If you need a hard disk data recovery expert, you need one now. You have just lost a good amount of work that you need to send, well, yesterday. No matter how well versed you think you are in the computer world, chances are that at some point, something will go wrong. This is when you will want to find the right person or company to help solve your problems. Data disk hard recovery is a touchy situation, though. So, to help you find the hard disk data recovery expert that you need, here are a few helpful hints.”

First off, take the time to find the right company. Don’t simply choose one that says they will do the job for you. They can make things worse if they are not prepared. It only takes a few minutes to find out what they can do for you.

Consider the company itself. Does it have the ability to service your manufacturer? What experience do they have? How do you know its not a bunch of college kids? Ask questions, do some basic research. It takes only minutes.

You will want to know what specifically they will do for your data disk hard recovery needs. The hard disk data recovery expert should be able to handle your specific problem. More than likely, they will ask you just what happened, what type of application is being used and if you know what the source of the problem is. From here, they should provide you with some sort of plan of action that they will take. Very important is that the work that they do will not violate your computer’s warranty. You will specifically want to make sure of this.

Will they need you to bring your system in? Or, many of the hard disk data recovery experts will work with you over the phone to help you restore data within minutes. That will save you quite a bit of time and expense. Often times they will log into your system and handle the issue professionally. In many cases, though, you will need to take your system in.

How will they provide the lost media to you? The hard disk data recovery experts often offer a number of methods to provide you with what you lost. They can often be transmitted to you, sent to you on CD-ROMs or hard disk drives. Most of the time, the choice is up to you. Lastly, it is also important to know what the hard disk data recovery experts will charge you when the data disk hard recovery is unsuccessful. Will they charge you for the service or will the service be free? Perhaps they will offer you a lower price?

Finding the right company to choose from is not that hard. The hard disk data recovery experts that are available to you are able to help you in your time of need. In many cases, they can have your files restored as you need them within a few hours, days or in extreme cases a little longer. Nonetheless, their data disk hard recovery service is something you will likely need and not be able to think twice about having the service preformed. But, when you take the time to find a qualified hard disk data recovery expert, things can go right, right from the beginning!

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Sooner or later, something terrible will happen to your hard drive. That’s not a very happy thought, but the good news is you can survive a hard drive failure with only minimal inconvenience — if you back up your files.

Hard Drives Are Not Forever

They can fail without warning, a virus could wipe out your data, fire or flood could damage the drive, or it might even get stolen. You might accidentally delete a file or an entire folder of important files with an errant click. And it’s not only emergencies that make backups important… if you buy a new computer, a backup can make it much easier to copy your files from the old computer to the new one. Backup Strategies

Do you need to backup all your files, or just certain ones? That depends on how you use your computer, how important your data is, and how much you want to think about backups. If your drive fails, you can reinstall the operating system and all your software. But the data you’ve created and stored (word processor documents, spreadsheets, emails, photos, music, etc.) may not be replaceable.

So at a very minimum, you should decide which are your most important files and make backups. Here are some easy ways to back up a set of files:

* Attach the files to to an email and send them to friend. Or open a free web-based email account, and send the files to yourself.

* Copy them to another computer on your home or office network.

* Upload them to your website, or free web space.

* Burn them to a CD.

* Copy them to a flash drive or external hard drive.

Do this often - daily, weekly or monthly - you decide based on how often you update the files and how critical it is to have access to the most recent data in the event your hard drive crashes and burns. But be warned that recovering from a hard drive failure will be a nuisance if you opt to backup only your data files. It will take quite a few hours to re-install your operating system and all the software that you had. If you downloaded software, you might have lost the license or registration keys along with your data, too.

Backup on Auto-Pilot

I strongly advise automated full system backups, because EVERYTHING is safely squirreled away, and restoring your data can be accomplished with a few clicks. You could back up your data on a bunch of CDROMs, but you’d need a LOT of them to back up a modern hard drive, which can store 100GB or more. CD-ROM disks hold about 700MB of data, so even with compression you’d need over 100 of them to get the job done. Not very convenient, especially if you ever need to restore the data.

