Hard Disk Recovery by Scott Moulton. Presented at ToorCon Conference, San Diego.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Hacking Hard Drives for Data Recovery (Part 6)
Hard Disk Recovery by Scott Moulton. Presented at ToorCon Conference, San Diego.
Hacking Hard Drives for Data Recovery (Part 5)
Hard Disk Recovery by Scott Moulton. Presented at ToorCon Conference, San Diego.
Hacking Hard Drives for Data Recovery (Part 4)
Hard Disk Recovery by Scott Moulton. Presented at ToorCon Conference, San Diego.
Hacking Hard Drives for Data Recovery (Part 3)
Hard Disk Recovery by Scott Moulton. Presented at ToorCon Conference, San Diego.
Hacking Hard Drives for Data Recovery (Part 2)
Hard Disk Recovery by Scott Moulton. Presented at ToorCon Conference, San Diego.
Hacking Hard Drives for Data Recovery (Part 1)
Hard Disk Recovery by Scott Moulton. Presented at ToorCon Conference, San Diego.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Data Recovery Center - Indonesia
Having your hard disk or data storage crashed or broken ?
Wondering where to go for the repair/recovery ?
Please find below a list of data recovery center (in Indonesia) that I know of :
Disk Recovery
Website : http://www.guruhdd.com/
City : Jakarta
MsDOT Research
Website : http://www.penyelamatdata.com/
City : Surabaya
Everesta Media
Website : http://www.everezta.com/
City : Jakarta
KENSHIN TECHNOLOGY SOLUSINDO
Data Recovery Inside
Harco Mangga Dua Elektronik
Jalan Arteri Mangga Dua Raya
Lt2 Blok A2 No 102
Jakarta.
Telp/Fax : (021) 6125282
Y!M : ynd_ru
For Kaskusers, can post a message in Kaskus Forum here.
Notes : I'll give updates in the future to this post.
Wondering where to go for the repair/recovery ?
Please find below a list of data recovery center (in Indonesia) that I know of :
Disk Recovery
Website : http://www.guruhdd.com/
City : Jakarta
MsDOT Research
Website : http://www.penyelamatdata.com/
City : Surabaya
Everesta Media
Website : http://www.everezta.com/
City : Jakarta
KENSHIN TECHNOLOGY SOLUSINDO
Data Recovery Inside
Harco Mangga Dua Elektronik
Jalan Arteri Mangga Dua Raya
Lt2 Blok A2 No 102
Jakarta.
Telp/Fax : (021) 6125282
Y!M : ynd_ru
For Kaskusers, can post a message in Kaskus Forum here.
Notes : I'll give updates in the future to this post.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Email Recovery-Good Software can fix your lost mail trouble
by: Gracy
Emails are an essential medium of communication in the fast track world of today. Be it for our personal or for business purposes, emails are indispensable. Loss of emails can bring about anything from a minor loss to devastation, depending on the need of the user. Hence, data recovery vis a vis emails is an absolute must, especially if emails are essential communication tools for one’s business. Data recovery softwares are a viable and dependable option when it comes to effective email recovery.
Data recovery softwares function differently for different types of files, which are:
* Outlook PST Files
* Outlook Express DBX Files
* Web Mail
Outlook PST Files
PST Files are very complex. So, once data is lost from these files, it is important to recover the data as well as repair them. To recover data the files themselves, these softwares are very helpful. Good software is equipped to repair and restore data from damaged or corrupted Microsoft Outlook file.
Microsoft Outlook stores email messages, contacts, notes and folders on the local drive as a .pst file. The Outlook recovery software scans the damaged .pst file and extracts and saves information in a new usable .pst file, enabling PST Recovery.
The key features of good PST files recovery software are:
* Providing PST Recovery from folders, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes.
* Repairing even the password protected files
* Restoration of formatting from RTF and HTML messages
* Recovering data from encrypted files
* Providing support to repair .pst files.
* Recovering deleted email attachments.
Outlook Express DBX Files
Good recovery software can scan, extract and save emails form .dbx files in which Microsoft Outlook Express stores messages and folders in the local drive. It should also be allowed to retrieve accidentally deleted messages from the ‘Deleted Items’ folder in Outlook Express. The .dbx files also need to be repaired so as to enable smooth functioning subsequently.
The key features of good DBX files recovery software are:
* Providing Mail Recovery from Outlook Express dbx files.
* Providing deleted email recovery of dbx files from corrupt media, such as floppy disks, Zip disks, CD ROMs, etc.
* Provides Mailbox repair of dbx files.
* Support to repair dbx files within a size limitation.
* Recovering deleted email attachments.
* Enabling the recovered messages to be opened directly in MS Outlook Express.
