Data recovery is a mystical and varied art that shares much with archaeology. Depending on where you dig for data you may or may not find what you are looking for, and the longer you leave going after your lost data the greater the chance it will be worn away by age and reduced to fragments of its former self.

Our feature story covers best formats, backup options, and why you should reburn those photo CDs every two years.

Does dropping a hard disk from a third floor window or dunking it in a cup of tea mean curtains for your data? We visit Ontrack's data recovery labs to find out.

Every expert has a toolkit. Tim Dean takes you through the 10 tools any Windows expert cannot live without. So, to give you a head start, here are PC Authority's top 10 tools for the ultimate Windows user.

Recover data from corrupt CDs

Handy Recovery is a data recovery software designed to restore files deleted due to virus attacks, s...

Smart Recovery is the new data recovery program from CONVAR for Flash Card™, Smart Media™, SONY Memo...

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Without support for differential backups and with a light feature set, Norton Ghost feels cheap, nasty and dated.

Photo recovery software for digital cameras

Create a bootable recovery disc

Create a bootable recovery disc

Professional data recovery made easy! O&O DiskRecovery functionality begins where other programs...

R-Studio - the most comprehensive data recovery software and undelete tool supports FAT12/16/32, NTF...

Recover lost files with ease

Recover lost files with ease

Recover data from a formatted drive

Automation is the next stage for the virtual data centre.

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