Data recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible secondary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. Often the data are being salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard disk drives, solid-state drives (SSD), USB flash drive, storage tapes, CDs, DVDs, RAID, and other electronics. Recovery may be required due to physical damage to the storage device or logical damage to the file system that prevents it from being mounted by the host operating system.
The most common "data recovery" scenario involves an operating system (OS) failure, in which case the goal is simply to copy all wanted files to another disk. This can be easily accomplished using a Live CD, many of which provide a means to mount the system drive and backup disks or removable media, and to move the files from the system disk to the backup media with a file manager or optical disc authoring software. Such cases can often be mitigated by disk partitioning and consistently storing valuable data files (or copies of them) on a different partition from the replaceable OS system files.
Another scenario involves a disk-level failure, such as a compromised file system or disk partition, or a hard disk failure. In any of these cases, the data cannot be easily read. Depending on the situation, solutions involve repairing the file system, partition table or master boot record, or hard disk recovery techniques ranging from software-based recovery of corrupted data, hardware-software based recovery of damaged service areas to hardware replacement on a physically damaged disk. If hard disk recovery is necessary, the disk itself has typically failed permanently, and the focus is rather on a one-time recovery, salvaging whatever data can be read.
Data recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible secondary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. Often the data are being salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard disk drives, solid-state drives (SSD), USB flash drive, storage tapes, CDs, DVDs, RAID, and other electronics. Recovery may be required due to physical damage to the storage device or logical damage to the file system that prevents it from being mounted by the host operating system.
The most common "data recovery" scenario involves an operating system (OS) failure, in which case the goal is simply to copy all wanted files to another disk. This can be easily accomplished using a Live CD, many of which provide a means to mount the system drive and backup disks or removable media, and to move the files from the system disk to the backup media with a file manager or optical disc authoring software. Such cases can often be mitigated by disk partitioning and consistently storing valuable data files (or copies of them) on a different partition from the replaceable OS system files.
Another scenario involves a disk-level failure, such as a compromised file system or disk partition, or a hard disk failure. In any of these cases, the data cannot be easily read. Depending on the situation, solutions involve repairing the file system, partition table or master boot record, or hard disk recovery techniques ranging from software-based recovery of corrupted data, hardware-software based recovery of damaged service areas to hardware replacement on a physically damaged disk. If hard disk recovery is necessary, the disk itself has typically failed permanently, and the focus is rather on a one-time recovery, salvaging whatever data can be read.
Data recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible secondary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. Often the data are being salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard disk drives, solid-state drives (SSD), USB flash drive, storage tapes, CDs, DVDs, RAID, and other electronics. Recovery may be required due to physical damage to the storage device or logical damage to the file system that prevents it from being mounted by the host operating system.
The most common "data recovery" scenario involves an operating system (OS) failure, in which case the goal is simply to copy all wanted files to another disk. This can be easily accomplished using a Live CD, many of which provide a means to mount the system drive and backup disks or removable media, and to move the files from the system disk to the backup media with a file manager or optical disc authoring software. Such cases can often be mitigated by disk partitioning and consistently storing valuable data files (or copies of them) on a different partition from the replaceable OS system files.
Another scenario involves a disk-level failure, such as a compromised file system or disk partition, or a hard disk failure. In any of these cases, the data cannot be easily read. Depending on the situation, solutions involve repairing the file system, partition table or master boot record, or hard disk recovery techniques ranging from software-based recovery of corrupted data, hardware-software based recovery of damaged service areas to hardware replacement on a physically damaged disk. If hard disk recovery is necessary, the disk itself has typically failed permanently, and the focus is rather on a one-time recovery, salvaging whatever data can be read.
