From the “I would never think to try that” box, I read an interesting post regarding a tip to recover data from a failed hard drive. In some cases, wrapping the drive in freezer bags followed by placing it in the freezer for 12 hours will buy you some life on the drive. You can repeat the process as many times as needed to attempt to recover your...

Having an "emegency rescue" CD is an important tool to have in your software collection. Sometimes it’s the difference between saving and not saving data in the event of a major screw-up in your OS or hard drive. There are several rescue type products out there, but one worth looking at is called SystemRescueCd. This utility makes admin tasks...

In the corporate world, larger companies build what are called “disaster recovery” centers. This is an off-site building that houses a miniaturized version of the entire company’s computer network. Its sole purpose in life is to be there in case a disastrous situation happens at the primary data center (fire, explosion, etc.) so the company...