Recovering lost file from Windwos Vista is a headache for most Windows Vista users because they are not familiar with Windows Vista operating system. Speaking of Windows Vista file recovery, many Windows Vista users will think of data recovery software. Although there is much data recovery software in the market, most can not run under Windows Vista because of compatibility problem. So many users are forced to resort to professional data recovery companies, but the high fees beat many users. However, after researching on Windows Vista for a long time, MiniTool Solution Ltd. has released the free data recovery software – MiniTool Power Data Recovery, which is compatible with Windows Vista, solving the problem for many users. 

MiniTool Power Data Recovery is multifunctional data recovery software. We will introduce what kind of Windows file recovery can be performed with MiniTool Power Data Recovery through its main interface. 

The above is the main interface of the free data recovery software. We can see MiniTool Power Data Recovery is able to recover deleted data and recover lost data form damaged partition, formatted partition and lost partition and external storage devices like memory card, memory stick, U disk, CD and DVD, solving almost all data loss problems resulting from soft faults. For users' more intuitive understanding of its functions, we'll demonstrate how to recover lost file from Windows Vista with MiniTool Power Data Recovery

To recover file from lost partition in Windows, we should firstly visit its official websitehttp://www.powerdatarecovery.com to download and install MiniTool Power Data Recovery. Then launch the free data recovery software. Click "Lost Partition Recovery" and the following interface will be shown. 

In this interface, all disks in the computer are shown. Select the one where partition loss occurs and click "Recover". After the software scans the selected disk completely, the following interface will appear. 

In this interface, select the partition which is most similar to the lost partition and click "Show Files". Then we'll see the following interface. 

This is data recovery interface. Check the files to be recovered and click "Save Files" to store the recovered files to a safe location according to software prompts. Now, we have finished recovering lost data from lost partition in Windows Vista. 

Seeing the operation demonstration, you may know how to use MiniTool Power Data Recovery to recover lost file in Windows Vista. 
 
Apple products are used more and more. Especially Mac computer has become the computer product second to Windows PC. But Mac computer of Apple Inc. also brings us a series of problems. Mac file recovery, in particular, has become a great difficulty annoying Mac users. In Mac, HFS+ is used and this file system is far more complex in structure than NTFS file system that is commonly used in Windows. And due to technology reason, many data recovery software companies can not develop Mac file recovery software excellent enough and some Mac data recovery software costs much money and is hard to afford for many users. What users are in want of is inexpensive or even free Mac file recovery software. According to users' demand, MiniTool Solution Ltd. has released MiniTool Mac Data Recovery which is free Mac file recovery software for home users. With this free Mac Data Recovery software, Mac users are able to recover lost files easily.

Brief introduction to MiniTool Mac Data Recovery
MiniTool Mac Data Recovery, is Mac file recovery software for enterprise and home users, released by MiniTool Solution Ltd.. MiniTool Solution Ltd., which is headquartered in Canada, has been devoted to integrated solutions to data recovery and disk management and its branch institutions are all over the world to provide users with high-quality service in a bid to satisfy users' demands for data recovery and disk management. The free Mac file recovery software MiniTool Mac Data Recovery runs perfectly in Mac. Besides recovering deleted files, users can also recover lost files from formatted and lost partition. Meanwhile, as to the serious data loss problems caused by system damage and virus infection, the software can recover lost data perfectly. In addition, MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is not only in support of free Mac file recovery, but also in support of data recovery from USB flash drive, mobile hard disk, memory card, iPhone and iPad. For home users, if the lost data is within 1 GB, free service is provided. Seen from this, no matter in the consideration of success rate of data recovery or data recovery cost, MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is the best choice for users.

Reasons for choosing MiniTool Mac Data Recovery
Free of charge is only one of the reasons for choosing MiniTool Mac Data Recovery. Then we'll demonstrate some other reasons for choosing this free Mac file recovery software.

Division of function modules
The division of function modules of MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is very meticulous.

