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Raise Data Recovery and Recovery Explorer Standard: what’s the difference?
Raise Data Recovery and Recovery Explorer Standard are two easy-to-use but effective data recovery solutions providing a smooth and straightforward user experience.
How to get an appropriate license for the program
Due to the fact that there are several extensions and versions of the Recovery Explorer software, you might need some extra guidance on how to choose the most appropriate license. In this article we explain the main differences between all the available licenses.
What to do if the program doesn’t detect your device
In case you can’t find your data storage device in the interface of Recovery Explorer Standard, please follow the instructions of this article. They can help you to make the software see an undetectable drive.
Search, select and save restored files in the program
The Recovery Explorer Standard program has two modes to choose from: a standard one and a simplified one. Here you can find a detailed guide on how to find, select and save files under both of them.
How to recover lost data from a USB flash drive
Have you lost or mistakenly deleted some important files from your jump drive? Well, they still might be recovered with a special program like Recovery Explorer Standard. Open this article to find a step-by-step tutorial on how to use this software to restore lost information.
How to recover files from a memory card
With the help of Recovery Explorer Standard you can try to restore almost any type of data, including photos, videos, music and documents that have been lost or accidentally deleted from your flash memory card, regardless of its type. Discover how to use this program effectively.
How to recover data from an external hard drive
Hard drives are considered to be quite reliable data storages. However, it doesn’t mean that they are absolutely immune to data loss. Even so, once lost or mistakenly deleted from an HDD or SSD, the information might still be restored with Recovery Explorer Standard. Learn how to do it.
The most common reasons for data loss
Cases of losing data are closely related to our daily routine. What are they and what can we do to prevent them from happening?
File systems of different devices and operating systems
What does a file system depend on and how can one identify it? How does the file system type influence data recovery chances?
Disk partition overlapping: possible causes
During scanning, Recovery Explorer may spot an error related to disk partition issues. The causes for this error can be absolutely different but lead to the same result: recovery scan may be incorrect.
Checking device connection before starting data recovery
Preparing the hardware for recovery is of the same importance as the recovery itself. Have a look at some recommendations on how to connect the storages to your PC correctly.
Setup instructions
Learn how to install Recovery Explorer on Windows, Linux and macOS as well how to change the default settings and adjust the scanning options.
RAW data recovery
Everything you need to know about file fragmentation, file metadata and what it all has to do with file recovery.
PRECAUTIONS FOR RECOVERY PROCESS
What are the dos and don’ts of a data recovery procedure? Go through this checklist to make sure that you are doing everything properly.
USING A NETWORK STORAGE FOR SAVING FILES
Regardless of the reasons, one might consider a hard drive of another computer or a NAS attached via the local network as an appropriate target storage for saving the recovered files. Learn how to save your data to a network disk.
Virtual disks as data storage
Virtualization technologies are very popular these days. Almost every office with an IT-infrastructure uses virtual machines. So, what is a virtual machine?
RAID systems
Different RAID levels and chances of data recovery, storage interpretation as part of a RAID, precautions during manipulations with disks organized in a RAID.
NAS: the ways to bypass data loss
Popular NAS: the ways to bypass data loss, using network disk for saving your data.
Supported storage technologies
Basic information on the storage technologies you may come across with when working with Recovery Explorer.