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Disk imaging refers to copying the contents of a data storage device or medium, and transferring this to another, similar medium or device. In its original context, disk imaging implies the creation of an exact duplicate of a computer’s hard disk drive. The copy includes all the partition information, boot sectors, the file allocation table, [...]

There are data recovery programs and then there are data recovery programs. What we mean by this is that most software to recover lost data does not deliver on its promises. In fact, almost half of all file recovery programs do not function at all. The fault with some of these is that they are [...]

Disk Doctors, the world’s leading data recovery experts have taken four of their most popular and effective Windows recovery tools and combined them to create the ultimate Windows data recovery software program. This easy to use program incorporates a wizard style interface that anyone, even those with no prior computer experience, can use to find [...]

RAID stands for redundant array of independent disks. RAID systems are a collection of hard disk drives integrated by means of uniquely designed software. The purpose for the creation of RAID systems is twofold. The first use, but by no means the most important use of RAID systems is for large-scale storage of digital information. [...]

To say that laptop computers are different than desktop computers is quite an understatement. This is especially true in the area of laptop data recovery. Capturing and recovering all of the files from a large desktop hard drive often requires that one dismantle that PC and remove its hard drive. This hard drive is then [...]

There was a time not too long ago that hard drive recovery required you to dismantle your PC, remove the hard drive and ship the disk drive away to data recovery service lab. While these labs are still very much in use today and extremely important when one needs to rescue files trapped on a [...]

Disk recovery is often confused with the term disk repair. In truth there really is no such thing as hard disk repair. The reason for this is that the cost to repair a physically damaged hard disk drive would far exceed the cost of simply replacing it. And, when replacing a failed hard disk drive, [...]

Recovery of files on crashed hard drives is often referred to as partition recovery. For those who are not computer tech savvy, what this refers to is recovery of large blocks of files from a computer hard disk drive. Usually when a computer hard drive crashes is not due to a physical malady. The cause [...]

No one likes to discover upon starting up their computer that data has gone missing. Worse yet is when entire folders and all of the files within have suddenly disappeared. How does this happen? Usually files are lost to human error. That is simply the process of clicking on delete instead of save. But just [...]

Your computer’s hard drive is divided into between one and a dozen partitions. The average newer computer has three or four partitions. One of these will usually hold your computer’s operating system. Another, if you’re using Vista, will hold a complete system recover program. Another may be set aside for protected storage or backup. Any [...]