. The user should keep the tape in a cool area.
· The tape should be kept away from pets.
· The tape should not be handled with greasy and oily fingers.
· For the most part, the tape should be kept in a vertical position to avid scratches and jars.
Power Surges: Tapes are intricate data storage devices. A user has to ensure that all connections are proper. The tape has to be kept in a compatible drive to avoid ESD. The user has to ensure that all connections are tightly plugged in.
Natural and Man-made Disasters: Tapes are prone to corruption and data loss through natural disasters of floods, fires and earthquakes. At best, a user can take advantage of the tape's large backup memory capacity. Tapes can be stored in a secondary site to be kept far from natural disasters.
Man-made disasters of data theft and terrorism plague the tape more than any other data storage device. Tapes are often recycled lending them data invasion. They are cheap but usually at the price of data. Tapes do not have any kind of internal security. This makes them easy targets for data hacking.
Advantages
Capacity: Tapes boast of extremely large storage options. Tape drives can store more than 50GB of data. They are also used as large apt backup media. They provide off-line storage options.
Cost: Tapes are inexpensive. A personal user has the ability to engage in proper and reliable backups of several gigabytes of data at a cheap rate. It has a low market price. Tapes allow the user cheap backup option.
Reliability: Tape is reliable and durable. It continues to operate for a short time after the tape interior heads have failed. This allows the user to save data before the entire tape corrupts. It is structured to withstand shocks and physical duress. With proper maintenance, the tape can function for a long time.
Simplicity and Universality: Tapes are convenient and simple to use. They do not require technical knowledge. Tapes are portable. They are used to the optimum in automated tape libraries.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Top Six Reasons Why You Need A Data Center Disaster Recovery Plan
I have seen so many startup businesses make the same old mistake of not having a data center disaster recovery plan and thinking that is not necessary. The most common reason that most of these businesses make this decision is that they see a disaster as an unlikely event. They also believe that their business does not need soft data to survive like some businesses which makes a plan like this an unnecessary expense and not really practical for what they are doing. The truth is regardless of what some people may think, implementing a solid data center disaster recovery plan is always a good idea. The following is a list of why it is necessary to have one and why it is essential to operate your business successfully.
Efficiency
Having a computer backup system will aid you in increasing work efficiency. It does so by helping you restore deleted and damaged files which cannot be repaired by ordinary computer utilities. The end result is a flawless work flow that is uninterrupted by any inconvenient computer issues. Having a data disaster recovery plan is not just for major catastrophes but also can be utilized in minor issues that can cause major delays in production.
Assurance
It is important that your employees and your customers have assurance that you are capable of protecting yourself against any type of disaster. Both your employees and customers will be at ease knowing that you are ready to handle any kind of problem and have a disaster plan in effect. This assurance also helps you in that it gives customers a reason to remain loyal to you and is also good at offering potential clients assurance that you can handle situation.
Security
In the modern day world file corruption is a very high risk. The threat of growing viruses and worms is growing exponentially every year. These computer viruses threaten systems everyday and do their damage in many different ways. When a data center is struck by a deadly virus or worm, it can bring a business to a halt and slow down production drastically. When you have a computer backup system it can fix any corrupted files and restore them quickly and getting your business back up to speed on production.
Savings
When you invest in a good data center disaster recovery plan you are also saving lots of money. The reason is that you are preventing future computer problems and solving just about any problem that comes your way. Any problem can slow down your business and increase spending due to paying computer repair technicians and decrease of work production.
Organization
With a computer backup system you have the ability to organize files and sort through any backup data very easily. This can come in handy if someone in your company accidently deletes a file and you need to find the original file to replace it quickly. A data disaster recovery plan also gives you the ability to customize the way you like to organize your documents.
Disaster Scenarios
If your are unlucky enough to get hit by a serious disaster like a fire or earthquake and lose valuable data, you will be one of the fortunate ones if you had a online computer backup. Having one of these will ensure that your business can be rebuilt quickly and be back up and running where you left off. Businesses that chose not to have a data center disaster recovery plan will be wishing they can turn back time and stop themselves from not taking it seriously as they rebuild their business from scratch starting with nothing.
Efficiency
Having a computer backup system will aid you in increasing work efficiency. It does so by helping you restore deleted and damaged files which cannot be repaired by ordinary computer utilities. The end result is a flawless work flow that is uninterrupted by any inconvenient computer issues. Having a data disaster recovery plan is not just for major catastrophes but also can be utilized in minor issues that can cause major delays in production.
Assurance
It is important that your employees and your customers have assurance that you are capable of protecting yourself against any type of disaster. Both your employees and customers will be at ease knowing that you are ready to handle any kind of problem and have a disaster plan in effect. This assurance also helps you in that it gives customers a reason to remain loyal to you and is also good at offering potential clients assurance that you can handle situation.
Security
In the modern day world file corruption is a very high risk. The threat of growing viruses and worms is growing exponentially every year. These computer viruses threaten systems everyday and do their damage in many different ways. When a data center is struck by a deadly virus or worm, it can bring a business to a halt and slow down production drastically. When you have a computer backup system it can fix any corrupted files and restore them quickly and getting your business back up to speed on production.
Savings
When you invest in a good data center disaster recovery plan you are also saving lots of money. The reason is that you are preventing future computer problems and solving just about any problem that comes your way. Any problem can slow down your business and increase spending due to paying computer repair technicians and decrease of work production.
Organization
With a computer backup system you have the ability to organize files and sort through any backup data very easily. This can come in handy if someone in your company accidently deletes a file and you need to find the original file to replace it quickly. A data disaster recovery plan also gives you the ability to customize the way you like to organize your documents.
Disaster Scenarios
If your are unlucky enough to get hit by a serious disaster like a fire or earthquake and lose valuable data, you will be one of the fortunate ones if you had a online computer backup. Having one of these will ensure that your business can be rebuilt quickly and be back up and running where you left off. Businesses that chose not to have a data center disaster recovery plan will be wishing they can turn back time and stop themselves from not taking it seriously as they rebuild their business from scratch starting with nothing.
Why You Need To Consider Online Data Storage Backup
Have you been looking for a way to store and backup your computer data? If so, one of the best ways to do it is with online data storage backup. While you may not know a lot about this type of storage there are many advantages to it. Here are some tips to help you better understand what online data storage backup is and how it can help your individual needs.
Why do you need to be concerned with storing your data?
Storing data online for backup purposes eliminates your dependency of having to use your hard drive when you need to retrieve important files and documents. Although it may not seem that important right now, when something happens that renders your hard drive inaccessible you will have a new appreciation to be sure. Regardless of whether the root of the problem is a failed hard drive or some sort of natural disaster that obliterates your home or business computer network, the end result is that you can no longer get to your data.
It doesn't matter if you have backup disks, if they are stored in the same location, the fire that raged through the office may very well destroy those backup disks as well. With online storage of your data, you can retrieve it from any computer that has an active Internet connection. That means if the office system is no longer working, simply go home, access your stored data, and get back to work.
Another reason to consider using online data storage backup is that you are never far away from your data. For people who travel for business and other purposes, this can be very important. Instead of panicking when it is discovered that an important document was not copied to disk or the hard drive of the laptop one is traveling with, simply access the remote server and download a copy from the stored data.
There is no need to make frantic phone calls to the office and make arrangements for someone to email the file, upload it to an ftp site or make a copy and send it to you for next day delivery. Instead, you simply log into your online data storage site and account, download what you need, and go about your business. And you have this access 24/7.
Finally, one of the best things about this type of storage is the low costs involved. The truth is, you may even find it to be far less costly than your current methods of backing up important data. With that being the case, you should seriously consider the concept of storing your data online.
Why do you need to be concerned with storing your data?
Storing data online for backup purposes eliminates your dependency of having to use your hard drive when you need to retrieve important files and documents. Although it may not seem that important right now, when something happens that renders your hard drive inaccessible you will have a new appreciation to be sure. Regardless of whether the root of the problem is a failed hard drive or some sort of natural disaster that obliterates your home or business computer network, the end result is that you can no longer get to your data.
It doesn't matter if you have backup disks, if they are stored in the same location, the fire that raged through the office may very well destroy those backup disks as well. With online storage of your data, you can retrieve it from any computer that has an active Internet connection. That means if the office system is no longer working, simply go home, access your stored data, and get back to work.
Another reason to consider using online data storage backup is that you are never far away from your data. For people who travel for business and other purposes, this can be very important. Instead of panicking when it is discovered that an important document was not copied to disk or the hard drive of the laptop one is traveling with, simply access the remote server and download a copy from the stored data.
There is no need to make frantic phone calls to the office and make arrangements for someone to email the file, upload it to an ftp site or make a copy and send it to you for next day delivery. Instead, you simply log into your online data storage site and account, download what you need, and go about your business. And you have this access 24/7.
Finally, one of the best things about this type of storage is the low costs involved. The truth is, you may even find it to be far less costly than your current methods of backing up important data. With that being the case, you should seriously consider the concept of storing your data online.
Monday, November 26, 2007
6 Reasons Why Businesses Need A Data Center Disaster Recovery Plan
There are many reasons why it is always a good idea to have a data center disaster recovery plan. Listed below are 6 of the most important ones to outline why a computer backup system may be essential to your business.
1. A sense of security. For customers and employees to feel confident and secure it makes sense to put a data center recovery plan in place. They will rest assured knowing the company has the foresight to plan ahead to deal with any unforeseen potential disaster with a computer backup system in place. Installing a computer backup system also displays professionalism and business acumen giving customers the impression that the business is 'here to stay.' This belief can actually stabilize and increase the essential customer base, helping the business to continue to grow.
2. Organization. Another very important aspect to any business is good organization and proper documentation of data. With good data center disaster recovery plans in place computer backup systems are often capable of organizing and sorting data easily, allowing access to files, which may have been mistakenly deleted or lost. This can be a lifesaver in some situations!
3. Security issues. With countless computer viruses and worms in everyday circulation contamination of your system is a very real threat. With a computer backup system in place you can have the peace of mind that should the files on your computer suffer damage the corrupted files can easily be replaced, allowing your business to run on uninterrupted.
4. Maintaining success. Computer backup systems assist in efficiently replacing corrupted or deleted files, which can aid in the smooth running of your business without adversely effecting production. Having data center disaster recovery plans in place would mean that small hiccups with the potential to slow production, could be instantly corrected not just the major disasters.
5. Make savings. Money can be saved with an investment in a data center recovery plan. Having a computer backup system in place can prevent production being slowed making savings in the longer term and can actually help the business survive should a major disaster occur!
6. Picture a major disaster occurring; your computer picks up a virus that deletes everything from your hard drive, (yes, there are viruses out there that can do this and new ones are being created every day). Could your business continue to run with all this information deleted? With a data center disaster recovery plan in place all the deleted files and folders could simply be replaced. Businesses that did not bother to install an online computer backup system would have to replace this information manually and would suffer financially for a long time to come. Imagine replacing all that information from scratch!
1. A sense of security. For customers and employees to feel confident and secure it makes sense to put a data center recovery plan in place. They will rest assured knowing the company has the foresight to plan ahead to deal with any unforeseen potential disaster with a computer backup system in place. Installing a computer backup system also displays professionalism and business acumen giving customers the impression that the business is 'here to stay.' This belief can actually stabilize and increase the essential customer base, helping the business to continue to grow.
2. Organization. Another very important aspect to any business is good organization and proper documentation of data. With good data center disaster recovery plans in place computer backup systems are often capable of organizing and sorting data easily, allowing access to files, which may have been mistakenly deleted or lost. This can be a lifesaver in some situations!
3. Security issues. With countless computer viruses and worms in everyday circulation contamination of your system is a very real threat. With a computer backup system in place you can have the peace of mind that should the files on your computer suffer damage the corrupted files can easily be replaced, allowing your business to run on uninterrupted.
4. Maintaining success. Computer backup systems assist in efficiently replacing corrupted or deleted files, which can aid in the smooth running of your business without adversely effecting production. Having data center disaster recovery plans in place would mean that small hiccups with the potential to slow production, could be instantly corrected not just the major disasters.
5. Make savings. Money can be saved with an investment in a data center recovery plan. Having a computer backup system in place can prevent production being slowed making savings in the longer term and can actually help the business survive should a major disaster occur!
6. Picture a major disaster occurring; your computer picks up a virus that deletes everything from your hard drive, (yes, there are viruses out there that can do this and new ones are being created every day). Could your business continue to run with all this information deleted? With a data center disaster recovery plan in place all the deleted files and folders could simply be replaced. Businesses that did not bother to install an online computer backup system would have to replace this information manually and would suffer financially for a long time to come. Imagine replacing all that information from scratch!
What Good Is Backup If You Can't Recover Your Information?
1) Business owners download and install the online backup software of their choice all on their own.
This is a huge mistake.
Why? Because these business owners are experts in their fields-like coaching, speaking, writing, marketing, sales, retail etc.-but are not experts when it comes to technology, their computers, and their digital information.
They know how to use their computers, but they certainly couldn't take apart and rebuild them. Likewise, they don't have a full understanding of how (and where) their information is actually stored on their computer's hard drive.
And here's a fact: no two computers save information in exactly the same directories, folders and files.
