How to restore lost data from my Mirra to my newly rebuilt OS?

restore lost data My system has crashed. How do I restore lost data from my Mirra to my newly rebuilt Operating System?

Here’s the best way to restore your data after a system disk crash or the re-installation of your operating system onto your computer.

Note: In the context of these instructions, the term new computer can refer to a new computer that has replaced a failed or retired unit or to the same computer after you’ve replaced the disk drive or reinstalled an operating system. In both cases, Mirra will see it as a new and different computer.

Before you begin, consider how much data you intend to recover. If you’re planning to recover a significant amount of data (we consider more than 10GB or 20,000 files to be significant), remember that the Mirra has limits in terms of how many tasks it can perform can do at any one time. Therefore, since recovering your data is of highest importantance, you should temporarily disconnect any other computers from the Mirra so that it can devote its full resources to the restoration of your data.

  1. To temporarily disconnect a computer from the Mirra, turn it off, disconnect your Ethernet cable, or stop the Mirra service.To stop the Mirra service on a PC,
    • Go to Start > Run.
    • In the Run window, type net stop mirra.service.

    To stop the Mirra service on a Macintosh,

    • Go to Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor.
    • In the pop-up menu at the top of the Activity Monitor window, select All Processes.
    • Select Mirra Service from the list of processes and click Quit Process in the menu bar.
    • In the Quit Process window, click Force Quit.
    • When prompted, enter your Administrator password.
  2. On the new computer, install the Mirra software but do not select any folders for backup. If you’re already backing up data from this computer, make sure all those backups have completed before you start to restore your data.
  3. Go to the Backup & Restorescreen. Listed are the computers previously backed up to the Mirra, each with the individual backups that came from that computer.
    • Select a backup from the old computer and click Save As… on the Restore Tasks menu.
    • In the Browse for Folder window, choose a location at which to save the selected backup.
      A new folder will be created at the selected destination with the same name as the original backup unless one already exists. If the destination folder already exists, any existing files with the same name will be overwritten with files restored from the backup. Wait for all the data for this backup to be copied to the computer before starting another operation.
    • When the selected backup has been copied to the new location, repeat the previous step until all your backups have been restored.
  4. Restored folders are not automatically backed up. After you’ve restored all your folders, select them for backup again from the new computer to the Mirra.
  5. If you’ve manually stopped the Mirra software on other computers connected to your Mirra, restart it by launching the Mirra application from either the desktop or the Start menu.
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Which RAID Mode Should You Choose?

1. Speed (RAID 0)

Set in high-performance mode (also called striped mode or RAID 0) the storage system gives you the power you need when you’re:raid 0

  • Designing huge graphics and need a lightning-fast Photoshop scratch space.
  • Recording large DV files while maintaining clean audio performance.
  • Editing DV or HD video and want a smooth work flow with no dropped frames.
  • Rendering complex 3D objects or special effects.
  • Performing disk-intensive database operations.
  • Driven to be the first geek on your block with a computer so fast it blows your
    socks off.
      Why is RAID 0 so fast? It’s a bit complicated, but suffice it to say that two or more heads, or in this case, drives, are better than one. Picture multiple hoses filling a bucket at the same time or several men bailing a boat and you can understand why two drives striped are

faster

      than one. Data is saved (striped) across both drives and accessed in parallel by all the drives so you get

higher data transfer rates

      on large data accesses and

higher input/output rates

      on small data accesses.

Raid Mode

2. Data protection (RAID 1)

Set the system to data protection mode (also known as mirrored mode or RAID 1) and the capacity is divided in half. Half of the capacity is used to store your data and half is used for a duplicate copy.

Why do I want that kind of redundancy? It’s your data, your family pictures, your movie of baby’s first steps, your first novel. Is it important? You decide. If it is, then RAID mirroring is for you.

3. Data protection and speed (RAID 5)

In systems with three or more drives. we recommend that you set the system to RAID 5. This gives you the best of both worlds: fast performance by striping data across all drives; data protection by dedicating a quarter of each drive to fault tolerance leaving three quarters of the system capacity available for data storage.

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How to Restore Individual Files/Folders From Seagate DiscWizard backup?

How to restore individual files and folders from a backup you made with DiscWizard without restoring the whole system?

seagate discwizard

      The current version of

DiscWizard

    is supported in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. Previous version of Microsoft Windows, such as Microsft Windows 98SE and Microsft Windows Me are not supported.

