Hard drive failure is like a swift kick in your wounded leg when you’re trying to limp to safety. It happens without much warning and can rob you of important files, family pictures, and anything else you have stored on your computer. Unfortunately, hard drive failure is going to happen. »

Data storage is a crucial part of a computer’s function. Once you’ve completed a document, uploaded pictures, or downloaded games or music it all has to go somewhere. Computer hard drives fail, which means that the smart computer user will have a data storage backup they use to keep their »

If you’re a fan of crime dramas like CSI, NCIS, The Mentalist, Law & Order, and all of their spin off shows, you have probably watched an episode during which the perpetrator has hidden important information on some sort of data storage device; information that can save someone’s life or »

5 Reasons Why Your Small Business Needs Data Backup Business receipts, credit card statements, loan documents, inventory lists, vendor invoices, payroll information, employee records and documentation, marketing ideas, permits, product information, and customer receipts; these are all pieces of information that are required for a business to run effectively. As »

Family photos, professional photos, hobby photos, and photos that are just for fun are all loaded safe and sound on your hard drive. While hard drives can be secure and large enough to hold the amount of pictures you upload, the problems arise when your computer is compromised (your hard »

Hard drive failure is a common occurrence, especially since so many people have computers. Fortunately, hard drives are in good supply with most of your local or online tech stores. Unfortunately, many of the problems with hard drive failures arise before you have the chance to swap out the failed »

When your laptop hard drive fails, replacement is one of the simplest options, and let’s face it, you want things to be simple, quick, and easy. Before you can replace your laptop hard drive you need to find one and that means undertaking a search that may leave your head »

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. These will appear in the lost+found folder after a »

Losing work in progress due to user error, power outage, system failure or other issues can be extremely frustrating. Although many productivity suites have autorecovery features, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Windows Live Writer, Microsoft Powerpoint and others, there are a few cases where the autorecover function does not provide »

When hard drives fail on a server or desktop computer, it’s fairly simply to remove the hard disk drive and connect it to a working machine in order to perform a data recovery. Laptop hard drives pose more of a challenge, however. Most laptops, ultraportables, netbooks, notebooks, ultrabooks, tablet computers »

Shipping hardware—especially failed hard disks which may contain confidential data—is costly and risky. But on the other hand, dispatching your technicians into the field or across the country can be time-consuming and, again, costly. For simple application and operating system troubleshooting, remote support and desktop sharing allow technicians to remedy »

When courting a data recovery company, there is some misinformation that can be spread that is to the service provider’s advantage. This misinformation isn’t always propagated due to unscrupulous greed. Rather, some companies with high tech facilities and clean rooms may have a tendency to assess problems based on the »

Thunderbolt is a new connector developed by Apple and Intel. Thunderbolt is a single peripheral connection technology that combines audio, video, data and power. This is in contrast to USB, which only carries data and power. In addition, Thunderbolt is also touted as being incredibly fast compared to both USB »

If you are a business, data can be your most valuable asset. At home, your data includes your treasured memories as well as your important financial documents and history. The data on your home or business PC is easily as valuable as some of the items that you insure from »

When it comes to buying an external or internal hard drive for backup purposes, it doesn’t make sense to skimp. As a backup drive, this is where all your important data will be stored, possibly for a few years or more. Your backup drive is your last resort in case »

When choosing media for your backup solution, there are four major options to choose from: external hard disk drives, USB flash drives, network drives and online storage services. Each one of these options has its own pros and cons in terms of price, features and ease of use. 'External Hard »

A lot of devices use memory cards, whether it is your camera or your phone. They can also be used as alternatives to USB sticks to allow for convenient data transfer. These little storage cards probably hold a lot of valuable data that you’d be sad to lose, like a »

It is more than likely that your digital camera and mobile phone has a memory card inside of it. Among other devices, they can also be used in video game consoles and MP3 players. These little cards have been around since the 90s and are a form of flash memory »

It’s a nightmare, but one that definitely can become reality. One day you could turn on your computer and find that you cannot access your files anymore. All your music, photos and important documents are now lost forever, right? Not necessarily. It is possible to perform emergency data recovery and »

Backup and Restore is a program that was first included in Windows Vista. It can be found in the Control Panel, or by simply searching for it on the start menu. As the name suggests, the utility allows users to create backups of their systems to a different drive (like »

A backup set is a group of files that are selected from a single resource (like a Microsoft Exchange dataset, for example) and joined together when a backup job is run. It is a convenient way of controlling a backup schedule, its size and the number of files included. When »

External hard drives are becoming more affordable everyday and are often used by consumers when the main, internal drive has run out of storage space. External drives also offer the luxury of portability, meaning that you can plug it into another computer and instantly have access to all the data. »

A lot of users get confused when it comes to understanding what the Windows utility System Restore actually does. The number one thing to emphasize is that it will not bring back any of your personal files such as Word documents or emails. This is something that the Backup and »

A business of any size should always be backing up their data. It sounds like an obvious statement, but you’d be surprised at how many do not. Whether it caused by anything from error to natural disaster, loss of data can have severe consequences on a business – on the »

You may have come across the terms ‘cloning’ and ‘imaging’ in the past. Indeed, it’s not difficult to become confused about the distinction between the two. This is especially a problem when programs will use the words interchangeably. So what is the difference between cloning and imaging? Both methods can »