Data Recovery - What Not to Do!
by: Keith Thompson
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!
About the author:
Keith Thompson is the webmaster at Data Recovery Service a site cenetered around helping you get back your lost data!
