Category Archives: Data Recovery Articles

exFAT file system (Extended File Allocation Table)

exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a file system designed and patentend by Microsoft and released in all versions of Windows, starting with Windows Server 2008. In addition Microsoft has released an update for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, to add support for exFAT formatted drives. Continue reading

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What is the difference between a primary and extended hard drive partition in Windows

A hard drive can be divided into primary and extended partitions. Partitions function as physically separate storage units Continue reading

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How to Access Motherboard BIOS?

The BIOS is a program pre-installed on computers (with the exception of Macs) that the computer uses to start up. The CPU accesses the BIOS before the operating system is loaded. Continue reading

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The difference between WD Desktop edition and RAID (Enterprise) edition hard drives

Western Digital manufactures desktop edition hard drives and RAID Edition hard drives. Each type of hard drive is designed to work specifically as a stand-alone drive, or in a multi-drive RAID environment. Continue reading

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How to configure a WD EIDE hard drive using the Alternate Jumper Settings?

When NOT to use Alternate Jumper Settings: ??? * If you are running Windows 2000/XP/Vista. ??? * If the system can boot with just one jumper on the drive without locking up. ??? * If the drive is installed on an IDE controller card that is providing support to access the full drive capacity Continue reading

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Data recovery companies in Australia

1. PAYAM Data Recovery Pty Ltd http://www.payam.com.au Data recovery services for faulty hard disk drives in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Level 10, 379 Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000. Continue reading

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FireWire Cables

FireWire Cables FireWire cable link homes in three (3) different variations: FireWire 9-pin-to-9-pin Cables – also known as a Beta Cable. This cable is he used to connect a FireWire 800 device to a FireWire 800 interface port found on either a FireWire 800 onboard/PCI controller or a FireWire 800 CardBus (PCMCIA) adapter. You would find this type of cable included with your Maxtor OneTouch II FireWire 800 external storage hard drive. Continue reading

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Are Seagate and Maxtor External drives hot swappable?

Yes, with the following recommendations: Never unplug any eSATA, 1394, or USB device that is being actively accessed by the operating system (such as during a file copy). Unplugging a device while it is being used may result in a system crash and the loss of the ability to recover the data already written to the drive Continue reading

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Why is Drive Translation necessary?

DOS and DOS based programs like Windows 3.x and Windows 95 cannot access drives over 1024 cylinders on their own, but require third party assistance to use large hard drives. SCSI drives handle this with drivers built in to the SCSI controller, so we will limit this discussion to ATA hard drives. There are several methods used to overcome the cylinder limitation, and all of them involve translation Continue reading

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What is the length of cable that I can use with a Serial ATA drive?

Serial ATA cables are available in many lengths up to 1 meter. Minimum cable length is 12 inches, using shorter cables can cause timing, or noise interference on the cable. Continue reading

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