Since hard Disk drives are cheaper than ever, I recommend you get an external hard drive and use it as a backup device for one or more computers. You can buy a large capacity external drive for well under $1 per gigabyte. The Iomega 33xxx series and the Maxtor OneTouch get high marks from reviewers and users, but other manufacturers such as Seagate and Western Digital make good products as well. Look for a drive that supports a USB 2.0 connection, or the faster FireWire hookup if your system supports it.

Backup Software

Backup software is also recommended, to help you automate the process of making automatic full or incremental backups, and to restore just one deleted file or the entire drive. A good backup program will even allow you to store multiple versions of a file, so you can go back in time and restore a file to the way it was a day, a week or a month ago.

I use Acronis True Image (Windows) but have heard great things about Retrospect (Windows/Mac), which comes free on the Maxtor OneTouch drives, and SmartSync (Windows).

Losing data that you’ve spent countless hours creating is one of the most frustrating things that can happen to a computer user. When it comes to backups, don’t think too hard about whether or not it’s worth the trouble. It takes only a little time and money to set up automatic full system backups that give you peace of mined and protection from data disasters.

BOB RANKIN… is a tech writer and computer programmer who enjoys exploring the Internet and sharing the fruit of his experience with others. His work has appeared in ComputerWorld, NetGuide, and NY Newsday. Bob is publisher of the Internet TOURBUS newsletter, author of several computer books, and creator of the http://LowfatLinux.com website. Visit Bob Rankin’s website for more helpful articles and free tech support.

Problem Description

Data stored in a working Novell server is automatically compressed to save space, and is obviously decompressed before it is displayed to a user. Phoenix Novell recovers lost data exactly as it was stored in the hard disk, and the recovered data may be compressed. This gives rise to the problem of recovered data being unusable (because it is in a compressed format).

Phoenix, however, has a new and advanced uncompression engine that is able to decompress recovered data.

Technical Aspect of the Problem

Data Compression refers to the process of storing data in a format that requires less space than usual. Compressing data is the same as packing data – reducing the amount of electronic ‘space’ data takes up, and compressed data usually consumes 2 to 4 times fewer bits. Typically, it is infrequently used data which is compressed to save space.

Methods of compressing data include replacing blank spaces with a character count, or replacing redundant data with shorter stand-in ‘codes’. No matter how data is compressed, it must be decompressed before it can be used. This is precisely where the problem lies – recovered data may be in a compressed format and thus unusable. Phoenix uses its own uncompression module to resolve this problem.

Technical Aspect of the Solution

Data recovered from a failed server may not open because it is in a compressed format. The solution to this problem needs to be followed in a systematic way for best results.

First, the hard disk containing the recovered compressed data is to be attached to a working Novell client machine and the compressed data is to be transferred from there to a working Novell server. The hard disk of the server (which now contains the compressed data) is then taken out and attached as a secondary disk to any machine with Phoenix Novell installed in it.

Phoenix then decompresses the required data, after which the hard disk (now containing the decompressed data) is to be reattached to the server. The data can then safely be transferred from the server back to a working Novell client machine.

Working of Phoenix Novell - Data Recovery Software

Compressed data can be decompressed using Phoenix Novell’s uncompression utility. The recovered compressed data is to be transferred from a Novell client machine to a Novell server. The hard disk of the server (which now contains the compressed data) is then to be attached to a machine with Phoenix Novell installed in it. The Phoenix Novell software is then used to decompress this data in a few short steps.

First, select the volume which contains the compressed data. Phoenix Novell analyses the selected volume and displays the result in an easy to understand structure. Select all the files that are in a compressed format.

Finally, click Tools -> Mark Compressed Files to start the decompression. Phoenix then decompresses all the compressed data. The server hard disk now contains decompressed data and can be reattached to the server to transfer all the decompressed data back into the client machine.

