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Recover deleted files THERE is a lot hidden on your computer hard disk. At times, we accidentally delete certain files and then regret their loss. There are programs that help you undelete the files but very few of them are freeware. This fortnight we feature a freeware that does much more than recover long deleted files. With this handy tool you can view your disks in their raw form. Disk Investigator This is a multiple utility
that can perform the following functions — locate sensitive data with
the search viewing functions, display the true drive contents by
bypassing the operating system and directly read the raw drive sectors,
undelete previously deleted files, view raw directories, files,
clusters, and system sectors, view low-level BIOS parameter block
attributes, view files through external applications, search files and
raw clusters for content and verify the effectiveness of file and disk
wiping programs. There are two disk-viewing modes to which you can
switch to using the radio buttons at the top left of the disk
investigator window. The first is the Disk Mode. Here you can view the
raw contents of disk on a sector-by-sector basis. Use the horizontal
slider at the bottom to view different parts of the disk. You can also
enter the sector number directly. This mode can be used for viewing both
the used space of the disk as well as the free space (which may contain
recoverable data). The other is the Directory Mode. In this mode, you
can view the disk contents via the directory structure, which enables
you to view the raw contents of any file on the disk. This mode cannot
be used for viewing the free space of the disk. The |
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