* Enabling recovered messages to be saved in the *.eml file format on any (including network) disks visible by the host operating system.
* Enabling message source view.
Web Mail
In order to access a web based email program like Yahoo or Hotmail, one has to use the Internet Browser to log onto a remote computer which stores the emails. When mails from it are deleted, they cannot be recovered. Hence, data recovery software is required to retrieve that data. It is a very complicated procedure, and only messages that have been opened already can be retrieved using a good software.
As the old and clichéd adage goes, prevention I better than cure. So, it is advised that a lot of care be taken. After all, loss of important mails can spell disaster for your business.
Emails are an essential medium of communication in the fast track world of today. Be it for our personal or for business purposes, emails are indispensable. Loss of emails can bring about anything from a minor loss to devastation, depending on the need of the user.
Emails are an essential medium of communication in the fast track world of today. Be it for our personal or for business purposes, emails are indispensable. Loss of emails can bring about anything from a minor loss to devastation, depending on the need of the user. Hence, data recovery vis a vis emails is an absolute must, especially if emails are essential communication tools for one’s business. Data recovery softwares are a viable and dependable option when it comes to effective email recovery.
Data recovery softwares function differently for different types of files, which are:
* Outlook PST Files
* Outlook Express DBX Files
* Web Mail
Outlook PST Files
PST Files are very complex. So, once data is lost from these files, it is important to recover the data as well as repair them. To recover data the files themselves, these softwares are very helpful. Good software is equipped to repair and restore data from damaged or corrupted Microsoft Outlook file.
Microsoft Outlook stores email messages, contacts, notes and folders on the local drive as a .pst file. The Outlook recovery software scans the damaged .pst file and extracts and saves information in a new usable .pst file, enabling PST Recovery.
The key features of good PST files recovery software are:
* Providing PST Recovery from folders, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes.
* Repairing even the password protected files
* Restoration of formatting from RTF and HTML messages
* Recovering data from encrypted files
* Providing support to repair .pst files.
* Recovering deleted email attachments.
Outlook Express DBX Files
Good recovery software can scan, extract and save emails form .dbx files in which Microsoft Outlook Express stores messages and folders in the local drive. It should also be allowed to retrieve accidentally deleted messages from the ‘Deleted Items’ folder in Outlook Express. The .dbx files also need to be repaired so as to enable smooth functioning subsequently.
The key features of good DBX files recovery software are:
* Providing Mail Recovery from Outlook Express dbx files.
* Providing deleted email recovery of dbx files from corrupt media, such as floppy disks, Zip disks, CD ROMs, etc.
* Provides Mailbox repair of dbx files.
* Support to repair dbx files within a size limitation.
* Recovering deleted email attachments.
* Enabling the recovered messages to be opened directly in MS Outlook Express.
* Enabling recovered messages to be saved in the *.eml file format on any (including network) disks visible by the host operating system.
* Enabling message source view.
Web Mail
In order to access a web based email program like Yahoo or Hotmail, one has to use the Internet Browser to log onto a remote computer which stores the emails. When mails from it are deleted, they cannot be recovered. Hence, data recovery software is required to retrieve that data. It is a very complicated procedure, and only messages that have been opened already can be retrieved using a good software.
As the old and clichéd adage goes, prevention I better than cure. So, it is advised that a lot of care be taken. After all, loss of important mails can spell disaster for your business.
Emails are an essential medium of communication in the fast track world of today. Be it for our personal or for business purposes, emails are indispensable. Loss of emails can bring about anything from a minor loss to devastation, depending on the need of the user.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
xMax - Description
by: Jeremy Maddock
xMax is a recent innovation conceived by Florida-based xG Technology LLC. It piggybacks on radio signals to transmit wireless broadband data over long distances. Although it is not yet widely available, xMax will (in theory) be much cheaper and more effective than WiMAX, and potentially bring wireless broadband internet access to less densely populated areas.
About the author:
Jeremy Maddock is the owner of a quickly growing telecommunications news website - http://www.teleclick.ca
xMax is a recent innovation conceived by Florida-based xG Technology LLC. It piggybacks on radio signals to transmit wireless broadband data over long distances. Although it is not yet widely available, xMax will (in theory) be much cheaper and more effective than WiMAX, and potentially bring wireless broadband internet access to less densely populated areas.
About the author:
Jeremy Maddock is the owner of a quickly growing telecommunications news website - http://www.teleclick.ca
Warning - You Have Been DataMined!
by: Robert Hart
Hundreds of millions are affected each day with little or no control of their destiny.
Today's high-tech world is drowning in data but is starved for knowledge. Data mining is the search for significant patterns and trends. It's also been called the poor stepchild to statistcial analysis.
