NTFS vs exFAT vs FAT32: What is the Difference and How to Choose the Right Format
A file system is a way of organizing data on various media. It determines where and how files on the media will be recorded. Also, the file system gives the operating system access to these files. How can you choose the right type of file system when it comes to formatting a USB drive? How to change the format of your USB drive from FAT to NTFS to exFAT or FAT32? What is the difference between NTFS and exFAT? In this article, we want to answer... Read the article
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- June 1, 2017
We would like to draw your attention to the main causes why files are lost. This article may help you reduce or avoid the risk of losing important information. 1. Accidental deletion of files Every day, we update or delete files without creating any backups. Many people do not even see loss of data as real risk in their everyday work. However, every day people accidentally delete important files or overwrite the wrong parts of them. 2. Viruses... Read the article
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- May 25, 2017
How to recover data from an SSD drive
There are many advantages that SSDs have over traditional mechanical hard disk drives (HDD). The main list includes the speed of reading and writing information, resistance to mechanical damage and low power consumption. The main disadvantages include high price and a short time to failure. An SSD consists of a control unit and a memory unit (a FLASH chip and a DRAM chip). The SSD drive can be widely used as a portable hard drive, micro hard... Read the article
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- May 19, 2017
Recovering Data from VMWare Images
Virtual machines are everywhere. In Web hosting environments, they are used as protected containers sandboxing data that belongs to customers sharing the same physical server. In corporate environments, virtual machines are used for additional security and the added convenience of deploying, managing and backing up computers. Developers use virtual machines to isolate code. Virtual machines are frequently used at homes to isolate untrusted... Read the article
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- April 18, 2017
Windows 10 Changes Recovery Mechanism, Becomes More Susceptible to Data Corruption
There is, however, another change in Windows 10 that makes the system somewhat more prone to failures while making recovery potentially riskier. Let’s have a look at what changed in the Windows 10 recovery mechanism, how this can affect system stability and recoverability and what you can do to ensure continuous trouble-free operation. Windows Recovery Partition: The Old-Fashioned Way Since Windows 7, OEM Windows installs maintained a dedicated... Read the article
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- December 20, 2016
Android Data Recovery: How Things Work
In the previous article we began to consider the theme of the operating system Android. The first thing to know about Android is it’s actually Linux. Okay, it’s more than “just” Linux, with lots of stuff on top of the bare OS, but all the low-level stuff in all Android devices is handled by Linux. Why does it matter? Two things. First, when it comes to internal storage, Linux uses a range of proprietary file systems such as “ext4” and “f2fs”... Read the article
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- October 21, 2016