So how can one downloadable "standard" backup program, that non-tech-savvy business owners set up themselves, possibly find and backup all of the critical and proprietary information stored on their computer?
It's impossible.
So what happens? The downloadable backup software doesn't get installed and set up properly in the first place. Information is missed, and because this information is not initially included in the backup set, it never gets backed up ... and therefore cannot be recovered.
2) Cost conscious business owners trust their critical information to the cheapest backup service they can find on the web, and later find out that no systems are in place to monitor the completion of their backup, and no alarms are triggered when their backup is not successful.
You really do get what you pay for. Don't make the mistake of bargain shopping when it comes to protecting the information that allows you to earn a living and support your family.
Just do the math.
If you're thinking about paying $5/month to automatically backup and store offsite all of your emails, teleseminars, pdf files, prospect lists, client database, accounting files, office documents, photographs and image files, you're thinking about protecting the future of your business with the "best deal" going.
But what you don't know is that the "best deal" is so darn cheap because it's running on automatic in the worst sense of the word. Just think: $5/month cannot possibly pay for a team of qualified storage specialists to monitor and test your backups on a daily basis.
There is no team of people behind a $5/month backup service. No one is checking to make sure that your backup is actually happening every day. No one will call you if your backup stops working. No one cares. Even your credit card gets charged automatically every month, no matter if your backup completed a single time in the last 30 days, or NOT.
3) New applications are installed on the business computer, but the business owner fails to manually add these new files to their downloaded backup system, or they fail to notify their full-service backup provider about the new programs.
New programs must be added to your backup set, or the information will not be stored.
If you invest in a full-service online backup service, you will receive regular reminders to contact them should new applications be installed on your computers. At which point, their storage specialists will connect remotely to your computers, and make the adjustments to your backup set so that all of your new files are also backed up on a daily basis.
If you are thinking about downloading your backup software from the web, you must familiarize yourself with the steps to add new files to your backup set, and trust that the software will recognize and backup your new programs.
Automated offsite backup services are the absolute best way to protect the future of your business, but none of these services are psychic. Software programs such as these are not intuitive, so they don't realize that a new application has been installed on your computer. And if they don't know that these new files exist, they can't include them in your backup set.
In this regard, business owners must be diligent in communicating with their backup service providers to ensure that ALL of their critical information is being backed up every day.
In conclusion, making the decision to backup your business is an investment that can literally save you from bankruptcy, and protect all of the hours, dollars, blood, sweat and tears that you've invested thus far in building your business. It's one of the smartest decisions that you can make as a business owner. And you should absolutely research and compare these backup services.
My advice, clearly, is to invest in a full-service online, automated backup solution, with a team of storage specialists that install and set up the backup application for you, personally monitor your backup, and contact you immediately if your backup is not completing successfully.
This is a huge mistake.
Why? Because these business owners are experts in their fields-like coaching, speaking, writing, marketing, sales, retail etc.-but are not experts when it comes to technology, their computers, and their digital information.
They know how to use their computers, but they certainly couldn't take apart and rebuild them. Likewise, they don't have a full understanding of how (and where) their information is actually stored on their computer's hard drive.
And here's a fact: no two computers save information in exactly the same directories, folders and files.
So how can one downloadable "standard" backup program, that non-tech-savvy business owners set up themselves, possibly find and backup all of the critical and proprietary information stored on their computer?
It's impossible.
So what happens? The downloadable backup software doesn't get installed and set up properly in the first place. Information is missed, and because this information is not initially included in the backup set, it never gets backed up ... and therefore cannot be recovered.
2) Cost conscious business owners trust their critical information to the cheapest backup service they can find on the web, and later find out that no systems are in place to monitor the completion of their backup, and no alarms are triggered when their backup is not successful.
You really do get what you pay for. Don't make the mistake of bargain shopping when it comes to protecting the information that allows you to earn a living and support your family.
Just do the math.
If you're thinking about paying $5/month to automatically backup and store offsite all of your emails, teleseminars, pdf files, prospect lists, client database, accounting files, office documents, photographs and image files, you're thinking about protecting the future of your business with the "best deal" going.
But what you don't know is that the "best deal" is so darn cheap because it's running on automatic in the worst sense of the word. Just think: $5/month cannot possibly pay for a team of qualified storage specialists to monitor and test your backups on a daily basis.
There is no team of people behind a $5/month backup service. No one is checking to make sure that your backup is actually happening every day. No one will call you if your backup stops working. No one cares. Even your credit card gets charged automatically every month, no matter if your backup completed a single time in the last 30 days, or NOT.
3) New applications are installed on the business computer, but the business owner fails to manually add these new files to their downloaded backup system, or they fail to notify their full-service backup provider about the new programs.
New programs must be added to your backup set, or the information will not be stored.
If you invest in a full-service online backup service, you will receive regular reminders to contact them should new applications be installed on your computers. At which point, their storage specialists will connect remotely to your computers, and make the adjustments to your backup set so that all of your new files are also backed up on a daily basis.
If you are thinking about downloading your backup software from the web, you must familiarize yourself with the steps to add new files to your backup set, and trust that the software will recognize and backup your new programs.
Automated offsite backup services are the absolute best way to protect the future of your business, but none of these services are psychic. Software programs such as these are not intuitive, so they don't realize that a new application has been installed on your computer. And if they don't know that these new files exist, they can't include them in your backup set.
In this regard, business owners must be diligent in communicating with their backup service providers to ensure that ALL of their critical information is being backed up every day.
In conclusion, making the decision to backup your business is an investment that can literally save you from bankruptcy, and protect all of the hours, dollars, blood, sweat and tears that you've invested thus far in building your business. It's one of the smartest decisions that you can make as a business owner. And you should absolutely research and compare these backup services.
My advice, clearly, is to invest in a full-service online, automated backup solution, with a team of storage specialists that install and set up the backup application for you, personally monitor your backup, and contact you immediately if your backup is not completing successfully.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Lost Data: What Do You Do When It Happens To You
Most if not all forms of storage is susceptible to becoming damaged or corrupt. When your hard disk drives, CDs, DVDs or RAID arrays fail it is time to attempt recover your lost data. Data recovery describes the techniques implemented by IT professionals to salvage data that has been lost. Not only does it apply to drives that are physically or logically corrupt, data recovery is also used as a term to describe the process of retrieving and securing deleted information. Police departments and government agencies often uses these sorts of techniques for forensics purposes.
Usually the need for data recovery is because it has been accidentally deleted from the system. If this is the case, then normally most of the data can be recovered. But when data is lost due to physically damage or from malicious software, such as a virus, the chances of recovering your lost data goes down significantly. For simple data recovery, like for an accidentally deleted file, you can do-it-yourself by purchasing “Undelete” software. For physical damage, like what occurs when a computer is submerged in a flooded basement, it is best to contact a specialist to assist you.
If you decided to attempt to recover your data yourself on a physically damaged or corrupt drive you will need to keep a couple of things in mind. Do not allow your system to start up or run from the damaged drive. Instead, create a boot disk, boot from a USB stick drive, or use another hard drive to run the system from. Do not run the data recovery software from the drive needing repair. Again, try to run the software from some other source like a USB memory stick. Now a days, many operating systems come with a set of data recovery tools packaged with their installation programs. This can help make the job of recovering your lost data much easier. To find these tools, simply find your installation disks for your operating system and put the first disk in the computer. It should guide you from there.
Usually the need for data recovery is because it has been accidentally deleted from the system. If this is the case, then normally most of the data can be recovered. But when data is lost due to physically damage or from malicious software, such as a virus, the chances of recovering your lost data goes down significantly. For simple data recovery, like for an accidentally deleted file, you can do-it-yourself by purchasing “Undelete” software. For physical damage, like what occurs when a computer is submerged in a flooded basement, it is best to contact a specialist to assist you.
If you decided to attempt to recover your data yourself on a physically damaged or corrupt drive you will need to keep a couple of things in mind. Do not allow your system to start up or run from the damaged drive. Instead, create a boot disk, boot from a USB stick drive, or use another hard drive to run the system from. Do not run the data recovery software from the drive needing repair. Again, try to run the software from some other source like a USB memory stick. Now a days, many operating systems come with a set of data recovery tools packaged with their installation programs. This can help make the job of recovering your lost data much easier. To find these tools, simply find your installation disks for your operating system and put the first disk in the computer. It should guide you from there.
Data Recovery After Formatting - Why It is Important to Perform Data Recovery After Formatting
If you have ever had the unfortunate experience of your computer crashing then you know how hard it is to replace all the information you had saved on the system. It is very important that you perform data recovery after formatting. This will give you the best chances of saving as much information as possible from your hard drive. There are a couple of steps you can use to make the process less painful for you.
Before you take the time to complete the data recovery after formatting process you need to test your system. Is it stable now so you can begin adding the lost data back into the hard drive? If not then your efforts at this point will be fruitless. A good way to test your system is to load information on it that really isn’t important data. It is important though to make sure that information isn’t corrupted. It should open and close for you very easily. If this all works well then it is safe to assume your system is operating normally again and at the right speed. It is now safe to begin data recovery processes.
As you begin the data recovery after formatting process you need to pay close attention to the progress it is making. If you get the impression there is any problem during the process take a close look at it. Any pop up messages that ask you about a particular file may be an indicator of a problem.
Once the data recovery has been completed you can randomly check the material. Open up several different files that offer important information. For example if you use the computer to manage your business accounts then check the Accounts Payable and Receivable accounts for access. You also want to make sure you can send and receive e-mail without complications.
Before you take the time to complete the data recovery after formatting process you need to test your system. Is it stable now so you can begin adding the lost data back into the hard drive? If not then your efforts at this point will be fruitless. A good way to test your system is to load information on it that really isn’t important data. It is important though to make sure that information isn’t corrupted. It should open and close for you very easily. If this all works well then it is safe to assume your system is operating normally again and at the right speed. It is now safe to begin data recovery processes.
As you begin the data recovery after formatting process you need to pay close attention to the progress it is making. If you get the impression there is any problem during the process take a close look at it. Any pop up messages that ask you about a particular file may be an indicator of a problem.
Once the data recovery has been completed you can randomly check the material. Open up several different files that offer important information. For example if you use the computer to manage your business accounts then check the Accounts Payable and Receivable accounts for access. You also want to make sure you can send and receive e-mail without complications.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Mobile Phone SIM Card Data Recovery
Mobiles can hold vast data of information via a device called the Subscriber Identity Module card, popularly known as the SIM card. This tiny card can offer a lot of value as it maintains your data, preferences, and enables portability. This removable SIM card device also helps to keep your data secure.
SIM Cards and Our Mobile Phones
SIM cards play a very important role in managing our data on our mobile phones. This SIM card acts as mobile data memory. It is due to the SIM card that your mobile can hold the valuable phone numbers of your business clients, friends, and family. SMS forms a very important way to communicate these days. You must have sent millions of messages from your mobile phones to connect with your loved ones or for business purposes. The SIM card allows you to store these messages on your mobile phone.
Mobile phones have become much more than just phones. People increasingly use their mobile phones to take pictures or shoot video clips. In addition, people are also downloading music on their mobile phones these days. Modern SIM cards allow users to store large amounts of data without worrying about the lack of storage capacity.
The SIM card also enables transfer of data such as messages and phone book from one mobile phone to another. This can be extremely beneficial when users change their mobile phone sets, which has become a frequent phenomenon these days.
Can you Lose Data from Your SIM Card?
SIM cards, like any other electronic device are prone to damages. Mobile phone crime is on rise and malicious people involved in mobile theft have made SIM cards their partner in crime. SIM cards are delicate electronic devices and can be damaged very easily if they are manhandled.
How Can you Lose Data from Your SIM Card?
There are times when people get SIM card errors while making a call or receiving a call. This may be due to a hardware error because the SIM detection tab under the SIM card becomes faulty. In some cases, the SIM card door becomes loose due to which, the SIM card is not able to function properly and you may not be able to make or receive calls. The electronic circuit space wherein the SIM card gets fitted may also get faulty, due to which the SIM card will not be able to read the data. The SIM card itself may also get faulty. This can be a problem that will be more serious in nature because in such cases you will have to not only get the SIM card replaced but also recover the data from your damaged SIM card.
However, hardware errors are not the only errors that are responsible for loss of data from your SIM card. There are times when an accidental corruption can result in data loss from your SIM card. A virus infection is also one of the major reasons for data loss. In such cases, data will be lost or corrupted and you will have to either buy data recovery software of hire data recovery specialists to retrieve your data.
Are There any DIY Software Packages Available to Recover Data From Mobile Phones?
There are a lot of DIY software packages available in the market that can help you recover your messages as well as phone books. There is software that's read-only software. Therefore, they are completely non-destructive for your lost data because the risk of the data being overwritten by the data recovery software is eliminated. However, if you want to buy this software, make sure that you check whether or not the software will work if your SIM card is locked due to unauthorized PIN code. There is some software that explicitly states that the software will be rendered ineffective if the SIM card is locked.
Will Calling up a Professional Recovery Service be a Good Idea?
It depends on how important the lost data is to you. If the data on your SIM card is extremely important and can result in huge financial losses or emotional discomfort, then it would be a good idea to call up a professional data recovery service. Hiring the services of a data recovery specialist significantly increases your chances of successful data recovery. While most DIY software promises data recovery, the question remains as to how successful this recovery will be.
