Category Archives: Data Storage Tools

Migrating Outlook profile data to retain important information

There are many instances where you may wish to migrate Outlook file information. Users of Microsoft Outlook should take note that all their messages scheduling and calendar information as well as general archives are stored in what is known as … Read more »

Opening an Outlook Express database after corruption

Outlook Express the free email client that comes with Internet explorer from Microsoft has some very severe technical limitations. To begin with the base folder structure for Outlook Express application files has a 2 GB size limit. Once this size … Read more »

Essential steps to take before recovering lost data

The process of recovering lost data requires you to follow a few simple rules. These rules and how you must obey them depend upon where and how your files were lost. As most files are stored on your computer’s hard … Read more »

What happens when the Outlook inbox storage capacity is exceeded

It is somewhat amazing that an entire sector of the software industry has developed around the need to repair Microsoft Outlook inboxes and recover Outlook emails. The need to recover Outlook settings and messages is not something new. Actually from … Read more »

Recovering DBX email file information

Outlook Express is the free email application that comes bundled with Microsoft Windows. It is an extremely simple to use program that allows one an effective liaison between the local storage available on their computer’s hard drive and the Internet … Read more »

Formatted partition recovery in Windows

It is quite common when opening an external hard drive such as a book drive or USB flash drive you will be prompted by Windows to format the partition which is that drive. Usually this is a misread by Windows. … Read more »

Tips to recover documents on Windows XP

The steps one must follow to recover deleted document files are a bit more complicated than those required for basic data recovery. When working through the process to recover deleted files Windows XP users may be at a slight disadvantage. … Read more »

Practical deleted Outlook email recovery

People write to me all the time asking how they can recover deleted emails. To be honest, sometimes their letters are almost comical in that they ask me how to rescue an email deleted months or years ago on a … Read more »

Finding a data eraser targeted to Windows

When purchasing a program for drive wipe Windows users must always remember to only choose a disk wipe program designed for their Windows operating system. Just as with data recovery programs, Mac and Windows applications for drive wipe or permanent … Read more »

Clearing out files permanently on external hard drives

If your company uses external computer hard drives such as those made by Western Digital and those drives are passed around from department to department, you may want to investigate use of a quality drive wipe program. When you delete … Read more »