Q. What is mean by partition table? How data recovery softwares get information about our deleted items? From where do they find them?
A. Information is written all over the disk. The partition table is a list for displaying the lay out of which parts of the table are reserved for file systems. An example is one partition for Windows and another seperate partition for Linux.
When a file is deleted, the reference to where the data is located is removed, but the data is still written on the disk. A data recovery service/software can examine the whole disk and identify all data on the disk to include that which has no reference in allocation tables.
When a file is deleted, the reference to where the data is located is removed, but the data is still written on the disk. A data recovery service/software can examine the whole disk and identify all data on the disk to include that which has no reference in allocation tables.
What is the best type of data recovery software?
Q. Hi,
Iâm looking for the best data recovery software for both NTFS and FAT hard drives.
Iâm happy to pay as much as necessary for the product; I just want to make sure I get one that is reliable and worth the money.
Many thanks in advance.
M.
Iâm looking for the best data recovery software for both NTFS and FAT hard drives.
Iâm happy to pay as much as necessary for the product; I just want to make sure I get one that is reliable and worth the money.
Many thanks in advance.
M.
A. Before I tell you which one is the best one, I would like to tell you what standard I used to judge and compare software.
the standards are professional function, easy-to-use,compatible to computer's operating system and competitive price.
according to the above standard, My recommend one is Wondershare Data Recovery( because I used it and it works well with nice quality)
it is comprehensive recovery software. It can do partition recovery, format recovery,data recovery, photo recovery photos, and partition.
It supports FAT16, FAT32, NTFS file systems
you can specify a target folder, which means you don't need to scan all the data on the disk. it can save you much time and energy.
you can preview your files before recovery to evaluate the recovery quality.
http://www.data-recovery-utilities.com/data-recovery.html
Now it is on sale-50% off.
the standards are professional function, easy-to-use,compatible to computer's operating system and competitive price.
according to the above standard, My recommend one is Wondershare Data Recovery( because I used it and it works well with nice quality)
it is comprehensive recovery software. It can do partition recovery, format recovery,data recovery, photo recovery photos, and partition.
It supports FAT16, FAT32, NTFS file systems
you can specify a target folder, which means you don't need to scan all the data on the disk. it can save you much time and energy.
you can preview your files before recovery to evaluate the recovery quality.
http://www.data-recovery-utilities.com/data-recovery.html
Now it is on sale-50% off.
Should I reformat a hard drive before using a data recovery program?
Q. My old hard drive is corrupted and I want to salvage the files on it using a data recovery program I've downloaded. However getting the program to read it is difficult. Do I need to reformat the hard drive? When I go to reformat it says this will erase all data on the disk, but according to other websites I've read it should be fine and I should still be able to salvage files. Which is correct?
A. If you do a full format, all the data on the disk will be overwritten with the formatting data - and you will lose the data you want to retrieve.
There is a type of formatting called "quick format" but that erases all the folder data, and that means you will have even more problems finding the data you want.
You say getting the program to read it is difficult. If the hard drive is failing, then you will have enormous problems getting any program to work right.
If the only problem is corrupted folder structures, then a quick format *might* work to erase all of the corrupted data, leaving the other data. Then your data recovery program would have to scan the entire hard drive.
I use the free Recuva program from Piriform to recover data, but I don't know how it would work in your situation. Recuva has the ability to scan all the hard drive sectors, it is an option. If you can get it to work, you will need another drive to have a place to copy the selected data.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Wikipedia article about Recuva:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuva
There are programs available that will read the data directly off the sectors of the hard drive and present it in hexadecimal format, but that doesn't mean you can make enough sense out of the data to be able to recover it. The better programs also cost money.
Monday, March 8, 2010
There is a type of formatting called "quick format" but that erases all the folder data, and that means you will have even more problems finding the data you want.
You say getting the program to read it is difficult. If the hard drive is failing, then you will have enormous problems getting any program to work right.
If the only problem is corrupted folder structures, then a quick format *might* work to erase all of the corrupted data, leaving the other data. Then your data recovery program would have to scan the entire hard drive.
I use the free Recuva program from Piriform to recover data, but I don't know how it would work in your situation. Recuva has the ability to scan all the hard drive sectors, it is an option. If you can get it to work, you will need another drive to have a place to copy the selected data.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Wikipedia article about Recuva:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuva
There are programs available that will read the data directly off the sectors of the hard drive and present it in hexadecimal format, but that doesn't mean you can make enough sense out of the data to be able to recover it. The better programs also cost money.
Monday, March 8, 2010
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