SIM Cards and Our Mobile Phones
SIM cards play a very important role in managing our data on our mobile phones. This SIM card acts as mobile data memory. It is due to the SIM card that your mobile can hold the valuable phone numbers of your business clients, friends, and family. SMS forms a very important way to communicate these days. You must have sent millions of messages from your mobile phones to connect with your loved ones or for business purposes. The SIM card allows you to store these messages on your mobile phone.
Mobile phones have become much more than just phones. People increasingly use their mobile phones to take pictures or shoot video clips. In addition, people are also downloading music on their mobile phones these days. Modern SIM cards allow users to store large amounts of data without worrying about the lack of storage capacity.
The SIM card also enables transfer of data such as messages and phone book from one mobile phone to another. This can be extremely beneficial when users change their mobile phone sets, which has become a frequent phenomenon these days.
Can you Lose Data from Your SIM Card?
SIM cards, like any other electronic device are prone to damages. Mobile phone crime is on rise and malicious people involved in mobile theft have made SIM cards their partner in crime. SIM cards are delicate electronic devices and can be damaged very easily if they are manhandled.
How Can you Lose Data from Your SIM Card?
There are times when people get SIM card errors while making a call or receiving a call. This may be due to a hardware error because the SIM detection tab under the SIM card becomes faulty. In some cases, the SIM card door becomes loose due to which, the SIM card is not able to function properly and you may not be able to make or receive calls. The electronic circuit space wherein the SIM card gets fitted may also get faulty, due to which the SIM card will not be able to read the data. The SIM card itself may also get faulty. This can be a problem that will be more serious in nature because in such cases you will have to not only get the SIM card replaced but also recover the data from your damaged SIM card.
However, hardware errors are not the only errors that are responsible for loss of data from your SIM card. There are times when an accidental corruption can result in data loss from your SIM card. A virus infection is also one of the major reasons for data loss. In such cases, data will be lost or corrupted and you will have to either buy data recovery software of hire data recovery specialists to retrieve your data.
Are There any DIY Software Packages Available to Recover Data From Mobile Phones?
There are a lot of DIY software packages available in the market that can help you recover your messages as well as phone books. There is software that's read-only software. Therefore, they are completely non-destructive for your lost data because the risk of the data being overwritten by the data recovery software is eliminated. However, if you want to buy this software, make sure that you check whether or not the software will work if your SIM card is locked due to unauthorized PIN code. There is some software that explicitly states that the software will be rendered ineffective if the SIM card is locked.
Will Calling up a Professional Recovery Service be a Good Idea?
It depends on how important the lost data is to you. If the data on your SIM card is extremely important and can result in huge financial losses or emotional discomfort, then it would be a good idea to call up a professional data recovery service. Hiring the services of a data recovery specialist significantly increases your chances of successful data recovery. While most DIY software promises data recovery, the question remains as to how successful this recovery will be.
Data-Recovery - Take Data Center Disaster Recovery Plans To A New Level With Online Computer Backups
Recent technology in the field of online computer backups has made data center disaster recovery plans a breeze.
In the old days (think before 2005), data center disaster recovery plans were only marginally effective. Data had to be stored on CD's, in folders, on zip disks (remember those?), and on backup computers. Many businesses didn't bother to backup data to a separate location at all.
The major flaw with backing up to "the backup computer" has always been an issue of security. Most backup computers are connected to a network in the office, which allows for easy data transfer. Certain threats, like system bugs or viruses, to any of the computers on the network then become threats to all the computers on the network. Clearly, this plan does not represent a secure data backup system.
Advances in technology have addressed these issues. Many computer backup systems now feature online computer backups, and businesses are now able to store their data online, keeping their data centers secure and safe from viruses and system bugs.
Online computer backup systems can add additional security to important data with the use of password systems that restrict access to the data. This type of security extends data protection to address hackers and unauthorized personnel.
Online computer backups also save space at the office. Typically, more data can be stored online than in any folder, CD or even backup computer. This translates to increases in work efficiency and production.
Businesses small and large are now better equipped to deal with any disaster, because all the important data is stored remotely, in a central location, which makes for much more efficient data center disaster recovery plans.
No matter what catastrophe hits, online computer backups have these businesses covered. Business owners can be assured that whether a file got corrupted or a full system crash occurred, their data has remained safe.
Realize, however, that when choosing a computer backup system with an online backup system, it is advisable to make sure that it can deliver the goods. If it can, then you have probably found a data center disaster recovery plan that will maximize your disaster coverage.
In the old days (think before 2005), data center disaster recovery plans were only marginally effective. Data had to be stored on CD's, in folders, on zip disks (remember those?), and on backup computers. Many businesses didn't bother to backup data to a separate location at all.
The major flaw with backing up to "the backup computer" has always been an issue of security. Most backup computers are connected to a network in the office, which allows for easy data transfer. Certain threats, like system bugs or viruses, to any of the computers on the network then become threats to all the computers on the network. Clearly, this plan does not represent a secure data backup system.
Advances in technology have addressed these issues. Many computer backup systems now feature online computer backups, and businesses are now able to store their data online, keeping their data centers secure and safe from viruses and system bugs.
Online computer backup systems can add additional security to important data with the use of password systems that restrict access to the data. This type of security extends data protection to address hackers and unauthorized personnel.
Online computer backups also save space at the office. Typically, more data can be stored online than in any folder, CD or even backup computer. This translates to increases in work efficiency and production.
Businesses small and large are now better equipped to deal with any disaster, because all the important data is stored remotely, in a central location, which makes for much more efficient data center disaster recovery plans.
No matter what catastrophe hits, online computer backups have these businesses covered. Business owners can be assured that whether a file got corrupted or a full system crash occurred, their data has remained safe.
Realize, however, that when choosing a computer backup system with an online backup system, it is advisable to make sure that it can deliver the goods. If it can, then you have probably found a data center disaster recovery plan that will maximize your disaster coverage.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Mobile Phone SIM Card Data Recovery
Mobiles can hold vast data of information via a device called the Subscriber Identity Module card, popularly known as the SIM card. This tiny card can offer a lot of value as it maintains your data, preferences, and enables portability. This removable SIM card device also helps to keep your data secure.
SIM Cards and Our Mobile Phones
SIM cards play a very important role in managing our data on our mobile phones. This SIM card acts as mobile data memory. It is due to the SIM card that your mobile can hold the valuable phone numbers of your business clients, friends, and family. SMS forms a very important way to communicate these days. You must have sent millions of messages from your mobile phones to connect with your loved ones or for business purposes. The SIM card allows you to store these messages on your mobile phone.
Mobile phones have become much more than just phones. People increasingly use their mobile phones to take pictures or shoot video clips. In addition, people are also downloading music on their mobile phones these days. Modern SIM cards allow users to store large amounts of data without worrying about the lack of storage capacity.
The SIM card also enables transfer of data such as messages and phone book from one mobile phone to another. This can be extremely beneficial when users change their mobile phone sets, which has become a frequent phenomenon these days.
Can you Lose Data from Your SIM Card?
SIM cards, like any other electronic device are prone to damages. Mobile phone crime is on rise and malicious people involved in mobile theft have made SIM cards their partner in crime. SIM cards are delicate electronic devices and can be damaged very easily if they are manhandled.
How Can you Lose Data from Your SIM Card?
There are times when people get SIM card errors while making a call or receiving a call. This may be due to a hardware error because the SIM detection tab under the SIM card becomes faulty. In some cases, the SIM card door becomes loose due to which, the SIM card is not able to function properly and you may not be able to make or receive calls. The electronic circuit space wherein the SIM card gets fitted may also get faulty, due to which the SIM card will not be able to read the data. The SIM card itself may also get faulty. This can be a problem that will be more serious in nature because in such cases you will have to not only get the SIM card replaced but also recover the data from your damaged SIM card.
However, hardware errors are not the only errors that are responsible for loss of data from your SIM card. There are times when an accidental corruption can result in data loss from your SIM card. A virus infection is also one of the major reasons for data loss. In such cases, data will be lost or corrupted and you will have to either buy data recovery software of hire data recovery specialists to retrieve your data.
Are There any DIY Software Packages Available to Recover Data From Mobile Phones?
There are a lot of DIY software packages available in the market that can help you recover your messages as well as phone books. There is software that's read-only software. Therefore, they are completely non-destructive for your lost data because the risk of the data being overwritten by the data recovery software is eliminated. However, if you want to buy this software, make sure that you check whether or not the software will work if your SIM card is locked due to unauthorized PIN code. There is some software that explicitly states that the software will be rendered ineffective if the SIM card is locked.
Will Calling up a Professional Recovery Service be a Good Idea?
It depends on how important the lost data is to you. If the data on your SIM card is extremely important and can result in huge financial losses or emotional discomfort, then it would be a good idea to call up a professional data recovery service. Hiring the services of a data recovery specialist significantly increases your chances of successful data recovery. While most DIY software promises data recovery, the question remains as to how successful this recovery will be.
SIM Cards and Our Mobile Phones
SIM cards play a very important role in managing our data on our mobile phones. This SIM card acts as mobile data memory. It is due to the SIM card that your mobile can hold the valuable phone numbers of your business clients, friends, and family. SMS forms a very important way to communicate these days. You must have sent millions of messages from your mobile phones to connect with your loved ones or for business purposes. The SIM card allows you to store these messages on your mobile phone.
Mobile phones have become much more than just phones. People increasingly use their mobile phones to take pictures or shoot video clips. In addition, people are also downloading music on their mobile phones these days. Modern SIM cards allow users to store large amounts of data without worrying about the lack of storage capacity.
The SIM card also enables transfer of data such as messages and phone book from one mobile phone to another. This can be extremely beneficial when users change their mobile phone sets, which has become a frequent phenomenon these days.
Can you Lose Data from Your SIM Card?
SIM cards, like any other electronic device are prone to damages. Mobile phone crime is on rise and malicious people involved in mobile theft have made SIM cards their partner in crime. SIM cards are delicate electronic devices and can be damaged very easily if they are manhandled.
How Can you Lose Data from Your SIM Card?
There are times when people get SIM card errors while making a call or receiving a call. This may be due to a hardware error because the SIM detection tab under the SIM card becomes faulty. In some cases, the SIM card door becomes loose due to which, the SIM card is not able to function properly and you may not be able to make or receive calls. The electronic circuit space wherein the SIM card gets fitted may also get faulty, due to which the SIM card will not be able to read the data. The SIM card itself may also get faulty. This can be a problem that will be more serious in nature because in such cases you will have to not only get the SIM card replaced but also recover the data from your damaged SIM card.
However, hardware errors are not the only errors that are responsible for loss of data from your SIM card. There are times when an accidental corruption can result in data loss from your SIM card. A virus infection is also one of the major reasons for data loss. In such cases, data will be lost or corrupted and you will have to either buy data recovery software of hire data recovery specialists to retrieve your data.
Are There any DIY Software Packages Available to Recover Data From Mobile Phones?
There are a lot of DIY software packages available in the market that can help you recover your messages as well as phone books. There is software that's read-only software. Therefore, they are completely non-destructive for your lost data because the risk of the data being overwritten by the data recovery software is eliminated. However, if you want to buy this software, make sure that you check whether or not the software will work if your SIM card is locked due to unauthorized PIN code. There is some software that explicitly states that the software will be rendered ineffective if the SIM card is locked.
Will Calling up a Professional Recovery Service be a Good Idea?
It depends on how important the lost data is to you. If the data on your SIM card is extremely important and can result in huge financial losses or emotional discomfort, then it would be a good idea to call up a professional data recovery service. Hiring the services of a data recovery specialist significantly increases your chances of successful data recovery. While most DIY software promises data recovery, the question remains as to how successful this recovery will be.
Data-Recovery - Take Data Center Disaster Recovery Plans To A New Level With Online Computer Backups
Recent technology in the field of online computer backups has made data center disaster recovery plans a breeze.
In the old days (think before 2005), data center disaster recovery plans were only marginally effective. Data had to be stored on CD's, in folders, on zip disks (remember those?), and on backup computers. Many businesses didn't bother to backup data to a separate location at all.
The major flaw with backing up to "the backup computer" has always been an issue of security. Most backup computers are connected to a network in the office, which allows for easy data transfer. Certain threats, like system bugs or viruses, to any of the computers on the network then become threats to all the computers on the network. Clearly, this plan does not represent a secure data backup system.
Advances in technology have addressed these issues. Many computer backup systems now feature online computer backups, and businesses are now able to store their data online, keeping their data centers secure and safe from viruses and system bugs.
Online computer backup systems can add additional security to important data with the use of password systems that restrict access to the data. This type of security extends data protection to address hackers and unauthorized personnel.
Online computer backups also save space at the office. Typically, more data can be stored online than in any folder, CD or even backup computer. This translates to increases in work efficiency and production.
Businesses small and large are now better equipped to deal with any disaster, because all the important data is stored remotely, in a central location, which makes for much more efficient data center disaster recovery plans.
No matter what catastrophe hits, online computer backups have these businesses covered. Business owners can be assured that whether a file got corrupted or a full system crash occurred, their data has remained safe.
Realize, however, that when choosing a computer backup system with an online backup system, it is advisable to make sure that it can deliver the goods. If it can, then you have probably found a data center disaster recovery plan that will maximize your disaster coverage.