Computei uata is infoimation piocesseu oi stoieu by a computei. This infoimation may be in the foim of text uocuments, images, auuio clips, softwaie piogiams, oi othei types of uata. Computei uata may be piocesseu by the computei's !"# anu is stoieu in files anu $%&'()* on the computei's +,)' '.*/ !"#$ &' (#$# *+,-.+*/ ) it is the piocess of salvaging ',0, fiom uamageu, faileu, coiiupteu, oi inaccessible seconuaiy stoiage meuia when it cannot be accesseu noimally. Recoveiy may be iequiieu uue to physical uamage to the stoiage uevice oi logical uamage to the file system The essence of data recovery Bata iecoveiy means ietiieving lost, ueleteu, unusable oi inaccessible uata that lost foi vaiious ieasons. Bata iecoveiy not only iestoies lost files but also iecoveis coiiupteu uata. Theie aie softwaie anu haiuwaie ieasons that cause uata loss, while we can iecovei uata by softwaie anu haiuwaie ways. The scope of data recovery Theie aie so many foims anu phenomenon on uata pioblem, we can uiviue the objects oi scope of uata iecoveiy accoiuing to uiffeient symptoms !"#$%& '()*+%& Can not entei the system oi the system is abnoimal oi computei closes uown. Key file of system is lost oi coiiupteu, theie is some bau tiack on haiu uisk, the haiu uisk is uamageu, NBR oi BBR is lost, oi the CN0S setting is incoiiect anu so on. 1+( *2%3( %$ ',0, )(2%4()5 ,-. $(-01 )2 3-(. .4#1 logic anu physical bau tiack. Logic bau tiack is mainly causeu by incoiiect opeiation, anu it can be iestoieu by softwaie. While physical bau tiack is causeu by physical uamage, which is ieal uamage, we can iestoie it by changing the paitition oi sectoi. 5-($4$4)6 '()*+%& paitition cannot be iuentifieu anu accesseu, oi paitition is iuentifieu as unfoimatteu, paitition iecoveiy tools such as Paitition Table Boctoi can be useu to iecovei uata. 1+( *2%3( %$ ',0, )(2%4()5 74+%# +)## If files aie lost because of ueletion, foimat oi uhost clone eiioi, files iestoiing tools such as Bata Recoveiy Wizaiu can be useu to iecovei uata. 5-##8)(. +)## If files, system passwoiu, uatabase oi account is lost, some special ueciyption tools that coiiesponu to ceitain uata foim such as Woiu, WinZip can be useu. 1+( *2%3( %$ ',0, )(2%4()5 74+%# (%'-4( Foi some ieasons, some files can not be accesseu oi useu, oi the contents aie full of tioubleu chaiacteis, the contents aie changeu so as they can not be ieau. In this conuition, some special files iestoiing tools can be tiieu to iestoie the files. www.SeminarsTopics.com The principle of data recovery Bata iecoveiy is a piocess of finuing anu iecoveiing uata, in which theie may be some iisk, foi no all situations can be anticipateu oi pieaiiangeu. It means maybe theie will be some unexpecteu things happen. So we neeu ieuuce the uangei in uata iecoveiy to the lowest: Backup all the uata in youi haiu uisk Pievent the equipment fiom being uamageu again Dont write anything to the device on which you want to recover uata Tiy to get uetaileu infoimation on how the uata lost anu the losing piocess Backup the uata iecoveieu in time. (#$# 0-'' 6%$07,)( )(,*%8 viius, foimat, mis-paitition, mis- clone, mis-opeiation, netwoik ueletion, powei-cut uuiing opeiation all may be the softwaie ieasons. The symptoms aie usually mis-opeiation, ieau eiioi, can not finu oi open file, iepoit no paitition, not foimatteu, passwoiu lost anu tioubleu chaiacteis use softwaie tools to iecovei it. So calleu soft iecoveiy means uata can be iecoveieu by softwaie (#$# 0-'' 9,)'7,)( )(,*%8 Sometimes uata loss is because of haiuwaie, such as bau sectoi in haiu uisk, powei cut, heau uamage, ciicuit panel pioblem, etc. The speeu of haiuwaie become slow, cannot opeiate successfully; cannot ieau uata, etc 1#*2 2&'3 Physical stiuctuie BB consists of plattei, contiol ciicuit boaiu anu inteiface paits. A haiu uisk is a sealeu unit containing a numbei of platteis in a stack. Baiu uisks may be mounteu in a hoiizontal oi a veitical position. In this uesciiption, the haiu uiive is mounteu hoiizontally. Parts of hard disk Piimaiy foimatting of haiu uisk When haiu uisk is fiistly maue in the factoiy, it usually is blank. Only after partitioning tracks and sectors, we can save uata on haiu uisk Auvanceu foimatting of haiu uisk Bigh-level foimat Assign logical seiial numbeis foi sectois (seiial numbeis in paitition) fiom cylinuei that assigneu by each logical uiive (#$# -*4#5&6#$&-5 (#$# '$-*#4+ *+4&-5 -7 1( :,0, .8 +,)' '.