Outlook backup is a bare necessity for those who use MS Outlook email client for everyday communication. If you are like most people, who like to start their day with a hot steaming cup of coffee looking through morning mail, you sure can imagine how frustrating it can be to lose your important messages and contacts.
There are several reasons why you can lose your email. First of all, you can lose your Outlook messages as a result of hardware failure. Secondly, there can be a disaster like flood or fire, which is hard to prevent so it is strongly recommended to back up Outlook/Outlook Express to secure against the temperament of nature.
A far more frustrating occurrence of message loss is an accidental deletion by the owner. There is no way to prevent such things, but there are several ways to make sure you do not lose your data, if you get in any of the above mentioned situations.
One ways is to copy your contacts and messages manually each day and record them to some storage media such as a CD. This is a viable solution and it is the cheapest in terms of money, but not time. It is going to be hard to keep track of all incoming and outcoming messages and not to forget to do Outlook backup regularly.
However, with the simple yet reliable Outlook backup software, you can immensely simplify the task of data protection. In fact, for a reasonable fee of 39 bucks you can get a professional backup program with the backup functionality which allows backing up your important messages on a specified schedule with the options of data compression and encryption.
When choosing your backup software, pay attention to the specific features of a program. Some backup programs offer Outlook backup functionality as a default feature, while others may require installation of special plug-ins for doing target backup of email. Also, make sure that the program can do backup of all versions, including backup of Outlook 2007.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Deleted Images And How To Recover Them
There can be a few reasons why your images have been lost or just "disappeared":
Case1. No images on your camera memory card
The first one is that you have not accidentally erased them from your memory card but your playback display states blandly "no images". The second one is that you have accidentally (or deliberately) erased some or all of the images from your memory card.
In both instances, the images have not actually been erased or deleted - they are still there but your camera will simply not display them. However, the camera software may well overwrite these files if you continue to take pictures.
In view of this is necessary to take immediate action to recover the files before this happens.
If you did not deliberately erase the images yourself, the first thing to try is to switch off your camera. Remove the memory card from the camera and then replace it, switch the camera back on and check to see if the images have returned. This is a similar procedure to re - booting a computer when it throws a wobbly. It works sometimes but not always.
If the images do not reappear, proceed as if you have accidentally erased them as follows:
Go online and use a search engine and type in "free file recovery programmes" to find a programme like "Free Undelete". Download it and connect your camera to the computer as you would for uploading images from your memory card. Alternatively, you can insert your memory card into the appropriate memory card slot in your computer if you have one.
I have tried this completely free programme and it works well. However, there are several other non - free programmes you can use if you prefer which may be more sophisticated with more features.
Start the programme, select the drive where the memory card is located and click "Scan". if a folder appears, open it. If the files have not been overwritten, the programme should find them. Note; For Windows Vista users; you may have to right click the program shortcut and select "run as administrator" or it may not work.
Be patient. The programme takes several minutes to completely scan the card and retrieve the files. It lists them with a rating of "poor" or "good". Select the files you want to restore, click "undelete" and then save them to your computers hard drive in a suitable location.
If you try to save to the memory card you may get a warning that the image may suffer loss of quality. If you definitely want to put these files on to your memory card then save them first to your desktop. Copy these files (right click - copy) and paste them to your memory card (right click - paste). I have done this without any apparent loss of quality.
One thing I noticed with this free programme is that if you click the "help" file on the main menu - nothing happens. To access this you will have to locate the "Free Undelete" folder from the Start - Programmes folder.
Case2. Images lost from computer
Exactly the same procedure is used to recover lost or deleted files on any other drives you have on your computer. Just select the drive where the images were stored before they disappeared. But this time specify the type of file you want to recover. In this case it is a jpeg, so enter ".jpg" as your search filter otherwise you will get every deleted file on your computer listed.
Note: As implied above, this programme will retrieve many other types of files as well, including lost or deleted emails and documents. However, Free Undelete is a utility programme so there is no preview available. If you want all the bells and whistles you may have to purchase a more sophisticated version like "Recover my Files". This has a preview window and many other features. It is available for a free trial but the save feature is blocked until you purchase it (about $70/£35). There are many other similar programmes available of varying degrees of sophistication - so take a look and find one that suits you.
Happy deleted file recovery
I am a photographer and author who enjoys both digital and film photography. I like writing about photography topics and passing on hints, tips and wrinkles to others based on my experiences.
Case1. No images on your camera memory card
The first one is that you have not accidentally erased them from your memory card but your playback display states blandly "no images". The second one is that you have accidentally (or deliberately) erased some or all of the images from your memory card.
In both instances, the images have not actually been erased or deleted - they are still there but your camera will simply not display them. However, the camera software may well overwrite these files if you continue to take pictures.
In view of this is necessary to take immediate action to recover the files before this happens.
If you did not deliberately erase the images yourself, the first thing to try is to switch off your camera. Remove the memory card from the camera and then replace it, switch the camera back on and check to see if the images have returned. This is a similar procedure to re - booting a computer when it throws a wobbly. It works sometimes but not always.
If the images do not reappear, proceed as if you have accidentally erased them as follows:
Go online and use a search engine and type in "free file recovery programmes" to find a programme like "Free Undelete". Download it and connect your camera to the computer as you would for uploading images from your memory card. Alternatively, you can insert your memory card into the appropriate memory card slot in your computer if you have one.
I have tried this completely free programme and it works well. However, there are several other non - free programmes you can use if you prefer which may be more sophisticated with more features.
Start the programme, select the drive where the memory card is located and click "Scan". if a folder appears, open it. If the files have not been overwritten, the programme should find them. Note; For Windows Vista users; you may have to right click the program shortcut and select "run as administrator" or it may not work.
Be patient. The programme takes several minutes to completely scan the card and retrieve the files. It lists them with a rating of "poor" or "good". Select the files you want to restore, click "undelete" and then save them to your computers hard drive in a suitable location.
If you try to save to the memory card you may get a warning that the image may suffer loss of quality. If you definitely want to put these files on to your memory card then save them first to your desktop. Copy these files (right click - copy) and paste them to your memory card (right click - paste). I have done this without any apparent loss of quality.
One thing I noticed with this free programme is that if you click the "help" file on the main menu - nothing happens. To access this you will have to locate the "Free Undelete" folder from the Start - Programmes folder.
Case2. Images lost from computer
Exactly the same procedure is used to recover lost or deleted files on any other drives you have on your computer. Just select the drive where the images were stored before they disappeared. But this time specify the type of file you want to recover. In this case it is a jpeg, so enter ".jpg" as your search filter otherwise you will get every deleted file on your computer listed.
Note: As implied above, this programme will retrieve many other types of files as well, including lost or deleted emails and documents. However, Free Undelete is a utility programme so there is no preview available. If you want all the bells and whistles you may have to purchase a more sophisticated version like "Recover my Files". This has a preview window and many other features. It is available for a free trial but the save feature is blocked until you purchase it (about $70/£35). There are many other similar programmes available of varying degrees of sophistication - so take a look and find one that suits you.
Happy deleted file recovery
I am a photographer and author who enjoys both digital and film photography. I like writing about photography topics and passing on hints, tips and wrinkles to others based on my experiences.
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