In the old days (think before 2005), data center disaster recovery plans were only marginally effective. Data had to be stored on CD's, in folders, on zip disks (remember those?), and on backup computers. Many businesses didn't bother to backup data to a separate location at all.
The major flaw with backing up to "the backup computer" has always been an issue of security. Most backup computers are connected to a network in the office, which allows for easy data transfer. Certain threats, like system bugs or viruses, to any of the computers on the network then become threats to all the computers on the network. Clearly, this plan does not represent a secure data backup system.
Advances in technology have addressed these issues. Many computer backup systems now feature online computer backups, and businesses are now able to store their data online, keeping their data centers secure and safe from viruses and system bugs.
Online computer backup systems can add additional security to important data with the use of password systems that restrict access to the data. This type of security extends data protection to address hackers and unauthorized personnel.
Online computer backups also save space at the office. Typically, more data can be stored online than in any folder, CD or even backup computer. This translates to increases in work efficiency and production.
Businesses small and large are now better equipped to deal with any disaster, because all the important data is stored remotely, in a central location, which makes for much more efficient data center disaster recovery plans.
No matter what catastrophe hits, online computer backups have these businesses covered. Business owners can be assured that whether a file got corrupted or a full system crash occurred, their data has remained safe.
Realize, however, that when choosing a computer backup system with an online backup system, it is advisable to make sure that it can deliver the goods. If it can, then you have probably found a data center disaster recovery plan that will maximize your disaster coverage.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
External Drives Data Recovery
A wide variety of failures can propel severe external or physical damage to drives and storage media. When the drive is physically damaged, a greater level of precaution needs to be exercised in order to ensure that the data is still recoverable. To clarify your understanding, external hard drive data recovery means the process of recovering data from external hard drives like USB or Fire wire when the data is neither lost nor inaccessible because of some reason or the other. External hard drive data recovery process comprises the same process followed while trying to recover some lost files. Let's take the example of the ICD-ROMs which may get damaged because their metallic substrate is scratched.
Keep in mind that hard disks can suffer any of several mechanical failures, such as head crashes. There can be a case of failed motors so physical damage always causes at least some minimal case of data loss.
Most physical damaged drives cannot be repaired by the end users. For example, opening a hard disk in a normal environment is a complete no-no because the dust would obviously settle on the surface. If that happens, that could worsen the damage caused to the platters and complicate the external drive data recovery process even further.
The difficulty is that most users aren't experts nor do they have the hardware or technical expertise required to make these repairs. So it is best to opt for data recovery companies to do the job rather than make costlier mistakes that complicate data recovery processes further. Most professionals use Class 100 clean room facilities to protect the media while repairs are being made. How this is done is discussed herein.
The extracted raw image is used to reconstruct data that can be used after any repair of the logical damage is carried out. Once the repair is complete, the files may be in usable form although its actual recovery may turn out to be very incomplete.
Some helpful examples of physical recovery procedures include removing a damaged PCB (printed circuit board) and replacing it with a matching PCB from a healthy drive. Other good examples comprise changing the original damaged read/write head assembly with matching parts from a healthy drive, removing the hard disk platters from the original damaged drive and installing them into a drive that works fine. As these procedures are technical in nature, it is best that these are taken care of by professionals and not by untrained persons.
When the hard drive is physically damaged, remember that any additional access to the same drive would definitely corrupt data. This would make it much more difficult to get information back. Note that if the damaged drive happens to be the drive containing the operating system, don't consider trying to boot the drive. But for a desktop, there is less cause for worry as all you must do is disconnect the boot drive and replace it with a new drive. A tip for you is that do ensure the drive can accommodate the image of the current drive.
Next, an operating system can be easily installed on the new drive. You just need to reconnect the old drive or put it in an external case and connect via USB or FireWire.
In creating a new primary drive, you would be able to run the disk imaging software from the new drive. This way, you would be able to prevent the need for any writing to the old drive. If your hard drive works in a RAID system, you need a service that specializes in RAID data recovery as it wont be a good idea to do it on your own.
When a hard drive is prepared for its initial use, the drive is magnetized. This is done with a number of self-synchronizing magnetic bits. The purpose of this self-synchronizing structure is that, no matter where the hard disk is in its rotation cycle, the hard drive controller would be able to speedily touch down as to which of these bits represent no-man's land, which of these actually represent the drive's formatting, and which represent critical data.
Various situation based examples were discussed to clarify your queries on external data drive recovery. So do utilize this informative discussion sometime when you come across data problems on your external hard drive.
Keep in mind that hard disks can suffer any of several mechanical failures, such as head crashes. There can be a case of failed motors so physical damage always causes at least some minimal case of data loss.
Most physical damaged drives cannot be repaired by the end users. For example, opening a hard disk in a normal environment is a complete no-no because the dust would obviously settle on the surface. If that happens, that could worsen the damage caused to the platters and complicate the external drive data recovery process even further.
The difficulty is that most users aren't experts nor do they have the hardware or technical expertise required to make these repairs. So it is best to opt for data recovery companies to do the job rather than make costlier mistakes that complicate data recovery processes further. Most professionals use Class 100 clean room facilities to protect the media while repairs are being made. How this is done is discussed herein.
The extracted raw image is used to reconstruct data that can be used after any repair of the logical damage is carried out. Once the repair is complete, the files may be in usable form although its actual recovery may turn out to be very incomplete.
Some helpful examples of physical recovery procedures include removing a damaged PCB (printed circuit board) and replacing it with a matching PCB from a healthy drive. Other good examples comprise changing the original damaged read/write head assembly with matching parts from a healthy drive, removing the hard disk platters from the original damaged drive and installing them into a drive that works fine. As these procedures are technical in nature, it is best that these are taken care of by professionals and not by untrained persons.
When the hard drive is physically damaged, remember that any additional access to the same drive would definitely corrupt data. This would make it much more difficult to get information back. Note that if the damaged drive happens to be the drive containing the operating system, don't consider trying to boot the drive. But for a desktop, there is less cause for worry as all you must do is disconnect the boot drive and replace it with a new drive. A tip for you is that do ensure the drive can accommodate the image of the current drive.
Next, an operating system can be easily installed on the new drive. You just need to reconnect the old drive or put it in an external case and connect via USB or FireWire.
In creating a new primary drive, you would be able to run the disk imaging software from the new drive. This way, you would be able to prevent the need for any writing to the old drive. If your hard drive works in a RAID system, you need a service that specializes in RAID data recovery as it wont be a good idea to do it on your own.
When a hard drive is prepared for its initial use, the drive is magnetized. This is done with a number of self-synchronizing magnetic bits. The purpose of this self-synchronizing structure is that, no matter where the hard disk is in its rotation cycle, the hard drive controller would be able to speedily touch down as to which of these bits represent no-man's land, which of these actually represent the drive's formatting, and which represent critical data.
Various situation based examples were discussed to clarify your queries on external data drive recovery. So do utilize this informative discussion sometime when you come across data problems on your external hard drive.
Life Challenges Can Create Havoc With Your Business - Accessing And Protecting Data During A Crisis
How prepared are you for a crisis?
Unexpected life challenges occur in many categories:
1. Fires
2. Floods
3. Earthquakes
4. Burglary
5. Accidents
6. Illness
7. Technology Failure
With the recent California fires and previous disasters throughout the world, it reminds me of just how vulnerable we are to environmental crises. These emergency circumstances not only affect our personal safety and our homes, but can also have devastating effects on our businesses.
One particular area of concern is loss of data for our business. Think of how it would be if you lost everything on your hard drive. Some of you may have already had this experience if your computer hard drive failed. If you did not have backup, you had a lot of pieces together to do of not only documents, but also contact information and perhaps an online calendar.
A few years ago I had the experience of my Outlook crashing due to too much data saved on the program. Something I didn't know about Outlook 2000 is that it has a limit of how much data it can hold. I had all my contacts, email, and calendar on Outlook without any backup. I felt paralyzed to do anything with my business. I was able to view current incoming mail on the web email available with my server, but could not view any past emails.
Fortunately, I was able to access the data with the help of their technical support team. I immediately went out to purchase a PDA so that I would be able to sync all my information from the computer to the handheld scheduling device. I also signed up with an online backup system so that all of my files would be backed up on a daily basis.
What about documents that you may have in hard copy or on your computer hard drive? Essential documents that you have only in hard copy should be scanned and saved. Having them only on your hard drive is not secure enough. You can have these available to you even if your computer crashes, is stolen, burned, flooded, etc. without even using a portable flash storage device that could also not be available.
Using Google Photo or one of the many photo storage sites, you can upload the digital files of your scanned documents for no cost. These can be accessed from any computer connected to the internet.
You can upload web pages, word, excel, power point, and text documents to Google Documents. You can set these so anyone can access and edit or keep them private. As a precautionary measure I've uploaded all of my web pages to the documents. There is also a feature that will update your document anytime you change something on your website. Pretty cool! Photos are not shown on the pages, however. You'll need to save these separately to Google Photo.
I like using Google mail for most of my correspondence so that I have access to all my current and past email. There is no limit to their storage size and they have an easy search tool to find any mail you need for reference. Service has no charge and if seeing Google ads next to your email doesn't bother you, it is a good choice. I often forward mail from my Outlook email account to Gmail so I have it available for reference no matter what.
Finally, for financial records, Quick Books' online option is a great way to have access to all of this information no matter where you are. There is a charge for this after your initial trial period. It also makes it possible for a virtual assistant or bookkeeper to have access to do work for you.
Putting some thought into all the aspects of your business that would be affected in a crisis situation can save you lots of frustration and money. Time and money for some of these services put into these preparations is a great investment toward your Healthy Bottom Line.
Unexpected life challenges occur in many categories:
1. Fires
2. Floods
3. Earthquakes
4. Burglary
5. Accidents
6. Illness
7. Technology Failure
With the recent California fires and previous disasters throughout the world, it reminds me of just how vulnerable we are to environmental crises. These emergency circumstances not only affect our personal safety and our homes, but can also have devastating effects on our businesses.
One particular area of concern is loss of data for our business. Think of how it would be if you lost everything on your hard drive. Some of you may have already had this experience if your computer hard drive failed. If you did not have backup, you had a lot of pieces together to do of not only documents, but also contact information and perhaps an online calendar.
A few years ago I had the experience of my Outlook crashing due to too much data saved on the program. Something I didn't know about Outlook 2000 is that it has a limit of how much data it can hold. I had all my contacts, email, and calendar on Outlook without any backup. I felt paralyzed to do anything with my business. I was able to view current incoming mail on the web email available with my server, but could not view any past emails.
Fortunately, I was able to access the data with the help of their technical support team. I immediately went out to purchase a PDA so that I would be able to sync all my information from the computer to the handheld scheduling device. I also signed up with an online backup system so that all of my files would be backed up on a daily basis.
What about documents that you may have in hard copy or on your computer hard drive? Essential documents that you have only in hard copy should be scanned and saved. Having them only on your hard drive is not secure enough. You can have these available to you even if your computer crashes, is stolen, burned, flooded, etc. without even using a portable flash storage device that could also not be available.
Using Google Photo or one of the many photo storage sites, you can upload the digital files of your scanned documents for no cost. These can be accessed from any computer connected to the internet.
You can upload web pages, word, excel, power point, and text documents to Google Documents. You can set these so anyone can access and edit or keep them private. As a precautionary measure I've uploaded all of my web pages to the documents. There is also a feature that will update your document anytime you change something on your website. Pretty cool! Photos are not shown on the pages, however. You'll need to save these separately to Google Photo.
I like using Google mail for most of my correspondence so that I have access to all my current and past email. There is no limit to their storage size and they have an easy search tool to find any mail you need for reference. Service has no charge and if seeing Google ads next to your email doesn't bother you, it is a good choice. I often forward mail from my Outlook email account to Gmail so I have it available for reference no matter what.
Finally, for financial records, Quick Books' online option is a great way to have access to all of this information no matter where you are. There is a charge for this after your initial trial period. It also makes it possible for a virtual assistant or bookkeeper to have access to do work for you.
Putting some thought into all the aspects of your business that would be affected in a crisis situation can save you lots of frustration and money. Time and money for some of these services put into these preparations is a great investment toward your Healthy Bottom Line.
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The basis of data protection is simply backing up your data. All areas on your disk should be backed up regularly. A complete backup program consists of the follows steps:
- Backing up the drive type (if you are using an older system or hard drive i.e (the MBR including the FAT daily), system files and the user data (regularly), making an "emergency" boot floppy for each system and taking precautions to minimise the probability of an accidental format and it is also very important that you
- regularly defragment the data to ease any data recovery tasks, take advantage of verification features of the operating system and applications if applicable. Keep at the back of your mind the threat posed by computer viruses and knowledge of how to protect your computer and data. The safest way to avoid computer viruses is to use an excellent antivirus and update it regularly.
- Also of great important is the CMOS information of your hard drive type. Document specifications for the drive (heads, sector and you will always be able to enter the data into your new system and get the drive to work.
Backing up system files cannot be overemphasised. Your operating system' s default systems files, includes configuration files that directs the operating system on how to work and how your applications should work with it. If you loose these files you may come to a dead end. If you are concerned about data integrity, backup regularly and quickly too.
