Wednesday, 29 May 2013

What You Should Know When Choosing Data Recovery Software Mac

By Rena Hudson


Data recovery software mac can help retrieve files that have been lost due to accidental or intentional deletion, viruses, corruption of files, or the crash of a hard drive. Some of the best programs can help you recover anything from documents, emails, photos, and music from your hard drive.

R-Studio is pretty popular in the data recovery game. It will do a quite extensive search of many file types. It will allow you to get things back that were removed from the trash bin already. The program can find things a hard drive that no longer functions as well.

R-studio is able to scan your hard drive for a specific type of file. It searches for certain patterns in the data to make it easier to retrieve the lost files. It is still possible to do this even if the entire structure of the original file has been lost. The program is compatible with any OS version from OS X Tiger and up. If you need help, there is an open forum available online.

There is a program called Stellar Phoenix, it has the easiest user interface that is available on any software like this. You will be able to do an internal search for any file type. You can get back any kind of deleted data. This software comes with a start up disk to use in case your computer will not start up. The provide a free download to use to test the problem with. It supports all versions of OS.

Data Rescue 3 has been a life saver for many. You have 3 types of scans available. Deep scan, quick scan, and separate scan is available for deleted files are all at your disposal. The quick scan option is faster but it isn't as thorough as the deep scan option is.

The scan searches the free space of a volume for file patterns. This creates a generic name for the file that it finds and places it into a new folder. Scans can take a few minutes per each gigabyte that is on the volume.

If you are looking for something with all the bells and whistles, give FileIQ a try. You can support new types of files just by giving the program a sample of the file type. It will then analyze all the files picking out the necessary file traits n order to get back your lost files. FileIQ allows you to make a clone of your hard drive. If there is any problems with your original drive, the copy will have the exact problems. The reason they allow you to make a clone is so that you can copy the contents of one drive to another to help keep one from wearing out.

Data Rescue 3 can run on almost any newer mac. You will a second hard drive to use to prevent the original files from being overwritten during the process. There is a demo is available but, it has limited options.

So many different types of data recovery software mac exist. There are those that are easy to use, and those that are not. Any of them can help you get back files you have lost.




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