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Data Rescue Kit from Nero

In case of accidental deletion, there are sufficient choices on the market that can give you a hand with recovering data. The rule of thumb is to refrain from storing any sort of data on the partition you are going to recover files from. If you manage to do this, there is even free software that can be used for the j...

20 November 2009
12:41 GMT

Kroll Ontrack Launches Global Data Recovery Program for Apple Customers

Kroll Ontrack, a company dealing with data recovery and legal technology products and services, has announced a global Data Recovery Portal for Apple customers. The company offers efficient data recovery solutions for Mac owners, Mac server admins, Mac applications and files, as well as solutions for iPod and iPhone,...

7 August 2009
09:09 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.2.0 Has Linux Kernel 2.6.29.3

François Dupoux announced yesterday evening the immediate availability of SystemRescueCd 1.2.0 Linux distribution. Big news comes with this version of the tiny Gentoo-based operating system for systems administration and data recovery, as it now has a new desktop environment, Xfce4, and it is powered by the ju...

13 May 2009
10:51 GMT

File Undelete Freebies II

RecuvaPiriform needs no introduction when it comes to freebies as its applications are well too known to the great majority of users. The suite includes the famous CCleaner optimization tool, a defrag tool by the name of Defraggler and a file recovery piece of software named Recuva. All three of them have portable ed...

29 March 2009
15:21 GMT

File Undelete Freebies I

Accidents happen despite all the precautions you take to prevent them. A simple misguided tap on the keyboard and important data could miss the Recycle Bin on their way out of your computer, thus making their retrieval much more difficult. But the sometimes fatal Shift+Delete key combination has a solution as the ent...

28 March 2009
10:51 GMT

CSI Stick Plays Forensics with Your Cell Phone

Digital forensics specialist Paraben Corporation has just announced its newest Cell Seizure Investigator Stick, also known as the CSI Stick. The device is a thumb drive size appliance that can acquire all the data from a suspect's cell phone, including the deleted messages or instant messaging sessions.According...

14 May 2008
04:09 GMT

400 MB Seagate Drive Survives the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster

A 400 MB hard-disk drive manufactured by Seagate has been recovered from the wreckage left by the Columbia space shuttle. The ship has been completely destroyed by an explosion during reentry on February 1, 2003. There was nothing left of the ship and all the seven crew members had been killed by the blast. However, ...

6 May 2008
05:24 GMT

Recover This: the EDR Hard Disk Crusher Kills Your Data for Good

While the vast majority of the computer users out there are obsessed with keeping their hard-disk drives in the best possible shape, some other users would like to shut down their drives for good. There are multiple reasons why you would like your hard-disk data trashed and both companies and enterprises rely on such...

5 May 2008
08:40 GMT

Retrodata Introduces User-Friendly Data Recovery Device

Data recovery wizard Retrodata has just announced world's first device for data recovery that can be successfully used by non-trained IT personnel. The System P.EX ("platter extraction system") is a monolithic device that weighs no less than 75 kilograms, but will get your data from a damaged disk drive with a m...

4 March 2008
08:29 GMT

The Awful Truth: SSDs Are Faster, But Not Better Than HDDs

Hard-disk drives are a common appearance in any personal computer and have a long tradition, dating back in the late '50s. It was improved and enhanced over the time, but its basic operating principle has not changed much. The advent of the newer storage media, known as the solid-state drives is the first signif...

7 February 2008
04:48 GMT

Is Data Recovery Possible When Using Solid-State Disks?

Solid-state disks are already an important presence on the market, and almost any worth-mentioning notebook manufacturer provide its customers with a SSD option. The most important promoters are Apple (in their Macbook Air) and Sony (in the Vaio family). The most important advantage of the SSDs over conventional spi...

28 January 2008
07:04 GMT

Teach Your Hard Drive a Lesson - the Hard Way

Data recovery providers are the last resort when things go extremely, and I mean extremely nasty with your computer. Among the most precious things to lose when your hard drive fails are pictures of your ex or the final paper your promotion depends on. There are times when such disasters occur because of a defective ...

5 December 2007
09:02 GMT

Seagate's Do-It-Yourself Data Recovery

One of the most annoying things is when you delete a folder in which you later realize that you had important information. From that point on a struggle goes on to get back whatever it was that you lost. So, first things first, you have to get some piece of software to help you do the trick. That being said, you surf...

12 April 2007
05:40 GMT

A Class 10 Certified Clean Room For Data Recovery

A room that has a Class 10 certification represents an almost perfect environment. Why almost perfect? Because you can find 10 particles of dust in every cubic meter of air, or so I've been told. Such a room is being used by research companies for analysis of certain elements in a controlled environment. One wel...

27 March 2007
06:49 GMT


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