Q. I want too clean out my entire hard drive. Or do i have too buy another one too install?
A. if you mean to clean out the data you don tneed, it's pretty simple. start w/ the add remove aspect of either windows or the programs you no linger use, then follow up w/ a manula clean up of the left overs this leaves (none of them remove user data when uninstalled). then remove any real data you have created like downlaods or actual documents. then do a disc clean up included in the tools of the properties menu of hte drive and then do a defrag. you may want to also think about turning off the restore function and the recycle bin as well as the virtual memeory if you want a really good defrag, but be careful as you cannot undo any changes after doing so.
if you mean a physical clean, you cant, not easily and you shouldn't need to anyway as it is sealed. also, it uses star driver to open which you will need a really good tool and lots of force to do so.
i fyou mena you want to start frswh w/ your systme, simply do a recovery using the instla media, eithe r disc or hidden partition depending onyour systme and if you want to save your data there are a few choices when doing so. or youy cna do a complete recovery which totally wipes the drive and start anew as if you jsut bought it.
if you mean a physical clean, you cant, not easily and you shouldn't need to anyway as it is sealed. also, it uses star driver to open which you will need a really good tool and lots of force to do so.
i fyou mena you want to start frswh w/ your systme, simply do a recovery using the instla media, eithe r disc or hidden partition depending onyour systme and if you want to save your data there are a few choices when doing so. or youy cna do a complete recovery which totally wipes the drive and start anew as if you jsut bought it.
I'm looking to start a data recovery business what hardware or software should I buy ?
Q.
A. You could start off with just cheap generic hardware and outsource the difficult stuff (damaged hardware that needs platters mounted in a cleanbox)
A SATA/IDE to USB adapter would let you mount customer disks without having to reboot all the time.
You'd want to do a non-destructive disk image to a good device then work on the disk image not the broken device, so you'd want several large good-quality disks to copy images to.
For SD cards, you'd want USB card adapters and mini/micro adapters.
Floppy disk drives, maybe (does anyone still use those?)
Linux "dd" is good for imaging drives, and "photorec" seems good for recovering photos & certain other files (that have defined headers/metadata).
Once you have disk images, you can try different recovery tools on different O/S without risking the original. A VM environment might help.
You'd want to protect your equipment from the customer's drives, somehow, if you can - maybe separate power supplies if you use SATA directly, maybe add current meters/limiters. I seemed to damage a couple of cheap USB/SATA adapters somehow trying to read a bad drive, even though it seemed to work OK for a while and had in fact been OK on the original PC apart from some damaged sectors.
A SATA/IDE to USB adapter would let you mount customer disks without having to reboot all the time.
You'd want to do a non-destructive disk image to a good device then work on the disk image not the broken device, so you'd want several large good-quality disks to copy images to.
For SD cards, you'd want USB card adapters and mini/micro adapters.
Floppy disk drives, maybe (does anyone still use those?)
Linux "dd" is good for imaging drives, and "photorec" seems good for recovering photos & certain other files (that have defined headers/metadata).
Once you have disk images, you can try different recovery tools on different O/S without risking the original. A VM environment might help.
You'd want to protect your equipment from the customer's drives, somehow, if you can - maybe separate power supplies if you use SATA directly, maybe add current meters/limiters. I seemed to damage a couple of cheap USB/SATA adapters somehow trying to read a bad drive, even though it seemed to work OK for a while and had in fact been OK on the original PC apart from some damaged sectors.
How do i boot my computer from a USB flash drive?
Q. I've looked into my BIOS and i do not have a boot from USB option. There is a boot from floppy option but i don't have a floppy drive on this computer. By the way, i bought this computer last year.
A. use this software
Hiren's Bootable USB 12.01
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Hiren's Boot USB is a bootable USB containing various diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others for fixing various computer problems.
It is a Bootable USB; thus, it can be useful even if the primary operating system cannot be booted. Hiren's Boot USB has an extensive list of software. Utilities with similar functionality on the USB are grouped together and seem redundant; however, they present choices through UI differences.
All in one Dos Bootable USB which has all these utilities.
* ATF Cleaner 3.0.0.2: A personal and easy-to-use temp file removal software to clean all user temp folders, Java cache, Opera/Mozilla browser cache, cookies, history, download history, saved passwords etc (Windows Freeware).
* Avira AntiVir Personal (07-11-2010): Free anti-virus and anti-spyware on-demand scanner, detects and removes more than 50000 viruses (Windows Freeware).
* BIOS Master Password Generator: Collection of password generator tools to reset BIOS Power on Password / Admin password on Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Phoenix and Samsung Laptops (Windows Freeware).
* Duplicate File Finder 3.5: Scans and identify duplicate files, it compares them based on byte for byte comparison ensures 100% accuracy (Windows Freeware).
* Everything 1.21: Ultra fast file/folder search tool with ftp/http server (Windows Freeware).
* GoldMemory 5.07: Memory Diagnostic Tests (Dos Shareware).
* HDD Low Level Format Tool 2.36: Low-level format tool for S-ATA (SATA), IDE (E-IDE), SCSI, USB, Flash Cards and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures (Windows Freeware).
* HashMyFiles 1.68: Calculate MD5/SHA1/CRC32 hashes of your files (Windows Freeware).
* ImgBurn 2.5.2.0: Lightweight CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray burning application, supports BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI, Ability to build DVD/HD/BD Video discs from a VIDEO_TS/HVDVD_TS/BDAV/BDMV folder, Unicode folder/file names (formerly DVD Decrypter) (Windows Freeware).
