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Recover Deleted Files Using the Free Open Source Tool PhotoRec

A while ago I wrote an article on How to Recover a Disk Partition with TestDisk and GParted Live. While TestDisk is a powerful tool for recovering ...

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Synchronizing Files Between your Desktop and Laptop over SSH

My main computer is an Intel NUC6i5SYK. I call this my “desktop”, but as far as mobility goes, it’s much easier to carry around than most laptops. ...

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Securely Erasing your Mobile Phone Data

Here’s a common problem: You want to sell your mobile phone, but also want to make sure that you don’t accidentally sell your personal data with it.

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Backing Up Your Data on an Encrypted USB Drive with Back In Time

There is no doubt that we should backup our data often. Anybody who’s lost data because of a crashed hard drive knows that. Backing up data can be ...

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Securely Erasing a Disk or Flash Drive with Shred

To protect your privacy, it is always a good practice to securely wipe any data from your unused hard disks and USB drives in case you lose them, o...

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Recovering a Disk Partition with TestDisk and GParted Live

A friend recently asked me to perform a Windows system recovery on her laptop. The hard disk was split between a C drive for the OS and a D drive w...

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