To give you an example you go to your local supermarket to buy food and you use your store card for discounts and fast checkout. It give the store a record of how often you shop, what foods you like and at what prices in this case it's a win-win situation. This continues thoughout your day as you bank go to the mall, gas station, and so on.
However information is increasingly collected without your knowledge or consent. "Black Boxes" the size of cigarette packs have been installed in 40 million vehicles to monitor speed, seat belt use, and more. Only 5 states at the present time require that the buyer be made aware of this fact.
The trade-off is somone has a record of when and where you drive,what you eat, what over the counter medications you buy,whether you smoke or not,where you fly and with whom, what you like to read and watch and spend money on.
Any one item is not invasive but when birth certificates, credit histories, real estate deeds, military records, and insurance claims are pulled together it paints a very intimate picture. Add to the mix that the average person is seen by surveillence cameras 75X a day.
In the past decade an explosion of technology has taken place and the insatiable appetite of marketers for information about consumers has made data collection less voulutary and more worrisome.
Data mining is big business. Companies vacuum up data from public and private records, aggragate it analyze it and sell it to buyers ranging from private companies to the CIA. If an error exists there is no knowledge on your part thus it can't be fixed.
Data thefts are on the rise included are banks, credit card companies, and the biggest of the data brokers Choicepoint. When their records were breach they left millions of people vunerable to identity theft.
In closing technology is here to stay and we love convience but we must be aware and remain vigilant. Also it's time for Congress to step up and do their job to create a basic bill of rights for all information. This will provide us with much needed protection.
About the author:
Robert Hart - Affiliate marketer, webinar moderator, author
Dataminer Freebies
Hundreds of millions are affected each day with little or no control of their destiny.
Today's high-tech world is drowning in data but is starved for knowledge. Data mining is the search for significant patterns and trends. It's also been called the poor stepchild to statistcial analysis.
To give you an example you go to your local supermarket to buy food and you use your store card for discounts and fast checkout. It give the store a record of how often you shop, what foods you like and at what prices in this case it's a win-win situation. This continues thoughout your day as you bank go to the mall, gas station, and so on.
However information is increasingly collected without your knowledge or consent. "Black Boxes" the size of cigarette packs have been installed in 40 million vehicles to monitor speed, seat belt use, and more. Only 5 states at the present time require that the buyer be made aware of this fact.
The trade-off is somone has a record of when and where you drive,what you eat, what over the counter medications you buy,whether you smoke or not,where you fly and with whom, what you like to read and watch and spend money on.
Any one item is not invasive but when birth certificates, credit histories, real estate deeds, military records, and insurance claims are pulled together it paints a very intimate picture. Add to the mix that the average person is seen by surveillence cameras 75X a day.
In the past decade an explosion of technology has taken place and the insatiable appetite of marketers for information about consumers has made data collection less voulutary and more worrisome.
Data mining is big business. Companies vacuum up data from public and private records, aggragate it analyze it and sell it to buyers ranging from private companies to the CIA. If an error exists there is no knowledge on your part thus it can't be fixed.
Data thefts are on the rise included are banks, credit card companies, and the biggest of the data brokers Choicepoint. When their records were breach they left millions of people vunerable to identity theft.
In closing technology is here to stay and we love convience but we must be aware and remain vigilant. Also it's time for Congress to step up and do their job to create a basic bill of rights for all information. This will provide us with much needed protection.
About the author:
Robert Hart - Affiliate marketer, webinar moderator, author
Dataminer Freebies
Friday, January 23, 2009
Data Encryption - Description
by: Jeremy Maddock
Data encryption is the process of coding digital data in such a way that it cannot be read if intercepted by a third party. A user must have a special password in order to gain access to encrypted information. Encryption is used in a variety of internet communication processes, including VoIP conversations. Encryption is especially important for content that is of a sensitive or private matter, such as in the cases of financial transactions and medical prescriptions.
About the author:Jeremy Maddock is the owner of a quickly growing telecommunications news website - http://www.teleclick.ca/
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Microsoft CRM for Corporate Business – working offline
by: Andrew Karasev
If your company has regional and worldwide operations, you might already realized that it is very hard to get decent internet connection in your remote locations. In this small article we will try to give you highlights on how to implement Microsoft Business Solutions CRM for worldwide operations with restricted internet connection.