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You can skip these backup guidelines and do not backup if:

• you have never misedited a file and saved
• deleted a file by mistake
• never had to recover from a hard disk crash, a virus, a computer theft or other similar computer disaster.

Probably, you may even think that you do not need to backup. And you may be right, if you are so lucky. If you are not so lucky or wish to further improve your security, you can check this article as an online backup tutorial.

So what is the solution to prevent data loss?

The answer is simple: backup.

Once you backup all your important files, be it documents, Outlook or Outlook Express mail files, images, video or music files, etc., you will be able to recover your files easily no matter what happened to them.

If you backup to an external backup medium (like CD, DVD, an external hard disk or a flash USB drive), you can move the medium anywhere for it to be safe and recover your files pretty easily. Also, you can use an extra backup medium to move the files from on computer to another for various reasons: to keep them safe, to work with files or to hand them over to a friend for collaboration.

If you backup to a remote location (an FTP or WebDAV server), you can access your files from anyplace on the planet with the Internet access. Basically this means if you are using a laptop and backed up to a remote FTP server, you can recover your files wherever you are, provided you are connected to the Internet.

If the importance of backup and easy file recovery has not yet become obvious, you may well conider ways to prevent the need to backup by increasing your file security by excellent proficiency. However, if you are unsure, whether you will succeed in this, feel free to backup.

The author of this article is the owner of the newly launched backup tutorial http://www.FairBackup.com. The purpose of the site is to educate the Internet folk about the backup process: its importance and how backup easily, efficiently, securely and achieve what one needs through backup by means of an easily accessible backup tutorial.

Problem Description

Segmented volumes refer to volumes which have had their size increased by taking disk space from another area. This space is usually taken from another disk, resulting in the Volume existing in ‘segments’ across different disks, and hence the name segmented volumes. Segmented volumes add flexibility and are particularly useful in cases of important volumes needing additional disk space.

Segmented volumes, however, have data stretched across more than one disk and data recovery software needs additional capabilities to scan multiple disks at a time. This is where the problem lies and a separate data recovery module has to be incorporated into the software to ensure complete recovery.

Technical Aspect of the Problem

Segmenting refers to manipulating a Volume so as to increase its size. This redistribution of disk space creates a Volume which may occupy space spanned across more than one disk. This Volume is called a Segmented Volume since it exists in ‘segments’ across one or more disks. A Volume may be spanned across as many as 32 disks. For Example: Say, a disk consists of 2 volumes, one of which is almost full up and needs additional space. Netware has a feature using which disk space, usually from a separate disk, can be added to an existing volume.

Regular data recovery software usually scans one disk at a time, but segmented volumes may be spanned across multiple disks, which is what creates the difficulty in the recovery of segmented volumes. Phoenix Novell’s advanced software engine can recover data from segmented volumes.

Technical Aspect of the Solution

Phoenix Novell is a Windows based application and can only be installed on a Windows based hard disk. Therefore, the failed Novell based disk needs to be attached as a secondary to a Windows based disk with Phoenix installed in it. After the damaged disk is attached, Phoenix needs to be run from the working disk.

The software scans the selected volume of the damaged secondary disk to search for lost or missing partitions and displays the list. The software has a special algorithm to determine whether the contents of a volume are spanned across multiple disks. If a segmented volume is detected, the entire volume (across multiple disks) is scanned and the result displayed in an easy to understand tree structure. Any number of files may then be recovered.

Working of Phoenix Novell

The damaged server disk needs to be connected as a secondary to a working Windows based disk with Phoenix Novell installed in it. The software is then run to start the recovery process.

Clicking ‘Select Netware Partition’ will display a list of hard disks with their respective volumes. Select the damaged volume on the server disk to start the scan process. The software then scans the selected volume (traveling across multiple disks if need be) and displays the entire list of found data.

