Media and File Recovery

How to undelete flash drive files?

Flash drives are the portable storage devices that became preferred way to transfer data from one system to other system. Unlike memory cards, USB flash drives do not require separate card reader, they can be directly plugged into USB port. When you connect USB drive to computer, they are assigned  a drive letter like other [...]

Video Recovery Tips

The digital device allows us to take photos and shoot events with no difficulty. Many of these devices like digital camera, handicams or camcorder allows you to view these videos instantly as well. The digital camera uses a small clip called memory card to store the videos, pictures and audio that you have taken. This [...]

Protecting your iPod video and music files from loss

All of those songs and videos you have loaded onto your iPod can represent a substantial investment. How much of an investment? Well, 1000 songs at 1 dollar per song and you have a hefty collection. Now consider the investment in time that one must make in order to load songs and videos onto a [...]

Handling the challenges posed by Mac hard drive recovery

When we speak of the process required to recover Mac files there is an odd dynamic at work. Obviously Mac computers allow you to open and work with many Windows based common file types such as jpegs. But when we accidentally delete a JPEG on a Mac computer how can we access that file? And [...]

Recuing different types of images files after data loss

Programs for digital photo recovery are made necessary by the contrasting and different image file types commonly associated with photographs. Many of these files are huge in size and extremely subtle in variation. They can be divided into what is known as the lossless or lossy files. As these two names would imply certain file [...]

Locating lost or deleted files on SD and XD cards

The primary use for memory cards is as a high volume storage media for digital cameras. Memory cards have many types depending upon their size and format. But a few more popular types are smart media, SD and XD picture cards. Almost all of these are formatted in the Microsoft FAT system. When attempting memory [...]

A look at Windows file allocation systems

Windows data recovery can be divided into two sections. Those would be the older FAT file system and the new NTFS system. While very similar in that both of these directory systems allow access to stored files on both internal hard drives and external digital storage they are different in regards to formatting issues. Formatting [...]

Using a file shredder to destroy contaminated hard drive data

Getting rid of a particularly stubborn computer virus is no small feat. And the question remains after you have removed a virus or malware, is it truly gone? One would like to think so but many viruses regenerate simply by your sending them to the Windows recycle bin. The more you attempt to delete the [...]

Differentiating a partition and a drive for file recovery

Most people consider a computer partition and a computer drive to be almost synonymous. They are different in that the partition is as it would imply a part of a drive or more specifically a space on a drive. Still we rightfully confuse them. In terms of data recovery partition recovery software points us in [...]

Simple differences in Outlook Express and MS Outlook

There are many differences between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express. The most important of these is that Microsoft Outlook is the full blown larger version of Microsofts e-mail client that must be purchased separately. Outlook Express comes bundled free with Windows and Internet Explorer. As one would think, Microsoft Outlook the paid program offers [...]