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How to recover missing, lost, or deleted files
Issue

How to recover missing, lost, or deleted files.
Cause

Lost files can occur because of any of the below possibilities.

File was mistakenly deleted.
File was corrupt and deleted by scandisk.
Another program deleted the file.
File is password protected.

Solution
Before reviewing the below recommendations and suggestions, verify that the files have been deleted; in some cases the files may have been moved. You can search the hard drive for the files you believe to be missing by running find or search on the computer.

Recover file from backup

If the file has been backed up to floppy disk or other medium it is recommended that the file be restored from that backup if the file cannot be found.

Restore from Recycling Bin or Trash

If you are running Apple MacOS, Microsoft Windows and the file has been recently deleted it is possible that the file may still be in the Trash or Recycle Bin. If present within this area it can be recovered.

Recovering a deleted file from the Windows Recycle Bin.

Download freeware program or purchase a program

When a file is deleted (even when removed from the Recycle Bin) the files are marked as deleted, however it is not removed from the hard drive. Assuming no other file has overwritten the deleted file on the hard drive a recovery program can be used to recover deleted files. Below is a list of freeware file recovery programs that can be used freely to recover lost data.

Recuva
Restoration
Undelete Plus
FreeUndelete
Photorec
PC Inspector File Recover *Not compatible with Vista/7

Tip: When running a program such as Restoration in Windows Vista or 7 and prompted to run as administrator, right-click on the executable and choose the option to run as administrator.

In addition to the above freeware programs there are also several companies who have created programs designed to recover your lost data. For example, PowerQuest makes the utility Drive Image that in some cases can be used to recover data from a hard drive.

Utilize a service from a company that specializes in recovering lost data

Utilize the service of a local data recovery company or an out of state data recovery company. One word of caution is that these services can sometimes be very expensive. It is only recommended they be used if the data is extremely important or data cannot be read from hard drive. Below is a listing of a few major data recovery companies.

Action Front Data Recovery
CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc.
Doctor Byte
DriveSavers Data Recovery
Kroll Ontrack
Lazarus Data Recovery
Virtual Data Recovery
Stellar Data Recovery
DataCent Professional Data Recovery

There are also several companies that specialize in the service of recovering files or documents that are password protected. Below is a listing of some of the companies that provide this service.

Passwordcrackers
Passwordservices.com
Password Recovery software

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Detecting faulty drivers that causes BSOD(Blue Screen Of Death)
Here i am going to explain some risky techniques of identifying the faulty/outdated driver that causes BSOD.
A.Reading a minidump file that created after a BSOD
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Note: This technique can be use by any one
After a BSOD a minidump file is created in C:\Windows which contents the details information of the driver that causes BSOD

and its IRQ , version of the correspondind system file. To read that file in a user freindly way you need to download a

software from here detail information of using the software is here . after identifying the driver you should update that

driver.
B.Using Driver Verifier to identify issues with Drivers
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Driver Verifier monitors kernel-mode drivers and graphics drivers to detect illegal function calls or actions that might

corrupt the system. It can subject the drivers to a variety of stresses and tests to find improper behavior.
Warning:
Please don't follow these steps without the help/Recommendation of an expert
If the Driver Verifier finds a violation, it will result in a BSOD it'll crash before you can log in to Windows
So, I'd suggest that you first backup your stuff and then make sure you've got access to another computer so you can

contact me if problems arise. Then make a System Restore point (so you can restore the system using the Vista/Windows 7

Startup Repair feature)
here we go:-
1.Go to Start and type in "verifier" (without the quotes) and press Enter
2.Select "Create custom settings (for code developers)" and click "Next"
3.In the window "Select individual settings from a full list" Select everything EXCEPT FOR "Low Resource Simulation" and

click "Next"
4.Select "Select driver names from a list" and click "Next"
5.Then select all drivers NOT provided by Microsoft and click "Next"
6.Select "Finish" on the next page.
now reboot the system wait for crash to occours if not logon into window use your system normally for one day. after one day

Reboot into Windows and turn off Driver Verifier by going into verifier window and selecting "Delete existing settings".
1. if BSOD not occurs your system drivers are all right
2.if crash occurs and you can able to log onto the window, find out the culprit driver .

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