From DiscWizard, you can browse through your backup image file to extract individual files and folders.  Before continuing, make sure the backup image is accessible.  For example, if you backed up to an external hard drive, make sure the drive is connected to your computer and recognized in My Computer.  If you backed up to removable media such as CDs or DVDs, insert the final CD or DVD that was backed up to.

  1. Open DiscWizard.
  2. In the “Pick a Task” menu, click “Image Restore”, or click on “Operations” in the menu bar and select “Image Restore”.Even though the “Image Restore” option states, “Recover the entire hard disc contents“, you will also be able to use this option to restore individual files and folders.
  3. In the “Welcome to the Image Data Restore Wizard!” window, click “Next”.
  4. In the “Archive Selection” window, browse to your image backup file in the list of drives and network connections on the left.

    In the example above, the file “MyImage.tib” contains a backup of the drive C: partition.

    Once you have selected the image backup file, click on “Next”.

  5. In the “Image Restoration Type Selection” window, click on the “Restore specified files or folders” radio button and click on “Next”.
  6. In the “Image Restore Destination Selection” window, you will select whether you want to restore your files and folders to their original location, or to a new folder.

    It is recommended that you restore your files to a new location, so that you do not accidentally overwrite any local files that you may want to preserve. To restore files to their original location, click on the “Original place” radio button.  To restore them to a different or new folder, click on the “Restore to a new place” radio button.  Click on “Next”.

    If you chose to restore files to their “Original place”, please skip the next step and proceed to Step 8.

  7. If you selected the option to “Restore to a new place” in the previous step, the “Image Restore Destination Selection” window will open. From here, you can browse to the local folder you want to restore your files to, or you can click on “Create new folder”to create a new folder to restore your files to.

    Once you have selected or created a folder to restore to, click on “Next”.

  8. In the “Contents Selection” window, you will be able to select the files and folders that you want restored.

    When this page is first opened, the entire partition is selected by default, as shown in the example above. It is recommended that you click on the check box next to the backup image file name in order to deselect everything. This will make it much easier to select the individual files and folders you want to restore.

    You can use the list of backed up partitions on the left to select the files and folders to restore. To expand a backed up partition or folder to see its contents, click on the plus sign (+) next to it. To select a file or folder to restore, click on the check box next to its name.

    Note that in the example above, when a folder is checked, all the files and subfolders contained within that folder are selected as well.

    Once you have selected the files or folders to restore, click on “Next”.

  9. In the “Choose Image Restore Options” screen, you may select to “Use default options” when restoring files, which will use DiscWizard’s default settings, or “Set the options manually”, to adjust settings as to how the file restore will be run.

    The default options when DiscWizard is first installed are normal restoration priority, preserve file security settings, and no additional settings.

    Once you have made your selection, click on “Next”. If you chose “Use default options”, please skip the next step and proceed to step 11.

  10. If you selected “Set the options manually” in the previous step, you will now see the “Image Restore operations options” screen.

    From here, you can adjust the following settings:

    • Image Restoration Priority – Adjust this setting to change how fast the restore will run, and how much it will interfere with other applications you have open.
    • File level security settings – With this option enabled, you will restore the same security settings (e.g. ownership, rights) of files and folders as when they were backed up
    • Additional settings – You can use this option to validate that the backup image was created without errors before files are restored to your computer

    Once you have selected the restore options, click on “Next”.

  11. In the “Image Restoration Mode“, you can select whether or not files that exist on the drive you are restoring to will be overwritten with restored files that have the same name.

    The options available are

    • Overwrite existing file – If a file with the same name as the restored file exists in the location you are restoring to, it will be overwritten.
    • Overwrite existing file if it is older – If a file with the same name as the restored file exists in the location you are restoring to, and it is older than the restored file, it will be overwritten.
    • Do not overwrite existing file – If a file with the same name as the restored file exists in the location are restoring to, it will not be overwritten.

    These options usually only come into play if you chose to restore files to their original location.  If you are restoring to a different location, you will not likely run into an issue of overwriting files, but it is still possible.  The safest, non-data destructive option to choose is Do not overwrite existing file.

    Once you have made your selection, click on “Next”.

  12. The next window shows the settings you have selected for restoring your files and folders.

    Once you have verified your selections are correct, click on “Proceed”.

  13. The “Operation Progress” window will open, displaying the restore process as it progresses.

    After a minute, the estimated time remaining will be calculated and displayed above the “Total progress” bar.

  14. Once the files have been restored, an “Information” window will open stating that the operation has completed succesfully.