I wonder how many of you have backed up your hard disk in the last seven days or one month. There are two kinds of hard disk users: the ones who have had a disk failure and lost data that wasn't backed up and the ones who are going to loose data. You should endeavour not to be among any of the users because it would be a disaster to loose vital information.
- Backing up the drive type (if you are using an older system or hard drive i.e (the MBR including the FAT daily), system files and the user data (regularly), making an "emergency" boot floppy for each system and taking precautions to minimise the probability of an accidental format and it is also very important that you
- regularly defragment the data to ease any data recovery tasks, take advantage of verification features of the operating system and applications if applicable. Keep at the back of your mind the threat posed by computer viruses and knowledge of how to protect your computer and data. The safest way to avoid computer viruses is to use an excellent antivirus and update it regularly.
- Also of great important is the CMOS information of your hard drive type. Document specifications for the drive (heads, sector and you will always be able to enter the data into your new system and get the drive to work.
Backing up system files cannot be overemphasised. Your operating system' s default systems files, includes configuration files that directs the operating system on how to work and how your applications should work with it. If you loose these files you may come to a dead end. If you are concerned about data integrity, backup regularly and quickly too.
I wonder how many of you have backed up your hard disk in the last seven days or one month. There are two kinds of hard disk users: the ones who have had a disk failure and lost data that wasn't backed up and the ones who are going to loose data. You should endeavour not to be among any of the users because it would be a disaster to loose vital information.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Sprint Reverse Cell Phone Lookup Service?
So you want a sprint reverse cell phone lookup service? That's very understandable, but you need to realize that looking up any number is the same no matter who your carrier is at the time. So that means that you can look up and number with ease with the proper service/methods.
How do I lookup a Sprint cell phone number?
Ok first off you need to know that theres any easy method to finding anyones phone number if they are active online. This will only work if the person you're looking for has posted something online that the search engines can spider and pick up.
Steps to finding numbers through search engines:
What you first want to do is go to any of the major search engines and type in the person cell number you are looking to find. This will work for sprint, Verizon or any other provider also. Next you need to make sure you dig deep in the index pages, many times the number your looking for will be found up to ten pages deep! Yea its alot of looking but once you find the number and info your set, also make sure you have tried every single combination of entering the phone number. Whats going on here is your picking up on maybe something this person is selling online, or just any time he/she entered their personal information online.
What if I cannot find the numbers from the search engines?
Well you could try the yellow pages online, but I am almost certain that you will not find a cell phone number since they are not listed in them. Your next step would be to find a reputable company that will find the information for you, you can also check out a sure fire way I have on my blog below in my bio box. I hope this article has helped you in your sprint reverse cell phone lookup service quest, good luck!
How do I lookup a Sprint cell phone number?
Ok first off you need to know that theres any easy method to finding anyones phone number if they are active online. This will only work if the person you're looking for has posted something online that the search engines can spider and pick up.
Steps to finding numbers through search engines:
What you first want to do is go to any of the major search engines and type in the person cell number you are looking to find. This will work for sprint, Verizon or any other provider also. Next you need to make sure you dig deep in the index pages, many times the number your looking for will be found up to ten pages deep! Yea its alot of looking but once you find the number and info your set, also make sure you have tried every single combination of entering the phone number. Whats going on here is your picking up on maybe something this person is selling online, or just any time he/she entered their personal information online.
What if I cannot find the numbers from the search engines?
Well you could try the yellow pages online, but I am almost certain that you will not find a cell phone number since they are not listed in them. Your next step would be to find a reputable company that will find the information for you, you can also check out a sure fire way I have on my blog below in my bio box. I hope this article has helped you in your sprint reverse cell phone lookup service quest, good luck!
Fix Computer Registry Problem Easily And Quickly
Trying to fix a computer registry problem can be a real pain to deal with. Im going to show you a few simple steps you can try to fix your problem, if all else fails I have a surefire way I can tell you about later. Lets get started; here are a few things you need to consider when fixing your registry problem.
-First, take a look back and try to remember when the problem started. Was it a site you visited or did you just turn on your pc one day and the problem was there?
-Second, you need to realize that there are some people out there who like to wreck people's computers for fun. I know it sounds pretty messed up but we are mainly talking about teenagers here who are trying to impress there friends. You need to also realize kids are smart today when it comes to computer technology; they have made it where they have all corners covered. This is a problem for you, because even methods that should work do not.
How can I fix this registry problem on my computer?
Your best bet would be to simply reinstall your windows operating system and see if that clears the problem. In all reality this will probably not work, but it works in a very small percentage of cases. You also need to be prepared to lose all your data on your computer unless you back it up. You could find some great software that will take care of your problem also; you can actually check my blog in the link below for a surefire fix if nothing else works for you. I hope you found this article helpful, and I hope you fix your computer registry.
-First, take a look back and try to remember when the problem started. Was it a site you visited or did you just turn on your pc one day and the problem was there?
-Second, you need to realize that there are some people out there who like to wreck people's computers for fun. I know it sounds pretty messed up but we are mainly talking about teenagers here who are trying to impress there friends. You need to also realize kids are smart today when it comes to computer technology; they have made it where they have all corners covered. This is a problem for you, because even methods that should work do not.
How can I fix this registry problem on my computer?
Your best bet would be to simply reinstall your windows operating system and see if that clears the problem. In all reality this will probably not work, but it works in a very small percentage of cases. You also need to be prepared to lose all your data on your computer unless you back it up. You could find some great software that will take care of your problem also; you can actually check my blog in the link below for a surefire fix if nothing else works for you. I hope you found this article helpful, and I hope you fix your computer registry.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Why Is A Data Center Disaster Recovery Plan Essential To Your Business?
Why Is A Data Recovery System Necessary?
There are so many businesses run by young owners who mistakenly think that a data center disaster recovery plan isn't a necessary part of their business, much less considering it a priority. What a potentially dangerous assumption that is.
Many companies make that decision by not looking at data center disaster plans as one of their priority concerns. They are all wound up into what they consider "real" problems and don't consider "what if" scenarios. Scenarios such as meetings, deadlines and especially business proposals. With this limited thinking process, many have paid dearly.
Something You Should Consider Now - Before You Need It And Wish You Had It
As a business owner you should consider a data center disaster recovery plan as an item you should set up now, while you may feel you don't not need now. Tomorrow is another day, and you never know if disaster may strike and take your data with it. Don't wait until you feel you have enough time to think about it, or wait until it's convenient to you, be it when you have earned enough money. Just consider NOW what you may lose if you don't have a data center disaster plan.
Consider It Now
Look at a data center recovery plan as a priority concern, one which you will never know you need it until disaster does strike. The odds are in your favor that a disaster will not strike, but consider what might happen when suddenly you find your business the victim of losing all of your invaluable business data. Just think how grateful you'll feel if your have a data center disaster recovery plan in place! Grateful that you thought about this addition to your business before you needed it!
Don't Leave The Success Of Your Business Up to Chance
There is a real need to prepare to save your data by a data center disaster plan.
A computer back up system has many features in addition to having a data recovery plan. If you choose a reliable system it should offer you not only data security, but file restoration, and orderly documentation. This insures you that your business will not suffer as the result of lost or damaged files and programs. By choosing the right computer backup system you can rest easy even if you're concerned about the time and money committing to a data center disaster plan.
Your system will give you the assurance that your business can survive a catastrophe and actually saving you money in the long run by keeping your business smoothly running by quickly addressing any minor data management problems that may come up.
Give Your Business The Opportunity Of A New Life
If you still feel that dismissing a data center disaster recovery plan as something you want to put off, you as risking the possible death of your business when in reality it may just give your business a new life.
There are so many businesses run by young owners who mistakenly think that a data center disaster recovery plan isn't a necessary part of their business, much less considering it a priority. What a potentially dangerous assumption that is.
Many companies make that decision by not looking at data center disaster plans as one of their priority concerns. They are all wound up into what they consider "real" problems and don't consider "what if" scenarios. Scenarios such as meetings, deadlines and especially business proposals. With this limited thinking process, many have paid dearly.
Something You Should Consider Now - Before You Need It And Wish You Had It
As a business owner you should consider a data center disaster recovery plan as an item you should set up now, while you may feel you don't not need now. Tomorrow is another day, and you never know if disaster may strike and take your data with it. Don't wait until you feel you have enough time to think about it, or wait until it's convenient to you, be it when you have earned enough money. Just consider NOW what you may lose if you don't have a data center disaster plan.
Consider It Now
Look at a data center recovery plan as a priority concern, one which you will never know you need it until disaster does strike. The odds are in your favor that a disaster will not strike, but consider what might happen when suddenly you find your business the victim of losing all of your invaluable business data. Just think how grateful you'll feel if your have a data center disaster recovery plan in place! Grateful that you thought about this addition to your business before you needed it!
Don't Leave The Success Of Your Business Up to Chance
There is a real need to prepare to save your data by a data center disaster plan.
A computer back up system has many features in addition to having a data recovery plan. If you choose a reliable system it should offer you not only data security, but file restoration, and orderly documentation. This insures you that your business will not suffer as the result of lost or damaged files and programs. By choosing the right computer backup system you can rest easy even if you're concerned about the time and money committing to a data center disaster plan.
Your system will give you the assurance that your business can survive a catastrophe and actually saving you money in the long run by keeping your business smoothly running by quickly addressing any minor data management problems that may come up.
Give Your Business The Opportunity Of A New Life
If you still feel that dismissing a data center disaster recovery plan as something you want to put off, you as risking the possible death of your business when in reality it may just give your business a new life.
Shift Plus Delete - Did I Lose Forever?
Organized thinking really means controlling thought reactions properly, and solving problems in the most efficient manner possible at the time. One important question to keep uppermost in your mind is: are you contributing towards the solution of a problem or are you becoming a part or cause of that problem.
To error is human. Man commits two types of errors: knowingly and accidentally. But in case of computer data loss occurs due to malfunctioning of hardware. During our life, we come across many problems related to missing, inaccessible and deleted data. Data is the lifeblood of an organization is lost due to Shift + Del Keys. When the user deletes the file by using Shift +Del Key, It bypasses the Recycle Bin. When the user presses the Shift + Del Key combination in windows the expected behaviour is that you are deleting file or folder permanently without sending them Recycle Bin.
Whenever necessary, the user wants to retrieve the deleted data. To restore data from the Recycle Bin is an important tool in the hands of the user. But after pressing Shift + Delete key, it becomes difficult on the part of the user to find out the required data stored in the drive by the user. Really, windows do not remove the deleted files; they remain and kept in a hidden area on the hard drive. Naturally, in a computer system data is arranged in a cluster on the drive. The above given command renders the data irretrievable since deleted file bypass the Recycle Bin and placed in a unspecified cluster. This accounts for lost, missing or inaccessible data since files thus saved are neither actually saved nor recoverable.
At this stage, the assistance of a "Data Recovery Software" can be helpful. We should know the "Recovery Utilities" and "Repair Utilities". While Recover Utilities recover your lost data without repairing your disk, the repair utilities only repairs the disk and do not recover the data. Therefore as soon as you get the any hint of data loss, run for a "Software Recover Utility". If you make mistake here, the missing data may be permanently lost due to overwriting of the usters. Retrieval of data from the unspecified clusters is not possible without professional intervention. Without proper knowledge and choice of utilities can further increase the problem. Therefore always seek professional help. The Data Recovery Company assesses the damage to your data and suggests recovery methods accordingly. These software's are available to undelete files from hard drive formatted on FAT 16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS 5 file system.
Software can restore file from hard drive, floppy drive, Zip drive, Digital camera disk, USB drive, and any other storage device whose drive litter is displayed in "My Computer". "Stellar Phoenix Deleted File System" has a function that searches for deleted files on any version on windows including Win 98, Win Me, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003 Server. "File Recovery Software" is the important software that allows the user to recover a file, undelete, unerase, and restore data deleted and partition recovery software to recover deleted partition on NTFS or FAT partition.
To sum up, Shift + Delete Key is not a stumbling- block on the way of computer user. A layman can recover his accidentally deleted files. So thanks should be given to the Data Recovery and File Recovery System.
To error is human. Man commits two types of errors: knowingly and accidentally. But in case of computer data loss occurs due to malfunctioning of hardware. During our life, we come across many problems related to missing, inaccessible and deleted data. Data is the lifeblood of an organization is lost due to Shift + Del Keys. When the user deletes the file by using Shift +Del Key, It bypasses the Recycle Bin. When the user presses the Shift + Del Key combination in windows the expected behaviour is that you are deleting file or folder permanently without sending them Recycle Bin.
Whenever necessary, the user wants to retrieve the deleted data. To restore data from the Recycle Bin is an important tool in the hands of the user. But after pressing Shift + Delete key, it becomes difficult on the part of the user to find out the required data stored in the drive by the user. Really, windows do not remove the deleted files; they remain and kept in a hidden area on the hard drive. Naturally, in a computer system data is arranged in a cluster on the drive. The above given command renders the data irretrievable since deleted file bypass the Recycle Bin and placed in a unspecified cluster. This accounts for lost, missing or inaccessible data since files thus saved are neither actually saved nor recoverable.
