Hard Drive
Data Recovery

• Hard drive data recovery experts advise never to buy all your hard drives from the same manufacturer lot because these drives often fail together.
• Check your backup files to make sure you've saved more than just a file directory.
• Fully restore back-ups periodically to make sure you've saved more than just a file directory listing.
• Always save undo files to a floppy disk when you're using utility programs.
• If a utility program doesn't allow you to undo program repairs, don't use it.
• If an unusual noise accompanies a failure message. Don't run any repair utilities - the recovery engineer will thank you.
• If the machine is already booted up, run a backup immediately.
• Shut down the computer to avoid further damage.

A common technique of file system repair involves scanning the entire drive, making note of all file system structures and possible file boundaries, and then try to match any errors to the specifications of a working file system.

This technique is notably slower than consistency checking, however, it can recover data even when the logical structures are almost completely destroyed. This technique generally does not repair the underlying file system, but merely allows for data to be extracted to another storage device.

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