Recover lost data on Windows systems

This sample chapter, taken from Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Windows, discusses how to recover lost data on Windows systems.

This sample chapter, taken from Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Windows, discusses how to recover lost data on Windows systems. Several factors affect the degree of difficulty you might encounter in recovering your data, including:

• How the data was deleted
• Which file system was used by the drive on which the data was stored
• Whether the drive uses magnetic, optical, magneto-optical, or flash memory to store data
• Which version of Windows or other OS you use
• Whether you already have data-protection software installed on your system
• Whether the drive has suffered physical damage to heads, platters, or circuit board

Title: Upgrading and Repairing Microsoft Windows
ISBN: 0789734036
Published: November 2005
Author: Brian Knittel, Scott Mueller
Chapter: Chapter 11: Windows Data Recovery
Published by Que