5 RAID Data Recovery Prevention Tips by James Allen
If you have spent the time to increase your computer's performance by setting up a hardware RAID array, you owe it to yourself to invest a little extra time and effort in maintaining the hard disks in your setup. Following these tips will help limit the need for data disaster recovery in the... If you are setting up a multi-user enviroment, creating a 3 or 5 drive RAID-5 array may be your best choice for speed and data protection. ... This basic level Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks ensures against data loss by incorporating 2 drives - one mirroring the other.

Novell Data Recovery Software - Recovery of Re-partitioned Volumes by Sunil Chandna
Problem Description Partitions refer to the portions of the hard disk that have their own logical file structure. Re-partitioning means deleting and resizing the current partitions on the disk. Since re-partitioning almost always involves deleting the current partitions, all previously held... This is usually done to re-align the space and data on the hard disk, but may also be the result of plain human error, the end result being that data in the old partition is inaccessible. ... This is often done to accommodate multiple Operating Systems on one disk, but is also done to reorganize...

Military Application Of Data Recovery by Valerie Const
According to Data Recovery Labs it is reported the Chinese are currently testing the manufacturing of new hard disk drives by pioneering new coating materials for the magnetic media/platters, involving the development of mixing plastic based materials with metalic alloy even further, in contrast... The Chinese were reported to have scanned, cloned and analyzed every inch of the aircraft component, and managed to have found the damaged hard disk drive and carried out data recovery on the disk containing highly classified reconnaissance data, including data related to the location from which...

Data Recovery by Alison Cole
A computer hard disk crashing is the stuff nightmares are made of for all those who depend entirely on computers for their day-to-day work. When one talks of a hard disk crashing, it generally implies problems in the computer, the magnitude of which can be ascertained only when the data is... A lot of lost data can be found using data recovery or date backup. ... There are two basic types of damage to the hard disk, physical damage and logical damage. ... Backup has to be done regularly, checked regularly and the data has to be uncompressed.

Data Recovery Procedures for Hard Drives by Stu Pearson
Your computer’s data is at risk. Whether you use a Mac or a PC, viruses, power surges, hackers, human error, natural disasters, hardware failures, and more are real everyday threats. To keep your data safe and sound, you will first need to back up your files on a regular basis. ... Of course it is ideal to back up data and avoid the complicated process that is data recovery altogether, but even when you take the necessary steps to prepare for hard drive damage, you might run into problems. ... This may seem a simple task, but shutting down a computer at the moment you notice your hard...

When Data Recovery Becomes Impossible by Fraser Wheaton
We’ve all been using computers for a while now and I bet none of us have been spared from at least one data loss related problem in our technical “career”. Data is so easily losable that you’re practically forced to make backups for everything you have, for obvious safety reasons. ... For example, a hard disk with a failing motor still holds a chance for data recovery, whereas if the section that holds the logical data gets burnt out or magnetized, you most likely have no chance of getting anything back.

Cloning your Hard Drive and Saving Every Bit of Data by Michael Cottier
They cloned a sheep once, and that sheep had every thing similar to its clone source, except of course it's memories. With your hard drive on the other hand, you can copy its memory, every last bit of it, and restore it on a completely different hard drive. ... They would already be done, because you just made a clone of your old hard drive, and all data will be exactly the same. ... Then, whenever data is written to your main hard drive, it is also written to your backup one. ... The best way to clone your hard drive, and easiest, is to use a good hard drive imaging software.

3 Simple Tips To Make Your Computer Run Faster by Tim Lee
First of all, there are two ways to make your computer run faster: hardware and software. Hardware boosting involves upgrading and adding new components to the computer to increase its speed and performance. Typical upgrades include installing more memory, purchasing a better motherboard or... Data in a hard disk is not necessarily stored in a contiguous manner. ... If your data is located contiguously, then this problem could be avoided, saving your hard disk valuable read time. ... This means that when your hard disks read data, it has to jump from platter to platter, sector to sector...

Protecting Your Computer From Power Surges, Data Loss, Viruses, And Spyware by Bonnie Archer
Protecting Against A Power Surge: Your computer is an expensive investment; you should protect it from a power surge. If a sudden rush of electricity hits, a surge protector will blow the fuse or trip the breaker, this is what saves your computer. You should be sure to use a surge protector... To protect your computer data everything should be 'backed up' by saving it to a floppy disk or compact disc, this is your best safeguard against data loss. ... So, periodically you should make copies of the information on your hard disk.

How To Format A Hard Drive by Brian Maroevich
Here's how to format a hard drive (Legal Stuff: We are not responsible for any damages, lost data, or anything of the sort)... If you have a computer, you surely know what a hard drive is. If you don't have one, or simply don't know what a hard drive is, then this article will begin with a short... A hard disk drive in computing is a type of storage device made up of hard disk platters, a spindle, read and write heads read and write arms, electrical motors, and integrated electronics contained inside an airtight enclosure.