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If you need to retrieve an deleted file from the hard drive or a flash memory card, what should you do? It is better to write the retrieved file to another disk. You can use a floppy disk if the file size is small. Alternatively, the retrieved file can be written to a different drive letter on the same hard drive. You can perform this task using Norton Disk Editor. Norton Disk Editor is part of the Norton Utilities and Norton SystemWorks that is often used to retrieve lost data.

Disk Editor is created primarily to access FAT-based systems such as FAT12, FAT 16, and FAT 32. It is a command prompt program. If the Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP is installed on a FAT32 partition or hard drive, you can use Disk Editor to perform data recovery task. Disk Editor can function on NTFS volumes provided it is running in physical sector mode. To avoid making any accidental alterations to the hard disk when you are performing data recovery tasks you have to set Disk Editor to default Read-only mode.

The location of the file is determined using following process:

1. Find out the cluster (allocation unit) size of the drive where the file is located.
2. Run the Disk Editor to check out the name of the erased file and identify which clusters have the file data.

It is not necessary to restore the filename because it will be restored to another drive. Because the cluster will be copied to another file, it could be a great idea to look at the cluster and ensure that they contain the needed data. You must use the Norton Disk Editor to look at the starting and ending clusters of the file before you try to recover it. If you are retrieving file from a formatted drive, this is an important step that you have to do.

To copy the contents of clusters to a file safely, it is best to specify the sectors that have the file. You can use Disk Editor to figure out the sector number as well as the cluster number.

Other recovery software REMO Recover provide user-friendly and slick interface. Remo recover is a strong recovery software that uses effective scanning algorithms for data recovery. You can recover files from formatted drive by using this software. You can also use it to recover files from SD card as well as to recover files from USB drive.

As compared to FAT file system of a PC running on Windows os, the structure of NTFS is far more complex. NTFS’s built-in compression may be used to compress files in the NTFS system. To recover deleted files from an NTFS drive, an NTFS specific file undeletion program is required. For example, a version of Norton utilities or Norton SystemWorks suitable for NTFS could be used. The Norton Protection feature can be beneficial because it offers certain level of data protection. You may use this feature to keep deleted files for a certain period of time before purging them from the system.

If a pc has not been installed with an undeletion program such as Norton Utilities or Norton Unerase, should you need to recover deleted files, you could use a standalone file recovery software such as:

• Active Undelete: Active Undelete is a robust data recovery software which enables you to retrieve deleted files and restore deleted partitions. It functions on Windows. This program also works with flash memory cards.
• Restorer Ultimate: Restorer Ultimate is the newer version of data recovery software that replace the well-known, award-winning Restorer2000. The newer version is quicker and more stable. Moreover it has more features and improvements that make data recovery more easier for user.
• Remo Recover: REMO Recover is a strong data recovery software that includes powerful and effective scanning algorithms for data recovery. You could recover recycle bin and recover files from formatted drive using the component of this software. You can test run Remo Recover software by trying to recover files deleted from recycle bin using the software downloaded from its website.

Apple Inc designs, develops and markets one of the popular pc called the Apple PC. The Mac PC runs on Mac OS, an operating system developed by Apple. Mac computer normally is sold with a bundle of software that are developed by Apple including iLife, the Safari web browser and the iTune media player.

Apple computer has a lesser usage share when compared to IBM compatible PC. However it is less common for a Macintosh to have malware and spyware problems. Despite of Mac’s innovative and slick user Interface design, Mac computer is like any other computer systems. It is at risk of human errors. For example, a file could be deleted by mistake. You may retrieve deleted file from trash bin if it is available. To recover trashed files Mac enables user to simply restore the files to its original location. But when the trash bin is emptied before you retrieve the file, you may need to utilize either software that comes with Mac PC or a third party Mac file recovery program.

You could use few tools found in a Mac to recover deleted files. One of the most useful programs is called the Time Machine. You can recover deleted file easily using this program. Backup program is a backup utility. However it gives you protection for your data. You always have a backup copy of the file should you have accidentally deleted it.

Aside from using Mac utilities, you can use third party file recovery software, such as Apple disk recovery software. These software are normally paid software. These software can recover deleted files accurately and restore them to its original state because they are using strong algorithms. Besides, they normally have user friendly interface.