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Hard Disk Errors vs. Hard Disk Failure
It is common for a hard disk to run in to errors when it is reading data.
02 / 15 / 2013 Joe Keeley
Data Recovery After Failed Repartitioning
Dividing a single disk into multiple partitions is a cost-effective way to implement multiple file systems on the same physical drive. This lets you treat each partition as a different drive with its own drive letter, its own file structure and even its own operating system.
09 / 29 / 2012 Steve Grant
In Linux and Unix operating systems, there is a folder at the root called /lost+found. This is a special folder created and used by the system and is used to store bits of data that are “unlinked” from the file system.
12 / 28 / 2012 Andre Barton
Recovering Lost or Deleted Data from Microsoft OneDrive
How to delete files that have been deleted from your Microsoft OneDrive account.
09 / 24 / 2016 J.R. Johnivan
Recovering Data from a Failed RAID 5
While RAID 5 protects against downtime and data loss caused by a single failed hard dive in the array, a RAID 5 remains vulnerable to other causes of data, such as virus attacks, accidental deletion, file system corruption, power outages, and user error. Recovering data from a RAID volume—particularly one that is corrupted—is significantly more difficult than recovering data from a single, independent disk.
09 / 10 / 2012 Steve Grant
Recovering a Corrupted Microsoft Access Database
A brief primer on the different kinds of corruption commonly seen in Microsoft Access and how to address such issues.
08 / 30 / 2013 J.R. Johnivan
Tips for Recovering from the Cloud
With more data being stored in the cloud, it's important to know how to recover it.
03 / 11 / 2017 Chris Connor