Archive for May, 2009

An Introduction to Storage Software

All businesses face the challenge of storing their data easily, inexpensively and in a timely fashion. Initially, companies used tape-based systems to store data. There is now a rapid change to disk-based systems. At the same time, there has been a change in the software that supports this function and manages the stored data.
With rising [...]

Raid – Use of Multiple Hard Drives for High Storage and Reliability

Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) was introduced to increase the level of storage, redundancy and augmented performance in enterprises and server markets, but now have become much common with an end user over the past 5 years.
In simple terms, RAID can be defined as a combination of number of low cost hard drives linked [...]

‘nss Free Tree Block Xxx is Corrupt on Pool "sys”’ Novell Error

NSS or Novell Storage Services is the frequently used file system in Novell Netware operating system. Due to its advanced features, users set up this file system on LAN or a file server which are using Novell Netware. This uses the tree algorithms for maintaining its directory structure and so Tree Blocks are the significant [...]

How can I permanently delete data from my computer so even Data Recovery would not retrieve it?

I recommend BCWipe, which lets you permanently wipe only the free space on your hard drive while leaving the non-deleted files intact by overwriting those deleted files with lots of random data so it can't be recovered.
While BCWipe is something you run periodically, there's also software to let you do this on the fly, essentially [...]

Tips To Keep Your Laptop Safe

Having a laptop computer these days is just as important as having your desktop machine. You need to have access to the internet, your email, and other important data at all times. It’s important to remember that the same problems that data recovery, spyware and viruses can cause on your PC can also affect your [...]

Identity Theft is Gonna Getcha

You betta watch out. Identity theft is gonna getcha, baby.
It’s not surprising that an identity theft protection company would highlight the growing risk and cost of identity theft. But you don’t need to take our word for it – some of the best research organizations in the world are sounding the alarm. [...]

Managing Backup and Recovery Services

Iceland Seafood International (ISI) has numerous offices located in ten countries and sells seafood products to UK retailers, and in order for the headquarters in Iceland to manage the business on a global scale, it is important that the data generated in all of its satellite offices is protected. ISI was previously using a tape-based [...]

How do you do a system recovery on a computer running Windows XP Home edition without a disk?

My computer's disk drive (E:) is screwed. Is there a standalone program that would do a system recovery without a disk?
Hi your recovery files should be on your D: or a partition drive close down your PC and when you boot up hold down the f11 or f9 this info should be on your screen [...]

Corrupt Word File Recovery

There are as many ways to recover the lost data as there are the reasons to lose it. If there are 10 ways to loose data then there are 12 methods to recover back the lost/deleted data.
Generally, a word file gets corrupt due to unexpected system shutdown, power outage, software crashes, file corruption, virus [...]

Reiserfs File System Corruption and Linux Recovery

ReiserFS is the Journaled file system used for the Linux operating system. For the various features of this file system like metadata- only journaling, tail packing and online resizing, it is well adopted by the users who rely on it as the repository of data references.
So the reliance indicates that how [...]