Be Smart: Partition Your Drive by John H Lee
Being in the computer field for some years, I've seen many people being afraid to save data on their computers. People are so paranoid, but don't really know what to do unless they're willing to spend a little time to learn about the box with a cup holder built into it (CD ROM tray)=0). ... Another good practice is to buy an external hard drive, Zip, or a tape drive depending on how large your data is, to have extra backup just in case, which is rare but does happen, the partition gets corrupted and the Logical drive is no longer there.

Partitioning, Formatting and Reinstalling in Windows 98 by Ashish Jain
Formatting and reinstalling windows 98 is very easy if you have the right know-how. This article will discuss how to format, partition and reinstall windows 98 on your PC. Before going ahead and doing this, it is important to be comfortable with the terms format, partition and file systems. ... First you need to decide on a few things: * Do you wish to partition you hard drive or change the way it is partitioned currently? ... The primary partition is your active partition and this is from where your computer boots, sort of like a system partition.

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... Clicking Drive -> Select Netware Partition will issue a notice about this process being a lengthy one, after which the volume to be scanned is selected. ... 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...

What To Do If You Receive A "Drive Not Formatted" Error Message by Andrea Stone
Many computer users have experienced it, and unfortunately it can arrive at any time whether your computer is new or old. The dreaded "Drive not formatted. Do you want to format now?" error message. It can happen quickly and without warning leaving many users wondering what to do. ... Do you want to format now?" error message generally indicates a corrupted partition, deleted partition or damaged partition. ... It is important that you: 1) do NOT say "yes" to format the drive; 2) do NOT attempt to repartition the hard drive; and 3) do NOT attempt any "do it yourself" data recovery techniques.

Dual Boot Windows 9x with NT or Linux by Alfred Moloto
Installing windows is pretty easy if you know what you are doing, but it can be a complete mess if you are still learning. Dual booting can have advantages if you have a game that support one platform or you want to learn to use a different operating system. ... There are software’s available that you can use if you want to partition your hard drive. ... The biggest disadvantage of dual boot is Disk space, and depending on whether you will be dual booting windows 9x with windows NT or Microsoft operating system with Linux, you my have to install a second hard drive or partition the one you...

Software For Your Hard-Drive by John Deprice
All your software is stored on a hard-drive. But how about software FOR your hard-drive - private disks, partition managers, disk defragmenters? Here is the scoop on the latest tools. Paragon Partition Manager The program is suitable for both professionals and home users. ... Once a user creates a virtual encrypted disk, that disk is assigned a new drive letter and appears to the user like any other system drive (like the A: or C: drive). ... If you suspect that your hard disk drive is damaged and contains bad sectors, you have difficulties to copy data from your disk, your operating...

Tips for Failed Hard Drive Data Recovery by Charles Cass
One thing that manufacturers of hard drives do not tell us when we buy our brand new computers, is that hard drives are subject to fail, regardless of the amount of time they are used. With some systems it may take more than 10 years before the hard drive failure occurs, while others can fail... If as an example, your failed hard drive happens to be the drive which contains the operating system, the best failed hard drive data recovery step you can take is not to boot the drive at all if this is possible.

Hard Drive Data Recovery by Mac McClellan
Hard drive data recovery is the method of recovering data from hard drives when it cannot be accessed in the normal manner. This failure to access the hard drive could be caused by logical damage to the file system or any physical damage that had occurred to the storage device, thereby... Some of the main contexts where hard drive data recovery software could save one from the blues include a formatted drive, deleted file or directory, missing file or directory, drive not booting, inaccessible drive, copying of system locked files like registry hives, damaged or corrupted partition table,...

Hard Drive Recovery by Diana Osan
In today’s highly advanced technological age, computers become a necessity for most of us. However, with the advent of computers, several computer-related problems occur, and perhaps one of the most commonly-faced is hard drive recovery problems. It may seem ironic that although computer users... Fortunately, hard drive recovery experts were able to develop the so-called “fail safe hard drive recovery procedures” that generally help the hard disk to recover when there is small amount of physical damage done to the drive.

Data Recovery 101 by Natalie Aranda
Almost all computer users have experienced this at least once – the need to get back a deleted /lost data file. This could happen as a result of a software failure, hardware failure, human error, power related problems, damage caused by flood / water, vandalism, virus damage, damage by fire /... Hard drive data recovery is possible from small hard drives of 2 GBs to big hard drives of 120 GBs. ... Hard drive data recovery requires the presence of technicians if there is a hard drive crash. ... RAID is a collection of hard disks that act as a single better hard disk than the individual ones.