    Click on “OK”. You may now close out of DiscWizard and use My Computer to browse to the location of your restored files.

For further information on DiscWizard’s features, please consult the Discwizard User’s Guide

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5 Ways To Speed Up Your PC

speed up your pc How to use the tools available in Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Windows Vista to more efficiently maintain your computer and safeguard your privacy when you’re online? By following these guidelines, you can speed up your computer and keep it running smoothly.

1. Free up disk space

By freeing disk space, you can improve the performance of your computer. The Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk. The tool identifies files that you can safely delete, and then enables you to choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files.

Use Disk Cleanup to:

  • Remove temporary Internet files.
  • Remove downloaded program files (such as Microsoft ActiveX controls and Java applets).
  • Empty the Recycle Bin.
  • Remove Windows temporary files.
  • Remove optional Windows components that you don’t use.
  • Remove installed programs that you no longer use.

Tip: Typically, temporary Internet files take the most amount of space because the browser caches each page you visit for faster access later.

To use Disk Cleanup

  1. Click “Start”, point to “All Programs”, point to “Accessories”, point to “System Tools”, and then click “Disk Cleanup”. If several drives are available, you might be prompted to specify which drive you want to clean.
  2. In the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list.Choose the files that you want to delete.
  3. Clear the check boxes for files that you don’t want to delete, and then click OK.
  4. When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click Yes.

After a few minutes, the process completes and the Disk Cleanup dialog box closes, leaving your computer cleaner and performing better.

2. Speed up access to data

Disk fragmentation slows the overall performance of your system. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk when the file is opened to piece it back together. The response time can be significantly longer.

Disk Defragmenter is a Windows utility that consolidates fragmented files and folders on your computer’s hard disk so that each occupies a single space on the disk. With your files stored neatly end-to-end, without fragmentation, reading and writing to the disk speeds up.

When to run Disk Defragmenter
In addition to running Disk Defragmenter at regular intervals—monthly is optimal—there are other times you should run it too, such as when:

  • You add a large number of files.
  • Your free disk space totals 15 percent or less.
  • You install new programs or a new version of Windows. To use Disk Defragmenter:
  1. Click “Start”, point to “All Programs”, point to “Accessories”, point to “System Tools”, and then click “Disk Defragmenter”.Click Analyze to start the Disk Defragmenter.
  2. In the Disk Defragmenter dialog box, click the drives that you want to defragment, and then click the “Analyze” button. After the disk is analyzed, a dialog box appears, letting you know whether you should defragment the analyzed drives.Tip: You should analyze a volume before defragmenting it to get an estimate of how long the defragmentation process will take.
  3. To defragment the selected drive or drives, click the “Defragment” button. Note: In Windows Vista, there is no graphical user interface to demonstrate the progress—but your hard drive is still being defragmented.After the defragmentation is complete, Disk Defragmenter displays the results.
  4. To display detailed information about the defragmented disk or partition, click “View Report”.
  5. To close the “View Report” dialog box, click “Close”.
  6. To close the Disk Defragmenter utility, click the “Close” button on the title bar of the window.

3. Detect and repair disk errors

In addition to running Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter to optimize the performance of your computer, you can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard disk by running the Error Checking utility.

As you use your hard drive, it can develop bad sectors. Bad sectors slow down hard disk performance and sometimes make data writing (such as file saving) difficult, or even impossible. The Error Checking utility scans the hard drive for bad sectors, and scans for file system errors to see whether certain files or folders are misplaced.

If you use your computer daily, you should run this utility once a week to help prevent data loss.

To run the Error Checking utility:

  1. Close all open files.
  2. Click “Start”, and then click “My Computer”.
  3. In the My Computer window, right-click the hard disk you want to search for bad sectors, and then click “Properties”.
  4. In the Properties dialog box, click the “Tools” tab.
  5. Click the “Check Now” button.
  6. In the Check Disk dialog box, select the “Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors” check box, and then click “Start”.
  7. If bad sectors are found, choose to fix them.

Tip: Only select the “Automatically fix file system errors” check box if you think that your disk contains bad sectors.

4. Protect your computer against spyware

Spyware collects personal information without letting you know and without asking for permission. From the Web sites you visit to usernames and passwords, spyware can put you and your confidential information at risk. In addition to privacy concerns, spyware can hamper your computer’s performance. To combat spyware, you might want to consider using Microsoft Windows Defender, which is included in Windows Vista, and is available as a free download for Microsoft XP SP2. Alternatively, there are other free anti-spyware software programs available.

