Fast-n-Safe » recover data after format http://www.fastnsafe.net Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:21:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Finding data lost in reformatting a drive http://www.fastnsafe.net/finding-data-lost-in-reformatting-a-drive http://www.fastnsafe.net/finding-data-lost-in-reformatting-a-drive#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:11:10 +0000 keith http://www.fastnsafe.net/?p=49 There are many valid reasons why one may need to reformat their computer’s internal hard disk drive or some other type of digital media connected to their computer. In fact very often Windows based PCs will prompt the user suggesting that the contents of a drive which cannot be read needs to be formatted. Invariably, the digital media involved has been formatted correctly and the prompt is an error. But we tend to pay close attention to everything that our Windows operating system suggests to us and it is all too easy to click yes and allow Windows to reformat our USB flash drive or compact flash card.

What we don’t realize until after it is too late is that the process of formatting digital media results in deletion of all stored files on that card or drive. We then find ourselves desperately seeking a means to recover deleted files after formatting. The process of data recovery after reformatting is somewhat simple. Bear in mind that reformatting is a form of file deletion and any time we delete a file the information held in the location of that file is still available for rescue.

]]> http://www.fastnsafe.net/finding-data-lost-in-reformatting-a-drive/feed 1 Techniques to recover formatted partition data http://www.fastnsafe.net/techniques-to-recover-formatted-partition-data http://www.fastnsafe.net/techniques-to-recover-formatted-partition-data#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:03:07 +0000 keith http://www.fastnsafe.net/?p=27 Sometimes when dealing with a faulty internal computer hard disk drive the drive itself is too worn to allow for scanning by a data recovery tool. This usually occurs when the rotating platter inside the hard disk drive has gone slightly out of balance. It spins but does not allow the more precise function of file recovery scanning to take place. When your objective is to recover formatted partition information, you need to be able to scan over all of the information stored on your hard disk drive. This includes the underlying data involved with deleted files. What this means is that simply copying files off of a drive from which you hope to recover damaged or deleted files will not suffice.

The solution is to use cloning software to make an exact copy in the form of an image file of every bite of data on your hard disk drive. That information can then be transferred to a perfectly balanced drive and scanned for complete file recovery. Remo software makes the best hard disk cloning software program as it was specifically designed to capture information from partially imbalanced hard drives.

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