From the main interface, we can see the free Mac data recovery software is composed of 4 different data recovery modules. The reason for the meticulous division is that different data loss situations are attributed to different factors, so different data recovery methods should be adopted. By dividing the software into different modules, users can employ different data recovery ways to recover lost files in different situations. Data recovery efficiency and success rate of data recovery can be promoted greatly.

Support for multiple file systems
Besides supporting FAT32 and NTFS, MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is also in support of data recovery from HFS+ which is mostly common in Mac.

Seen from the above picture, MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is in support of data recovery from diverse file systems and the results are satisfying. With MiniTool Mac Data Recovery, data recovery from various file systems won't annoy users any more.

Digital Media Recovery
In most cases, Mac helps users deal with photos or design work. However, these kinds of files are easy to lose and often of great value. According to them, MiniTool Mac Data Recovery provides users with the module "Digital Media Recovery".

With this module, users can recover lost photos easily and at the same time, recovery efficiency and success rate are improved as well. 
 
In order to speed up your computer running speed and facilitate file management on hard disk partition, you need to manage and optimize partition in time. Instead of using Disk Defragment, the best way to manage partition efficiently is to use professional partition magic which will not damage partition data. Nowadays, plenty of partition magic software can perfectly manage partition. But most of them can't recognize dynamic disk when you want to manage dynamic disk. However, MiniTool Partition Wizard can manage partition as well as dynamic disk volume. 

This is the main interface of MiniTool Partition Wizard. To create different types of volumes or create volumes on dynamic disk, click "Dynamic Disk" and then "Create". After that, you can also resize volume, delete volume without data damage. 

After we upgrade basic disk to dynamic disk, more functions can be realized, such as read and write data at high speed, extend unallocated space which is not adjacent to volume, improve data security, and so on. We can create striped volumes on dynamic disk to speed up disk read-write efficiency and performance. Although partition can't be spanned on basic disk, we can create spanned volumes on dynamic disk and make the volume bigger by extending several hard disks into one volume. In addition, we can create mirrored volume on dynamic disk. It can back up all content into another mirrored volume, which improves data security. 

As everyone knows, multiple hard disks regarded as basic disks can be installed on computer. We can optionally upgrade basic disks to dynamic disks with disk management tool of Windows operating system; meanwhile, we can convert dynamic disk to basic disk. However, I believe all of us are unwilling to convert dynamic disk to basic disk because we must delete all volumes on the dynamic disk first. Here, MiniTool Partition Wizard is recommended because it causes no damage and data loss when we convert dynamic disk to basic disk. 

If you add a dynamic disk on computer, MiniTool Partition Wizard should be your first choice to manage partition. It can optimize dynamic disk volume as well as manage basic disk partition. 
 
  • When Microsoft is trying hard to improve its operating system performance, it has improved the built-in disk management tool a lot. Through comparing Windows XP with Windows 7 we can get a conclusion. Windows XP built-in disk management tool realizes creating partition, deleting partition, formatting partition, setting active partition, changing partition drive letter, and managing resources, but it has no other functions more than these. However, Windows 7 built-in disk management tool has more comprehensive functions. Besides the above functions, Windows 7 built-in disk management tool can extend partition, compress partition, and create mirrored volume and other dynamic disk management functions. The following picture is all functions of Windows 7 built-in disk management tool.

    For most common computer users, the most practical functions of Windows 7 built-in disk management tool are "Extend Volume" and "Shrink Volume". With these two functions, we can easily change partition size and change partition mode. However, these functions all have certain limitation – we can only compress or extend partition backwards but not forwards. Therefore, we can't extend partition with the unallocated space compressed from the front partition. 

    Then how can we realize extending partition with unallocated space compressed from front partition? At this time, we need the professional partition magic – MiniTool Partition Wizard. This software is very flexible to extend or shrink partition, realizing management operations that built-in disk management tool can't do. Next, there is a demonstration of detailed operating process. 