5. Learn all about ReadyBoost

If you’re using Windows Vista, you can use ReadyBoost to speed up your system. A new concept in adding memory to a system, it allows you to use non-volatile flash memory—like a USB flash drive or a memory card—to improve performance without having to add additional memory.

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Poorly Ventilated System Cases Shorten The Life Of Hard Drive

Ambient air temperatures of 95°F (35°C) or greater and poor ventilation from the smaller case designs of Shuttle boxes, LAN party boxes, racks, cabinets, and drawers, can shorten the life of your hard disk.

Hard Drive Life All Maxtor ATA, SATA, and SCSI drives can operate with or without a fan, providing the hard disk temperature does not exceed 131°F (55°C) as measured from the top cover of the drive. Reliability will be compromised when the drive is exposed to temperatures above 55°C or 131°F. When in doubt of your system’s ventilation capabilities, or ambient environment of your hard disk, add an extra cooling fan to the drive bay or system case to force air across the drive.

Guidelines for airflow in system cases and airflow produced by drive bay fans.

  1. The minimum specified airflow for all Maxtor hard disks is 150 LFM (Linear Feet per Minute). Most case designs and drive bay fans produce more than 150 LFM of airflow.
  2. A 2,500 RPM, 80mm case fan moves about 482 LFM of air.
  3. Fan flow ratings apply to ideal conditions. After mounting, typical fan flow is usually 20-30% less than the specified CFM (Cubic Feet Per Minute).
  4. Air cooling is not affected dramatically by elevation and the air density changes associated with increased elevation.
  5. Air cooling is directly affected by the temperature of the incoming air.
  6. Obstructions near a fan can decrease flow rate significantly.
  7. It’s better to over-pressurize rather than under-pressurize your system case
  8. Airflow overkill is your safest bet, since dust buildup over time reduces the systems cooling capabilities.
  9. There is no benefit to stacking fans.
  10. Choose the shortest path between air intake or exhaust, minimizing travel length of heated air from the hard disk, and other system components.
  11. Don’t mount your fans to push air against each other, cross flow through the case is best. (Fans pushing air in from the rear, and pulling air out the front or, vice versa) Newer case designs have provisions for mounting fans at the top of the case. This design allows the front and rear fans to pull air in, and the upper fan to push the heated air out through the roof.
  12. Airflow for fans are usually rated in CFM and airflow for drives are usually rated in LFM.

CFM to LFM Conversion Table
05 CFM = 73.0 LFM
10 CFM = 146 LFM
15 CFM = 219 LFM
20 CFM = 292 LFM
25 CFM = 365 LFM
30 CFM = 438 LFM
35 CFM = 511 LFM
40 CFM = 584 LFM
45 CFM = 657 LFM
50 CFM = 730 LFM

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How To Change Password On Maxtor OneTouch 4 Drive

The following provides you with the steps necessary for changing your password.

maxtor onetouch 4 1. Double-click the “Maxtor Manager” icon on your Windows Desktop. The Maxtor Manager will open.
2. Click “Security”. The Security window opens.
3. Click “DrivePass”. The Manage DrivePass window opens.
4. Click on the “Change Password” button. The DrivePass: Change Password window opens.
5. In the field provided, enter your existing Password.
6. Click on the “Next” button. The DrivePass: Set Password window opens.
7. In the first field provided, enter a Password.

Note: Passwords must be minimum of six characters in length and must contain at least one (1) numeric character; for example

  • abcdef – is not a valid password
  • abcde1 – is a valid password

8. In the second field provided re-enter the Password.
9. Optional (but recommended) & for Added Security

  • Select the Security Question field and select a Security Question (e.g., Where were you born?).
  • Enter the Answer to the Security Question
  • Re-enter the Answer to the Security Question

10. Click on the “Apply’ button. The password confirmation window opens reminding you to store your password in a safe place.

Note: Password cannot be recovered.
11. Click on the “Confirm” button. A window opens notifying you that the password has been changed.
12. Click on the “OK” button to return to the Security window.

