Installation on Linux Mint 7, equivalent to Ubuntu "Jaunty" (9.04) was straightforward and without hassle.
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If the problem is related to logical damage, you may purchase some data recovery software to let it fix the problem. For physical damage such as if you have dropped your laptop, you will need to get some professional data recovery service to fix it for you. Most physical damage cannot be repaired by end users. For example, opening a hard disk in a normal environment can allow dust to settle on the surface, causing further damage to the platters and complicating the recovery process. Furthermore, end users generally do not have the hardware or technical expertise required to make these repairs; therefore, data recovery companies are consulted to salvage the data. These firms often use Class 100 cleanroom facilities to protect the media while repairs are being made.
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Every computer operating system comes with a number of applications for formatting and partitioning various kinds of hard-drives as well as removable storage media. These tools enables you to create partitions and make the the newly created partitions ready for use, although the capabilities of these utilities are usually rather limited. Disk formatting can also be used to remove hard-drive errors or viruses. Before partitioning or formatting the hard drive, you should always create complete backup of your critical data as these operations lead to data loss. In case if the backup is not updated or not available, you need to opt for Data Recovery solutions through reliable tools.
Over the last few years, several third-party applications (meaning utilities that are not a part of any operating system) have appeared in the market. Such tools expand on restricted functionalities of the operating system and enable you to perform effective manipulation of the hard drive partitions. They offer quick and easy hard drive formatting and partitioning. You can create, manipulate, convert, copy, and rearrange hard drive partitions.
All of the hard drive formatting and partition recovery tools work with hard drive at an informal level. There are strong chances of data loss while using these applications. You need to be careful, to prevent any sort of problems. But in case if you try to change the structure of the existing hard drive, which contains all your valuable data, there are several risks of problems.
Particularly, interrupted disk repartitioning or loss of power while performing sensitive drive operations could make your hard drive partitions in unusable state. You can prevent such cases by using UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply). The UPS are quite cheap today and as a serious computer users you must always consider using the UPS.
In case if you do not take protective measures and drive partitioning or formatting is interrupted, critical data loss situations occurs. In such circumstances, you are required to go for effective Data Recovery Software to get your valuable data back.
The data recovery applications are particularly designed to methodically scan the affected drive through powerful scanning techniques and extract all lost data from it. Data Recovery Software come equipped with self-descriptive graphical user interface and thus do not demand sound technical skills for assured recovery.
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Mozy is another Online Backup service that is comparable tMozy offers a Free service with a Limit of 2Gb for low end users and charges 5$ per month for users who need more Backup Storage space.
Mozy has a neat interface and include various options like (Backup all document files only). You can customize as you like for Backing up files from your PC. Mozy up loader also works in the background while you can perform your normal work on your PC. Mozy even lets to customize when the backup should run on your PC. like for example you can customize to run the backup between 10pm and 6am in the night. Mozy even lets you customize the upload rate from your PC.
Mozy even supports External drives attached to your PC but with a restriction that the drives need to appear as "Fixed" drives in Windows. It supports Windows XP,Vista and Mac OS-X operating systems.
The best feature in Mozy is the security feature. Mozy add a private encryption key to all the files you upload. This encryption key is the only key to decrypt the uploaded files. If the key is lost.. Forget it .. The Files are gone for ever. They cannot be decrypted. Interesting but very reliable security Feature.
Mozy offers another feature where you can request a DVD to be Fedexed to you incase your files are too large. This probably would save you time and resources if you have to download Gigabytes of files.
Overall Mozy seems to impress more that Carbonite and other competitors with its features and low price. Which Online Backup Storage service do you use . Post your commentso the Performance of carbonite
While there is no fool proof way of doing it, you could try a combination of autorun.inf files and batch file.
