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Best Way to Secure Large File Transfer Online and Offline

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 10:29 AM CST

Transfer Large / Big Files Online via Internet

One of the best way to transfer large files online is with these file sharing programs. These free online file transfer services has a maximum limit of 2GB and it is fast, however, the drawback of using these file sharing services is the uncontrollable public exposure that comes with it. Avoid transferring important or personal documents with these services. Below is a list of large file transferring services online.

p.s. Large file transfer services data are made known to the public, anybody with internet access can search for the file you uploaded and download it with a click of a button. Remember to secure your file by password-protect confidential files and e-mail attachments, zip programs are the best, try WinZip or WinRAR, both are equally good.

p.s. WARNING, these services are not known as internet / online file backup storage for your important files. These services comes with a file life of 10 - 30 days, meaning to say, if a file remains ideal with no downloads for the specific period of time, it will be automatically deleted from the server.

Large / Big File Transfer Email, Split the File

How to transfer large file using internet via email? One of the limitation with email is the maximum 10MB file size per upload, secure large file transfer can be done via email with WinRAR, the key is to split the file into smaller fragments.

Step 1 - select “Browse” and choose your preferred directory.

Step 2 - Select the drop down menu under “Split to volumes, bytes” or custom / type your own desired split size.

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WinRAR will split the large files into small pieces, when you’re done, email all fragmented files to the designated person. To recompile all the smaller files into its original status, simply ‘right click’ any of the smaller files and select ‘unzip’, WinRAR will automatically detect the other files and recompiled all the files into one.

Transfer Large Files Fast, Computer to Computer

Transfer large files from one computer to another? Backing up your comp? Computer to computer file transfer has never been so easy. Transferring hundreds of gigabytes of files using the default Windows build in copy-and-paste feature can be risky, if an error occurs (file name too long or computer hangs), chances are, Windows will terminate the command and you’ll have absolutely no idea where it stops and how to continue with the backup from the last error.

Supercopier - SuperCopier replaces windows explorer file copy and adds many features, transfer resuming, copy speed control, copy speed computation, better copy progress display, copy list editable while copying , error log, copy list saving/loading.
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TeraCopy - TeraCopy is a compact file transfer software designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of features. Copy files faster with TeraCopy because it uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives. You can pause and resume file transfers at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skips the file, not terminating the entire transfer and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files.
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Crashed Hard Drive Hard Disk Data Recovery Software, Tools and Service

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 10:22 AM CST

Your laptop hard disk or desktop hard drive crashed and your technician told you it is going to cost you a bomb to recovery/retrieve all the lost data. Don’t be fooled by his sweat talk, and most important of all, don’t panic! When you are not calm, you’re likely to do something you will regret once the incident is over, just like in a car accident.

Just like you, my hard disk crashed when I was busy rushing for my mid term assignment, I stayed clam, took a deep breath and use a hard drive recovery software to retrieve my damaged hard drive. These software are free of charge, unlike paid hard drive recovery software, these software performed the same task minus the expensive price tag of hundred of dollars. I’ve compiled a few possible scenarios with the respective solutions:

Data Disc Recovery (Software)

Data Disc Recovery is a free hard drive recovery software made available by DAGsoft, it can efficiently scan and recover data from crashed hard disk data in FAT and NTFS format. Besides standard hard disk file recovery data, DDR can also:

Recover data lost by ’shift - delete’ on FAT partitions
Recover any data fragments from drive
Search drive through many criterion
Searching data directly on HDD, for example scanning free clusters in search for our file

Download Data Disc Recovery (version: 0.9.9.10)

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PC Inspector File Recovery (Software)

PC Inspector file recovery is a hard drive data recovery software, if DDR failed in recovering your hard drive data, do give PC Inspector a try before you pay for a shareware, some of the key features of this free hard drive crash data recovery tool:

Works even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased
The free hard disk recovery tool has a user friendly GUI - like the Windows Explorer structure
Recovers files with the original date and timestamp
It can find partitions automatically, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged.
It can recover files with the orginal time and date stamp.
It can recover files even when the header entry is no longer available.
It supports a variety of formats, including those created by compressed and archiving programs.

Just like DDR, PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery is free. This means that the software does not cost you a single penny. Download PC Inspector.

If you are not tech savvy, and really want good technical support,in addition to reliable hard disk data recovery and a guarantee results, you should opt for commercial hard disk backup and recovery software.

Crashed Hard Drive Hard Disk Data Recovery Software, Tools and Service

Damaged Hard Drive Data Recovery (Components)

If your hard drive is damaged, for instant, it flew off the table and landed on your floor, causing damage to your precious oak timber floor and some minor damages to your hard drive components, don’t panic! The technician will quote you an inflated price for that tiny component, which doesn’t make any sense when the same new hard disk with the required component cost 1/10 of the price.

Solution? Get yourself a brand new hard drive, if you are tech savvy enough, change the component yourself or pass the new hard drive to the technician, tell him the replacement part needed can be found in the new hard drive.

Data Recovery Boot Disk (Boot Disk)

Active@ Boot Disk is a bootable LiveCD/DVD/USB Flash Disk that allows you to boot up any computer and fix most startup and PC configuration problems. Use Active@ Boot Disk to recover your lost data, manage HDD partitions, reset Windows passwords, make computer system backups [disk images], securely erase data and there is much more.

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Active@ Boot Disk (DOS Edition)

This software works when your hard drive partition is healthy, it is advisable to make a system backup of your disk image. Alternatively, you can try TESTDISK, TestDisk is a DOS and Windows tool (also available for Linux) produced by CGsecurity.org that can be used to locate and recover lost partitions (FAT and NTFS) by repairing the partition table or replacing partition boot sectors with the backup copies.

Unbootable Laptop Hard Disk Data Recovery (Boot Disk)

FindNTFS is an effective free hard drive data recovery software to locate and recover NTFS files. It is available in several versions, including one that will run from a DOS boot, and thus can be used when the Windows OS is not bootable.

Alternatively, you can try this method if the above methods does not work, for unbootable laptop or desktop, remove the hard disk and swap it with your external/portable hard drive. Plug the USB to a desktop or laptop, install the hard drive recovery software and perform the necessary task. Usually Windows will detect the hard disk and request that you perform a ‘check disk’ on the hard disk, proceed as advised and chances are, Windows will recover the damaged partition.