• Outlook Client. This was very bright idea from Microsoft side to have outlook client as a presentation for Microsoft CRM data. Outlook has such nice features as synchronization and then working offline. If you have outlook client for CRM – you can download your customers, leads, contacts, and event properly programmed custom features, then work with them and finally synchronize them back to MS CRM database
• MS CRM Integration. As the task itself it is not difficult or challenging one. You can deploy MS SQL Server linked server to show your third party or even heterogeneous data on MS CRM screens. However, when we are talking about enabling working offline – we should get different approach. Your third party system should feed data into MS CRM database – through MS CRM SDK custom utility. In CRM itself you should stick to MS CRM user defined fields. If you take this direction – MS CRM custom features will be taken by Outlook client and synchronized with local machine. Your third party data could reside as it was mentioned in heterogeneous platforms: Oracle, DB 2, Sybase, Lotus Notes Domino, SAP, Pervasive SQL 2000, Ctree or any ODBC compliant database.
• Typical Industries. The most popular industry to deploy MS CRM as we saw so far is Transportation & Logistics, where MS CRM is usually integrated with Cargo/Shipment tracking database. Other industries, deploying CRM are: Education, Recruitment & placement, publishing & advertising. MS CRM is getting market in such industries as aerospace & defense, wholesale & retail, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, biotechnology, medicine/hospitals, non-profit
• Customization Tools. Visual Studio.Net is the first to mention, where you can create web application for MS CRM in VB.Net or C#.Net. Then you should use Crystal Reports Enterprise to expand reporting functionality. You use MS SQL Server scripting to pull the data from third party system (but not to update data in the CRM – you should use MS CRM SDK for this purpose
• Self Implementation. This was surprising discovery for us about 3 years ago. Microsoft CRM deploys all the spectrum of Microsoft technologies: MS Exchange, Active Directory, full-text search, BizTalk, XML streams, .Net – and we see that Microsoft-oriented IT departments take an initiative and implement MS CRM with minimal outside help You can always appeal to our expertise to help you implement Microsoft CRM for your company. Give us a call: 1-630-961-5918, help@albaspectrum.com
About the author:Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies – USA nationwide Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, serving Chicago, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York, Australia, UK, Canada, Continental Europe, Russia and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( http://www.albaspectrum.com/), he is Dexterity, SQL, C##.Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK developer.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Wireless Broadband - Description
by: Jeremy Maddock
Wireless broadband is a general term that applies to any kind of technology, which allows users to download data at high speeds without using a physical wire to connect to the internet. The most popular and advanced wireless broadband technology currently available is WiMAX, which allows for fast download speeds over a long range. Wi-Fi is another popular wireless data technology, but it isn't as fast, and doesn't work outside of hotspots that are within a Local Area Network.
About the author:Jeremy Maddock is the owner of a quickly growing telecommunications news website - http://www.teleclick.ca/
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Data-Recovery: What You Need
by: Noel Matthew
Data recovery is something we hope that we will never need. Whether you simply make the mistake of deleting important software or you lose it all in a computer crash, that valuable asset of information may seem like it is lost forever. But, if you have complete and quality data-recovery software on your computer or through your system, you can be confident that it has a backup and it is there even though these things will happen to you. This can be so important when it comes to safeguarding your business or your personal information.
What people do not realize is that there are a number of ways that things can go wrong on their computers. Whether you are responsible for the computers of a large corporation, a small business or even just your own personal computer, having a way to restore information when things go wrong is quite important. Here are some things that could happen to you, well, anytime, even right now. Your computer could be running slowly or be loaded with powerful spyware that can destroy files, transmit personal data or, even worse, cause the computer to crash. All of a sudden, it’s gone. Or, you could be working along nicely without a care in the world and bam! A power surge, an electric storm or something else electrical happens and it’s all gone.
There are many more ways in which you can lose all of the personal data that is stored on your computer. You don’t even have to have the programs running to lose it. Nevertheless, many people mistakenly believe this will not happen to them and therefore do not do anything to prevent this total loss. Data recovery is necessary for this not to happen. The strange thing is, it takes only minutes to install and use and it virtually and it takes care of itself. It is not overly costly either. So, why don’t more people use data recovery? They just don’t realize its importance. And that is one mistake we don’t want to make. Data recovery is a need all computer users have.
About the author:For more information please see http://www.data-recovery-help.co.uk/
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) - Description
by: Jeremy Maddock
DSL is a type of broadband technology that allows for digital data to be sent at high speeds along already-existing copper telephone lines, while allowing for the transmission of analog (voice) data at the same time. Some of the most common variations on DSL include ADSL, HDSL, SDSL, and VDSL, all of which are considerably faster than an ordinary dialup internet connection.
About the author:Jeremy Maddock is the owner of a quickly growing telecommunications news website - http://www.teleclick.ca/
DSL is a type of broadband technology that allows for digital data to be sent at high speeds along already-existing copper telephone lines, while allowing for the transmission of analog (voice) data at the same time. Some of the most common variations on DSL include ADSL, HDSL, SDSL, and VDSL, all of which are considerably faster than an ordinary dialup internet connection.