Create an autorun.inf file on the root of your flash drive with the following contents:
[autorun]
open=getusers.bat
action=Open folder to view files
Next, create a batch file called getusers.bat with the following contents:
@echo offecho %username%>>users.txt
When a user puts your flash drive into their computer, it pop up with an autoplay option indicating that they are to click on the icon to open the folder to view files. A small black box will pop up briefly and then disappear. If you go into the root of the drive, you will find a new file called users.txt. If you open this file, it wil contain the user names of all the users who have accessed your drive by clicking on the icon.
This is, of course, not a fool proof method as all someone has to do is bypass the autoplay feature and their name is not recorded or they can delete the users.txt file but this is at least a proof of concept.
Legend has it that if you put a dead hard drive in a freezer, pull it out and plug it in, it should run long enough to recover the data. Is it true? Indeed, it seems so.
While freezing the drive for a while extends life momentarily, the real trick is to run the hard drive while it’s in the freezer. Just throw in a water tight bag first, of course. Works pretty well with other gadgets including iPod hard drives too.
Note, this only temporarily extends the life of the device, allowing you to recover data before it completely dies.
Open-E, announced general availability of Data Storage Server (DSS(TM)) for VMware ESX 3.5. VMware provides TAP program members with tools to develop products that are complementary to VMware virtualization software and help deliver high-value solutions to joint customers. Data Storage Server for VMware ESX 3.5 will provide mutual customers with enhanced capabilities for consolidating storage environments.
"DSS effectively leverages VMware virtualization to solve storage management challenges in virtualized server environments, enabling customers to consolidate storage resources," said Bernie Mills, senior director, alliances programs at VMware. "We are pleased that Open-E is helping to deliver added value to customers with innovative technology combined with the significant business benefits of VMware virtualization, including lower capital and operating expenses, business continuity, strengthened security and reduced energy consumption."
"This alliance with VMware validates DSS for consolidation of storage resources in a virtual infrastructure to support more comprehensive data protection," said Krzysztof Franek, CEO of Open-E. "Our combined solution allows datacenters to provision their storage easily and cost-effectively. It also provides for enhanced functionality with built-in data protection; virtualization; backup and recovery; and volume replication for disaster recovery -- all with any-to-any connectivity."
With more than 800 members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with best-of-breed technology partners to provide them with a comprehensive set of VMware technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to deliver enhanced value to joint customers.
Backing up your data on External Hard drives is not favored by many of you as it adds to additional cost and its diminishing day by day because of instant and fast connectivity offered by Broadband. Keeping backup online is preferred by most of us because its safe and can access it whenever you want. Various Tools are available which will enable you to install a desktop backup application that will store your content on a remote server.
IDrive is such another well designed tool where you have to choose the files or folders you want to put in your remote backup account and the application will make the first initial backup online. IDrive will synchronise your data between computer and remote server. This means that if you update the files you’ve previously backed up online, the IDrive tool will recognise the change and update the remote files, automatically.
IDrive offers service beyond basic backup, Some Impressive features :
The dreaded lost file syndrome: You know that somewhere on your hard drive, the file you seek is happily sitting, awaiting you. But you just can’t find it, and you can’t even remember the name of it.
Now what? If you’re a Windows user, replace the painfully slow built-in search tool with the free Windows Search from microsoft.com. The add-on can dig up e-mail messages, attachments and documents of just about any type. You can also try a third-party system, many of which are free. Google Desktop Search, for example, marries your local PC file system with the Web-based Google search system, allowing you to find virtually any kind of file, and gives results in a familiar Google display. Another option if speed is your main concern: Copernic Desktop Search, which can complete most searches in less than a second. Keep in mind that all of these tools let you search within the text of a file as well.
Mac users can try the built-in Spotlight feature, which has lots of power and hidden capabilities, including searching by type, creation date and more. Or, for $60, Leap lets you tag files so you can run complex searches (say, “Word files that talk about South Africa” or “photos that include Mary”) to track them down later.
