Data
Recovery - What Not to Do!
Data recovery is a tricky thing, and if you've
somehow deleted or had your important files corrupted
or lost due to human error, business espionage,
faulty hardware or software or any other reason;
the good news is that your lost data is probably
recoverable. This article will show you a few
things NOT to do when an event such as this occurs.
Don't run the drive anymore, or use the device.
(MP3, portable storage, camera card, whatever)
If you think it won't hurt to even just poke around
the internet for a solution to this mess you've
made/found, you're wrong! Don't install or run
anything on the drive you hope to recover data
from. Only access this drive again from a healthy
PC with the software solution you're going to
use. Since files are overwritten in the order
they've been deleted, the last files that have
been excised from your drive will be the first
to be lost permanently. Even just surfing, with
all the cookies and temporary internet files that
are always being generated will often doom the
process without you even knowing about it.
Don't use tools that may reside on your computer,
such as Scandisk, or a boot record utility, as
these will probably overwrite exactly the files
you're seeking to get back.
In short, be careful! Your data may very well
be recoverable, as long as you don't do something
to erase it forever! Find a good data recovery
software solution, and then follow the instructions
to the letter, and you'll more than likely live
to see your lost data return!
Keith Thompson is the webmaster at
Data Recovery Service a site cenetered around
helping you get back your lost data! |