About the author:Jeremy Maddock is the owner of a quickly growing telecommunications news website - http://www.teleclick.ca/
Monday, January 12, 2009
Data Recovery: Beginners Tips
by: Jeff Walters
Right now you probably in a lot of mental pain, and all you’re concerned about is recovering your data as quickly as possible - so we’ll refrain from comments on the wisdom of regular back ups. The time for preventative measures has gone - the issue at hand is data recovery.
First - a simple tip could save you a lot of money. Take out your rolodex and get hold of your tech-savvy friends. If you’re in luck, they’ll offer to help, and if you’re really lucky, they might even have some disk recovery software.
If you’re out of luck, then get out your wallet or purse out now... because this is going to cost you. Also, be prepared for a lot of time being wasted - data recovery can take a long time.
The first thing to establish is what exactly is wrong with your hard disk:
* Either your computer won’t boot up, or
* Your computer boots up OK but you can’t see one of your other drives.
Let’s see if we can eliminate the worst scenario. Listen closely to your hard drive - is it making any sort of weird noise, such as scratching, scraping, ticking etc?
If so, then your drive is physically damaged and the only hope that you have is to take it to a data recovery service where experts might be able to get your data off for you. These services are expensive and time consuming - so you need to make a judgement call as to the value of data on the disk:
If it’s only your saved game data or downloaded music files you would like back, you’re probably better off kicking yourself for not backing up, and accepting the data loss.
If, on the other hand, it’s a book or other type of information product that you’ve been working on for years, then send it to a data recovery service for an evaluation and quote - it usually costs nothing.
If your hard disk sounds OK, then you stand a decent chance of recovering data yourself.
First you’ll need to download some software to help you out.
Unfortunately, the better software utilities are not free, but the good news is that many allow you to try them out to see if they can access the data. There are some freeware products available but generally speaking these are not easy to use - no user interface / little documentation, or they are not very effective.
There’s a list of recommended software on our site - http://www.recoverdatafiles.com - compare the different options then download a few of the trial versions.
Your next steps will be based on how your hard drive/s were setup:
* If you only have a single hard drive that has not been partitioned or split into different “logical” drives, you’ll probably need to attach the hard drive to another computer that has enough space to store all your data. This can be quite technical so if you don’t have the skills please get a computer savvy friend to help out.
Another option is to purchase an external USB hard drive case. You can then simply slot the hard drive into the case and plug it into another PC using a USB port.
* If you have a multiple drive setup and your computer boots up fine, then it will merely be a case of getting the downloaded software to read the files and then copy them to another drive - provided you have a drive with enough space on it. If not, you’ll need to attach the hard drive to another machine with enough spare capacity.
* The scenario where you have a multiple drive setup, where the problem drive is the one that contains your operating system files is more tricky.
Look for a data recovery software package that has a boot disk option available. What this means is that when you start your computer with the boot disk in it, it will automatically run the data recovery program without trying to start windows. You should be able to see your files and then copy them across to another drive.
Hopefully these tips will enable you to get all your important files back.
Once you’ve had some time to recover, please take a look at the various articles on our website - our goal is to make it one of the best resources on data recovery.
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© 2005 Intellinova (Pty) Ltd. - All Rights Reserved
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About the author:
For the past 20 years, Jeff Walters has developed and processed analytical routines (ABC costing, CRM analytics, customer datamarts) in various data intensive sectors- banking, insurance, gambling, medical, government. Processing millions of records has its consequences - over the years, Jeff has had to recover data from several fried hard disks. Jeff can be contacted at: http://www.intellinova.com,/or http://www.recoverdatafiles.com/
Right now you probably in a lot of mental pain, and all you’re concerned about is recovering your data as quickly as possible - so we’ll refrain from comments on the wisdom of regular back ups. The time for preventative measures has gone - the issue at hand is data recovery.
First - a simple tip could save you a lot of money. Take out your rolodex and get hold of your tech-savvy friends. If you’re in luck, they’ll offer to help, and if you’re really lucky, they might even have some disk recovery software.
If you’re out of luck, then get out your wallet or purse out now... because this is going to cost you. Also, be prepared for a lot of time being wasted - data recovery can take a long time.
The first thing to establish is what exactly is wrong with your hard disk:
* Either your computer won’t boot up, or
* Your computer boots up OK but you can’t see one of your other drives.
Let’s see if we can eliminate the worst scenario. Listen closely to your hard drive - is it making any sort of weird noise, such as scratching, scraping, ticking etc?
