Tuesday's Tech Tips: Recover That Lost Data! PDF Print E-mail

From a single lost file to a data loss disaster, there are a variety of free and commercial tools and services that may help recover some or all of your lost data.

Links mentioned in this week's Tuesday's Tech Tips:

PhotoRec (Free, GPL):
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec


Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier (Freeware):
http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29

Piriform Recuva (Freeware):
http://www.piriform.com/recuva


Gibson Research Corporation SpinRite (Commercial):
http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm


Active Backup + Recovery
http://www.callactive.com/index.php/products-and-services/active-backup-and-recovery


Music:

BS - E_volution
From the album "Best of":
http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/56529
Creative Commons Licensed CC-BY 3.0

Images:

.| Future |. by Clix
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/487218/
Stock.xchng License

Broken Floppy
by burnedice
Stock.xchng License

Broken CD
by kevinrosseel
MorgueFile License

Burn Baby Burn
by tvvoodoo
Stock.xchng License

Get In
by Jomagam
Stock.xchng License

Broken Window
by clarita
MorgueFile License

Car Explosion
by clarita
MorgueFile License

Explosion
by nasirkhan
MorgueFile License

Flood
by kconners
MorgueFile License

Lightning in Arlington
by Postdlf
GFDL License

Operation Castle: ROMEO
by the US Department of Energy
Public Domain

Hurricane Katrina
by NOAA
Public Domain

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