One of the very important questions I ask people when we are trying to do a raw file extraction on their drive is how long it has been since they defragged their hard drive. On most occasions they can’t remember. The reason that it is important to defrag, is first of all it makes your […]

Go with RAID 0 or No? So recently I got myself a brand spanking new computer. I can finally play Vanguard without lag! So, anyway it was set up with a RAID 0 with a 64k stripe for speed since it is my gaming machine. The RAID contained two 80GB Maxtor SATA drives. A RAID […]

Novell NWFS and system markers File recovery for Novell can be at best rewarding, at worst tedious, however, the file system and its components lends itself to a more robust data recovery theater. One of the first things that are necessary is to make sure that the file system is in alignment and the system […]