There’s one big event that can trigger an overwhelming sense of dread when you’re installing an OS on a friend or family member’s PC: data loss. It’s bad enough when it happens to your own data, but ...

This post describes testdisk, one of the tools that comes in handy for recovering recently deleted files (along with fixing partitions in other ways). When you delete a file on a Linux system, it ...

TestDisk is a free data recovery utility. Recover lost data storage partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again. Recover lost files including video, documents and archives from Hard Disks.

Imagine, all your photographs, the painstakingly compiled multimedia collection – music, videos and music, important files and documents gone in the blink of an eye. It’s like your worst nightmare ...

So I've got an old 80 Gb Maxtor IDE drive (NTFS, WinXP inside, supposedly only one partition) which the disk management tool from Win10 is able to find. It tells me no partitions found, only ...

The best way to recover from unexpected data loss is to be properly prepared. With one of the following tools on hand, you'll always be ready to save your data from the Reaper. Photo by Matalyn. While ...

If you use Linux and you need to recover a deleted file, then your best bet is with a Linux live CD, such as Rescatux. Linux live CDs are a wonderful invention, they let you try new distros, show ...