Were you ever in a situation where you accidentally deleted your files from your PC and desperately wanted them back? Did your PC crash in the middle of some important work, and are your files now ...

Data loss is a problem experienced by many users across their systems. Regardless of their device, data loss is a common issue that makes it quite difficult for users to operate across their devices.

If you are a heavy PC user, you might use RAR or archive files to store or keep your files organized. However, many of us often delete random RAR files that might contain important data. If you did ...

Xolelwa Mzili’s PC no longer sees her external hard drive. Can she recover the files? Because they’re used heavily for backup and sneakernet, we tend to assume that every file on an external hard ...

Whether you've accidentally deleted your files, run format on something you shouldn't have or, Flying Spaghetti Monster forbid, dropped a hard drive, there's still a chance that you can get your data ...

There are numerous occasions where users may find the data on their USB flash drive has become corrupted and that they are unable to access or recover it. In this post, we will see how you can attempt ...

Virtually all commercially-sold PCs come with some sort of recovery tool–an alternate way to boot your system (either a CD, a DVD, or a special key combination to press shortly after turning on your ...

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When it comes to backing up and restoring your PC, Windows 8 took a few steps forward and a few steps back. Your settings and apps in the new tablet-y interface (yeah, we’re still calling it Metro) ...

A file-encrypting ransomware we are calling LowLevel04 is currently being spread that encrypts your data using AES encryption and then demands a 4 Bitcoin, or ~$1000 USD, ransom to get your files back ...

We’ve all done it before — moved a file into the Recycle Bin, and then pressed the Empty Trash button. Later, we found out that that was an important file that you needed to keep, but now it’s gone ...