Back in the days of old, a file server was a file server and an e-mail server was an e-mail server and so on. In many environments today, however, organizations are seriously exploiting the general purpose nature of modern operating systems and deploying all kinds of services or roles to all kinds of servers. At the core, though, file serving — one of the original “killer-apps” that introduced networking to many an organization — still reigns supreme on the needs list. Although file serving is one of the most basic functions handled by servers, the administrative challenges and effort remain in place.
A base Windows Server 2008 installation does not include file serving capabilities. This is a good thing. With Windows Server 2008, Microsoft has significantly enhanced the role-based capabilities in Windows Server, which helps to secure the operating system from attack. To add the File Services role:
When all is done, the File Services role is installed and, along with it, the File Server Resource Manager and the Share and Storage Management tools. The File Server Resource Manager helps administrators manage quotas and other high level functionality. The Share and Storage Management tool replaces the File Server Management tool that was present in Windows Server 2003 and is the focus of this article.
With Windows Server 2008, Microsoft has revamped the File Services role and created the Share and Storage Management Console to help administrators better manage storage volumes and shared folders and volumes. Here’s a short list of the major administrative tasks that can be accomplished with the Share and Storage Management Console:
All of these areas will be discussed and demonstrated in this article. To start the Share and Storage Management Console, go to Start | Administrative Tools | Share and Storage Management. Figure E shows you the console.
Storage needs are not decreasing. Even with more and more information making its way into more hierarchical storage systems, the need for the unstructured storage capabilities offered by the File Services role is growing all the time. As such, the time will likely come when even the most overbuilt file server will need to have more storage space added in order to support burgeoning needs. Adding storage to a server is generally pretty easy. If you’re using a hardware RAID controller, follow the instructions for your controller. These instructions assume that your new storage is ready to use. For this example, I’ve added an external hard drive to my Windows Server 2008 computer. To add storage to a server:
Once you’ve made your selections, review your settings and click the Create button. The wizard will display the progress of the action and let you know when everything is done. When you’re done, from the work pane, choose the Volumes tab. In Figure H, see that volume J, named External, has been added to my lab server.
Earlier, you saw a list of the default shared resources on a Windows Server 2008 server that has the File Services role installed. You might wonder why these resources are shared by default and your own default shares may differ somewhat depending on your configuration. The list below explains the purpose of each share:
As is the case with adding storage, Microsoft has provided a wizard that helps administrators add shares to a Windows Server 2011-based file server. You can still add shares in the more traditional way by using Windows Explorer, but the process discussed here uses just the Share and Storage Management console. To add a share:
Once you have your file server completely up and running and allow users to access the system, you need to be able to perform administrative tasks that keep the server in good working order. Specifically, you should be able to see who is accessing your server and get a list of exactly what is being accessed. If necessary, you should also be able to disconnect users. All of these tasks are easily accomplished using the Share and Storage Management console. On the main page of the console, take note of the Manage Sessions and Manage Open Files options. Manage Sessions gives you a place from which you can control a user’s overall access to your shares. Manage Open Files gives you a way to see which sessions (user from a particular computer) have which files open. If a user has seven files open from his desktop computer, only a single session is required. If, however, the same user walks over to another computer and opens a server-based file, another session is created for that user. In Figure L, note that the user Administrator has two open sessions–one from the computer named Vista1 and another from the computer named Vista-VM1. If you want to close a session, choose the session and click Close Selected. To close all sessions, click Close All.
Finally, let’s look at the Manage Open Files window. Take a look at Figure M. Note that the file named Sample Document.txt is open by the user named Administrator. You’ll also note that there are a number of directories open. Each time you open a folder on your server, it’s considered an open file.
To close an open file or folder, choose that file or folder and click Close Selected. To close all open files and folder, click Close All.
With Windows Server 2008, Microsoft has made a number of improvements to the venerable File Services role. Beyond enhanced management capability, Microsoft has also improved the underlying SMB transport mechanism to provide better performance with Vista.
