Comments on: Data Recovery Done Free–Or Nearly Free http://gigaom.com/collaboration/data-recovery-done-free-or-nearly-free/ Fri, 25 May 2012 14:14:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joseph http://gigaom.com/collaboration/data-recovery-done-free-or-nearly-free/#comment-68615 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:37:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1757#comment-68615 Please take a look here:
NT File Recovery – freeware and work quickly. These guys propose also My Flash Recovery, $29.95, find deleted files after formatting

]]> By: Joe K http://gigaom.com/collaboration/data-recovery-done-free-or-nearly-free/#comment-68614 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:38:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1757#comment-68614 I’ve used SpinRite by GRC on a number of machines, and they’ve recovered the problem drive.

]]> By: Business Hacks mobile edition http://gigaom.com/collaboration/data-recovery-done-free-or-nearly-free/#comment-68613 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:00:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1757#comment-68613 [...] you prefer cheap, check out Web Worker Daily’s roundup of free (or nearly free) tools for recovering data from problem drives. For example: Roadkil’s Unstoppable Copier is a free file recovery [...]

]]> By: Recht Zauberer http://gigaom.com/collaboration/data-recovery-done-free-or-nearly-free/#comment-68612 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:49:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1757#comment-68612 Another option for deleted files or other logical errors is Easy Recovery which is made by Ontrack Data Recovery (www.ontrack.com).

Bob is right though, be careful what you do with the utility software, it can ruin your chances for a full recovery from a data recovery company.

If the data is critical, image the drive or drives to new drive(s) and work on the copies.

]]> By: Bob Palmer http://gigaom.com/collaboration/data-recovery-done-free-or-nearly-free/#comment-68611 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:16:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1757#comment-68611 Utility software is great when used in a preventive mode. But they can also destroy your chances of getting good data back. I know DriveSavers very well and they are the safest way to get back critical files when a hard drive has died or suffered extreme damage.

]]> By: dave http://gigaom.com/collaboration/data-recovery-done-free-or-nearly-free/#comment-68610 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:29:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1757#comment-68610 Another good utility for recovery and just general maintenance is an app called SpinRite from grc.org. The application has been around for a long time and Steve Gibson, the author, is very well-respected in the industry. I think it will run you about $79, but it’s not just for recovery, it’s also to tell you when your disk is nearing failure so that you don’t NEED to perform recovery!

]]> By: robert http://gigaom.com/collaboration/data-recovery-done-free-or-nearly-free/#comment-68609 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:53:24 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1757#comment-68609 While not exactly ‘recovery’, I like RAID 1 for its simplicity. Two drives mirrored in real time. Often, everything is already on the motherboard, just needs a second drive installed and settings made.

The one time I’ve had a disk failure that would have caused data loss, it was a quick fix to replace the defective drive after a trip to the computer store.

Though neither are the same as frequent backups, preferably off-site. Or stashed in a hidden folder on your website. Or at least email yourself attachments to an account that keeps files on a remote server.

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