If so, then your drive is physically damaged and the only hope that you have is to take it to a data recovery service where experts might be able to get your data off for you. These services are expensive and time consuming - so you need to make a judgement call as to the value of data on the disk:
If it’s only your saved game data or downloaded music files you would like back, you’re probably better off kicking yourself for not backing up, and accepting the data loss.
If, on the other hand, it’s a book or other type of information product that you’ve been working on for years, then send it to a data recovery service for an evaluation and quote - it usually costs nothing.
If your hard disk sounds OK, then you stand a decent chance of recovering data yourself.
First you’ll need to download some software to help you out.
Unfortunately, the better software utilities are not free, but the good news is that many allow you to try them out to see if they can access the data. There are some freeware products available but generally speaking these are not easy to use - no user interface / little documentation, or they are not very effective.
There’s a list of recommended software on our site - http://www.recoverdatafiles.com - compare the different options then download a few of the trial versions.
Your next steps will be based on how your hard drive/s were setup:
* If you only have a single hard drive that has not been partitioned or split into different “logical” drives, you’ll probably need to attach the hard drive to another computer that has enough space to store all your data. This can be quite technical so if you don’t have the skills please get a computer savvy friend to help out.
Another option is to purchase an external USB hard drive case. You can then simply slot the hard drive into the case and plug it into another PC using a USB port.
* If you have a multiple drive setup and your computer boots up fine, then it will merely be a case of getting the downloaded software to read the files and then copy them to another drive - provided you have a drive with enough space on it. If not, you’ll need to attach the hard drive to another machine with enough spare capacity.
* The scenario where you have a multiple drive setup, where the problem drive is the one that contains your operating system files is more tricky.
Look for a data recovery software package that has a boot disk option available. What this means is that when you start your computer with the boot disk in it, it will automatically run the data recovery program without trying to start windows. You should be able to see your files and then copy them across to another drive.
Hopefully these tips will enable you to get all your important files back.
Once you’ve had some time to recover, please take a look at the various articles on our website - our goal is to make it one of the best resources on data recovery.
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© 2005 Intellinova (Pty) Ltd. - All Rights Reserved
-----------------------------------------------------------
About the author:
For the past 20 years, Jeff Walters has developed and processed analytical routines (ABC costing, CRM analytics, customer datamarts) in various data intensive sectors- banking, insurance, gambling, medical, government. Processing millions of records has its consequences - over the years, Jeff has had to recover data from several fried hard disks. Jeff can be contacted at: http://www.intellinova.com,/or http://www.recoverdatafiles.com/
Friday, January 9, 2009
Data Backup - Prevention Is Better Than Cure
by: Justin Koh
Imagine that you have been working on a file for the entire day and there was a power surge that caused your computer to 'black out'. It would have been a frustrating experience for us as we had put in a lot of time and effort into it. I am sure that many of us would have experienced data loss in some form or another and have learnt to be wiser to backup our data to avoid any form of data loss.
Have you ever thought of a worst case scenario where a fire broke up and destroy your computer or where your laptop got stolen? Should that happen, the first thing that comes into your mind is the thousands of dollars that you spend on your computer or laptop and you would feel very upset about it. However, when you thought for a second moment, you started to realize that what is really valuable are the amount of data that you have built up over the years in it. Though hardware can always be replaced, even at no cost to you if you have insurance, but lost data is gone forever.
Lost data such as the thousands of mp3 and movies that you have downloaded from the Internet, thousands of digital photographs that are impossible to replace are lost in an instant. This form of data loss hits home especially hard when the laptop holds the lifeblood to your business. Imagine all your business contacts documents and contracts that you have painfully built up over the years would be vanished just like that. Your business would be wipe out overnight.
Do not wait for the worst to happen before you start to consider about data backup.
About the author:Justin Koh is the original contributor of this article for http://www.backupcenter.info/
Imagine that you have been working on a file for the entire day and there was a power surge that caused your computer to 'black out'. It would have been a frustrating experience for us as we had put in a lot of time and effort into it. I am sure that many of us would have experienced data loss in some form or another and have learnt to be wiser to backup our data to avoid any form of data loss.
Have you ever thought of a worst case scenario where a fire broke up and destroy your computer or where your laptop got stolen? Should that happen, the first thing that comes into your mind is the thousands of dollars that you spend on your computer or laptop and you would feel very upset about it. However, when you thought for a second moment, you started to realize that what is really valuable are the amount of data that you have built up over the years in it. Though hardware can always be replaced, even at no cost to you if you have insurance, but lost data is gone forever.
Lost data such as the thousands of mp3 and movies that you have downloaded from the Internet, thousands of digital photographs that are impossible to replace are lost in an instant. This form of data loss hits home especially hard when the laptop holds the lifeblood to your business. Imagine all your business contacts documents and contracts that you have painfully built up over the years would be vanished just like that. Your business would be wipe out overnight.