    MiniTool Partition Wizard changes partition size in Windows 7 
    Firstly, visit http://www.resize-partition.com to download and install MiniTool Partition Wizard. After installing, launch it to enter main interface:

    In main interface, we can check condition of all partitions in the computer. To shrink partition J:, we need to select it and then click "Move/Resize" button:

    In this interface, drag partition handle border to shrink partition J:, If we shrink this partition forwards, we still need move partition location after shrinking so that we can put unallocated space to the location behind partition J:. Then we can go on extending next partition.

    In this interface, we can find that unallocated space is in front of partition K:. Select partition K: and then click on "Move/Resize" button:

    In this interface, drag partition handle border to extend partition K:. After setting, click "OK" button to return to main interface:

    In main interface, we can see that through shrinking, moving, and extending operation with MiniTool Partition Wizard, we have successfully changed partition sizes of partition J: and partition K:. But this is only the preview effect, and we need to click on "Apply" button to finish all operations. 

    With this demonstration, we can clearly find out that MiniTool Partition Wizard is so much more flexible than Windows 7 built-in disk management tool. Despite of flexibility, MiniTool Partition Wizard still has many other functions to manage partition. In "Operations" bar, there are multitudinous management functions. For detailed information, please visit the website.
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It is not difficult to recover lost data in hard disc with data recovery software, for most data recovery software has similar operations to recover lost data. Firstly, we need to scan disc. Then get scanning result. Lastly, find the desired data and recover it. But it is a little complicated to recover disc image which is deleted by accidental deletion or viruses. All deleted images that have ever been in hard disc will be found and listed and it is hard to find the desired one among so many images if the user does not know the name of the image, especially images in digital camera, which are named according to numbers and have similar names. At this time, we need to recover all of them. This kind of recovery costs time and energy, and sometimes the desired images are not among these recovered pictures. If users have encountered this situation, MiniTool Power Data Recovery could solve this problem. If haven't, we should be prepared for this situation, just in case. 

As to disc image recovery software, MiniTool Power Data Recovery is first suggested because it has powerful function and is able to help users find desired image quickly. And the operation of disc image recovery is simple. First of all, we should download this disc image recovery software from the official websitehttp://www.powerdatarecovery.com. Then install and launch it. 

Five function modules are provided and everyone has its own feature, recovering lost data in different situations. Take "Undelete Recovery" for example. The corresponding introduction information will be shown when we put mouse on the module. Select this function module. 

Select the partition where the lost image is and click "Recover". Then this disc image recovery software will scan the selected partition. 

This is the scanning result and lots of pictures are listed. Change file list view style to "Thumbnail" .  We can see the preview effect of every picture. Select the images that will be recovered and click "Save Files". In this interface, set save path and click "OK". The recovered images can be found in the appointed storage location. 

This is the demonstration of recovering disc images. As to other data recovery functions, the detailed information can be got on the official website.  
 
You can hide or unhide partitions easily with Partition Wizard. You can use this function by clicking Partitions in the top menu » Modify » Hide/Unhide Partition.

TIPS: The hidden partition in the system is not available for use. If you want to use it again, you should unhide this partition. 

More details: http://www.partitionwizard.com/help/hide-partition.html and you can also download this free partition management tool from the MiniTool Partition Wizard official site. 
 
Dynamic disk is a widely-used disk type in Server field. Different from basic disk, volumes created in dynamic disks are not basic partitions but dynamic volumes. There are big differences between dynamic disk and basic disk. To manage dynamic disk efficiently, every Server user who uses dynamic disk should master characteristics of dynamic disk and method for creating various kinds of dynamic volumes

5 types of dynamic disks
Basic partition just includes primary partition and logical partition while there are 5 types of dynamic volumes including simple volume, spanned volume, striped volume, mirrored volume, and RAID-5 volume. Different dynamic volumes have different characteristics. 

