gHacks technology news » recovery http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Recover accidentally deleted files http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/23/recover-accidentally-deleted-files/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/23/recover-accidentally-deleted-files/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:17:44 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/23/recover-accidentally-deleted-filed/ I disabled my trashbin by default which means that deleted items bypass the trashbin and are deleted immediately. This works fine most of the time but it happens that I occasionally delete a file that I need later on again. There is no obvious way to get those files back and you will face serious troubles if want to get them back but used something like defragmentation on that hard drive after the deletion.

The question that some might ask is why one could recover deleted files at all. This is actually a very good question. Windows does not delete the file at all when you press the delete button. It simply deleted the reference to that file and makes the space the file occupied writable again. This means that you can recover most files if you are just fast enough. One freeware that can do the job is Recuva which is supposed to be pronounced recover.

It is developed by the same team that created CCleaner. Recuva scans the hard drive that you have selected and displays all deleted files that it finds in a list. It found more than 60000 files on my E: drive that I could try and recover. Information like filename, path and size are displayed to make it easier to find the files that you want to recover.

Recuva has fortunately a filter option. Just enter part of the filename or path and it will display only those files. It took 53 seconds to scan my 140 GB partition and display the 60000 entries.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/23/recover-accidentally-deleted-files/feed/ 13 10 Best Security Live CD Distros (Pen-Test, Forensics & Recovery) http://www.ghacks.net/2006/03/15/10-best-security-live-cd-distros-pen-test-forensics-recovery/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/03/15/10-best-security-live-cd-distros-pen-test-forensics-recovery/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:01:19 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=355 darknet.org.uk have posted a new article that lists the 10 best security live cd distros. Each distribution is introduced in a small paragraph and features links to the distributions homepage.]]> The guys of darknet.org.uk have posted a new article that lists the 10 best security live cd distros. Each distribution is introduced in a small paragraph and features links to the distributions homepage.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2006/03/15/10-best-security-live-cd-distros-pen-test-forensics-recovery/feed/ 1 Boot Windows from Usb http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/12/boot-windows-from-usb/ http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/12/boot-windows-from-usb/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:40:04 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=217 Now this article over at tomshardware.com comes in handy. I told you yesterday how to encrypt your hard drives with the great true crypt freeware and recommended that everything would be encrypted and the system would be booted from usb.

The article gives a 14 pages tutorial on how to create bootable windows operating system on a 256 MB usb stick. You can of course use a bigger one and add more utilities that you need (like true crypt for example). Everything is well explained, you should not encounter lots of problems.

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