At this stage, the assistance of a "Data Recovery Software" can be helpful. We should know the "Recovery Utilities" and "Repair Utilities". While Recover Utilities recover your lost data without repairing your disk, the repair utilities only repairs the disk and do not recover the data. Therefore as soon as you get the any hint of data loss, run for a "Software Recover Utility". If you make mistake here, the missing data may be permanently lost due to overwriting of the usters. Retrieval of data from the unspecified clusters is not possible without professional intervention. Without proper knowledge and choice of utilities can further increase the problem. Therefore always seek professional help. The Data Recovery Company assesses the damage to your data and suggests recovery methods accordingly. These software's are available to undelete files from hard drive formatted on FAT 16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS 5 file system.
Software can restore file from hard drive, floppy drive, Zip drive, Digital camera disk, USB drive, and any other storage device whose drive litter is displayed in "My Computer". "Stellar Phoenix Deleted File System" has a function that searches for deleted files on any version on windows including Win 98, Win Me, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003 Server. "File Recovery Software" is the important software that allows the user to recover a file, undelete, unerase, and restore data deleted and partition recovery software to recover deleted partition on NTFS or FAT partition.
To sum up, Shift + Delete Key is not a stumbling- block on the way of computer user. A layman can recover his accidentally deleted files. So thanks should be given to the Data Recovery and File Recovery System.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Data Recovery - Do You Really Want To Go There?
Data recovery. Let’s hope you are never, ever, ever faced with the task of serious data recovery. If you are, it probably means your hard drive is blasted and you precious computer folders and files are nowhere to be found. Your passwords, your photographs, your secret musings, or even worse, your critical business files, bank statements, invoices, and tax records are all being held hostage in a foreign sector of cyberspace, waiting for your data recovery operation to begin.
And it didn’t have to happen. Data recovery is necessary because you just never had the time to unwrap a CD, insert it in your D: drive, and back up all those personally cherished and professionally essential files. So here you are, wondering exactly how to begin the process of data recovery.
You can start by finding the name and number of some data recovery specialists. If you have access to a functional computer with an Internet connection, just run a search on data recovery specialists and try to find one in your area. Data recovery is big business, and there are data recovery specialists everywhere there are personal computers.
When you’ve located a specialist, you can extract your fired hard drive from your PC and either take, or ship it, to the data recovery center. At the center, a data recovery specialist will examine your hard drive’s memory to determine how much of your data is recoverable, and call you with the results and the estimated cost of getting it retrieved.
The data recovery process isn’t cheap, because it requires your hard drive to be worked on in a clean room, which has to be kept completely dust free. And the data recovery specialist has to use extremely precise instruments with meticulous care to salvage as much of your data as possible, so data recovery is a slow, tedious process.
Some masters of the data recovery process have been known to salvage the files from computers which have been tire food for heavy equipment or dropped into water. Hopefully your hard drive has not been subjected to that sort of abuse, and you will have a relatively”normal” data recovery process.
Of course, the words “data recovery” may not yet apply to you. If you’ve been lucky enough to dodge that particular Information Age bullet, consider yourself lucky. Then break out that shiny new CD, insert it in your D: drive, select all the folders and files that matter to you, and start copying.
And it didn’t have to happen. Data recovery is necessary because you just never had the time to unwrap a CD, insert it in your D: drive, and back up all those personally cherished and professionally essential files. So here you are, wondering exactly how to begin the process of data recovery.
You can start by finding the name and number of some data recovery specialists. If you have access to a functional computer with an Internet connection, just run a search on data recovery specialists and try to find one in your area. Data recovery is big business, and there are data recovery specialists everywhere there are personal computers.
When you’ve located a specialist, you can extract your fired hard drive from your PC and either take, or ship it, to the data recovery center. At the center, a data recovery specialist will examine your hard drive’s memory to determine how much of your data is recoverable, and call you with the results and the estimated cost of getting it retrieved.
The data recovery process isn’t cheap, because it requires your hard drive to be worked on in a clean room, which has to be kept completely dust free. And the data recovery specialist has to use extremely precise instruments with meticulous care to salvage as much of your data as possible, so data recovery is a slow, tedious process.
Some masters of the data recovery process have been known to salvage the files from computers which have been tire food for heavy equipment or dropped into water. Hopefully your hard drive has not been subjected to that sort of abuse, and you will have a relatively”normal” data recovery process.
Of course, the words “data recovery” may not yet apply to you. If you’ve been lucky enough to dodge that particular Information Age bullet, consider yourself lucky. Then break out that shiny new CD, insert it in your D: drive, select all the folders and files that matter to you, and start copying.
Easy Steps To Data Recovery
Computer data recovery is a tricky thing, The easiest step in computer data recovery is to look in your hard drive for files. Virtually every aspect of computer data recovery is covered from the basic file save to when to restore and not restore while using the Windows XP operating system.
Recovery
It's not uncommon these days to have your local computer tech attempt data recovery. This is both good and bad for those in need of hard drive data recovery services. There are many people promoting computer-data-recovery and some are not as forthright as they should be. If your computer or laptop holds important data that is critical to your business, ensure you consult with a computer data recovery expert immediately.
Computer
Computers are great tools, probably one of the greatest tools ever invented. Computer hardware and software can prove to be very unpredictable at times. Computer system restore procedures only work a fraction of the time.
Software
Likewise, operating software such as Windows XP can be easily restored from the installation CD or "System Restore" CDs that came with your computer. An important note to remember, however, is that some computer data recovery software packages can actually permanently delete your data. The fact is, when you have lost a file, you should never install software on your drive (especially if it is unproven free data recovery software), as it is completely possible that your computer data recovery program will overwrite your file permanently. If, for example, you installed a computer data recovery software package to your hard disk on the exact hard disk sector where your data was, it would be lost, plain and simple.
Backup
You can try to make backups at least once a week, and backup the most important information every day. You can do the backup with CD's or you can upload your files to a server off site or, and this is the best one of all, BOTH.
Computer Data Recovery Guide Hard drive & Computer data recovery is important in case of computer crash. You should understands Computer Data Recovery companies are not responsible for failing to recover data which was not specified by Client in the “Data Needed” section of the Media Information Section. Also understands that Computer Data Recovery companies can not guarantee a successful recovery of any data, and that they are in no way liable if unable to successfully recover Client’s data, nor are they responsible for the condition of the data upon completion of any recovery.
Recovery
It's not uncommon these days to have your local computer tech attempt data recovery. This is both good and bad for those in need of hard drive data recovery services. There are many people promoting computer-data-recovery and some are not as forthright as they should be. If your computer or laptop holds important data that is critical to your business, ensure you consult with a computer data recovery expert immediately.
Computer
Computers are great tools, probably one of the greatest tools ever invented. Computer hardware and software can prove to be very unpredictable at times. Computer system restore procedures only work a fraction of the time.
Software
Likewise, operating software such as Windows XP can be easily restored from the installation CD or "System Restore" CDs that came with your computer. An important note to remember, however, is that some computer data recovery software packages can actually permanently delete your data. The fact is, when you have lost a file, you should never install software on your drive (especially if it is unproven free data recovery software), as it is completely possible that your computer data recovery program will overwrite your file permanently. If, for example, you installed a computer data recovery software package to your hard disk on the exact hard disk sector where your data was, it would be lost, plain and simple.
Backup
You can try to make backups at least once a week, and backup the most important information every day. You can do the backup with CD's or you can upload your files to a server off site or, and this is the best one of all, BOTH.
Computer Data Recovery Guide Hard drive & Computer data recovery is important in case of computer crash. You should understands Computer Data Recovery companies are not responsible for failing to recover data which was not specified by Client in the “Data Needed” section of the Media Information Section. Also understands that Computer Data Recovery companies can not guarantee a successful recovery of any data, and that they are in no way liable if unable to successfully recover Client’s data, nor are they responsible for the condition of the data upon completion of any recovery.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
No Data Center Disaster Recovery Plan - What, Me Worry?
When you're just starting off a new business a data center disaster recovery plan just doesn't seem all that necessary, not even a priority. You watch every nickel until the bottom line starts to go black. Then your every thought is how to grow that number and then begin to take some of it for yourself. It probably never enters the new business owner's mind that everything she has worked on could be wiped out in a moment. You may have insurance on your buildings and equipment and material things, but what about all your records and other data?
Perhaps you think that nothing will hit your computers. You are somehow immune to all the viruses and trojans and hackers who dedicate their lives to bringing down data systems, as well as software and mechanical failure. Perhaps horrific thunderstorms, floods, hurricanes, tornados, blizzards and other natural disasters that affect electronic things will never happen where you are. Perhaps you think you don't have any worthwhile electronic data to be lost. If you look honestly, it's not very likely any of these will be true. The fact is, having a well-designed data center disaster recovery plan always makes good sense. Why is that?
1. Reassuring to customers and employees. Customers like to deal with a company that takes their transactions and other records seriously enough to make sure they can always access them. Employees, too, will feel proud and more confident about their company, knowing that there is protection against disaster. They will be more confident knowing their company is planning ahead and is ready for the unexpected, increasing the likelihood it will be able to deal successfully with whatever may come its way. This level of reassurance helps keep employees and current clients loyal and is also a valid point to raise with potential clients who would prefer to deal with a reliable company that is prepared for worst case contingencies.
2. Accurate tracking of files and folders. One of the integral parts in any data center disaster recovery plan are computer backup systems. In order for these to be set up, the data's file structure must be accurately documented and this, in itself, can be a big boon to the business. The good systems can sort and organize data quickly and easily, which could be enormously helpful in case of need to find or restore files or programs that have been lost or deleted by accident.
3. File integrity. There are so many ways a file can become corrupted these days. There are viruses and worms and myriad hacker tricks, disgruntled employees, as well as just plain old software malfunctions. If one of those corrupted files is a super important document, like, say, the master copy of your company's primary ebook product, then you will have a lot of reconstructing to do. There could be sensitive information needed to triumph in a lawsuit. The corrupted file could be part of a program that you need and then the program could quit running altogether or just barely run at a crawl. Any of these could put a serious dent in your bottom line if the corrupted file can not be fixed quickly. But if you have a computer backup system, these problems can be fixed on the fly by restoring the corrupted files from the originals in your backup system and you're back up business in no time at all.
4. Productivity. If files that are part of a critical program or process are damaged or deleted somehow, the ability of your company to carry out it's normal functions could be seriously hampered. But computer backup systems can get productivity right back up to normal by restoring the damaged or deleted files so you get a momentary lag in productivity, as opposed to a major delay or stoppage. It's useful to remember that data center disaster recovery plans aren't just for calamities. They are also very useful in taking care of less serious problems immediately so they don't cause major delays or shutdowns in productivity.
5. Good for the bottom line. Yes, putting the necessary dollars into a data center disaster recovery plan can actually save you money. If you consider how it can prevent and solve data problems ranging from small to significant that could negatively affect your ability to be productive and do business then you can see how it will save money over the long haul. There are also the improvements in your image that could help employee and client loyalty, retention, and acquisition.
6. Calamity avoided. From time to time, natural or man made disaster strikes. When that happens, all the onsite data is lost and the business is at a standstill until and unless the data is restored. Those businesses that had online computer backups will soon have all their data restored and be ready to get on with business as soon as the disaster passes. No worries. Those without online computer backups, however, will be passionately wishing they had taken the need for a sound data center disaster recovery plan seriously as they set about rebuilding every single byte of their business from scratch. Big worries.
Perhaps you think that nothing will hit your computers. You are somehow immune to all the viruses and trojans and hackers who dedicate their lives to bringing down data systems, as well as software and mechanical failure. Perhaps horrific thunderstorms, floods, hurricanes, tornados, blizzards and other natural disasters that affect electronic things will never happen where you are. Perhaps you think you don't have any worthwhile electronic data to be lost. If you look honestly, it's not very likely any of these will be true. The fact is, having a well-designed data center disaster recovery plan always makes good sense. Why is that?
1. Reassuring to customers and employees. Customers like to deal with a company that takes their transactions and other records seriously enough to make sure they can always access them. Employees, too, will feel proud and more confident about their company, knowing that there is protection against disaster. They will be more confident knowing their company is planning ahead and is ready for the unexpected, increasing the likelihood it will be able to deal successfully with whatever may come its way. This level of reassurance helps keep employees and current clients loyal and is also a valid point to raise with potential clients who would prefer to deal with a reliable company that is prepared for worst case contingencies.
2. Accurate tracking of files and folders. One of the integral parts in any data center disaster recovery plan are computer backup systems. In order for these to be set up, the data's file structure must be accurately documented and this, in itself, can be a big boon to the business. The good systems can sort and organize data quickly and easily, which could be enormously helpful in case of need to find or restore files or programs that have been lost or deleted by accident.
3. File integrity. There are so many ways a file can become corrupted these days. There are viruses and worms and myriad hacker tricks, disgruntled employees, as well as just plain old software malfunctions. If one of those corrupted files is a super important document, like, say, the master copy of your company's primary ebook product, then you will have a lot of reconstructing to do. There could be sensitive information needed to triumph in a lawsuit. The corrupted file could be part of a program that you need and then the program could quit running altogether or just barely run at a crawl. Any of these could put a serious dent in your bottom line if the corrupted file can not be fixed quickly. But if you have a computer backup system, these problems can be fixed on the fly by restoring the corrupted files from the originals in your backup system and you're back up business in no time at all.