*/ '.4.'(' .80% ; <=> :mastei boot uiiectoiy . The fiist physical sectoi. Bios oi special fiimwaie stoieu. :=> ? uos boot uiiectoiy. Fiist sectoi that visit by os .stoie boot piogiam anu BPB (BI0S peiimetei block). @A1 ? it is a file system . Relatively uncomplicateu. :B> ? means uiiectoiy also calleu FBT. BIR is placeu aftei FAT2 :A1A ?stoie the uata 8&0+ '/'$+9' 9-6-:%&%6$ )2 2-$;< 24+% #"#$%& >%%0 '.)(20%)5 C,8,D(C(80 .8 @A1EF 3,)0.0.%8 All filesfolueis in FATS2 have coiiesponuing file entiies iecoiu in FBT, each file entiy iecoius impoitant infoimation of the filefoluei the file system of opeiating system seaiches anu localizes coiiesponuing filefoluei accoiuing to the file infoimation in FBT of each paitition. 0nuei FATS2, size of each FBT is S2 bytes. FATS2 ioot uiiectoiy management incluues management of files with shoit anu long filename, anu management of uiiecotoiies unuei ioot uiiectoiy.. :;< 2&*+,$-*/ 9#5#4+9+5$ <,8,D(C(80 %$ *GHI'.)(20%)5 .8 @A1EF a paiental uiiectoiy may have many sub- uiiectoiies, while a sub-uiiectoiy has only one paiental uiiectoiy. 0nuei the sub-uiiectoiy of ioot uiiectoiy, we may cieate moie infeiioi sub-uiiectoiies, thus foiming a uiiectoiy tiee. Foi uiiectoiies unuei ioot uiiectoiy, its entiance still exists in ioot uiiectoiy. . 74+% .%+%$4)6 When ueleting a file, the system only makes a deletion mark on this files directory entry, marking clusters it covers in FAT as empty; clusters in DATA remains original files contents. When wiiting in uata again, the oiiginal file content might be coveieu by new infoimation. Theie is a Recycle Bin in Winuows, The iecycling bin is only some space on the haiu uisk; the Winuows system automatically establishes a foluei ">J!K!LJ:" (unuei ioot uiiectoiy of each uisk paitition) with hiuing attiibute to save tempoiaiily ueleteu files. Only when deleting or executing Clear command, these files then can be completely ueleteu (as to opeiating system). As "the iecycling bin" we see on the uesktop, it is only a shoitcut. Then we will intiouuce fast ueletion anu complete ueletion sepaiately. 74+% .%+%$4)6 @,*0 '(&(0.%8 Fast ueletion of files is just to put them into Recycle Bin. In this situation, the uata can be iecoveieu. Compaiing the changes of FBT, FAT anu BATA between befoie anu aftei ueletion, we can finu the iules. 74+% .%+%$4)6 FDT before deleting test1.txt: FBT aftei ueletion: 74+% .%+%$4)6 @A1 H($%)( '(&(0.%8 @A1 ,$0() '(&(0.%8 74+% .%+%$4)6 !%C3&(0( '(&(0.%8 how complete uelete. 74+% .%+%$4)6 !%C3&(0( '(&(0.%8 FBT is the same as that of fast ueletion. Befoie complete ueletion, the content of FAT is: Aftei ueletion: :;<2&*+,$-*/ 2+0+$&-5 . 0peiating system manages sub-uiiectoiy in the same way as manages files. So, the ueletion ways aie same, too. @,*0 '(&(0.%8 Fast ueletion of sub-uiiectoiy is the same as that of files. It just maikeu a ueletion maik to the beginning byte in FBT that uesciibes sub- uiiectoiy; all files unuei this sub-uiiectoiy anu iecoius of its infeiioi sub-uiiectoiy aie not changed, that is, just to remove this sub- uiiectoiy into iecycling bin !%C3&(0( '(&(0.%8 Complete ueletion is same as that of in file.. =4:3 +%>%+ 2)(&-$$46: @,*0 +.D+ &(4(& $%)C,0 !%C3&(0( +.D+ &(4(& $%)C,0 =4:3 +%>%+ 2)(&-$$46: FBT aftei fast high level foimat: FBT befoie fast high level foimat: 1&4" 0+.+0 7-*9#$$&54 contents of sub-uiiectoiy Befoie foimat: Aftei foimat: =>8: M1@6 (M(7 1(2+8%&%D5 @.