Free information about Data recovery http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/ en-us E-articles.info 2006 - 2010 What comes to your mind when you hear the word online backup systems, does it sound like jargon to you? Don't worry, for many people this is still quite new technology for them. However, the earlier you comprehend how this system works the quicker it will be for you to discover the great opportunities and advantages remote backup systems have to offer for your company. They can greatly cut costs in your business and make backing up files not so much of a daunting task. In this article, we have tried to explain the workings of online backup systems in an easy to understand manner... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-do-online/remote-backup-systems-work/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-do-online/remote-backup-systems-work/ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:33:17 GMT The more the time we spend on computers these days, the more we create and store data. With increase in data creation the responsibility to backup the files increases. Traditionally, data backup has meant sacrificing a wide pool of data for the sake of essential data to be stored. A backup of an entire hard drive was unheard of; it took up too much time, space and resources to be a feasible habit... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/PC-Backup-Software-Tool-for-Data-Protection/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/PC-Backup-Software-Tool-for-Data-Protection/ Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:41:22 GMT No one needs to tell you how important your data is to your business. Without the important data to your company, you would be facing troubled times quickly. However, quality data backup and data recovery can help you ensure that even in an emergency; you do not lose your data, which is so vital to the success of your business. Find out more about these services and how they can keep your company secure... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/What-You-Need-to-Know-About-Data-Backup-and-Data-Recovery/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/What-You-Need-to-Know-About-Data-Backup-and-Data-Recovery/ Fri, 21 May 2010 02:49:27 GMT WinRAR has a feature that allows archive creators to lock an .rar archive in order to protect the RAR packed or packaged archive from modification and change. When the WinRAR archive locked, everybody cannot change the content in the archive, be it files, folders, comments, SFX options and modules Compressing file is not only able to conserve hard disk space, but also can protect our valuable data from being opened or read by somebody else without authorization. However, if you have lots of password protected archive files that need to be extracted at the same time, it could be frustrating and irritating as you need to spend long time to extract and type the password for each of them repeatedly... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-Unlock-Protected-RAR-Archive/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-Unlock-Protected-RAR-Archive/ Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:57:32 GMT There are indeed a great many backup program varieties available these days and it may seem overwhelming trying to make a decision. If you don't create a backup of your files you risk losing money and time restoring your system in case of a computer failure or virus attack. Setting up your system from scratch will take quite some time and potentially cost you a lot, particularly if you use your PC for business or work. Imagine all the hours you spent setting up your computer, installing all the software, and working on your files... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Protect-your-Business-against-Disaster-with-Backup-Tools/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Protect-your-Business-against-Disaster-with-Backup-Tools/ Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:23:37 GMT With the explosive growth of information quantity, information security is becoming increasingly important. Now, computer is the most used tool to access and store information, and we have to deal with it in our everyday life. Therefore, computer security should not be ignored. Nowadays, Setting a password is the common method to protect our PC security... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-common-system-password-reset-solutions-for-your-Windows-PC/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-common-system-password-reset-solutions-for-your-Windows-PC/ Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:31:42 GMT As we all know that PDF is really a good thing for reading and sharing as it has great reliability.Almost any one on any computer system can view PDF whit PDF Reader. However,due to the copy-right or data protected,when creating PDF,we may put password or password restriction .This can prevent from openning or copying,printing and so on... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-remove-pdf-password-and-restriction/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-remove-pdf-password-and-restriction/ Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:39:47 GMT There may be many reasons why you would want to erase your hard drive, it may be that you wish to change over to another operating system, or you may want to sell or pass on your existing hard drive to someone else, if you are planning to purchase a new hard drive. When you part with your existing hard drive you do not want to have to worry about personal or sensitive information falling into the wrong hands, cases of identity theft have come about through people finding this type of information on old discarded hard drives. The difference between erasing files and wiping data is that erasing files frees up the file space available for use in the future whereas wiping data clears space on the storage device, data wiping is useful to maintain security of information when disposing of hard drives. The only way to completely get rid of information on the hard drive is to overwrite it with new information... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-To-Completely-Erase-Data-From-Your-Hard-Drives,-SSDs-And-Thumb-Drives/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-To-Completely-Erase-Data-From-Your-Hard-Drives,-SSDs-And-Thumb-Drives/ Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:47:52 GMT You have forgot admin passwords of your windows sustem and you need to log-on immediately but there is no tech support help around you, which can help you in recovering passwords for your windows systems. You made your every effort to recover the password but none its ok. Now you have to do it on your own.However, this is a tricky problem but tech-suppor world has solution for your every issue whether its updating of windows 7 or to recover windows password... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-To-Recovery-Lost-Admin-Password-of-Windows-7/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-To-Recovery-Lost-Admin-Password-of-Windows-7/ Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:55:57 GMT What should you do when you've lost the password to connect to Windows? Ask an administrator to reset the password to access you. If you are a director yourself, and you can not remember your administrator password, the problem of having a little 'difficult, and probably difficult to find the "forgotten password" again. Before launching a search on the recovery CD or DVD for Windows format and reinstall Windows on your computer, here are some ways to unlock the groped for Windows to access the new system, at least to reset the password password. Method 1: Take a rest, and try hard to remember the forgotten password Sometimes, human beings are a bit "strange... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/6-Ways-to-Recover-and-Reset-Password-in-Windows-7/Vista/XP/2003/2K/NT/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/6-Ways-to-Recover-and-Reset-Password-in-Windows-7/Vista/XP/2003/2K/NT/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:23:15 GMT Visual Basic Application (VBA) macros are chiefly used to amplify the functionality of the standard user interface. Database users mainly create these VBA macros for performing some critical task to execute numerous functions at once. However, like any other programming language, these VBA macros can be built in such a way that they can cause corruption in Access database MDB files. Access Database Files Become Inaccessible Imagine a situation where some user with a cruel intention modifies your VBA macro code... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Corruption-in-Access-Database-(VBA-Macros)/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Corruption-in-Access-Database-(VBA-Macros)/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:31:20 GMT What Is Data? Data is a small word of great importance in today's world of computers. In this small word, the whole world of information could be fed. What Is Data Loss? Data loss can be the biggest trouble for many computer users as data is a thing of prime importance today. The problem of data loss is a very common problem for computer users as human follies, computer bugs etc cannot be ruled out... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-Recover-Data-from-Windows-7-Hard-Drive/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-Recover-Data-from-Windows-7-Hard-Drive/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:39:25 GMT Introduction: With the sky-rocking increase of computer network crime rate, the advanced data recovery technology, computer forensics technology are widely used in this field. This article focuses on the two technologies development and applications, with introduction of the related advanced tools and the future treads... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Application-of-Computer-Forensics-Using-Data-Recovery-Technologies/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Application-of-Computer-Forensics-Using-Data-Recovery-Technologies/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:47:30 GMT There are two passwords in BIOS. One is start up password, the other is BIOS setting password. If you have forgotten the start up password that means you cannot open computer at all. Then the first method is the only thing you can do... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-crack-BIOS-/-CMOS-supervisor-Password/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-crack-BIOS-/-CMOS-supervisor-Password/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:55:35 GMT Forgetting your Windows administrator login password. With no way to get into the system, you can't even perform basic maintenance, let alone a thorough tune-up. Formatting is always an option, but we consider that a last resort. (Plus, guess who's going to have to help reinstall all the programs lost after a wipe?) But all hope is not lost... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-Recover-and-Reset-Password-in-windows-7/Vista/XP/2003/2K/NT-for-Free/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-Recover-and-Reset-Password-in-windows-7/Vista/XP/2003/2K/NT-for-Free/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:23:40 GMT Do you think it is none of your business to do this right now? But we don't know what will happen in the future. Creating a password reset disk is the best way to prevent you into the forgotten windows password disaster. With it, you can easily reset your password and get right in to Windows. With it, you don't ever have to worry about forgetting your password again... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/What-Can-You-Do-Before-or-After-lost-Windows-Password/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/What-Can-You-Do-Before-or-After-lost-Windows-Password/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:31:45 GMT Several users upgrade their operating systems from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows Vista. But in case if any error during the setup process, rollback phase is initiated. When you run the rollback phase, your system returns to previous installation of Microsoft Windows operating system. But there is no guarantee of rollback phase to be successful... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Unsuccessful-Rollback-Phase-Cause-Partition-Loss-in-Microsoft-Windows/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Unsuccessful-Rollback-Phase-Cause-Partition-Loss-in-Microsoft-Windows/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:50 GMT Article contains information over power loss in write cached enabled system that causes file system corruption error. Article also contain recovery solution for all type of partition error. In order to increase the performance of your system, Microsoft Windows allows you to enable disk write caching. With no write-caching enabled, every write to hard drive includes a performance hit while system waits for hard drive to access correct location on hard drive and write data to it... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Power-Loss-in-Write-Cached-Enabled-System-May-Cause-File-System-Corruption/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Power-Loss-in-Write-Cached-Enabled-System-May-Cause-File-System-Corruption/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:47:55 GMT Native transfer speed & the native recording ability of the efficient Sony AIT-5 data tape format are 24 MB/s and 400 GB respectively. Sony AIT5 half height 3.5 inch form factor uses the SCSI ultra-160 LVD/SE interface. AIT-5 technology protects the investment as it is capable of reading & writing the tape media of AIT-4, AIT3 and AIT-3Ex... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Optimized-Data-Recording-With-Sony-AIT5-Tape-Technology/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Optimized-Data-Recording-With-Sony-AIT5-Tape-Technology/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:55:15 GMT MRC-head technology in SDLT format comprises of small magneto resistive heads. They MR heads form a cluster as they are packed densely and closely together. Thin film mechanism is used to join together the clustered MR heads. MRC heads offer more transfer rate and recording capacity when compared to the equal sized magneto resistive heads... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Highly-Durable-SDLT-Tape/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Highly-Durable-SDLT-Tape/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:23:20 GMT There are vital tools that can, first, make sure that backups are performed in a timely manner, and second, catch data that may not have been backed up in case of accidental deletions. These solutions round out a backup system and, in fact, complete it. Backup solutions are the foundation of data protection, and the first line of defense in case of system failure or data loss of any kind. Backup solutions are the most basic protection for computer data in case of a system failure of any kind... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/-Make-Certain-Your-Backup-Solutions-are-Complete/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/-Make-Certain-Your-Backup-Solutions-are-Complete/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:31:25 GMT There are many misconceptions about fragmentation which can lead to significant damage to computer systems and networks. These are some of the most common myths. Fragmentation is one of the most significant – and yet unknown - problems that plague computer systems and networks. It accounts for billions in annual economic losses, and is one of the leading causes of a wide number of computer problems and system failures... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Defrag-Myths-Everyone-Should-Know/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Defrag-Myths-Everyone-Should-Know/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:39:30 GMT The ECC blocks and the data can be placed on any of 4 channels in the DLT tape format. The features of SPR and the independent channel data help the DLT tape format to perform these tasks. The location of the block is independent. But if there is a bad block then the DLT tape drive rewrites the data on available next channel... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Advanced-data-recording-technology-in-DLT-tape-drive/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Advanced-data-recording-technology-in-DLT-tape-drive/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:47:35 GMT The external hard drives can be portable and connects to the computer system from external. Cable is used for connecting the external hard drives to computer system, it supports the IDE, SCSI and USB. The other bus standards are also compatible. For windows operating system, the internal hard drives were used in the computer systems during the last years of the twentieth century... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/SimpleTech-USB-external-hard-disk-drive/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/SimpleTech-USB-external-hard-disk-drive/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:55:40 GMT The SD memory cards known as the "Secure Digital" first began as miniature cards. Afterwards the new and advanced form of the SD memory card SDIO "Secure Digital Input/output" was introduced into the market. The SDA "Secure Digital Association" included new features and technology to the SD memory cards. The SDA included new varieties of card functions... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/SD-memory-cards/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/SD-memory-cards/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:23:45 GMT During the past years, the new, advanced technology of SMART has been introduced in the hard disk drives. The SMART stands for “Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology”. There are many benefits of the SMART technology. With the help of the SMART technology, the user is given a warning about the hard disk drive incase of imminent failure... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-new-powerful-SMART-technology-in-the-HP-hard-disk-drive/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-new-powerful-SMART-technology-in-the-HP-hard-disk-drive/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:31:50 GMT The Sony DLT-IV backup tapes are highly reliable and have high storage capacity. They are the top most preference of the enterprises over the world. They deliver the best results in the workstation data & server network. The financial institutes and the public sectors as well are mostly using the DLT-IV data backup tape format... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Sony-DLT-IV-Backup-Data-Tape-Storage-Medium/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Sony-DLT-IV-Backup-Data-Tape-Storage-Medium/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:39:55 GMT A USB flash drive is a NAND type flash memory. The NAND type flash memory was designed for the exchange and saving of data as alternative to the magnetic disk. The NAND type flash memory has the capacity to hold large volumes of data. The writing and erasing speed is also fast... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-advantages-of-USB-flash-drive/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-advantages-of-USB-flash-drive/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:47:15 GMT Securing data in today’s information technology driven world is a must. Whether it is a network manager of a small or large corporation or a simple home user, it proves beneficial to all computer users to have a backup of their data so that it can be used to restore original data in the event of a data loss. While running a business, if data has not been backed up, then the issues are potentially very serious. A system crash could stop the business trading for hours, days or even weeks, and that could even mean breaking data protection laws by not keeping data safe and secure... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Data-Backup:-Protection-Against-Data-Loss/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Data-Backup:-Protection-Against-Data-Loss/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:55:20 GMT Data loss is something that is as old as digital computers. In fact, an entire industry has arisen in the last couple of decades that specialises in extracting data from damaged storage devices. There are many types of digital media – both removable and non-removable – available today for storing data, right from optical disks with a 740 MB capacity to portable hard disks that can hold up to 500 GB of data. Other devices include floppy drives, tape drives and USB drives... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Causes-of-Data-Loss/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Causes-of-Data-Loss/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:23:25 GMT We all eventually forget one password or the other and such a problem can be so irritating and unpredictable that it can make quite a huge impact. The problem is even more serious when we forget the administrative password to anything, especially our operating system. In most cases the regular user will choose to format the hard disk and then re-install the operating system in order to solve this problem and unfortunately, such an action usually means that some data will be lost along the way. Although it can be impossible at times to access the personal computer if the administrative password was loss, there are some actions you can take in some cases... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Accessing-the-Computer-without-an-Administrative-Password/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Accessing-the-Computer-without-an-Administrative-Password/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:31:30 GMT Today’s economy is driven by information. For thousands of years, goods and services were produced by physical work done by humans. The industrial revolution changed all that. Machines were invented and a lot many things were automated, thus leading to faster production and increased wealth all around... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Protecting-Your-Most-Precious-Commodity:-Data-Backup/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Protecting-Your-Most-Precious-Commodity:-Data-Backup/ Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:39:35 GMT Losing data is a bad experience no matter when it happens. Given the wide use of data in our lives, all of us have had some kind of data loss experience at some point of time or the other. The usual reactions are to blame fate and feel very sorry for ourselves. For those of us who are more aware of what can be done next, the best option is to go on the internet and hunt out a DIY software to recover the loss... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Finding-a-Reliable-Data-Recovery-Company/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Finding-a-Reliable-Data-Recovery-Company/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:47:40 GMT We have all heard of cases, and unfortunately many of us had to live through one as well; a hard disk crash on a computer. It's your worst nightmare. Even though disks are remarkably reliable, any electro-mechanical device will eventually suffer from the demand placed upon it and go wrong. We are used to hearing the term 'crash', but where does it comes from and is there any chance on recovering your data? A hard disk crash is normally the term given for the failure in which the read/write head touches the surface of the platter... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-Hard-Disk-Crashed!-What-happened-exactly.-Can-data-be-recovered-(q)/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-Hard-Disk-Crashed!-What-happened-exactly.-Can-data-be-recovered-(q)/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:55:45 GMT Anyone who works with computers has surely at least heard the horror stories about someone whose drive is corrupted or damaged and their data lost. This can be more than an inconvenience, it can be extremely damaging to lose all of your data and some people might lose an entire career’s worth of work. You can also lose your personal data like photographs that you cannot ever replace. Instead of putting your data in constant danger, it is a wise precaution to backup that information... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Backup-Exact-for-your-Important-Data/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Backup-Exact-for-your-Important-Data/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:23:50 GMT Maintaining databases has become an essential part of many organizations these days. Database maintenance helps organizations in carrying out their daily work processes and procedures in an efficient and smooth manner. Besides, the databases have necessary information which is critical to various processes of the projects. Hence, maintaining the accuracy and validity of the data is of utmost importance which needs to be performed on a regular basis... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Importance-of-Data-Cleaning-and-Reasons-of-Data-Corruption/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Importance-of-Data-Cleaning-and-Reasons-of-Data-Corruption/ Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:31:55 GMT Summary: Data Recovery is to successfully recover formatted or corrupted data due to virus attacks and accidents. Rapid development of IT industry leads to a new emerging mode: data recovery. Data recovery is actually just around us for decades, unnoticed. Nowadays, it emerges a new branch of IT industry... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/What-is-Data-Recovery/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/What-is-Data-Recovery/ Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:39:15 GMT Macintosh is considered to be most important and complicated operating system developed by Apple Inc. This is one of the modern operating systems facilitating its users with all the advanced features. Local File systems used by this operating system are UFS (Unix File System), UDF (Universal Disk Format), HFS (Hierarchical File System) and HFS + (Hierarchal File System+). These file systems are based on some of the enhanced features for the management of tasks to be performed by operating system and ultimately providing ease to the Mac user... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Data-Loss-Reasons-and-Recovery-Solution-in-Macintosh-Operating-System/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Data-Loss-Reasons-and-Recovery-Solution-in-Macintosh-Operating-System/ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:47:20 GMT Today, we live in a world whose every aspect is increasingly getting digital and computerised. Information technology touches almost every part of our lives – there is no escape from it. Be it leisure or work, one cannot avoid using computers and digital devices in some way. Massive computers form the backbone of big and small organisations... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/About-recovering-from-devices/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/About-recovering-from-devices/ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:55:25 GMT In this article you will learn how to develop a backup and recovery solution. Data has become a firm's most valuable asset, and it is your job to protect this data from accidental loss. remember the fundamental questions to ask when developing a solution. What should be backup? What is the recovery point? What is the time frame for recovery? What is the risk tolerance,if any,of the firm? Finding the answers to these questions will help you develop a plan that is appropriate for your firm... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-develop-a-backup-and-recovery-solution/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-to-develop-a-backup-and-recovery-solution/ Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:23:30 GMT Hard drive is an important part of computer rather should say a necessary part of the computer. This is a main storage element and it is referred as permanent storage of the system. Most of the computer users use hard drive for their data backup purposes. Yes it is a very good recommendation but hard drive is a device which can be captured by any mishap at any time... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Hard-Drive-Data-Recovery-Information/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Hard-Drive-Data-Recovery-Information/ Thu, 03 May 2007 17:31:35 GMT Flash drives have just changed the lives of students, teachers, businessmen, engineers and other working people for their IT jobs. A flash drive comes up with a lot of features including its light weight, small size, portability, reliability, trustworthiness and large storage ability comparable to the existing removable devices. This is a great external storage device – now you can save even a movie or bulk of files in it which was not possible before in punch cards or later in floppy diskette due to their insufficient space of storage. There are a number of factors which cause for its failure and they don’t allow flash to read and write any data file... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Why-Flash-is-Prone-to-much-more-damages-(q)/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Why-Flash-is-Prone-to-much-more-damages-(q)/ Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:39:40 GMT Can you ever imagine, what would happen if the data that you had worked upon over several weeks have been lost? Ever wonder what would be the reasons for this mystery? The answer could be the failure of the hard drive. Although the world is becoming highly digitised and the computing process has reached an advanced stage over the past twenty years, the risk of hard drive failures has not come down. There are less safe mechanisms to prevent the failure. The hard drives are extremely susceptible to failure such as head crashes, circuit board shorts, electrostatic shocks, power surges, overheating, etc... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Hard-Drive-Data-Recovery/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Hard-Drive-Data-Recovery/ Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:47:45 GMT Any computer book worth reading warns repeatedly that you should back up your system regularly. Backups are necessary because at any time a major problem, or even some minor ones, can corrupt the important information and programs stored on your computer's hard disk drive and render this information useless. A wide range of problems can damage the data on your hard drive. Here is a list of just some of these data-damaging problems: Sudden fluctuations in the electricity that powers your computer (power spikes), resulting in data damage or corruption... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-Importance-of-Data-Backups/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/The-Importance-of-Data-Backups/ Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:55:50 GMT Magnetic storage is essentially an analog medium. The data a PC stores on it, however, is digital informationthat is, 1s and 0s. When the drive sends digital information to a magnetic recording head, the head creates magnetic domains on the storage medium with specific polarities corresponding to the positive and negative voltages the drive applies to the head. The flux reversals form the boundaries between the areas of positive and negative polarity that the drive controller uses to encode the digital data onto the analog medium... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Data-Encoding-Schemes/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/Data-Encoding-Schemes/ Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:23:55 GMT Digital images should be treated like any other important computer files: they should be archived and kept in a safe place. Most computers have built-in optical drives for burning compact discs and DVDs, both of which are reasonable archiving media. If you use optical discs for archiving, consider making two sets of backups—one for your home, and another to be kept in a remote location—just in case one set gets damaged. Another archiving approach, and one that is easier to manage than using optical media, is to save your pictures to external hard drives... http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-To-Archive-Images-for-Future-Use/ http://Data-recovery.e-articles.info/title/How-To-Archive-Images-for-Future-Use/ Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:31:15 GMT