Recovering deleted/lost files on a Windows system is easy to do as there are plenty of software (both paid and free file recovery apps) that allows you to do so like a CSI expert. But what about Linux?
Recently my Linux hard disk crashed on me and it was then that I discovered that there was a limited choice of data recovery tools that I could use on my Linux system. In my desperate attempt to revive my hard disk (and the data on it), I came across these two great pieces of software TestDisk and PhotoRec that single-handedly saved my hard disk.
How many people out there have deleted something by accident, or if not by accident, have you ever deleted something out of anger (like your ex-girlfriend’s pictures)? No hands? Well, if you don’t want to admit it haven’t done it, you will need the program Undelete Plus in case you ever do it in the future.
Undelete Plus is a free file recovery utility that easily brings back those files that somehow got lost or ended up deleted by some random occurrence.
So how many coasters do you have that started life as critical backup CD/DVD’s? Or the CD/DVD’s that you entrusted to store a lifetime of photo memories? Well if you’re like most of us, you may have more than one.
As a long term file storage medium, CD/DVD’s are, in effect, all-purpose, durable and generally inexpensive. The difficulty in relying on this storage medium however is they aren’t always as reliable as we sometimes seem to think.
| While working on a project that requires a lot of writing - like coding, or authoring a book - it is a good idea to make backups or even better, maintain a sort of version control so that you can go back in time to see changes you’ve made to an article.
In Windows you have a few options to do this. If you are writing in Microsoft Word, then you can use “track changes” as a sort of version control. This will give you the ability to look back at the changes you have made to your writing. However this only works for certain kinds of work. |
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the scenario in TV crime shows. The cop is at a dead end and the evidence needed to nail the bad guy has been deleted off the hard-drive. Enter a geeky computer technician, wearing a Ghostbusters T-shirt and muttering techno-speak and whammo, before the cop can finish his doughnut and coffee, all the deleted information is retrieved and printed out. Conviction, serious prison time, end of TV show, time for CSI Miami on the other channel.
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