 

Simple volume
Simple volume is the simplest dynamic volume, and there is no big difference between basic partition and simple volume. However, we can create any number of simple volumes as long as the disk space allows. Besides, dynamic disk can break through disk space restriction, namely using other disk space to extend desired simple volume. 

Spanned volume
Among dynamic volumes, spanned volume can use the free space on at most 32 disks to create a volume, which makes full use of resource on disks. Unfortunately, it can not enhance performance and does not have fault tolerance function. 

Striped volume
Striped volume is a dynamic volume which can promote data access rate. When we write in data, data are partitioned to data blocks of 64 KB, and then different data blocks are simultaneously written to those disks which constitute striped volume. However, this kind of dynamic volume does not have fault tolerance function, either. 

Mirrored volume
Those users who are familiar with RAID disk know RAID 1 has extremely high safety, because it can make a mirrored backup for stored data. Mirrored volume is a dynamic volume just like RAID 1. When we store data, mirrored volume will generate another identical transcript and store it on another disk. Therefore, mirrored volume needs 2 disks. 

RAID-5 volume
In order to remedy the defect of not offering fault tolerance, a parity digit is added in RAID-5. RAID-5 is also called the striped volume with fault tolerance function, and it includes at least 3 disks and at most 32 disks. When one disk does not work in the process of operation, information on other disks can operate and recover data on failed disk at the same time. Therefore, RAID-5 has relatively higher use ratio among all dynamic volumes. 

The best tool for creating and managing dynamic volume
After learning about the 5 types of dynamic volumes, users can create corresponding dynamic volumes according to their own demands. For this purpose, MiniTool Partition Wizard, the best partition magic, provides users with the best solution to manage dynamic volumes. This dynamic disk manager designed for dynamic volumes not only can help users create various types of dynamic volumes but also can offer multiple dynamic volume management functions, such as resize volumes, format volumes, delete volumes, and wipe volumes. 

 

This is the very interface where we can create dynamic volumes. In this interface, we select any type of dynamic volume, and then click "Next" to enter the corresponding dynamic volume creating interface. We can create dynamic volumes much easily as long as we perform operation according to the prompts. 

Note: If you find option of RAID-5 can not be selected, please check whether your computer has at least 3 disks or not, or whether your operating system supports RAID-5 volume, or whether the disk fails. 

Creating dynamic volume is just the first step to manage dynamic volumes. As a most widely used disk management way among servers, its management quality directly determines running rate. Therefore, it is especially important to manage dynamic volumes better with dynamic disk manager. If you still do not find a satisfying dynamic disk manager, MiniTool Partition Wizard is your best choice. It provides dynamic disk users with various dynamic volume management solutions. To know more specific things about dynamic disk and dynamic volume, please visit the official website of MiniTool Partition Wizard http://www.partitionwizard.com. 
 
The Digital Media Recovery module could help you to recover photos, music and video from various digital media storage devices, such as flash drive, mp3 player, digital camera, hard drive, iPod, and all types of flash cards like CompactFlash(type I/II), IBM Microdrives, SmartMedia, MultiMedia (MMCs), Secure Digital (SD), SONY Memory Stick and others.
You may choose the device from which you want to recover data and then click "Full Scan" to start full scan on it. After the Full Scan process is completed, the program will list all found files in the File List Page

This recovery module focuses on recovering photos, music, and video files. It will use internal format to search lost data. It provides you more powerful mac data recovery ability.This recovery module supports to recover following files:

JPG

*.jpg photo file

CR2

Canon RAW version 2. Photograph from a Canon camera.

CRW

Canon RAW. Photograph from a Canon camera.

DCR

Digital Camera RAW. Photograph from a Kodak digital camera.

MRW

Minolta RAW. Raster image from a Minolta digital camera.

NEF

Nikon Electronic Format. Raster image from a Nikon digital camera.

ORF

Olympus Raw Format. Raster image from an Olympus digital camera.

PEF

Pentax Electronic Format. Photograph from a Pentax camera.

