Data Recovery Resources and RAID How To Guides
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Ever hear of DblSpace (dos hard drive compression)? Maybe you heard of DrvSpace? I know, how about Stacker, everyone has heard of Stacker. No? Well if you haven’t heard of these it might be because these file system handlers were used … [Read more...]
I have been doing technical support for DTI Data Recovery for 3+ years now and there has been one constant problem across those years. Here is the scenario, a user will plug in an external hard drive and back off all of their important data to … [Read more...]
Recently I have had a situation where customers are calling to tell me that they have files that seem to have disappeared. After going through the usual questions, like are you sure you didn't delete them, or maybe someone else deleted them? I will … [Read more...]
Below is another new video from Jacqui Best on how to use Windows Disk Manager. This useful tool that is part of all Windows operating systems, can be very useful for data recovery software users, as well as for people that may need hard drive … [Read more...]
Blue Screen of Death C:\windows\system32\config\system missing or corrupt. If you have turned your PC on and received this message the problem can be solved with the following steps. However, before beginning, it is very important to note that … [Read more...]
External USB hard drive devices have been a real 'boon' for the hard drive recovery industry. From the fact that they dissipate heat poorly, they are susceptible to vibration, and your dog walking past your computer happily wagging its tail can … [Read more...]
So here is the deal, I would say in about 99 percent of the calls I take, I talk about the "System Area Of The Hard Drive" and I am sure that must seem like techno babble to most people. Because of the specialization of this field of technology, a … [Read more...]
Spyware, Viruses, and Malware - What you may not know. (Part 2 - How they work and how to locate them.) Welcome back to my series of articles that pertain to Spyware, Malware, and Viruses and what you may not know about them. In my first article, I … [Read more...]
Spyware and Malware protection and removal and what you MAY not know! I have had the luxury of being in some sort of IT Industry in one way or another for the last 17 years of my life. I have worked in fields from standard PSTN Telecom, to basic … [Read more...]
Windows Explorer: How to change files from Being Hidden In my last windows explorer tutorial I explained how to open Windows Explorer, now I will start showing some of the functions people need to know. A lot of time a file we are looking for just … [Read more...]
A lot of times when I am speaking to customers I need them to make changes to their files or look at their files in a specific way. I will often tell someone to open Windows Explorer and tell me what they see. In many occasion I have had customers … [Read more...]
This is just a mini tutorial on how to uninstall software you no longer want or need and is taking up valuable room on your hard disk. So, step by step this is what you need to do. 1.   Click Start 2.   After the start menu pops open … [Read more...]
I have recently written a lot of articles about Microsoft’s new Operating System, Windows Vista. My articles have ranged from the different versions of Vista that Microsoft has developed and now offers, to the internal workings of Vista’s … [Read more...]
You might think that disaster recovery only applies to large companies or businesses. As far as I'm concerned, if I lost all the pictures of my kids or all my recipes, that would be a major disaster! It isn't enough to have a plan but you must TEST … [Read more...]
DTI's premium data recovery software DART has been proven to work on all versions of Windows Vista. When DTI created DART they had Vista in mind. We have received a ton of emails asking about Vista's file system and likely future service pack … [Read more...]
I take a lot of time to evaluate, what the most frequent Technical support calls I receive are. After a thorough evaluation I have noticed that I receive an inordinate amount of calls referencing the go back or system restore feature that many of the … [Read more...]
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 VMFS File System Reconstruction (Part 4) In the last three installments we have taken … [Read More...]
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 In the last two sections we covered the coarser portions of the VMFS file system. First … [Read More...]
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 In the first installment of our explanation of rebuilding the VMFS file system from a … [Read More...]
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 Recently DTI Data received a challenge in the form of a VMWare ESXi 5.1 server which … [Read More...]
File Data Recovery Guide Problem: A file that you now need has been deleted from your hard drive data on the C … [Read More...]
RAID Configuration: 4 Seagate Barracuda Green 2 TB SATA hard drives (model ST2000DL003) configured as a RAID 5 connected to … [Read More...]
Serial attached SCSI devices have been a high speed blessing to the SAN, NAS, and Enterprise Storage Array class of systems. … [Read More...]
Recently DTI Data received an interesting question about the values stored in the Master File Table. The question referenced … [Read More...]
Common Toshiba Hard Drive Failures All mechanical devices will fail sooner or later. Hard drives fail for various reasons. … [Read More...]
The Mysterious Case of the Missing File System Sometimes there is just no way to ascertain the events leading up to the … [Read More...]
Recently I received a set of drives that were originally in a RAID 5 (stripe set) configuration. These drives were old … [Read More...]
A common hard drive fault that I think most of us have run in to at one time or another is : “You Need to Format the Disk … [Read More...]
Hard Drive Problem #1: The hard drive is not showing up in “My Computer†or in Windows Explorer (not to be confused … [Read More...]
It's that time of year again! DTI Data is proud to announce our 2011 iPod Touch Holiday Giveaway! If you or someone you … [Read More...]
As Hurricane Irene approaches our shores we thought it a good idea to revisit the topic of how to package your hard drive for … [Read More...]
As home and business computer users have to cope with a rapidly increasing amount of information, data storage is becoming … [Read More...]
I have had this problem that has been plaguing me for a very long time. Google’s webmaster tools has been reporting … [Read More...]
Hard drive recovery is a very broad term. However, data recovery companies use it to describe a situation where the hard … [Read More...]
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE WINDOWS HARD DRIVE RECOVERY VERIFICATION TOOL We receive a tremendous amount of calls asking … [Read More...]
The truth of the matter is; you can't repair bad sectors on a hard drive. Receiving ‘Bad Read’ errors or I/O errors from … [Read More...]
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