Do not wait for the worst to happen before you start to consider about data backup.
About the author:Justin Koh is the original contributor of this article for http://www.backupcenter.info/
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Understanding XML Server
by: Balaji B
XML Server can be a Web Server that stores the XML files in it and serves them on demand. The XML Server would have processing capabilities with an XML engine and to transform the XML document to other forms. Basically a server which hosts and serves the XML documents is called a XML Server.
There are many commercially available XML Servers in the market. The popular among them are the Tamino Server, the Sonic Server and the FDX XML Server. Though the basic functions of these servers are same the way they are implemented and the features that they support varies.
The Tamino XML Server is from Software AG and is used to publish and exchange all kinds of data especially the XML documents in the native format. It handles open standards. Leveraging on the XML technologies will improve an organizations data access.
Exchange of data between different applications on different platforms is possible using XML technologies. Hence organizations are moving on to store their data in XML format to take advantage of the XML technologies. Storing the data in XML format improves the performance of delivery and scalability of your applications with low operational and administrative costs.
In traditional relational databases, data is stored in rows and columns which can be too complex. But in the case of an XML Server such complexity is avoided and any data can be stored which includes even multimedia files and even relational data. These data can be easily retrieved at lightning speed using a Tamino XML Server.
To retrieve data that is requested by any application, XQuery is used in Tamino XML Server. This server implements the XQuery specification draft. Hence queries on the server can be issued using the internet and data can be returned in any format by using XSL style sheets. Thus the customers can manipulate the format of presentation of the data that is presented using style sheets. High speed retrieval of data is possible in XML Server.
The Tamino XML Server is robust, reliable, and scalable. It is used in mission critical environments and there is almost no failure and loss of data. It is reliable in the sense it supports backup of data that can be stored in external devices or remote devices and used in clustered environments. The number of users can be increased and the load on the server can also be increased.
The document structure can take additional elements without changing the entire structure of the data store. These characteristics of the XML Server help it to be used in mission critical environments. Developers can develop XML applications very faster by using Tamino XML Server. It can be easily integrated with application servers.
FDX XML Server is another XML Server available in the market. This product is created by Snapbridge. This server is also used to create and deploy sophisticated XML applications. XSL, XSLT and scripts are supported in this server so that data can be transformed to any format requested by the user or any other application.
Sonic XML Server is another product from Sonic software which is built upon the native XML processing engine. This helps in pipelined processing of XML documents which eliminates the need for generating intermediate xml text file for processing. This improves the speed of the transaction dramatically.
This pipelined processing of the document helps in very large and complex processing tasks to improve the speed of those tasks. The in-built engine in the Sonic XML Server enables a user to store any size of XML document in it and to query, retrieve and update that data.
We have seen that an XML Server is any server that gives an XML document as an output so that the other applications can use it for processing. The document can be delivered in any format using XSL and XSLT engines. It is possible for us to write some code in ASP which will serve an XML document to the user when they view that ASP page. We can store this code in a web server and this code can be said to be a very simple XML Server since it serves the user with an XML document.
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XML Server can be a Web Server that stores the XML files in it and serves them on demand. The XML Server would have processing capabilities with an XML engine and to transform the XML document to other forms. Basically a server which hosts and serves the XML documents is called a XML Server.
There are many commercially available XML Servers in the market. The popular among them are the Tamino Server, the Sonic Server and the FDX XML Server. Though the basic functions of these servers are same the way they are implemented and the features that they support varies.
The Tamino XML Server is from Software AG and is used to publish and exchange all kinds of data especially the XML documents in the native format. It handles open standards. Leveraging on the XML technologies will improve an organizations data access.
Exchange of data between different applications on different platforms is possible using XML technologies. Hence organizations are moving on to store their data in XML format to take advantage of the XML technologies. Storing the data in XML format improves the performance of delivery and scalability of your applications with low operational and administrative costs.
In traditional relational databases, data is stored in rows and columns which can be too complex. But in the case of an XML Server such complexity is avoided and any data can be stored which includes even multimedia files and even relational data. These data can be easily retrieved at lightning speed using a Tamino XML Server.
To retrieve data that is requested by any application, XQuery is used in Tamino XML Server. This server implements the XQuery specification draft. Hence queries on the server can be issued using the internet and data can be returned in any format by using XSL style sheets. Thus the customers can manipulate the format of presentation of the data that is presented using style sheets. High speed retrieval of data is possible in XML Server.
