Avoid Digital Disasters: File Recovery Software Resurrects Deleted Files, Photos, Music, and E-Mail From Virtually All Digital Devices
Digital technology allows users to delete an unwanted image still in the camera, something that millions of novice photographers are learning. Today's photographers can prevent the heartache of lost photos with an easy-to-use software tool like Search and Recover to find and recover deleted digital photos.
Proprietary new StrongScan® from iolo technologies helps users locate and identify lost files even months and years after being deleted using improved search algorithms. Enhanced file pattern searching locates and recovers even the most difficult items by scanning byte-by-byte. Data recovery is designed to be fast, safe and reliable.
The Search and Recover Version 3 powerful tool arsenal is designed for both advanced and novice users to quickly and easily find and recover deleted, destroyed or damaged files from DVD-R, CD-R, and other optical media. The software works with digital cameras, and with music players, compact flash, memory sticks, smart media, hard drives, and other portable media.
Users can recover pictures, videos, songs, e-mail, documents, spreadsheets, or any other PC file or folder with the easy to use interface -- even after the Recycle Bin is emptied. An easy-to-use wizard recovers important items in three steps; select the file types to find, select where to look, and instantly recover the items found with one click.
"iolo has experienced tremendous success with Search and Recover, the most robust tool for PC users to find and reassemble data," said Scott Yenor, iolo chief information officer.
iolo products are available through leading retailers across the United States, Canada, and the UK. 30-day downloadable trials are available at www.iolo.com.
Fake Anti-Spyware
(From LifeHacker) A lot of supposed "Anti Spyware" software is, in fact, spyware. Malicious code abounds, much of it under the guise of fixing your spyware problems. The Spyware Warrior site maintains a list of rogue and suspect anti-spyware products and websites. It’s well worth a visit.
Consumer Reports Ranks Microsoft AntiSpyware #1
(From Download Squad) "Consumer Reports has come out with antispyware rankings for the top tools in this niche, including Ad Aware SE Plus, Allume Internet Cleanup, Computer Associates eTrust PestPatrol 2005, McAfee AntiSpyware, Microsoft AntiSpyware (beta), Spybot Search & Destroy, Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2005, and Webroot Spy Sweeper. Microsoft's AntiSpyware program came out tops, even though it is still in beta status. It ranked "good" for detection, tying with Webroot and Computer Associates' offerings (none achieved a rating of "excellent" for detection), and ranked "excellent" for ease of use, something that no other AntiSpyware package in the list was able to accomplish. Although it is a prevention tool with no detection and removal functions, Javacool Software's Spyware Blaster product is notably absent from any list of top spyware protection utilities.Hope for Water-Logged Computers DriveSavers Offers Data Recovery for Hurricane Katrina Victims
NOVATO, CA. (August 31, 2005) – DriveSavers, Inc. the worldwide leader in data recovery services, is offering data recovery service for computers and storage devices that suffered water and physical damage from Hurricane Katrina.
"Over the years, we’ve helped many of our customers retrieve critical information lost to devastation from fires, hurricanes, flooding and physical destruction." said Scott Gaidano, President of DriveSavers. "Even if a computer's been submerged in water, we can still recover its' data. It's devastating enough to lose a home or business, and we're dedicating ourselves to doing all we can to help."
DriveSavers is offering to heavily discount its data recovery service to help victims of Hurricane Katrina who have lost their critical files and backups. The company is reducing its service fees by one third and waiving its typical $200 attempt fee. The discount will remain in affect until November 30th 2005. Find out more on our DriveSavers page.
Shootout At The Disk Repair CorralWhat should you use to fix a corrupted Apple Mac hard disk? Disk expert David Shayer ran detailed tests comparing DiskWarrior, Norton Utilities, Drive 10, DiskGuardian, and Disk Utility – which do you think won?Apple Online Resources
Added a directory of Apple Online Resources for emergency help.Hard Drive and Data Recovery Glossary
Added a Hard Drive and Data Recovery Glossary of common terms and definitions.Free Antivirus Software for Windows
FREE Security Software – Computer Associates is offering free antivirus protection to Windows users for one year. There are plenty of other free virus and security applications available online, but this is the first time a major, commercial anti-virus application has been released that is totally free of charge.Protect Your Files or You’re Going to be Very Sorry Someday… by Bob LeVitus
"There are some things in life you can be sure of, like death and taxes. And there are some things in computing you can be sure of as well, including the harsh reality that your hard disk will cease to function someday."Backing Up is (not) Hard to Do by Bob LeVitus
"The software and media you use for backing up are far less important than remembering to actually do it. The best software/hardware/media combination in the world is worthless if you don’t use it regularly."
Data Recovery Tools was created to help people survive hard drive disasters, and to provide the best resources online for data loss prevention. Our pages on Data Recovery explain the many options available, including the best data recovery services and software. Our Data Loss Prevention section highlights proper backup methods and offers antivirus software, backup software – and free virus scan websites.
You'll find lots of information about data recovery and data loss prevention in our collection of recent Data Loss Prevention and Data Recovery Articles.
If your hard drive is making unusual noises TURN IT OFF IMMEDIATELY. This symptom usually indicates a head crash that will most likely destroy most of your data. Avoid attempting recovery yourself on severely traumatized drives.To learn more visit our Disaster Recovery page.
Find the answers to your questions in our recently expanded FAQ page. Sections include Data Recovery, Data Loss Prevention – and a new section that answers questions about what goes into a DriveSavers Data Recovery Operation.To learn more visit our FAQ page.
Always have a backup! In Episode 56 of Sex And The City, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker ) discovers that her computer has crashed and that she can't access any of her files. Her boyfriend chastises her for not backing up her material, and when they bring her computer in to a repair shop – the techie tells her it doesn't look good. The moral of the story? Always backup and keep it remote – no matter how lucky you feel! And yes – backing up is sexy! Read this backup advice from columnist Bob LeVitus – Protect Your Files or You’re Going to be Very Sorry Someday….Visit the Sex And The City site to read more about Episode 56.
Prevention Tool: FireLite from SmartDisk is a portable external hard drive that offers great looks, huge storage capacities and a trim design that makes it easy to carry and use either at your desk or on the go.One of the first things you'll notice about FireLite is its size: just 3 1/4 inches x 5 inches x 3/4 inch. But while FireLite is small in size, it offers a big storehouse for your applications and data.
To learn more visit our SmartDisk FireLite page.
Prevention Tool: Retrospect Professional delivers proven business-class data protection capabilities in an easy-to-use software product for homes and small offices. Designed for safety and security, Retrospect Professional protects desktops and notebooks against loss due to viruses, newly installed software, user error, damaged hardware, hardware upgrades, hackers, and lost or stolen computers.Retrospect provides complete protection, ease of use, and fast backups with 100% accurate restores.
To learn more visit our Dantz Retrospect Professional page.