Any number of files can be selected for recovery, and clicking ‘Recover Selected’ will restore the selected files. Alternatively, clicking ‘Recover Deleted’ will recover all the files listed in the displayed list of files. If the recovery is not satisfactory or if some of the files are recovered improperly, clicking Tools -> Change Linking Mode -> Contiguous Mode will change the linking mode to Contiguous which is a much more comprehensive scan

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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 data in the partition is lost. 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. Phoenix Novell’s advanced software engine can recover data from re-partitioned volumes.

Technical Aspect of the Problem

Repartitioning involves restructuring the hard disk to divide it into areas having their own logical file system. This is often done to accommodate multiple Operating Systems on one disk, but is also done to reorganize data on the disk or reorganize disk space. Partitioning is usually done in the MS-DOS mode (which is a mandatory partition in a Netware based disk) using the fdisk.exe and the format.com utilities. Creating partitions/re-partitions is a simple 2 step process of defining the partitions, and then formatting the defined partitions. Since repartitioning also involves the formatting of volumes, data recovery from such volumes need advanced software

Technical Aspect of the Solution

Phoenix Novell is a Windows based application and can only be installed on a Windows based hard disk. Therefore, the failed Novell based disk needs to be attached as a secondary disk to a Windows based disk with Phoenix installed in it. After the damaged disk is attached, Phoenix needs to be run from the working disk.

The software scans the selected volume of the damaged secondary disk to search for lost or missing partitions and displays the list. It scans either the Volume Table only (if the linking mode is set to FAT1 or FAT2), or the drive itself (if the linking mode is set to Contiguous), looking for lost/missing partitions. Since this is an extensive search, the process may take some time to complete, after which the results are displayed in a tree structure and any number of files may be selected for recovery.

Working of Phoenix Novell

The damaged server disk needs to be connected as a secondary to a working Windows based disk with Phoenix Novell installed in it. The software is then run to start the recovery process.

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. The software then starts scanning either the FAT table or the volume itself (as per the linking mode), then analyses the data structures and file system attributes, and finally displays the list of found data.

Any number of files can be selected for recovery, and clicking ‘Recover Selected’ will restore the selected files. Alternatively, clicking ‘Recover Deleted’ will recover all the files listed in the displayed list of files. If the recovery is not satisfactory or if some of the files are recovered improperly, clicking Tools -> Change Linking Mode -> Contiguous Mode will change the linking mode to Contiguous which is a much more comprehensive scan of the volume, especially if the volume to be recovered has been formatted.

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Problem Description

Formatting a volume effectively means erasing it in its entirety. Formatting is usually done to remove sensitive data on a volume, or it may be done to prepare a volume for fresh usage (usually done after corruption), or it may just be the result of plain human error. Whatever the reason, the end result is that the user cannot access data. Phoenix Novell’s advanced software engine can recover data from formatted volumes.

Technical Aspect of the Problem

Formatting a volume, in reality, means removing the current pointers to the data in the volume and redesigning the organizational structure of the actual data in the volume.

Each Volume has its own Volume Table which contains information regarding the organization of the actual data. This Table has pointers or references to the actual data in the volume. A particular configuration of a Volume Table is known as a File System. The two file systems that Novell follows is NSS (Novell Storage System) and NWFS (NetWare Traditional File System).

When a volume is formatted, the actual data in it is not erased – instead, only the pointers to the data are removed. This means that none of the data is now accessible. This is similar to a house without an address or a person without a name - they exist, but there is simply no way to refer to them. Phoenix makes use of this fact and can effectively scan and recover data from a formatted volume.

Technical Aspect of the Solution

Phoenix Novell is a Windows based application and can only be installed on a Windows based hard disk. Therefore, the failed Novell based disk needs to be attached as a secondary disk to a Windows based disk with Phoenix installed in it. After the damaged disk is attached, Phoenix needs to be run from the working disk.

The software first detects all the disks along with the associated volumes/partitions and displays the list. It then scans the selected volume and displays the list of found data some or all of which can be recovered. If the recovery is not satisfactory, there is an option to change the ‘linking mode’. The three linking modes are FAT1, FAT2, and Contiguous. The Contiguous mode is the most intensive, as the software scans the volume itself, as opposed to FAT1 and FAT2 where the software scans only the Volume Table (File Allocation Table (FAT) + the directory tree). The Contiguous mode is especially effective in formatted volumes, since the new File Allocation Table (created after the formatting) is irrelevant.

