Archive for October, 2009

Data Recovery Tips And Tricks

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Data loss is a plague that can hit anyone and anytime, regardless of technical prowess, handling care, operating system or hardware configuration. In many cases, data loss is caused by factors that are out of our reach and unfortunately, in some of these cases data recovery is impossible. A burnt out hard disk is the clearest example that comes to mind.

Computer Parts Online Stores

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Sometimes we need to buy some computer parts online, here I offer a list of computer parts online stores, you can compare their prices before you buy.

3 Steps to Successful Data Backup

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Data protection is crucial for protecting your business’s continuity. If your only data backup is on a computer, and the hard disk fails or is damaged by a power surge, your business data is gone. And having paper copies of business data isn’t adequate data protection; what if your business premises burn to the ground or experience severe flooding?

4 Steps To Create Your Disaster Recovery Plan

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

When disasters strike unprepared companies the consequences range from prolonged system downtime and the resulting revenue loss to the companies going out of business completely,  yet many IT shops are not prepared to deal with such scenarios. How would you recover your data and keep the business running after an unforeseen disaster? The key to surviving such an event is a business continuity strategy, a set of policies and procedures for reacting to and recovering from an IT-disabling disaster, and the main component of a business continuity strategy is a disaster recovery plan (DRP).

Why Does Data Use More Space On Larger Drives Than Smaller Drives?

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

The reason the data takes up more space has to do with the cluster sizes used to store data. Microsoft operating systems using the FAT32 file system use varying cluster sizes depending on the size of the partition.

Top 10 Data Recovery Softwares (7): EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Recover your lost data from various storage devices and file systems. Price: Free to try (Recovery-disabled); $69.95 to buy Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista; Version : 4.3.6 Publisher’s description: EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard is an Advanced data recovery software to do format recovery and recover deleted files emptied from Recycle Bin or lost data due to partition loss or damage, software crash, virus infection, unexpected shutdown or any other unknown reasons.

How Data Recovery Programs Work

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Power outages, natural disasters, computer freezes, viruses or simple human errors can all be the cause of one of today?s most common technical ?plagues?: data loss. It?s estimated that millions of users suffer from data loss issues worldwide each year and millions of dollars are lost due to the fact that important documents get deleted

Top 6 Free Hard Drive Diagnostic Softwares

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

There are many free hard drive diagnostic softwares available to help you determine what, if anything, is wrong when you suspect there may be a problem with a hard drive . Some of these diagnostics tools may be built in to your operating system already while others are available from hard drive manufacturers .

Boot Sector Viruses

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Before discussing what a boot sector virus does, let’s first take a look at what a boot sector is. A floppy disk or hard drive is comprised of many segments and clusters of segments, which (in the case of a hard drive) may be separate by partitions. There has to be a way to find all the data spread across these segments, hence the boot sector operates as a virtual rendition of a library’s Dewey Decimal system

Data Storage Solutions: USB vs. FireWire

Monday, October 19th, 2009

What is USB 2.0? USB 2.0 is the industry standard peripheral connection type for most x86 computers (Windows based)