Dec 6, 2013

An Analysis Of Data Recovery

By Angela Briggs


Different pieces of information may be lost when a computer system fails. The system fails as a result of a number of attacks. The attacks may occur when a system get infected by various malicious programs. This corrupts the disk storage applications leading to loss of information in such locations. Data recovery activities are aimed at salvaging the information in the corrupted disk segments. A number of approaches may be used in such a case.

A computer system is made up of many components. The hardware components comprises of all the tangible elements within a system. These are interlinked with each other. The software element provides a platform of running the computer. The programs installed within a system are used for running various operations. The instructions issued are interpreted and then executed leading to a number of operations.

The main program within a computer system is the operating system. This application controls and manages all the processes within a computer system. The coordination of instruction issuing is done by this core application. It also manages the memory such that each of the elements under its controls is allocated a special memory segment. This ensures that there are no conflicts during the processing.

A memory segment may be allocated to two or more applications of devices. This results from interference of memory corruption. It happens when a system is corrupted by malicious applications. The applications attack the main memory and then corrupt the critical files used in issuing of commands. The corrupted files then may issue a number of commands to other devices or the programs.

Program and application installation is very critical in memory and application management. The programs are installed systematically in such a way that the critical files are installed first then followed by other applications. The large disk applications are used ion management of storage locations. The large disk system ensures that there are primary and secondary disks. The primary disks are used for holding the temporary information being processed after which this information is transferred to the secondary storage locations.

Fragmentation of the primary and secondary storage location is very critical in information management. The fragmentation partitions the disks into a number of independent segments. Each is accessed in a different way. Management is eased through disk fragmentation. This also ensures that in an event that one of the segment collapses, the other one is not affected. The flow of information is therefore not affected.

The malicious applications that infect the computer systems results in different types of damages. Mild attacks by worms and back doors result in a slowed down system. The operating system may detect this and initiate a procedure of transferring information from such locations. A severe attack may corrupt a system entirely in such a way that pieces of data may get lost. External sources of information are often used for backups when salvaging information.

A number of forceful booting operations are used in the data recovery processes. The severely damaged disks may be subjected to forceful booting operations. As the disks slowly boot, the critical files are transferred from the corrupted locations to external locations.




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