Data Recovery Forum Questions Answered PST Recovery and Hard Drive Not Detected

So I trolled the Internet for topics to write about and found tons of forums with very good questions not being answered so I am going to post the questions and then give you the best possible answer I cam up with. Q: Yesterday I was cleaning out … [Read more...]

Do It Yourself Dual LCD Monitor Stand

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Cheap Do-It-Yourself Dual LCD Monitor Stand OK, so I was really wanting a dual monitor stand for my two LCD flat panel monitors, mainly to get them up off the desk more to give myself more desk space and to raise them up higher.  The cheapest I … [Read more...]

Speed Clone For Windows Released

DTI Data Recovery continues its excellence in software development by releasing Speed Clone for Windows. The new Speed Clone download package includes the Windows version as well as a bootable DOS ISO for cloning hard drives that are registered in … [Read more...]

Windows Surface Scanner Freeware Utility

Several times a week DTI Data receives calls from clients describing a situation where their computer seems to ‘freeze’ or ‘lock-up’ on boot up.   No matter what they try the system will no longer boot and they receive a Blue Screen of … [Read more...]

A Recovery Solution from the NTFS File System

I started programming almost thirty years ago.  I cut my teeth on the ATARI 400 and stayed in that venue for almost two years.  After awhile though, I came to realize that although the ATARI and its design were simple and powerful, if I were to … [Read more...]

What is a Hard Drive Boot Sector?

A common misunderstanding is that because a hard drive is not a boot drive it does not have or need a boot sector, this just isn't the case. All DOS based (Windows) hard drives have a boot sector. It is often also confused with the MBR (Master Boot … [Read more...]

Damaged Hard Drive Recovery

When a hard drive is damaged it almost always comes down to one of two things that are wrong. Either the electronics are bad or the heads have failed. Damaged hard drive recovery involves repairing the parts that are broken and then accessing the … [Read more...]

How To Recover Data from Your Teens Cell Phone

I have a lot of customers who are wanting to be able recover data from their child's cell phone. With all the news lately about teens being convicted of child pornography I find it to be a valid worry. In the case of MOST phones when you teen takes … [Read more...]

Missing Email in Outlook Express and How to Get it Back

Up until recently it had been the general thought that after an archive or compression in Outlook Express that if you had lost email you were just out of luck. I recently found that when Outlook is doing this compression/archiving that it move you … [Read more...]

New Hard Drive Recovery Tools From DTI

DTI Data is happy to announce new hard drive recoverytools, for professionals and users alike. We have always had the best in Freeware data recovery software, and these new tools are no different. In today's marketplace, home users are as likely to … [Read more...]

Hard Drive Recovery Comes To You

DTI Data  a global data recovery company has created unique new technology that allows users that have suffered data loss, to have their operating system and data put back to where it was prior to the problem! We have been performing remote data … [Read more...]

Removing Attachments from Outlook Messages

Here is a simple trick that not a lot of people are aware of. If you are anything like me, you probably keep ALL incoming and outgoing email, just in case you need to go back and reference something either you sent to somebody or they sent to you. … [Read more...]

Reload Windows Restore CD Hard Drive Data Recovery

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...]

My Book is Not Being Seen by Windows

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Ok so the most popular external drives on the market have to be the My Book and The Passport. I get a ton of calls every week about them, and I don't believe it is because it is not a good product but more because they are being SO widely used. So … [Read more...]

My Files Have Disappeared

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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...]

How To Use Windows Disk Manager Video

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...]

Hard Drive Recovery Myths Debunked

If you have had a hard drive problem then sure enough you have done some searching on the Internet and seen some startling revelations about hard drive recovery. My personal favorite is :it is safe to put your hard drive in the freezer over night"! … [Read more...]

Storage Wars – Hard Drives Reach 2TB – Good or Bad

And in this corner... The hard drive Storage Wars have been heating up lately as Western Digital and Seagate battle it out for not only the largest capacity disks, but they are also going green! Western Digital went as far as to name it's new 2TB … [Read more...]

How To Remove A Laptop Hard Drive

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So here is a little tutorial on how to remove a laptop hard drive. I only have Dell's in my little arsenal but the method should be the same across the board no matter what laptop you have. The only exception I will make that is with the dell I use … [Read more...]

Blue Screen Of Death How To Restore Windows Config Missing Corrupt

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...]