Data
Recovery - What Not to Do!
Data recovery is a tricky
thing, and if you've somehow deleted or had your important files corrupted
or lost due to human error, business espionage, faulty hardware or software
or any other reason; the good news is that your lost data is probably
recoverable. This article will show you a few things NOT to do when
an event such as this occurs.
Don't run the drive anymore,
or use the device. (MP3, portable storage, camera card, whatever) If
you think it won't hurt to even just poke around the internet for a
solution to this mess you've made/found, you're wrong! Don't install
or run anything on the drive you hope to recover data from. Only access
this drive again from a healthy PC with the software solution you're
going to use. Since files are overwritten in the order they've been
deleted, the last files that have been excised from your drive will
be the first to be lost permanently. Even just surfing, with all the
cookies and temporary internet files that are always being generated
will often doom the process without you even knowing about it.
Don't use tools that may
reside on your computer, such as Scandisk, or a boot record utility,
as these will probably overwrite exactly the files you're seeking to
get back.
In short, be careful! Your
data may very well be recoverable, as long as you don't do something
to erase it forever! Find a good data recovery software solution, and
then follow the instructions to the letter, and you'll more than likely
live to see your lost data return!
Keith Thompson is the webmaster
at
Data Recovery Service a site cenetered around helping you get back
your lost data!
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