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Windows data loss due to corrupted Boot record

Admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:25:53 +0000

There are times when your computer may display a “Missing operating system” error during startup. This error usually occurs, when there are errors relating to the boot loader or the boot files. Though the data on your system is inaccessible, in reality, all the data is still present on the hard drive and can be recovered, if the recovery process is done in the right manner.

The problem is usually with the Volume Boot Record better known as VBR, which contains details about the various partitions on the hard drive. Damage to the VBR means loss of essential data required for accessing the data on the hard drive. This could occur due to virus attacks, malware, improper shutdown of the system etc. The only way you could get around this issue, is by formatting the whole drive. This would result in loss of data, and you would then require a Windows data recovery software to retrieve data from hard drive.

There is a method available to get back the lost data, by rebuilding the corrupted Volume Boot Record. This is a complex method, and involves many steps that have to be performed carefully. Not only this, there is no assurance that you can recover all the lost data. It is therefore advised that you make use of a good crashed hard drive recovery software to recover data from formatted hard drive.

REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software is a powerful recovery software, designed for systems that run on Windows O.S. The software performs a scan on the affected hard drive and recovers the lost files and folders from both NTFS and FAT partitions.

Is it possible to create a disk image using REMO Recover?

Admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:55:42 +0000

There are instances when the whole system has crashed, and all the data present on the hard drive has got affected. This usually occurs, when the whole file system has got corrupted, and none of the files and records including the Master Boot Record is inaccessible. In such extreme cases of data loss, you need to get a disk image of the entire hard disk, so that data can be retrieved from it at a later stage.

Creating a disk image essentially means making a carbon copy of all the data on the hard drive including the file system records and system files. This is usually done by copying bit by bit information from the affected hard drive onto a trusted and safe location. But, this has to be done using a good disk recovery software, as improper methods and low quality data recovery software could cause permanent loss of data.

It is therefore suggested, that you make use of REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software. This data recovery software comes with an in built option, using which you can create the disk image of a given hard drive. The created disk image can be saved at a safe location, and then later be used to recover files that have been lost or deleted.

What type of Data Recovery should you use

Admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:06:56 +0000

REMO Recover is a highly effective data recovery software that has been developed by professionals in the field who understand your need to find lost data. However, you might be unaware of the features that the software can provide you with. REMO Recover is suitable for all sorts of data recovery and this includes finding and restoring lost data, lost files, photos, and even recovering lost or deleted partitions on your hard drive. REMO Recover is also designed for easy restoring of lost files, and to recover files that have been deleted.

Knowing which type of data recovery you should use with REMO Recover might be a little confusing to you. Well there are four options available and if you can remember what type of file/folder it is that you are looking to recover, you should be all set to recover your data very easily.

Firstly, if you know that you deleted some data and you are sure that it was a regular file or folder, you can use the Recover Deleted Data option to help you locate and recover deleted files. Whether you accidentally deleted them, or maybe you hit the Shift + Delete keys together on accident and it happened by chance, this is the option that you will want to use.

The second option is the Recover Lost File option, which is going to be what you will use if you just can’t remember where you placed your file or folder. This option of REMO Recover will trace the lost file, locate it using an advanced file search method, and then allow you to restore it.

You can use the Recover Photo option to recover photos audio and video files that you accidentally deleted or lost. This application is found in the Media Edition of the software.

Finally, the Recover-Advanced option which is included in the Pro edition of this disk recovery software lets you to recover a lost or deleted partition on your hard drive.

Recover data from ISO image file

Admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:29:22 +0000

We commonly associate an ISO file or ISO image with copying of CDs and DVDs. A bit by bit copy of a CD or a DVD is usually called an ISO image file. These ISO files are usually created using CD burning software like Nero which create, edit, and extract CD or DVD image files, then convert the extracted image to an ISO file, easily allowing users to burn an exact copy of the original onto CD or DVD.

We usually burn CDs and DVDs to take a backup of all the data present on our hard drives, so that we can make use of them when we face a data loss situation. The irony though is that we sometimes lose the ISO file itself, and hence are left helpless. In such cases it is advised that you avoid trying any ‘Do it yourself’ methods, which might lead to permanent erasure of data, and go for a good data recovery software that can recover data from ISO image.

It is recommended that you use REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software, to recover data from ISO image. The software lets you recover data from missing partitions, and in addition to that lets you create a disk image of the hard drive.

Low Cost Data Recovery Software

Admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:34:01 +0000

Losing data on the PC can happen to anyone and it is a time of great panic, depending on how valuable the information is that has been lost. Low cost data recovery programs are available to make those fears of never being able to use the PC again vanish.

Hard drive can crash due to a number of reasons which can be broadly classified into two groups, physical failure and logical failure. Regardless the cause for hard drive crash, it does not mean the end of your crucial data, hard drive recovery is still possible.

Recovery software’s have been around for a few decades now. People can download from a choice of recovery products on the net and be rid of the problem. But there are few precautions that have to be followed by each individual at the time of hard drive crash.

Whenever you notice data loss, immediately stop working on the drive
Do not run any repair utility for e.g. “chkdsk”, as this further may cause permanent data loss
Do not try and save or reinstall any thing on the crashed hard drive

Any attempt of saving new data on to the drive will overwrite the lost data and may never be retrievable. To recover data from crashed Windows hard drive, the best software to use is Remo Recover (Windows).

This Low cost data recovery software is worth the money spent if the information that needs recovering is worth it. It is more like an investment and could well save a business a lot more expense having to replace the old data.

What is the best data recovery solution?

Admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:07:20 +0000

As I review software on a weekly basis I am often asked… “Which is the best data recovery software”? Normally I would respond to that question explaining that the best software to recover files is the program targeted directly to your type of file and hardware. So that if you are attempting to recover deleted files from a San Cruzer USB flash drive you might find that a program built for recover of data in the FAT32 format works best. But if you need to rescue an entire hard drive that is formatted in NTFS then you had better use software that can do a really deep scan. A great deal of data recovery work is done for camera files from both internal storage and camera smart cards. Any program for photo recovery had better be able to locate the manufacturers proprietary file format such as that used by Nikon or Olympus.

It takes a variety of software recover every file type

Admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:04:28 +0000

When all of these factors are pieced together and considered what resolves is that there is no one program that is the best. There is however one company and its suite of software that is the best data recovery software available. That company is Disk Doctors. For almost twenty years Disk Doctors has been developing and selling software to recover files that is designed for specific applications. They have programs created to recover Mac files as well as Linux and windows applications. Disk Doctors has software for NTFS and FAT systems. For email recovery Disk Doctors has several different applications.

Of course simply selling a number of programs doesn’t mean that yours are the best. While it is true Disk Doctors has almost thirty different data recovery programs, what marks these as being the best is there efficiency and ease of use.

Almost every Disk Doctors program uses a wizard style interface. These let anyone handle complicated file recovery with ease. If you can mail an email you can recover deleted music, document and image files with Disk Doctors software.