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Recover your disaster strike!
Introduction: yesterday, my hard drive had died right in-front of my screen! But, I’ve managed to recover my Novel and my project without running around like a total maniac. So what did I do? I just swap my wrecked hard drive with a new one! After that, I install WindowsXP Sp3 and install all of the updates with my CMD scripts.
Six hours later with the updates and repair, I grabbed my other hard drive – use it as a slave and ran these software to recover my data. The entire scanning – process, it will only take 4 – 5 hours, if you have a Pentium Dual-Core processor with a 1Gb Memory (Ram). However, if you’re using “PC Inspector – File Recovery,” you will need to scan each sectors by range. So, if you failed to follow my advice, there is a chance that your recovery process, it will hang itself or crash unsuspectingly. Therefore, you will need to scan each sector and recover anything before you continue with the other sector.
Example: first, you need to scan sector 1-3681 and recover anything in that area. After that, you can continue and scan sector 3681-5332. Get the idea?
So, which application did you use?
In my recovery process, I use “Pandora Recovery Tools” and “PC Inspector File Recovery”. These applications support FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems, and, they will do anything to recover your images, files and folders. However, in most occasion, you cannot identify your file name or description. So, will need to recover the entire lot and check each files for yourself.
What is the difference between “Pandora” and “PC Inspector?”
When I was using Pandora Recovery tools, I was amazed that it can scan hidden files, encrypted files, compressed files without much trouble. It can also retrieve lost images, documents, movies, or any other type of files (ie: .psd, docx, mp3 and ect). However, there is a slight problem! According to my research, this recovery application can only read “NTFS, NTFS5, NTFS/EFS, FAT16 and FAT32″ partition. So, in other words, this application doesn’t support FAT12 systems!
On the other hand, PC inspector is a little more powerful and it supports “FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS” partition. But, it will not read “NTFS5 and NTFS/EFS” partition. But, strangely enough, it can also recovers files, even when a header – entry is corrupted or no longer available.
Notes: This application can also recover special file, like: “.avi, .bmp, .cdr, .docx and .dxf.”
Anything else to wrap this up?
In future, please backup your hard drive and use a recovery program to access your partition (outside Windows). I would recommend you to get a copy of this software: Paragon Backup & Recovery (Free).
Here is the link to Paragon Download Area: Click Here!
Mirror: Click Here!
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NTFS Partition Preview
Introduction: NTFS is a short term for “NT File System”, where NT refers to Microsoft Windows NT and means “New Technologies”. Nevertheless, it is the best file system available for Windows OS.
Here is a list of advantages, when you’re using NTFS format.
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NTFS supports compression of individual files and folders, which can be read and written while they are compressed.
NTFS is a recoverable file system, meaning, it has the ability to undo or redo operations that failed due to such problems as system failure or power loss.
NTFS supports Macintosh files.
NTFS programs can trap open operations against objects in the file systems, and execute their own code before returning file data. This ability can be used to extend file system features, such as mount points, which you can use to redirect data read and written from a folder to another volume or physical disk.
NTFS allows programs to create very large files, but to consume disk space only as needed.
NTFS contains smaller RAM footprint to avoid large FAT held in RAM. But, it also has a 4k – cluster size, which matches the processor’s natural paging size.
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How to convert FAT 32 to NTFS.
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Go to Start >> Accessories >> Command Prompt…
Alternative: You can also go to Start >> Run >> type CMD within the Run Box.
Assuming you intend to convert C:, just give the command:
Vol C:
Notes: The name of the disk in the first line, and the Volume Serial Number (for example, 3F4E-2D1B) in the second. Then type:
CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS
Warning: Please read the info from the command lines after the initial coding…
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