2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
If you need a program to recover data, then something really important is missing. This rarely happens, but aptly, and it is better to be prepared for such situations. We will tell you how not to lose valuable information and how to get it back.
How not to lose data
You will never have to spend money on recovery programs and deal with them if you take care of the safety of important data in advance. Making backups is a very good habit and the best way to save money, time and frustration.
Complaining about the lack of time and the possibility of creating backups could have been 15 years ago. Hard disks and flash drives were small and expensive, discs were inconvenient and also cost money, and write speeds left much to be desired. Now capacious high-speed memory cards cost like two burgers, and proliferating cloud storage services, coupled with the ubiquitous availability of the Internet, make it possible to completely automate the backup process. It is enough to install the cloud application on your computer or mobile device.
The user selects folders and content types for synchronization, after which copying to the cloud will occur by itself, without human intervention.
In case of force majeure, you simply go to the cloud storage and take the necessary data.
Although cloud storage guarantees almost complete fault tolerance and data integrity, to ensure access to the most valuable information, it is useful to follow the "3-2-1" rule, which states:
- Three copies … All important information should be kept in triplicate.
- Two types of media … It is better to use at least two different methods to store important information. This is due to the strengths and weaknesses of a particular storage method. For example, cloud storage. You cannot access it without the Internet, so as a safety net you need something that you can carry with you and that can work offline. Flash drives and external hard drives are great for this.
- One copy is stored remotely … Imagine you have two flash drives. Both flash drives are in the bag you just lost. Avoiding the situation when all eggs are in one basket is also necessary when creating backups. Cloud services are perfect for the role of remote backup storages.
However, you will still be too lazy to back up, and therefore move on to programs for data recovery.
Check in advance
The peculiarity of data recovery utilities is that they take some time to learn. It is better to install and deal with at least one of them in advance.
The functionality of trial and demo versions is usually so limited that it actually does not allow for a full recovery process.
There are good free recovery programs out there, but don't rely on them alone. The effectiveness of this or that utility strongly depends on the specific situation. It is in your case that the free tools may not cope with the task, and then you will have to try the paid options.
The average price of a data recovery program is somewhere in the region of $ 30–40, which is a lot at the current rate. Such a high cost is explained by the value of the data for the person who decided to return it at all costs.
File and data recovery software
Most Popular
is a free open source utility that works on all current desktop systems (Windows, Linux, xBSD, OS X). There is a tool specifically for image recovery called.
- another titan in the world of data recovery for Windows.
(Windows, OS X, Android, iOS) is a utility that recovers data not only on desktop but also on mobile operating systems. Please note that to recover data on Android and iOS, you will additionally need a computer running Windows or Mac:
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Android Utilities
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If you need to permanently delete data
There are also reverse situations when it is necessary not to return, but to permanently and irrevocably delete the data. This can be the sale of a drive or computer to another person and more specific scenarios in which you want to make it so that even the coolest recovery utility cannot pull anything from the disk.
For total cleaning, you should turn to a specialized program or Recuva. The more reliable the cleaning method, the longer it takes, but as a reward for waiting, you will receive a guarantee of irreversible destruction of your personal data.
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