* Macrium Reflect 4.2.2952 (MiniXp): Create complete backups of your disk partitions, including operating system, installed programs and all your settings (Windows Freeware).
* NTPWEdit 0.3: Password editor for Windows NT based systems to change or remove passwords for local system accounts (Windows Freeware).
* On-Screen Keyboard: A utility that displays a virtual keyboard on the computer screen that allows people with mobility impairments to type data by using a pointing device or joystick (Windows Freeware).
* RKill (24-10-2010): RKill just kills malware processes, imports a Registry file that removes incorrect file associations and fixes policies that stop us from using certain tools (Windows Freeware).
* Revo Uninstaller 1.90: Remove unnecessary files and registry entries left behind by incomplete program uninstallation routines (Windows Freeware).
* RunAsDate 1.10: allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify (Windows Freeware).
* Seagate DiscWizard 11.8326: Backup drive/partition to an image file, for Seagate owners (Powered by Acronis TrueImage) (Windows/Linux Freeware).
* ServiWin v1.40: Alternative Windows Services/Drivers Tool (Windows Freeware).
* ShadowExplorer 0.7: Shadow Explorer allows you to browse the shadow copies created by the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and retrieve older versions from files you accidentally deleted or altered (Windows Freeware).
* SpaceSniffer 1.1.2.0: Find lost space on your disks the easy way (Windows Freeware).
* WinSCP 4.2.9: A free and open source SFTP/FTP client to secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer (Windows Freeware).
more info @http://www.hiren.info/
the full version download linkk
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http://hotfile.com/dl/83722408/5d0ea72/Hirens_Boot_CD_for_USB_12.01.part1.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/83721428/3579274/Hirens_Boot_CD_for_USB_12.01.part2.rar.html
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Hiren's Bootable USB 12.01
=======================
Hiren's Boot USB is a bootable USB containing various diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others for fixing various computer problems.
It is a Bootable USB; thus, it can be useful even if the primary operating system cannot be booted. Hiren's Boot USB has an extensive list of software. Utilities with similar functionality on the USB are grouped together and seem redundant; however, they present choices through UI differences.
All in one Dos Bootable USB which has all these utilities.
* ATF Cleaner 3.0.0.2: A personal and easy-to-use temp file removal software to clean all user temp folders, Java cache, Opera/Mozilla browser cache, cookies, history, download history, saved passwords etc (Windows Freeware).
* Avira AntiVir Personal (07-11-2010): Free anti-virus and anti-spyware on-demand scanner, detects and removes more than 50000 viruses (Windows Freeware).
* BIOS Master Password Generator: Collection of password generator tools to reset BIOS Power on Password / Admin password on Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Phoenix and Samsung Laptops (Windows Freeware).
* Duplicate File Finder 3.5: Scans and identify duplicate files, it compares them based on byte for byte comparison ensures 100% accuracy (Windows Freeware).
* Everything 1.21: Ultra fast file/folder search tool with ftp/http server (Windows Freeware).
* GoldMemory 5.07: Memory Diagnostic Tests (Dos Shareware).
* HDD Low Level Format Tool 2.36: Low-level format tool for S-ATA (SATA), IDE (E-IDE), SCSI, USB, Flash Cards and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures (Windows Freeware).
* HashMyFiles 1.68: Calculate MD5/SHA1/CRC32 hashes of your files (Windows Freeware).
* ImgBurn 2.5.2.0: Lightweight CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray burning application, supports BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI, Ability to build DVD/HD/BD Video discs from a VIDEO_TS/HVDVD_TS/BDAV/BDMV folder, Unicode folder/file names (formerly DVD Decrypter) (Windows Freeware).
* Macrium Reflect 4.2.2952 (MiniXp): Create complete backups of your disk partitions, including operating system, installed programs and all your settings (Windows Freeware).
* NTPWEdit 0.3: Password editor for Windows NT based systems to change or remove passwords for local system accounts (Windows Freeware).
* On-Screen Keyboard: A utility that displays a virtual keyboard on the computer screen that allows people with mobility impairments to type data by using a pointing device or joystick (Windows Freeware).
* RKill (24-10-2010): RKill just kills malware processes, imports a Registry file that removes incorrect file associations and fixes policies that stop us from using certain tools (Windows Freeware).
* Revo Uninstaller 1.90: Remove unnecessary files and registry entries left behind by incomplete program uninstallation routines (Windows Freeware).
* RunAsDate 1.10: allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify (Windows Freeware).
* Seagate DiscWizard 11.8326: Backup drive/partition to an image file, for Seagate owners (Powered by Acronis TrueImage) (Windows/Linux Freeware).
* ServiWin v1.40: Alternative Windows Services/Drivers Tool (Windows Freeware).
* ShadowExplorer 0.7: Shadow Explorer allows you to browse the shadow copies created by the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and retrieve older versions from files you accidentally deleted or altered (Windows Freeware).
* SpaceSniffer 1.1.2.0: Find lost space on your disks the easy way (Windows Freeware).
* WinSCP 4.2.9: A free and open source SFTP/FTP client to secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer (Windows Freeware).
more info @http://www.hiren.info/
the full version download linkk
-----------------------------------------
http://hotfile.com/dl/83722408/5d0ea72/Hirens_Boot_CD_for_USB_12.01.part1.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/83721428/3579274/Hirens_Boot_CD_for_USB_12.01.part2.rar.html
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