Data Recovery For Normal People

If you have ever deleted a file accidentally or had a hard drive fail and take all your precious data with then this book is for you. From the simplest procedures of restoring files from your recycle bin to completely disassembling a hard drive to replace a bad head, you will find it covered in here. Tips and tricks from over thirty years of working on computers are here with plenty of images accompanying the text. Written for the typical computer user with virtually no technical experience, or for the novice computer technician who wants to add basic data recovery to their toolbox, either reader is bound to find a treasure trove of useful information covering all three of the major computer platforms; Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Learn to: * Undelete accidentally deleted files * Restore deleted partitions and file systems * Copy or "clone" drives even when malfunctioning * Identify characteristics and work with a variety of file systems * Recover files from drives that will not boot * Create bootable media for Windows, Mac and Linux machines * Backup your data to prevent future data loss * Permanently delete data so that it cannot be recovered * Talk to the customer about their options

Author: Allan Hall

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Nov 25, 2016

Number of Pages: 244 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1540371115

ISBN-13: 9781540371119