Related Links:

  • Video: Changing the Password for Windows Vista
  • Video: Changing the Password for Windows XP
  • Maxtor OneTouch 4 Lite Hard Drive Manual

NOTE: Viewing of Video Tutorial Requires the following:

  • A Screen resolution of at least 800×600
  • Javascript Enabled in your Browser
  • Adobe (Macromedia) Flash Player be installed on your system
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Top Using For USB Flash Drives

usb flash drive USB flash drives are convenient little gadgets. I remember the days when we were using 1.44 MB floppy drives to move things around. What a pain those were! The capacity was pitiful, giving rise to utilities designed to split up a single file among multiple floppies. Then CDs became the norm. CDs offer much higher capacity, but they do not operate like a hard drive. They are also pretty slow. DVDs offer even higher capacity, but you are still dealing with all the restrictions (and annoyances) of optical media.

USB flash drives are so much better (The advantages of USB Flash Drive). Today, they offer respectable capacities. USB 2.0 makes them pretty fast. The BIOS of many motherboards even has the capability of booting from a USB drive. They are more dependable then optical media because they cannot be scratched. They are more dependable than even hard drives because they have no moving parts. So, there are a lot of possibilities for these little sticks.

Below, I will go over the most useful uses for your USB flash drive.

  • Personal data transport
  • Secure storage of data, application and software files
  • System administration
  • Application carriers
  • Computer forensics and law enforcement
  • Booting operating systems
  • Windows Vista and Windows 7 ReadyBoost
  • Audio players
  • Music storage and marketing
  • In arcades
  • Brand and product promotion
  • Backup
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Harddisk Diagnostic & Harddrive repair tool: HRT 3.0

What is HRT 3.0?

HDD Repair Tool (HRT) HDD Repair Tool (short for “HRT”) is designed for HDD repair and data recovery by BVG Group.

Harddisk Supported:

  • IBM families DPTA, DJNA, DTLA5, DTLA7, AVER and AVVA.
  • IBM/HITACHI families AVV2, HDS7-VLAT (AVV3).
  • FUJITSU families MPG AT and MPG AH.
  • FUJITSU 2,5′ families MHK2xxxAT, MHL2xxxAT, MHM2xxxAT, MHN2xxxAT, MHR2xxxAT, MHS2xxxAT.
  • WESTERN DIGITAL families AA, BA, AB, BB, EB, DA, JB, и PB, on Marvell processor.
  • SAMSUNG families Voyager10, Voyager11, Voyager11+ и Victor40.
  • SEAGATE families U4, U5, U6, U7, U8, V8, U10, UX, Barracuda 2,3,4,5,7,8,9.
  • MAXTOR families Fireball3 (Ares), 541DX (Athena), 540X-4K (Romulus), DiamondMax Plus8 (N40P), DiamondMax Plus9 (Calypso), DiamondMax Plus16 (Falcon).
  • QUANTUM families LA, LB, LC, LM, AS, LD.
  • HITACHI 2,5′ families DK23xx: AA, BA, CA, DA, EA, EB, FB.
  • TOSHIBA 2,5′ families MKxxxxGAP, MKxxxxGAS, MKxxxxGAX.

HRT Data Recovery Edition

HRT Data Recovery Edition tool has been designed for recovering data from damaged hard drives. Full functionality can be achieved by using special interface, but it is possible to use the application alone without full functionality.

Main features:

1. The utility enables data copying from bad HDD to both a destination disk and image file.
2. During coping section having bad sectors can be skipped.
3. The utility enables to copy only sectors chains concerning to files which you are interested in without accessing to other sections of bad HDD.
4. In case of unstable read HDD data copying by means of statistic method is possible.
5. Data copying is based on the map. In this map only sections having data which you are interested in are marked.
6. The utility enables to stop and to start data copying. It means you can start copying from the breakpoint.
7. By any attempt of data reading from bad HDD this data will be copied to the destination.
fterwards, this data will be taken from the destination only once.
8. It is possible to copy data on every head taken separately.
9. 32-bit mode is embedded in controller card. This mode speeds up copying twice as it was.
10. Bad HDD mounting is possible in the system.
11. The utility enables to take into account offset for data sectors because of translator destroying.
12. The utility supports file systems FAT16, FAT32, NTFS (DOS/Windows), EXT2FS, HFS, HFS+ (Apple MAC).
13. You can edit partition tables manually.
14. If case of damaged references it is possible to find directories.
15. The utility functions both in complex HRT and separately. In complex the utility has got more abilities.

Related Links:

  • The complex history of HRT
  • Basic data recovery operations of HRT
  • HDD Repair Tool 1.0 for IBM
  • HRT Data Recovery Edition User Manual
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HDD Repair Tools: PC3000 VS HRT

As we know, both PC3000 and HRT are professional hard drive repair tools. Before we decide to buy one of them, here are some useful views for us.

