ixDownload.com Empowers Home Users with Data Recovery Guide

BELLEVUE, WA, December 06, 2010 (Press-News.org) One of the worst things that can ever happen to a computer user is to suddenly see a blue or black screen on their Windows machines. After several pushes of the power button, nothing appears on the screen. Just as bad, the hard drive starts up but makes all sorts of strange whirring and buzzing sounds. These are the typical scenes of hard drive failure.

Not only do hard drive crashes wipe out sensitive and important data, it also knocks out applications that took a long time to accumulate. Professional data recovery costs can be quite heavy.

ixDownload.com, the Internet's leading provider of software reviews and downloadable software resources, has released a do it yourself data recovery guide for surviving any hard drive crash. The do-it-yourself guide identifies the three most common scenarios involving hard drive crashes--physically damaged drives, drives that boot up, and non-booting drives. "We want users to assess their options within each scenario," said Oliver Thompson, ixDownload's Corporate Communications consultant. "Each scenario has a series of options that range from free options to expensive professional options. Oftentimes, most users who experienced a hard drive crash automatically assume that the only solution is to get professional help. We step them through each scenario to make it clear that, depending on the nature of their hard drive crash, there may be free or cheaper solutions."

ixDownload's guide involves using auxiliary drives to boot up a system and recover data from a crashed drive, how to use data recovery software, and helping users pick a data recovery service provider. "We really try to exhaust all possibilities before advising the reader to seek professional data recovery services," said Thompson. Not all data crashes are the same. Use ixDownload's guide to identify which crash scenario applies to your situation so you can identify the options you can take.

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