A Guide to Data Recovery

Data recovery is the dark sister of backups. Robert Burns said "the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry", and that certainly applies to the area of Windows backups. Backup media dies. Someone puts the wrong backup tape into the drive on the wrong day. The dog chews up your one and only CD-R copy of your tax returns.

Of course, the real reason most people end up needing data recovery is that they simply failed to backup the data at all. Well, no point in crying over spilt milk. Best to learn what hope you have of getting that lost data back and vow to become better at backing up your data in the future!