Working of Phoenix Novell

The damaged server disk needs to be connected as a secondary to a working Windows based disk with Phoenix Novell installed in it. The software is then run to start the recovery process.

Clicking ‘Select Netware Partition’ will display a list of hard disks with their respective volumes. Select the damaged volume on the server disk to start the scan process. The entire list of found data is then displayed.

Any number of files can be selected for recovery, and clicking ‘Recover Selected’ will restore the selected files. Alternatively, clicking ‘Recover Deleted’ will recover all the files listed in the displayed list of files. If the recovery is not satisfactory or if some of the files are recovered improperly, clicking Tools -> Change Linking Mode -> Contiguous Mode will change the linking mode to Contiguous which is a much more comprehensive scan of the volume, especially if the volume to be recovered has been formatted.

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Problem Description

Data storage in Novell servers is optimized using sub-allocated volumes. Sub-allocated volumes are a new feature and have been implemented on Netware 4.x to overcome the problem of wasted disk space. These volumes are different from regular Novell volumes because they are more of a ‘virtual’ volume – one that is not ‘visible’, but exists nevertheless - and this is what complicates the issue. Since they are not physically ‘visible’, a separate data recovery module has to be incorporated into the software to ensure complete recovery.

Technical Aspect of the Problem

Sub-allocation refers to multiple file-endings sharing disk blocks. The data in a file is stored in the hard disk in multiple blocks, each block being a collection of sectors of standard size. There are, almost always, some unutilized sectors at the end of a file. These ‘under-allocated’ sectors of different files are combined together to form a separate ‘virtual’ volume.

For Example: Say, a volume stores data in blocks of 4 sectors, each sector having size = 512 bytes. A block is the minimum amount of space that can be assigned to a file. Now, if there is a file containing 520 bytes of data, the first sector is entirely occupied and the remaining 8 bytes go into the second sector. This leaves 2 entire sectors unused. These unutilized sectors of different files are combined together to form a separate sub-allocated volume, thus saving space and optimizing data storage.

The sub-allocated volume is virtual, that is, it does not show up as a separate logical volume. It is internally used by the Operating System (Netware 4.x) to optimize disk space utilization, and data recovery from such volumes thus needs advanced software.

Technical Aspect of the Solution

Phoenix Novell is a Windows based application and can only be installed on a Windows based hard disk. Therefore, the failed Novell based disk needs to be attached as a secondary disk to a Windows based disk with Phoenix installed in it. After the damaged disk is attached, Phoenix needs to be run from the working disk.

The software first detects all the disks along with the associated volumes/partitions and displays the list. It then scans the selected volume and displays the list of found data. While scanning the ‘visible’ volume, the software also uses an advanced module to detect and scan the ‘invisible’ sub allocated volume. After the scan is complete, all the details are listed in a simple tree structure and any number of files can be selected for recovery.

Working of Phoenix Novell

The damaged server disk needs to be connected as a secondary to a working Windows based disk with Phoenix Novell installed in it. The software is then run to start the recovery process.

Clicking ‘Select Netware Partition’ will display a list of hard disks with their respective volumes. Select the damaged volume on the server disk to start the scan process. Apart from scanning the selected volume, a separate software module also detects and scans the virtual sub allocated volume. The entire list of found data (from the regular Netware volume and its sub allocated volume) is then displayed.

Any number of files can be selected for recovery, and clicking ‘Recover Selected’ will restore the selected files. Alternatively, clicking ‘Recover Deleted’ will recover all the files listed in the displayed list of files.

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Data Recovery is probably the last thing on anyone’s mind when they buy a computer. Most of us never think something will go wrong until it’s too late. Data recovery or Disc Recovery services is something we hope we will ever have the need for.

