Information Retrieval

[kourban]

Hi

Can anyone tell me how does a Recovery Software work?

I mean what does it do and what is the algorithm of a recovery software??

Thank you

 

[PhilFrisbie]

It depends on what you are recovering from where. . .please be more specific.

 

[kourban]

I just wanna know that how does a Recovery Software work?

I mean what does it do to recover the data

 

[Hawkeye22]

As stated the question is general, so the answer will be general. Considering you must have a backup to restore, the software just reads the data from the backup file and copies it to the destination drive.

 

[Pyree]

No idea on how the algorithm works.

But basically, when you delete something from the recycle bin, it is not permanently deleted yet. It is disassociated (your file explorer on the OS can't find it) but still written on the HDD platter or solid state storage cell. The recovery software scan the disk and find them again. And metadata helps in the discovery of the lost file as well (I don't know how). You cannot recover a deleted file if you overwrite. That is why we shout at people do not write on the disk if they want things recover.

 

[kourban]

thank you pyree. Just you understood my question.
Any way thank you dude

 

[Pyree]

No problem.

You're welcome.