Monthly Archives: June 2009

Trying To Recover A Few Deleted Files?


Posted by benny

I am trying to recover 4 or 5 deleted pictures, I deleted them last night thinking I wouldn’t need them anymore, turns out I do since the designs didn’t print out right(for a tshirt.) I tried some of the file recovery softwares on Download.com, but none could find the pictures since I only had them saved for a couple hours.
Is there any way I can recover these pictures? Thanks in advanced for the help.

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Do You Know What Is The Best Antivirus Software That Is Available For Free To Download On The Internet Many Th


Posted by benny

You can go to http://www.download.com and read about the different AV solutions there. They offer everything including Paid, Shareware and Free software of all kinds for many OSes.
Here is just ONE site that offers some comparisons:http://www.av-comparatives.org/
I just ‘googled’ the term: Comparisons Free Anti-virus
and came up with this list:http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=na…
Personally, I used AVG until a couple of years ago when it became bloated and a PITA to use in addition to it allowing all kinds of infections onto my computer.
Now I use Avast and am THRILLED with it!!!
Check it out here:http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht…
So that I’m not relying on only ONE database for protection, I back up my Avast with this On-line Scanner:http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols…
In addition to good AV, you also need protection from other types of malware like spyware and adware, etc.
Some free solutions for this are:
CCleanerhttp://www.ccleaner.com/
Spybot Search & Destroyhttp://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl…
Ad-Aware se Personal
which is a GREAT companion to SS&D…again not relying on only ONE database! ;) http://www.download3k.com/Install-Lavaso…
A good and _safe_ Registry Cleaner is TweakNow RegCleanerhttp://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html
Firewalls are important, too.
A GREAT third party SOFTWARE firewall is from Comodohttp://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
In addition to your software firewall, it’s a good idea to have a hardware one as well. These can be found in Routers. Personally, I’m staying WIRED until the Wireless thing gets all its bugs worked out. In BOTH cases, though, you need to change the password on the router for Maximum protection. All routers are shipped with the same password, DUMB, but true!
I hope this helps. Good Luck!

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Pictures Got Corrupted. There Must Be Some Way Of Bringing Them Back To Life Again, Right?


Posted by benny

I mistakenly deleted a few important pictures from my PC and later on, realizing I had deleted the pictures (when I tried to find them), I used a recovery software to recover them. The pictures were recovered but they are not opening. Any error message keeps telling me “Corrup file header…”. This means the format of the picture is not clear to the PC. To correct those pictures, according to me, I have to correct the header file of the picture. But when I opened it with notepad all I could see was a maze of un-understandable characters. So, I just could not know WHAT part of the file had got corrupted and what to replace that part WITH.
I BELIEVE there must be SOME way of making those pics to work again. I can put as much efforts as required if they would only result into success.
Someone please help me. Those pictures are too important for me!

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I Am Looking For Information On Salvaging Data On Hard Drives Than Are Dead Or Near Dying .?


Posted by benny

I have two Western Digital hard drives ( 120 gig & 100 gig ) that are in trouble , to say the least . Both contain personal pictures and music only and it would take almost an eternity to replace so I am hoping to save my files and hopefully transfer then to a safer location . I have heard of a few recovery software applications but have never used them and so if any one can offer assistance in this area , I would be most grateful . This is what I have , I am having difficulty in getting the system to recognize the disk when I put it in as a slave along with my existing hard drive which is smaller as master . Alone , it appears as a drive but has no operating system and so is useless . The noises coming from it are getting gradually worse and so I am getting nervous that it may lock . Also , is it possible to retrieve information from a drive that has died, completely and cannot be detected ? Many Thanks !

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Did I Buy The Right Digital Camera?


Posted by benny

I just purchased this off Amazon.com- a Canon digital camera package. I payed $319.00 plus tax- but it gives me the following things:
Canon PowerShot A630 8.0MP Digital Camera with All Manufacture’s Supplied Accessories,
Opteka .45x High Definition² Professional Wide Angle Lens, Opteka 2.2x High Definition² Professional Telephoto Lens, Opteka High Definition² 3 Piece Filter Kit – UV, Polarizing and Fluorescent Filter, and Lens / Filter Adapter,
Kingston 1GB Secure Digital (SD) Card, Merkury Ultra High Speed Card Reader / Writer, and ImageRecall CD – Digital Image Recovery Software,
Opteka 90min AC/DC Charger with Four AA 2700mAh Rechargeable Batteries, LCD Screen Protectors, and Opteka Tabletop Tripod,
Opteka 5 Piece Pro Camera & Lens Cleaning Kit, 53″ Deluxe Video/Camera Tripod, and Canon PSC-65 Deluxe Soft Case
Let me know also, if Im getting a memory card.
Thanks!

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Can Anybody Recommend A Software Of Backing Up Important Computer Files & Data?


Posted by benny

The software has to have a feature that allows me to set a time or date to backup my files automatically.
It must have a feature that does not re-write over backed up data but adds newly added files to the backup instead of doing the whole backup again from scratch.
I don’t mind if the software is free or costly. My music and work documents are important to me and if I was to ever loose them I would be so upset. Which is why i am here asking this question.
Thanks for your help.

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