How to check the smart status of a drive you believe is failing using ubuntu linux.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msb2ZLrBoYw&feature=player_detailpage To make a ubuntu cd-rom, … [Read more...]

Update of death – Vista… !!0xc01a001d!! 37398/94614 (\Registry\Machine\Components\deriveddat…)

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Had a customer today with the update of death for Vista. I searched thousands of articles about … [Read more...]

How to Handle Boot Sector Corruption using windows.

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Question: I just ghosted my vista laptop 120 Gigabyte hard disk over to a brand new 640 Gigabyte … [Read more...]

How do I recover from a home NAS (Network Attached Storage) box?

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Question: I have an Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive, 1TB, and lately I can't access the data … [Read more...]

SSD – Solid State Disks and Data Recovery.

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I've played with these devices and found the same results as described in this article on data … [Read more...]

How to clone a drive with bad sectors (Sector by sector copy)

First, let me say this, leave it to the professionals if your data is critical. I do NOT recommend … [Read more...]

Video about Identity Theft and your old hard disk / computer

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Installing a Raid on a SC420 right now.

I thought I might write some generic instructions that might be helpful if anyone attempts this on … [Read more...]

My criteria for selecting a data recovery specialist

How much experience do their technicians have? (I have 20 years) What is their success rate? … [Read more...]

Ten ways to avoid needing to use data recovery services.

Backup, Backup, Backup. Use a good offsite backup service and maintain good onsite backups. I have … [Read more...]

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