The Tamino XML Server is robust, reliable, and scalable. It is used in mission critical environments and there is almost no failure and loss of data. It is reliable in the sense it supports backup of data that can be stored in external devices or remote devices and used in clustered environments. The number of users can be increased and the load on the server can also be increased.
The document structure can take additional elements without changing the entire structure of the data store. These characteristics of the XML Server help it to be used in mission critical environments. Developers can develop XML applications very faster by using Tamino XML Server. It can be easily integrated with application servers.
FDX XML Server is another XML Server available in the market. This product is created by Snapbridge. This server is also used to create and deploy sophisticated XML applications. XSL, XSLT and scripts are supported in this server so that data can be transformed to any format requested by the user or any other application.
Sonic XML Server is another product from Sonic software which is built upon the native XML processing engine. This helps in pipelined processing of XML documents which eliminates the need for generating intermediate xml text file for processing. This improves the speed of the transaction dramatically.
This pipelined processing of the document helps in very large and complex processing tasks to improve the speed of those tasks. The in-built engine in the Sonic XML Server enables a user to store any size of XML document in it and to query, retrieve and update that data.
We have seen that an XML Server is any server that gives an XML document as an output so that the other applications can use it for processing. The document can be delivered in any format using XSL and XSLT engines. It is possible for us to write some code in ASP which will serve an XML document to the user when they view that ASP page. We can store this code in a web server and this code can be said to be a very simple XML Server since it serves the user with an XML document.
About the author:Want to stay current with the latest technology developments realted to XML. Visit http://www.xml-training-guide.com/ to get your FREE subscription now!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
The Function of Recruiting Database Software
by: Kent Pinkerton
Businesses must be fully staffed in order to live up to their potential. All job openings must be filled as quickly as possible with the best candidate for the job. With all of the quick decisions needed when hiring, it is important that recruiters are able to instantly access any information that they need about applicants. Recruiting database software organizes applicant information in such a way that any information on the applicants is just a few keystrokes away.
Recruiting database software can store and organize all of an applicant’s information in several different ways. These programs add applicants’ resumes to a database where they are stored for future viewing. Recruiters are able to access the entire database at any time. They can look at an applicant’s entire resume, or they can look at particular parts of the resume, like the contact information or previous job experience.
The resumes are stored in such a way that recruiters can filter out the particular information that they need. For example, if a recruiter wants to look at all applicants who have a master’s degree, the recruiting database software can show them a list of applicants whose resumes mention having a master’s degree. Or if the recruiter needs to fill a position extremely quickly, they can search for applicants who live nearby and would not need to relocate. Recruiting database software can filter out unqualified applicants. If applicants do not have particular qualifications such as relevant work experience or a college degree the software can mark these resumes so that the recruiter is aware of what these applicants lack. Recruiting database software programs are a great addition to any company that hires new employees. Firms that do their own recruiting benefit from the streamlined organization that this software provides. Professional recruitment and staffing companies can save a significant amount of time and money by utilizing recruiting database software.
About the author:Recruiting Software Info provides detailed information about executive, physician, personnel, and call center recruiting software, as well as recruiting database software, recruiting tracking software, and recruiting software reviews. Recruiting Software Info is the sister site of Help Desk Software Web.
Businesses must be fully staffed in order to live up to their potential. All job openings must be filled as quickly as possible with the best candidate for the job. With all of the quick decisions needed when hiring, it is important that recruiters are able to instantly access any information that they need about applicants. Recruiting database software organizes applicant information in such a way that any information on the applicants is just a few keystrokes away.
Recruiting database software can store and organize all of an applicant’s information in several different ways. These programs add applicants’ resumes to a database where they are stored for future viewing. Recruiters are able to access the entire database at any time. They can look at an applicant’s entire resume, or they can look at particular parts of the resume, like the contact information or previous job experience.
The resumes are stored in such a way that recruiters can filter out the particular information that they need. For example, if a recruiter wants to look at all applicants who have a master’s degree, the recruiting database software can show them a list of applicants whose resumes mention having a master’s degree. Or if the recruiter needs to fill a position extremely quickly, they can search for applicants who live nearby and would not need to relocate. Recruiting database software can filter out unqualified applicants. If applicants do not have particular qualifications such as relevant work experience or a college degree the software can mark these resumes so that the recruiter is aware of what these applicants lack. Recruiting database software programs are a great addition to any company that hires new employees. Firms that do their own recruiting benefit from the streamlined organization that this software provides. Professional recruitment and staffing companies can save a significant amount of time and money by utilizing recruiting database software.
About the author:Recruiting Software Info provides detailed information about executive, physician, personnel, and call center recruiting software, as well as recruiting database software, recruiting tracking software, and recruiting software reviews. Recruiting Software Info is the sister site of Help Desk Software Web.
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