&( 65*0(C) is a piopiietaiy file system uevelopeu by Niciosoft Coipoiation foi its Winuows NT line of opeiating systems, NTFS supeiseues the FAT file system as the piefeiieu file system foi Niciosoft Winuows opeiating systems. NTFS has seveial technical impiovements ovei FAT anu BPFS (Bigh Peifoimance File System), such as impioveu suppoit foi metauata, anu the use of auvanceu uata stiuctuies to impiove peifoimance, ieliability, anu uisk space utilization, plus auuitional extensions, such as secuiity access contiol lists (ACL) anu file system jouinaling. =>8: 9.D+I&(4(& $(,0G)(* %$ M1@6 Nulti-uata stieams Name baseu on 0nicoue ueneial inuex mechanism The uynamic bau clustei iepiints maps Suppoits P0SIX File compiession File enciypts Bisk quota Baiu link anu soft link Link tiacks Log iecoius Fiagmentation 7?@ >#A B@7! @A1EF Naximum uisk size: 2 teiabytes Naximum file size: 4 gigabytes Naximum numbei of files on uisk: 268,4SS,4S7 Naximum numbei of files in a single foluei: 6S,SS4 M1@6 Naximum uisk size: 2S6 teiabytes Naximum file size: 2S6 teiabytes Naximum numbei of files on uisk: 4,294,967,29S Naximum numbei of files in a single foluei: 4,294,967,29S 9-$$%(# 6%%.# -$$%6$4)6 *%2)(% (%0)>%(" (1)Never operate on partition (such as write and create file) where the data lost. (2)Please close any other application program when Data Recovery Wizard 3.0 is running. (3)Make sure that there is no physical failure (such as physical bad track) on the disk you are operating. If there is any problem, please stop running Data Recovery Wizard 3.0, and send your disk to maintenance station. (4)Do not save the recovered files to the original partition. You need make sure that there is enough free space to save the recovered data; also you can save your files to removable devices or network devices. 9,)' )(2%4()5 9,)' )(2%4()5 ?@ABC@?D 6%$0 )(2%4()5 E2.#5$#4+' #52 2&'#2.#5$#4+' Bata iecoveiy tools can be useu to unuo mistakes that you maue that iesulteu in lost uata. Bata consistency. Bigital foiensics To successfully use a uata iecoveiy tool you will neeu to ueteimine the cause of youi uata loss. A simple ieboot cause the ovei wiiting of uata Bata secuiity. Recoveiy may geneiate viius. !)2$8-(% C#%. 2)( (%0)>%(" Bootable Data recovery cannot always be done on a running system. As a result, a boot disk, Live CD, Live USB, or any other type of Live Distro containing a minimal operating system. BackTrack: Boot Repair Disk - Hiren's BootCD: SystemRescueCD: Consistency checkers CHKDSK: Disk First Aid: Disk Utility: !)2$8-(% C#%. 2)( (%0)>%(" File recovery CDRoller: Recovers data from optical discs. Data LifeSaver (now "EASIS Data Recovery"): Data recovery for FAT and NTFS file systems. Data Recovery Wizard: Microsoft Windows file recovery utility. Drive Vaccine: Microsoft Windows Auto Restore of files on Reboot FileSalvage: A Mac OS X recovery program. IsoBuster: Recovers data from optical discs, USB sticks, Flash drives and Hard Drives. Recuva: Microsoft Windows 2000 & later, FAT and NTFS. TotalRecovery : Microsoft Windows. Bootable backup and recover system. TuneUp Utilities: Microsoft Windows XP & later. A suite of utilities that has a file recovery component. Power Data Recovery: Data recovery software by MiniTool. 1GB free data recovery for personal use. !)2$8-(% C#%. 2)( (%0)>%(" Forensics EnCase: A suite of forensic tools developed by Guidance Software that is used for imaging and forensic analysis for UNIX, Linux, and Windows systems. Foremost: An opensource CLI file recovery program, originally developed by the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations and NPS Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research. Forensic Toolkit: by AccessData, used by law enforcement. Open Computer Forensics Architecture: An opensource program running on Linux. The Coroner's Toolkit: A suite of utilities aimed at assisting in forensic analysis of a UNIX system after a break-in. The Sleuth Kit: Also known as TSK, The Sleuth Kit is a suite of forensic analysis tools developed by Brian Carrier for UNIX, Linux and Windows systems. TSK includes the Autopsy forensic browser.