Hello Everyone, I am still new to the industry and have a question in regards to Software/Hardware complex products. I recently called Ace Labs and got a quote for the PC3000 pci. It was more then I expected! I know PC3000 is great to Re-flash Firmware, repair Firmware.I also know it can be used for ATA Master password recovery. But I was not able to find a manual, which references all of PC 3000’s functionality. I have also looked at HRT 3.0. I was able to download the English manual to look at the GUI and some of it’s functionality. I did not see anything mentioning that the HRT can repair Firmware corruption. Does it have this ability? I did notice that HRT 3.0 has the ability to read from each Head separately can PC3000 do this as well? I could not find a HRT 3.0 distributor outside of Russia, what would be the best place to purchase and how many $$$. What is the functional difference between PC3000 and HRT 3.0? What is the price difference? I have found HRT on EBay, is there a way to distinguish the real version from Chinese copy? What is your experience with either product?

Personally I wouldn’t recommend HRT to anyone (I believe it is crap and cannot be used in a DR business. You will have zero support, and you have to be rather a firmware engineer than a DR tech to operate it). As far as i know, there are indeed no distributors outside of Russia, and some people say they receive no reply when they even ask for a quote (not to mention the product support). Pc3000 isn’t perfect as well, but at least it is possible to use it.  Data extractor (an Acelab product) can read from each head separately (as far as I know).

thank you for your opinion. I guess then It’s PC3000 or the highway  Do you use PC3000? AceLabs stated that it is dificult to use PC3000 and they wanted to sell me additional training. Since I can’t seam to find a manual online, it’s hard for me to say if It is difficult to use or not, what is your opinion? I would say I have intermediate HD and DR knowledge as well as Expert IT knowledge and some knowledge in Programming. I belive I should be able to figure most of the stuff out myself, but again, I don’t know If PC3000 is all Windos GUI based program or if commandline and some sort of scripting is required.  Thanks again

PC3000 is a GUI program but coded pretty badly. It is very hard to use it. I’ve never used it (I am only using my own software ) but seen lots of people who are using it and struggling… In other words it does have a GUI but the problem is that AceLab did not understand clearly what the GUI should be used for  So yes, it is hard to use it. It does not matter what are your skills unless you have skills recovering the system area. Therefore some basic training would be useful…

The manuals that come with the PC3000 are actually quite good (translations aside) .. AceLAbs don’t presume to know everything about every hard drive ever manufactured and they’re not afraid to admit that. But this card works very well.The difficulty in using it is no different to using any other NEW APPLICATION for the first time. I’m still having trouble with MS Acess!The GUI is difficult the first few times but practice makes perfect – especially if you are working on similar HDD.

I use PC3000, and I use Data Extractor very very often. I have never used HRT but am considering the Data Recovery edition ( http://www.bvg-group.ru/eng/diagnostic/HRT_DRE.php). this does not seem to have any repair utilities just recovery and seems very similar to Data Extractor. It has a similar interface, and supports HFS and EXT filesystems has built in partition and translator editors, is able to mount a failing disk to use with standard software. I have got a quote for 3000 USD, but this seems a little expensive. Anybody have any experience with this at all?

If you have any other views, please feel free to share it with us.

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CD Data Recovery: CD Data Rescue

Software Name: CD Data Rescue®
Version: 2.6
cd data rescuePublisher: Naltech Software
Media Supported: CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW
Languages: English
OS: Windows 98, ME, NT , 2000 , XP or Vista
Price: $19.95 (Single User)

CD Data Rescue recovers files from damaged, scratched or defective CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW discs. Supporting also Mount Rainier / EasyWrite MRW discs even in not compilant drives. With this software you can easily Recover Files, folders, or deleted files from CD discs. It also can recover files from quick formated CD-RW discs.

Recovers unreadable and deleted files from CD discs recorded by common CD writing software in ISO and UDF formats, including Roxio Easy CD Creator and Ahead Nero. Features full real UDF recovery supported for UDF packet witting software (mode B): DirectCD (including old versions and compressed CDs) InCD, packetCD,etc. Also supports discs recorded by Sony digitalcameras.

Main Features:
– Simplified use, now the program sets automatically some settings.
-ExclusiveAccuRescue™ technology.
– New updated Recovery Wizard.
– Unnamed files automatically detected and renamed with the correct file type.
-Real fullUDFfile systemrecovery.

Download: http://www.naltech.com/download/cddr.exe
Buy: http://www.naltech.com/order.htm

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