Making Ontrack EasyRecovery™ Software Even Easier

For anyone new to the experience, working with data recovery software can be both encouraging and daunting at the same time. On one hand, you’re eager to test the software’s capabilities and discover what data is recoverable. At the same time, you’re terrified you’ll do something wrong and make the problem worse. In order to alleviate some of those fears, Ontrack has some advice for new users to help make the do-it-yourself software recovery experience stress-free.

1. There are several different editions of EasyRecovery. Consulting the comparison chart at www.ontrackdatarecovery.co.uk before purchasing or downloading EasyRecovery trial software can help you determine which product best meets your needs. Containing powerful tools that recover lost, inaccessible or deleted data with added file repair capabilities for Microsoft® Word and Zip files, EasyRecovery™ DataRecovery (£ 129) is sufficient for most users' needs. If you just need to get a few files back, EasyRecovery DataRecovery also comes in an EasyRecovery™ Lite edition (£ 49.99) that allows you to recover up to 25 files per recovery session. EasyRecovery™ Professional (£ 329) is the complete solution for all your data recovery, file repair and disk diagnostic needs, incorporating all the features of EasyRecovery DataRecovery plus components for repairing corrupt email (EasyRecovery EmailRepair™) and Microsoft® Office files (EasyRecovery FileRepair™) into one simple product.
2. Ontrack EasyRecovery™ is a powerful, complex piece of software and contains numerous recovery options and settings to optimise your recovery. Understanding your data loss helps you in using EasyRecovery to achieve optimum recovery results. Dependent on your current data loss, EasyRecovery offers several data recovery tools to meet your recovery needs. The AdvancedRecovery (EasyRecovery Pro) and StandardRecovery (EasyRecovery DataRecovery, EasyRecovery Lite) tools provide you with advanced recovery options including recovering from mistakenly deleted partitions, virus attacks, and other major file system corruptions. DeletedRecovery works well to give you quick access to deleted files. The FormatRecovery tool will allow you to recover files from an accidentally formatted or reinstalled partition. RawRecovery works well for scanning severely corrupted partitions for files using a file signature search algorithm, and will help you recover files from a partition with damaged directory structures.
3. When your scan completes, EasyRecovery displays your recovery results in an easy to navigate directory tree. It’s best to have an idea of the name, type, and location of the files you'd like to recover. This makes navigating the scan results to find that critical file or files you are looking for quick and easy. On the left side of the directory tree you can see the directories and subdirectories. On the right side are the files of the selected directory. Files can be sorted by name, size, date, and condition in ascending or descending order. You can select individual files, folders, and even entire directories for copying to your recovery destination.
4. Upon recovery scan completion, EasyRecovery allows you to assess the quality of recovered files. The condition of a recovered file depends on the overall condition of the system. All EasyRecovery data recovery tools will note any file condition specifics with a letter combination in the Condition column on the recovery results directory tree. These condition specifics will give a good indication of how a file will function upon recovery completion.
5. Strange noises are coming from your hard drive! If you suspect your hard drive or system is failing, continuing to run the system may damage it beyond repair or lead to irretrievable data loss. If you are unsure of your hard drive’s health, using the hard disk manufacturer's diagnostic or our Data Advisor® software can help determine if there are any physical problems. For situations in which the hardware is physically failing or damaged, Ontrack offers data recovery services to retrieve your mission critical data. For more information on data recovery service options available or further assistance, please contact Data Recovery Sales at 0800 243 996, visit the Ontrack website at www.ontrack.co.uk from another computer, or contact Ontrack’s free technical support during Ontrack’s normal business hours (8am – 6pm Monday-Friday GMT, excluding holidays) by calling +44 (0)1372 744422 or via email at uktechsupport@ontrack.com.

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