4. Productivity. If files that are part of a critical program or process are damaged or deleted somehow, the ability of your company to carry out it's normal functions could be seriously hampered. But computer backup systems can get productivity right back up to normal by restoring the damaged or deleted files so you get a momentary lag in productivity, as opposed to a major delay or stoppage. It's useful to remember that data center disaster recovery plans aren't just for calamities. They are also very useful in taking care of less serious problems immediately so they don't cause major delays or shutdowns in productivity.
5. Good for the bottom line. Yes, putting the necessary dollars into a data center disaster recovery plan can actually save you money. If you consider how it can prevent and solve data problems ranging from small to significant that could negatively affect your ability to be productive and do business then you can see how it will save money over the long haul. There are also the improvements in your image that could help employee and client loyalty, retention, and acquisition.
6. Calamity avoided. From time to time, natural or man made disaster strikes. When that happens, all the onsite data is lost and the business is at a standstill until and unless the data is restored. Those businesses that had online computer backups will soon have all their data restored and be ready to get on with business as soon as the disaster passes. No worries. Those without online computer backups, however, will be passionately wishing they had taken the need for a sound data center disaster recovery plan seriously as they set about rebuilding every single byte of their business from scratch. Big worries.
Data Center Disaster Recovery Plan - Do it or "Die"?
Does your organization have a data center disaster recovery plan? If you belong to a very large organization like a bank or large corporate entity the chances are very high that the answer is affirmative. But, if you have a small to mid size business there is a fair chance that your business does not have a comprehensive data center disaster recovery plan. Very often, companies and individuals get bogged down in the day to day tasks of making money, paying bills, supplying merchandise etc. and a recovery plan is something that is always on the "to do" list but never quite gets "done".
It's never going to be convenient to take care of this crucial matter but it's really important to get it done. Many organizations have suffered for the lack of a data center disaster recovery plan. They were too busy dealing with other pressing issues and they did not take out the time to put together a viable plan. When the "crash" came the companies came crashing down along with all of their critical data.
Nobody gets warned before a disaster occurs. And, it doesn't necessarily mean an earthquake or nuclear disaster! Computers and disk drives are known to "crash" and when they do the results are nothing short of disastrous. Think of any company that holds data on their customers, billing and merchandise. Without this data the company cannot function. And, even if there is a data center recovery plan, it has to be one that can be activated at a moment's notice and retrieve lost data quickly. Some business pay dearly for each hour of downtime. I believe ebay was down for a mere few hours a few years ago and it cost them millions of dollars!!!
Don't take chances with your business, thinking, "it won't happen to me". It may just happen. And why take chances. Just like you pay insurance on the chance that something will happen, the same applies here. It's highly important to prepare your business for any possible disaster even if the possibility appears to be remote that anything will happen.
Having a computer backup system is important even if no major calamity happens. A good computer backup system will provide your systems with important features such as data security, file restoration (in the event that a particular file gets corrupted) and good quality documentation. If one or a few files get corrupted for some reason (and this stuff does happen) a good backup system will have your files back up and running in no time, minimizing damage to your business and reputation.
The cost of putting in place a good data center disaster recovery plan is always an important factor. Cost usually is comprised of a combination of the price of the system and the time you must take to implement the system. There is also a learning curve to take into consideration. But, when implemented properly a good computer backup system can give you a very good return on your investment. Not only can you sleep more easily at night knowing that your business data is secure, you will be saving money in the long run by keeping your business running properly even during or after a catastrophe.
So, don't put off setting up your own data center disaster recovery plan. Put one in place and protect yourself and your business so all your hard work and profits don't go down the drain in a matter of seconds, as a result of one bolt of lightning or earthquake.
It's never going to be convenient to take care of this crucial matter but it's really important to get it done. Many organizations have suffered for the lack of a data center disaster recovery plan. They were too busy dealing with other pressing issues and they did not take out the time to put together a viable plan. When the "crash" came the companies came crashing down along with all of their critical data.
Nobody gets warned before a disaster occurs. And, it doesn't necessarily mean an earthquake or nuclear disaster! Computers and disk drives are known to "crash" and when they do the results are nothing short of disastrous. Think of any company that holds data on their customers, billing and merchandise. Without this data the company cannot function. And, even if there is a data center recovery plan, it has to be one that can be activated at a moment's notice and retrieve lost data quickly. Some business pay dearly for each hour of downtime. I believe ebay was down for a mere few hours a few years ago and it cost them millions of dollars!!!
Don't take chances with your business, thinking, "it won't happen to me". It may just happen. And why take chances. Just like you pay insurance on the chance that something will happen, the same applies here. It's highly important to prepare your business for any possible disaster even if the possibility appears to be remote that anything will happen.
Having a computer backup system is important even if no major calamity happens. A good computer backup system will provide your systems with important features such as data security, file restoration (in the event that a particular file gets corrupted) and good quality documentation. If one or a few files get corrupted for some reason (and this stuff does happen) a good backup system will have your files back up and running in no time, minimizing damage to your business and reputation.
The cost of putting in place a good data center disaster recovery plan is always an important factor. Cost usually is comprised of a combination of the price of the system and the time you must take to implement the system. There is also a learning curve to take into consideration. But, when implemented properly a good computer backup system can give you a very good return on your investment. Not only can you sleep more easily at night knowing that your business data is secure, you will be saving money in the long run by keeping your business running properly even during or after a catastrophe.
So, don't put off setting up your own data center disaster recovery plan. Put one in place and protect yourself and your business so all your hard work and profits don't go down the drain in a matter of seconds, as a result of one bolt of lightning or earthquake.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Data Recovery (Laptop - Notebook - PC)
Today more important than ever data recovery including laptop data recovery, pc data recovery, and notebook data recovery has become top priority for everyone since we have more information storing than ever before. So how can we protect our important data? Read full article and discover how to protect your data no matter what kind of recovery type it is laptop data recovery, pc data recovery or notebook data recovery with my data recovery information.
So what can happen to your data? You may delete accidentally, hard disk might get crashed or it could be due to virus attack.
Data recovery types
Select your data recovery option first depending on data recovery type. You have two choices; use of a data recovery software or hire a data recovery professional from a reputed data recovery company. The difference is software data recovery is much easy and economical, but on the other hand data recovery companies will charge you more but provide a good personalized service and also software data recovery often recovers damaged, deleted or similar type of files while data recovery company professionals can recover all kinds of files including damaged due to rain, fire or all types of physical damaged files.
How to avoid and recover data
So far the best method is to back up data regularly and use of good well known anti virus software while it’s highly recommended to cool down your hard disk as much as possible when it’s working. Do not remove your hard disk from casing very often and in case of a data loss or boot failure do not panic because data is still there in the disk it will remain as it is as long as that particular particle get replaced by new data. So when you know that data is being loss, do not work on the pc that might cause data loss permanent. Yes of cause you can use data recovery software.
So what can happen to your data? You may delete accidentally, hard disk might get crashed or it could be due to virus attack.
Data recovery types
Select your data recovery option first depending on data recovery type. You have two choices; use of a data recovery software or hire a data recovery professional from a reputed data recovery company. The difference is software data recovery is much easy and economical, but on the other hand data recovery companies will charge you more but provide a good personalized service and also software data recovery often recovers damaged, deleted or similar type of files while data recovery company professionals can recover all kinds of files including damaged due to rain, fire or all types of physical damaged files.
How to avoid and recover data
So far the best method is to back up data regularly and use of good well known anti virus software while it’s highly recommended to cool down your hard disk as much as possible when it’s working. Do not remove your hard disk from casing very often and in case of a data loss or boot failure do not panic because data is still there in the disk it will remain as it is as long as that particular particle get replaced by new data. So when you know that data is being loss, do not work on the pc that might cause data loss permanent. Yes of cause you can use data recovery software.
Data Recovery Help - A Complete Data Recovery Solution
No matter what kind of computer you use data recovery is a main concern for everyone. Laptop data recovery, PC data recovery, notebook data recovery all fall in under one roof when it come to data recovery. So what can you do about it?
Data Recovery Situations
Most data recovery situations are common to most users like file deletion or damages, virus attacks, lost files due to emptying recycle bin… So the best solution for these kinds of situations is the use of data recovery software. These software products are cheaper and can recover most of files and easy to use. These sophisticated software products can restore deleted files, restore graphic files, restore music & video files, and restore zip files…
What can you do to physical damages to disk data like damages to expose to rain, power failure damages or even boot failures due to disk issues? It’s much advisable to consult a data recovery company who hire professional data recovery experts for your data recovery.
What if you or your friend just passing by the turned on laptop accidentally spilled with water the laptop in damage? In these kind of situation you should call a data recovery expert in aid in data recovery.
How to avoid data loss and data recovery
So far the best method is to back up data regularly and use of good well known anti virus software while it’s highly recommended to cool down your hard disk as much as possible when it’s working. Do not remove your hard disk from casing very often and in case of a data loss or boot failure do not panic because data is still there in the disk it will remain as it is as long as that particular particle get replaced by new data. So when you know that data is being loss, do not work on the PC that might cause data loss permanent. Yes of cause you can use data recovery software.
Data Recovery Situations
Most data recovery situations are common to most users like file deletion or damages, virus attacks, lost files due to emptying recycle bin… So the best solution for these kinds of situations is the use of data recovery software. These software products are cheaper and can recover most of files and easy to use. These sophisticated software products can restore deleted files, restore graphic files, restore music & video files, and restore zip files…
What can you do to physical damages to disk data like damages to expose to rain, power failure damages or even boot failures due to disk issues? It’s much advisable to consult a data recovery company who hire professional data recovery experts for your data recovery.
What if you or your friend just passing by the turned on laptop accidentally spilled with water the laptop in damage? In these kind of situation you should call a data recovery expert in aid in data recovery.
How to avoid data loss and data recovery
So far the best method is to back up data regularly and use of good well known anti virus software while it’s highly recommended to cool down your hard disk as much as possible when it’s working. Do not remove your hard disk from casing very often and in case of a data loss or boot failure do not panic because data is still there in the disk it will remain as it is as long as that particular particle get replaced by new data. So when you know that data is being loss, do not work on the PC that might cause data loss permanent. Yes of cause you can use data recovery software.
Download Registry Fix - Make Your PC Faster, Instantly
To restore your PC to it's original speed you can download registry fix software.
Your Windows registry is loaded with all the important information required to make your PC operate. Unfortunately, over time, it becomes very sick. Just as the human body becomes sick if we don't do any maintenance on it, so does your registry.
As time goes by your PC gets more and more clogged with useless information from applications that are no longer on your PC (but left their junk behind) and installs and upgrades.
This clogging prevents your PC working at it's optimum level and it's operation gets slower.
With the human body it is very simple to maintain it. Do exercise and eat healthy food. The same cannot be said for your Windows registry.
To maintain the Windows registry you must know how it works and clean up regularly. This is a tricky option because one simple mistake can stop your PC starting up. It then becomes costly to restore your PC.
The other option is to download registry fix software. By downloading this software you can scan your Windows registry and find out how many issues there are. If your PC is more than a few weeks old you are sure to find quite a few registry problems that are stopping your PC working at it's best.
Doing a registry fix need not be expensive. You can download free registry fix software and scan your registry. This means that you can check if there are registry problems on your PC before purchasing anything to fix it.
Your Windows registry is loaded with all the important information required to make your PC operate. Unfortunately, over time, it becomes very sick. Just as the human body becomes sick if we don't do any maintenance on it, so does your registry.
As time goes by your PC gets more and more clogged with useless information from applications that are no longer on your PC (but left their junk behind) and installs and upgrades.
This clogging prevents your PC working at it's optimum level and it's operation gets slower.
With the human body it is very simple to maintain it. Do exercise and eat healthy food. The same cannot be said for your Windows registry.
To maintain the Windows registry you must know how it works and clean up regularly. This is a tricky option because one simple mistake can stop your PC starting up. It then becomes costly to restore your PC.
The other option is to download registry fix software. By downloading this software you can scan your Windows registry and find out how many issues there are. If your PC is more than a few weeks old you are sure to find quite a few registry problems that are stopping your PC working at it's best.
Doing a registry fix need not be expensive. You can download free registry fix software and scan your registry. This means that you can check if there are registry problems on your PC before purchasing anything to fix it.
The Necessary Cut-Down Tips For Data Recovery
The worst thing about any emergency is that it messes up our daily routine and throws us into a state of confusion and we really can never rule out emergencies from our lives, life is full of surprises; some good, some bad. What makes the difference is how readily prepared we are for such eventualities.
One of the most fatal emergencies most people are never really ready to accept is a problem with personal or business computers, as this most often results in vital data loss, and a data recovery system is probably the last thing on anyone's mind when they buy a computer. Most of us never think something will go wrong until it's too late. Data recovery or Disc Recovery services are things we hope we will ever have the need for.
There are several situations that can cause problems with your computer. Your computer could be running slowly or be loaded with powerful spy ware that can destroy files, transmit personal data or, even worse, cause the computer to crash. A power surge, an electric storm, fires, floods, mechanical failure, user error and many other things can happen without any advance warning and that could be all it takes to lose all the information you cherish in your computer.