RAF

RAW Fuji. Raster image from a Fuji digital camera

SRF

Sony RAW File. Photograph from a Sony digital camera.

X3F

Sigma/Foveon X3 raw file.

TIFF

*.tif, *.tiff

DWG

AutoCAD drawing file(*.dwg)

PSD

Adobe PhotoShop file(*.psd)

CDR

Coreldraw file(*.cdr)

PSP

Paint Shop Pro file(*.psp)

PCX

Paintbrush file(*.pcx)

PNG

*.png

MP3

MPEG Audio Layer 3(*.mp3)

MP4

MP4 Movie File(*.mp4)

M4A

MP4 Audio File(*.m4a)

3GP

3GP Movie File(*.3gp)

WAV

WAVE sound(*.wav)

ASF

ASF video file (*.asf)

WMA

Windows Media Audio File (*.wma)

WMV

Windows Media Video File (*.wmv)

MOV

QuickTime Movie File (*.mov)

AVI

AVI clip(*.avi)

 
When managing disk in Mac computer, we may remove a partition containing important data because of carelessness, thus giving rise to a multitude of data losses. This kind of situations is common for Mac users. The whole partition loss will bring us catastrophes which cause individual person great inconvenience, or even worse, has influences on the survival of an enterprise. Therefore, when we come across partition loss in Mac, what we should do is to recover lost data. At this time, Mac data recovery specialist is needed. However, when choosing Mac data recovery specialist, we should pay attention to the availability and security of the Mac data recovery specialist. The availability is specially manifested in supporting data recovery in Mac and security means the safe performance that the Mac data recovery specialist is equipped with. Since the software market is chaotic, there is much nonprofessional software which has great defects in recovery technology and has low security. If used unwittingly, this kind of dangerous may not recover lost data well; instead, more troubles may be brought. Considered according to various kinds of situations, MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is the best choice for users. Then we will introduce the Mac data recovery specialist MiniTool Mac Data Recovery briefly. 

Firstly, MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is data recovery software earmarked for Mac computer. And the operation of the software function is very simple and convenient, which has high availability. Secondly, this Mac data recovery, released by the famous software development company MiniTool Solution Ltd. in Canada, is published after tested repeatedly, so it has very high security. Through the two points, we can say that MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is an excellent Mac data recovery specialist for Mac computer. After briefly introducing this Mac data recovery specialist, we will demonstrate it in detail. 

Recover data from lost partition with MiniTool Mac Data Recovery
First of all, we need to visit http://www.mac-data-recover.com/ to download this Mac data recovery specialist. Then install and run it. 

The above is the main interface of the Mac data recovery specialist and we can clearly see its four function modules. When encountering partition losses in Mac computer use, we should select "Lost Partition Recovery". In this interface, select the disk where the lost partition is and then click "Recover" to scan partitions. The Mac data recovery specialist will perform quick scan to lost partitions. After the quick scan is finished, the software will scan disk completely in order to help user recover lost data to the maximum. After the full scan is finished, the following is shown. In this interface, select the partition which has the same status as the lost partition does and then click "Show Files

 
In this interface, we can see all data in the lost partition. Select the files that will be recovered and then click "Save Files" to store them. That's it! We have successfully recovered lost data from the lost partition. Maybe in the past, users didn't know what to do when encountering partition losses in Mac. However, after seeing the above demonstration, you can solve the problem easily. Don't hesitate. Just download the Mac data recovery specialist and have a try. 
 
Basic disc and dynamic disc are the two basic hard disk configuration types in Windows System. Most personal computers use basic disks which make the disk management easy. Advanced users and IT administrators may use dynamic disks which are used to improve the performance of computers with several hard disks. 

we suggest that user uses the windows version of Partition Wizard to finish this operation. Because the windows version of Partition Wizard shall ensure the drive letters do not change after the convert. If users use Partition Wizard Bootable CD to carry out the convert process, the drive letter may change, and which will lead to improper boot of system.