Articles tagged: data recovery
How Do I Get Files From an Old Hard Drive?
If you've got an old hard drive and you want to get data off of it, there are several approaches.
How Were Files Recovered that I Thought Were Deleted?
Files may be gone, but frequently are not forgotten. Depending on the scenario, files you thought were deleted might be easily recovered.
My External HDD Shows Not Formatted — But It Has All My Data!
Occasionally, when moving a drive to another machine it'll show up as unformatted. I'll look at some possible causes and actions to take.
How Do I Get Data Off of the Hard Drive in a Dead Computer?
Extracting data from a hard drive in a dead computer isn't typically difficult, unless it's the drive itself that caused the problem.
How Do I Recover My Data from a Crashed Computer?
As long as the problem isn't a damaged hard drive, you may be able to access your data with a Linux CD, or even better, a backup recovery CD.
Why Is My Partially Recovered Document Still Not Readable?
Writing over a file is a good way to lose data, but if you are willing to dive into some command line programs, you may be able to recover some of it.
Do I need to have a separate data backup if I backup my system regularly?
If you are doing regular image backups of your computer, and incremental backups of new data you're good. But what about the files you are working on today?
Why does my computer continually reboot?
There are many reasons a computer might get stuck continually rebooting. Fortunately there’s no need to lose data. You have several ways to get your data off there and with a little bit of luck you may get you a working system again as well.