Check Your Hard Disk:
That is because hard disk data recovery can become a really complex issue. But that is not the case always. Hard disk data recovery can be simple or complex, expensive or over-the-roof. It depends on exactly how your computer is screwed up. It can be as simple as the hard drive loading mechanism not working properly. Though it seems an innocent exercise, but the fact is, dozens of programs work at the back end to make your computer just boot. And if any one of them have developed errors or have fatally linked up, then it can crash your machine. In such cases, you will need to carry out hard disk data recovery. Such hard disk data recovery processes are so simple that expert help is also not needed. All you need is some simple information to guide you. And of course an extra hard drive. Just slave boot the hard drive to the replacement and begin to extract the data.
First, always back up your data routinely. This is virtually the most important step in data recovery. If you can get an automatic program to do it for you, the better. You could also ensure you have 'Backups of your Backups.' It is good to always keep a current backup offsite for absolute worst case scenarios. Anytime you hear strange noises from your computer, such as a clunking noise when you power up your computer, immediately turn your computer off.
Tiny-Tiny Tips:
If you have to leave your home for a long period of time, say, going on vacation, always make backups of critical data, verify that all electronics are plugged into UPS (as they should be) power down and unplug from A.C. if possible. You never can foretell a sudden power surge, electrical storm, fire or anything similar that could destroy your computer data. We never really expect things like this, but you won't be forewarned, especially when you are not at home to handle the emergency.
It's not a good idea to attempt any form of data recovery on your own unless you are a specialist. Messing with the hard drive or other parameters of your computer can exacerbate any data losses you may have already experienced. Here is the good news, never assume the worst. In most cases data is recoverable even under the worst conditions like if your computer was swallowed by a flood and fully saturated. Finally, whatever happens with your computer and vital data, never give room for fear or panic. Think optimistically and get your computer to a repair technician as soon as possible, chances are your data will be salvageable and safe.
The scenario where you have a multiple drive setup, where the problem drive is the one that contains your operating system files is more tricky.
Look for a data recovery software package that has a boot disk option available. What this means is that when you start your computer with the boot disk in it, it will automatically run the data recovery program without trying to start windows. You should be able to see your files and then copy them across to another drive.
Hopefully these tips will enable you to get all your important files back.
Once youve had some time to recover, please take a look at the various articles on our website - our goal is to make it one of the best resources on data recovery.
For the past 20 years, Jeff Walters interest has been in making the most effective use of a business information assets. He has lead several data-to-information projects : ABC Costing, analytical CRM, data warehouse development.
One of the most fatal emergencies most people are never really ready to accept is a problem with personal or business computers, as this most often results in vital data loss, and a data recovery system is probably the last thing on anyone's mind when they buy a computer. Most of us never think something will go wrong until it's too late. Data recovery or Disc Recovery services are things we hope we will ever have the need for.
There are several situations that can cause problems with your computer. Your computer could be running slowly or be loaded with powerful spy ware that can destroy files, transmit personal data or, even worse, cause the computer to crash. A power surge, an electric storm, fires, floods, mechanical failure, user error and many other things can happen without any advance warning and that could be all it takes to lose all the information you cherish in your computer.
Check Your Hard Disk:
That is because hard disk data recovery can become a really complex issue. But that is not the case always. Hard disk data recovery can be simple or complex, expensive or over-the-roof. It depends on exactly how your computer is screwed up. It can be as simple as the hard drive loading mechanism not working properly. Though it seems an innocent exercise, but the fact is, dozens of programs work at the back end to make your computer just boot. And if any one of them have developed errors or have fatally linked up, then it can crash your machine. In such cases, you will need to carry out hard disk data recovery. Such hard disk data recovery processes are so simple that expert help is also not needed. All you need is some simple information to guide you. And of course an extra hard drive. Just slave boot the hard drive to the replacement and begin to extract the data.
First, always back up your data routinely. This is virtually the most important step in data recovery. If you can get an automatic program to do it for you, the better. You could also ensure you have 'Backups of your Backups.' It is good to always keep a current backup offsite for absolute worst case scenarios. Anytime you hear strange noises from your computer, such as a clunking noise when you power up your computer, immediately turn your computer off.
Tiny-Tiny Tips:
If you have to leave your home for a long period of time, say, going on vacation, always make backups of critical data, verify that all electronics are plugged into UPS (as they should be) power down and unplug from A.C. if possible. You never can foretell a sudden power surge, electrical storm, fire or anything similar that could destroy your computer data. We never really expect things like this, but you won't be forewarned, especially when you are not at home to handle the emergency.
It's not a good idea to attempt any form of data recovery on your own unless you are a specialist. Messing with the hard drive or other parameters of your computer can exacerbate any data losses you may have already experienced. Here is the good news, never assume the worst. In most cases data is recoverable even under the worst conditions like if your computer was swallowed by a flood and fully saturated. Finally, whatever happens with your computer and vital data, never give room for fear or panic. Think optimistically and get your computer to a repair technician as soon as possible, chances are your data will be salvageable and safe.
The scenario where you have a multiple drive setup, where the problem drive is the one that contains your operating system files is more tricky.
Look for a data recovery software package that has a boot disk option available. What this means is that when you start your computer with the boot disk in it, it will automatically run the data recovery program without trying to start windows. You should be able to see your files and then copy them across to another drive.
Hopefully these tips will enable you to get all your important files back.
Once youve had some time to recover, please take a look at the various articles on our website - our goal is to make it one of the best resources on data recovery.
For the past 20 years, Jeff Walters interest has been in making the most effective use of a business information assets. He has lead several data-to-information projects : ABC Costing, analytical CRM, data warehouse development.
How to Repair the Acer D2D Recovery
First of all you must be aware that some of the operations to come can cause irreversible change on your hard disk, I recommend to you and I will never make it enough make a backup of your system before launching you in any hazardous operation. Any damage and/or modification done on your system will be under your whole responsibility. The following procedures were done on a Acer Aspire 5102wlmi and some also functioned on a Dell Inspiron 9400/1705.
As you know, the Acer computers and those of other manufacturers are now delivered with a system of restoration installed in a hidden partition of your hard disk. This system launches out while pressing keys ALT+F10 simultaneously. And sometimes for various reasons this system ceases functioning.
The first cause often comes owing to the fact that function D2D Recovery is disable in the bios (menu principal).
The solution : enable the function and try to press keys ALT+F10 during the starting of the computer.
The second cause : in this case hidden partition PQSERVICE was erased or damaged, or you replaced the disc and in this case it is not present.
The solution : If you did not previously make a backup of your system by making an image disc. It will not be possible to use the D2D recovery. Your only hope will be to have in your possession Acer Recovery CD/DVD.
And the third causes : the Acer Master Boot Record (MBR)was damaged or replaced by non-Acer MBR. As long as partition PQSERVICE is present or that you can put the hand on the necessary Acer files you can reinstall the MBR of Acer.
The solution :
First method : on a functional Windows system:
1 disable the D2D recovery option of the bios.
2 open a Windows session with an account administrator.
3 Download, unzip and launch partedit32(registration required for download).
4 Identify the Pqservice partition by its size (at the bottom of the partedit window there is a partition information box) it is a small sized partition approximately 2 to 6 Go.Once made change the type of your partition into 0C and save. Restart and open a session with an administrator account, you should be able to navigate to the PQservice partition. Seek these two files mbrwrdos.exe and rtmbr.bin once localised open a command prompt and launch this command mbrwrdos.exe install rtmbr.bin, this will install the Acer MBR. Close the command prompt window restart again Windows go into the bios and reactivate the D2D recovery. Now ALT+F10 should launch Acer recovery at the starting of the computer.
Second method : On a nonfunctional Windows system.
For that you must use a Linux distribution (for me Mandriva provided all the tools necessary).
1 Boot on the Mandriva install CD/DVD the boot menu will give you the possibility to repair or to restore the Windows boot loader.
2 If that is not enough launch an installation of linux(this will be an occasion to test this terrible OS) and choose LILO as boot loader(a boot menu that allow you to choose between several operating systems) once finished the installation. Restart your computer in the boot loader menu system you will have at least 2 Windows options the first generally point to PQservice choose it and you will boot directly into acer D2D recovery.
The last solution is the simplest one, just note that during the Linux installation you will have to resize your Windows partition to create a place for a new Linux partition it is the most perilous part because irreversible, therefore take your precautions at this time.
As you know, the Acer computers and those of other manufacturers are now delivered with a system of restoration installed in a hidden partition of your hard disk. This system launches out while pressing keys ALT+F10 simultaneously. And sometimes for various reasons this system ceases functioning.
The first cause often comes owing to the fact that function D2D Recovery is disable in the bios (menu principal).
The solution : enable the function and try to press keys ALT+F10 during the starting of the computer.
The second cause : in this case hidden partition PQSERVICE was erased or damaged, or you replaced the disc and in this case it is not present.
The solution : If you did not previously make a backup of your system by making an image disc. It will not be possible to use the D2D recovery. Your only hope will be to have in your possession Acer Recovery CD/DVD.
And the third causes : the Acer Master Boot Record (MBR)was damaged or replaced by non-Acer MBR. As long as partition PQSERVICE is present or that you can put the hand on the necessary Acer files you can reinstall the MBR of Acer.
The solution :
First method : on a functional Windows system:
1 disable the D2D recovery option of the bios.
2 open a Windows session with an account administrator.
3 Download, unzip and launch partedit32(registration required for download).
4 Identify the Pqservice partition by its size (at the bottom of the partedit window there is a partition information box) it is a small sized partition approximately 2 to 6 Go.Once made change the type of your partition into 0C and save. Restart and open a session with an administrator account, you should be able to navigate to the PQservice partition. Seek these two files mbrwrdos.exe and rtmbr.bin once localised open a command prompt and launch this command mbrwrdos.exe install rtmbr.bin, this will install the Acer MBR. Close the command prompt window restart again Windows go into the bios and reactivate the D2D recovery. Now ALT+F10 should launch Acer recovery at the starting of the computer.
Second method : On a nonfunctional Windows system.
For that you must use a Linux distribution (for me Mandriva provided all the tools necessary).
1 Boot on the Mandriva install CD/DVD the boot menu will give you the possibility to repair or to restore the Windows boot loader.
2 If that is not enough launch an installation of linux(this will be an occasion to test this terrible OS) and choose LILO as boot loader(a boot menu that allow you to choose between several operating systems) once finished the installation. Restart your computer in the boot loader menu system you will have at least 2 Windows options the first generally point to PQservice choose it and you will boot directly into acer D2D recovery.
The last solution is the simplest one, just note that during the Linux installation you will have to resize your Windows partition to create a place for a new Linux partition it is the most perilous part because irreversible, therefore take your precautions at this time.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
PC Registry Cleaner Download - Get Your PC Sorted Now
Your PC can do everything... Play music, check your bank account, create videos, help organize a wedding. What a shame, then, that it can't look after it's own registry.
The Windows PC registry is the central nervous system of your PC. It stores all the information about software and hardware on your system.
When things start to go wrong with the registry, they really go wrong- in fact they just snowball.
When you purchased your PC it was fast, it did everything right and you thought you would never need another PC. This was it. Then little by little, day after day, it started to get slower and slower. It shouldn't happen, but it does- to everyone.
The more you use your PC, the worse it becomes. As you install applications your Windows registry gets bigger. When you un-install applications your registry gets larger, as extra entries are written and old entries are not cleaned up. As you visit internet sites, and are bombarded with spyware and trojans, your registry is modified.
All these things lead to your Windows registry changing from a slick, finely-tuned repository of information to a bloated monster.
So what problems does this cause?
The biggest problem is slow operation of your PC. The bigger and crazier the registry becomes, the slower the PC operates as it struggles to sift through the registry.
As secondary issues, you will experience freezes and strange error messages.
So what can be done?
Easy!
Get a PC Registry Cleaner Download for free. Download a free PC Registry Cleaner scan and have it check for issues with your PC registry.
Many people are shocked at the speed improvements they receive after running a simple scan and repair.
After running the scan and repair it is important to run a regular scan to keep your PC operating it tip-top condition.
The Windows PC registry is the central nervous system of your PC. It stores all the information about software and hardware on your system.
When things start to go wrong with the registry, they really go wrong- in fact they just snowball.
When you purchased your PC it was fast, it did everything right and you thought you would never need another PC. This was it. Then little by little, day after day, it started to get slower and slower. It shouldn't happen, but it does- to everyone.
The more you use your PC, the worse it becomes. As you install applications your Windows registry gets bigger. When you un-install applications your registry gets larger, as extra entries are written and old entries are not cleaned up. As you visit internet sites, and are bombarded with spyware and trojans, your registry is modified.
All these things lead to your Windows registry changing from a slick, finely-tuned repository of information to a bloated monster.
So what problems does this cause?
The biggest problem is slow operation of your PC. The bigger and crazier the registry becomes, the slower the PC operates as it struggles to sift through the registry.
As secondary issues, you will experience freezes and strange error messages.
So what can be done?
Easy!
Get a PC Registry Cleaner Download for free. Download a free PC Registry Cleaner scan and have it check for issues with your PC registry.
Many people are shocked at the speed improvements they receive after running a simple scan and repair.
After running the scan and repair it is important to run a regular scan to keep your PC operating it tip-top condition.
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