Even the most experienced computer users make mistakes. Working quickly, moving files around, and juggling multiple tasks at once can sometimes lead to the accidental deletion of important files. Disk ...

Losing files from an internal/external hard disk is absolute nightmare fuel. One wrong click, a blue screen of death, or your cat stomping across the keyboard, and your files are outta sight. So, you ...

The New York Public Library’s digital curator of performing arts Doug Reside has posted a useful guide to recovering old data from floppy discs. The New York Public Library’s digital curator of ...

If you don't have a good backup of your Mac, and as a result have lost something important, Disk Drill 3 aims to restore what's gone and try to protect you against future problems. AppleInsider offers ...

CleverFiles just launched Disk Drill 6, a major update to its popular data recovery Mac software. (It works on Windows, too.) Among other things, it can now recover deeply fragmented videos. Plus, it ...

If you've recently lost favorite photos and videos or important documents stored on a drive, you might be able to get them back with free data recovery software. It's all too easy to accidentally ...

Your hard drive may not always perform well, and sudden disk errors or accidental deletion can cause you to lose data. But there’s no need to feel frustrated after losing essential data on a hard ...

Q. I have a Compaq computer that is almost 8 years old, and it is doing strange things. For instance, it will freeze up and refuse to shut down unless I turn off the power. I have a quick-restore CD ...

Jimmie Bates wants to know if he should ever update his Windows recovery disk. I checked with Microsoft to get the full story, and here’s what I found out. Windows 8 and 10 have a built-in tool to ...

A bootable CD-ROM or DVD-ROM that contains the original installation of the OS and applications for a particular computer. When booted, a recovery program (recovery console) returns the computer to ...