Whether your computer simply crashes or you accidentally delete software that is important or imperative to you, it may seem that your information is lost for good. Although, if you have quality data recovery software already in your system or on your computer, you should feel good in the fact that it has backup, even though things like this can and will happen at times. This can be extremely important for you state of mind and well being when it comes to safeguarding your personal or business information and software.

What many don’t understand is that there are numerous reasons things can go wrong on their computer. Whether it is your own personal computer you are responsible for, or a large business computer system, having a method of restoring the information when things go wrong can be of the utmost importance. Your computer could run slow or be packed full of non efficacious adware and spyware that can ultimately destroy your important files, siphon and transfer personal data, this could cause a computer crash. In a blink of an eye, everything that is important to you could be gone. Storms can cause Power surges quickly and without much or any advance warning, that could be all it takes to lose everything.

These are not the only ways you can lose the data that is stored on your computer. Most people think this will never happen to them, it’s human nature. So what do we do? Nothing, which means you could lose everything. Disc recovery is an absolute must to avoid these things from happening. Disc and Data Recovery is very easy to install and use and can be virtually self maintaining. So why doesn’t everybody take advantage of data recovery? It could be the expense, but it doesn’t cost much, more likely they just don’t understand the importance or simply don’t think about it at all until it’s too late. Data recovery is quite possibly the most important thing for computer users. Don’t get caught without it!

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What will you do if you lost thousands of Megabytes worth of data because you never saw the importance of a backup system? If your personal computer or laptop suddenly crashes, the irretrievable data can sum up to a staggering amount and even cause irreversible damage to a company.

Most people and businesses make the mistake of not having a backup for years worth of data. The primary reasons of foregoing this important procedure is their belief that such a disaster can never happen to them and copying data to a storage device is tedious and even a waste of time. How do you put a price tag on lost work documents, personal documents, notes, databases, emails, email contacts and plans? Not backing up important data is an invitation for disaster. Whether you encounter power failure, a corrupted file, a virus, or human error, most computer users can still lose some amount of data if not all.

Having realized the importance of backing up, here are 5 essential guidelines for a reliable backup strategy.

Effective backup strategy element #1

Invest in a Backup Software of good quality and performance. Think about how much more you’ll spend to recover lost data versus the price of a reliable backup software. A product that leaves you secured from future data data-loss disasters is always a good investment. A good backup software is the heart of an effective backup strategy. Do research over the Internet to know the latest softwares, compare their features and prices. You can also visit forums and see first-hand reviews of backup softwares they have tried.

Effective backup strategy element #2

Double check the restore capability. Now what good is a backup system if it can store but cannot be restore the data? One way of ensuring the full restorability of your data is to invest in a backup product that has bit-level verification. The feature guarantees that while the product is performing your backup it checks all the data down to the level of bits and bytes. Fundamentally, the software first backs up the data and then automatically performs a test restore to make sure that every single bit has been copied.

Effective backup strategy element #3

Double check the capability of your backup medium. You can spend so much on the best backup software and diligently backup your data everyday but disaster can still hit if you don’t have a dependable medium to store your archives. Another way to ensure your data restorability is choose mediums of high quality and performance. Performing test restores using the medium from time to time is also a good idea.

Effective backup strategy element #4

Inspect your hard drives from time to time. Regularly checking your hard drives to prevent disaster is not a waste of time. Beware of spyware and viruses that can affect your system. Correct errors and bad sectors as soon as they are detected to prevent the failure of your drives.

Effective backup strategy element #5

Set a regular backup. You add data every time you use your personal computer or laptop. This means that you will have to backup all this additional data every once in a while too. Most software packages can do the updating for you with a built in scheduler. You can set the backup timetable from every hour to as long an interval you think is needed.

James Monahan is the owner and Senior Editor of http://www.BackupSearch.com. Most people and businesses make the mistake of not having a backup for years worth of data. The primary reasons of foregoing this important procedure is their belief that such a disaster can never happen to them and copying data to a storage device is tedious and even a waste of time.