January, 2009 | DataRecoveryUnion.com

FAT (File Allocation Table) A data table stored at the beginning of each partition on the disk that is used by the operating system to determine which sectors are allocated to each file and in what order. Fdisk A software utility used to partition a hard drive.…

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Memories of the Computer Anatomy

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM15 years ago11 years ago02 mins

Hard drives are the memories of our computers. They store documents, data, voice recordings and even entire movies. Because hard drives are so spacious and efficient these days, we can start to believe that they offer permanent and secure storage for our data.…

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The New Media for Small and Medium Sized Storage Solutions

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM15 years ago11 years ago06 mins

When small to medium-sized users need more storage capacity and faster backups than they can achieve with 8mm or DDS backups, there are two new formats to choose from. Digital Linear Tape (DLT) systems have been available since 1985, but recent increases in both speed and capacity have given the technology a new lease on life.…

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Virus Protection Key to Healthy Computing

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM15 years ago11 years ago03 mins

Computer viruses are proving to be highly complex but preventing viruses from infecting your computer systems is simple. Use two well-known brands of anti-virus software and keep them as current as possible. Beyond that, there are some simple, common sense procedures that everyone should use, whether at work or in the home computing environment.…

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Top 10 Data Recovery Bloopers

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM15 years ago11 years ago04 mins

1. People Are the Problem, Not Technology Disk drives today are typically reliable – human beings aren’t. A recent study found that approximately 15 percent of all unplanned downtime occurs because of human error. 2. When Worlds Collide The company’s high-level IT executives purchased a “Cadillac” system, without knowing much about it.…

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HTML files and Text Files

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM15 years ago11 years ago01 mins

After all known compound file formats have been carved, their sectors are bookmarked and removed from consideration as possibly belonging to text, HTML or any other files. Using the “gather text” feature of X-Ways Forensics (or similar feature from a variety of existing forensic tools), text was extracted from the remaining sectors not bookmarked.…

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JPEG Files

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM15 years ago3 years ago07 mins

Next we will look at carving JPEG graphic files, as specified in the document “Description of Exif file format.” For complete details of the file format specification, please refer to the hyperlink to the document, listed on page 1 of this paper.…

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MS Compound Document Files

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM15 years ago3 years ago19 mins

(Includes documents, spreadsheets, templates and other MS office files) Next we will look at carving MS Compound Document (and spreadsheet) files, as specified in the document “Open Office.org’s Documentation of the Microsoft Compound Document File Format.” For complete details of the file format specification, please refer to the hyperlink to the document, listed on page 1 of this paper.…

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Zip Files

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM15 years ago3 years ago09 mins

The first compound file format that we will look are Zip files, as specified in the document “APPNOTE.TXT – .ZIP File Format Specification”, revision date January 6, 2006 from PKWARE,Inc. For complete details of the file format specification, please refer to the hyperlink to the document, listed on page 1. …

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Top 10 Data Recovery Companies

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM15 years ago3 years ago010 mins

Choosing a data recovery company can be risky business. If your hard drive fails, you’re up a creek without a paddle. There’s not a really good way to get the data off of your drive yourself, provided that it’s physically damaged, so if you can afford it, your only real option is a data recovery service; however, the industry has a lot of imposters and a lot of scam artists.…

January 2009

Glossary of Hard Disk Drive Terminology (Letter F)