By Angela Briggs


Computer systems fail as result of a number of reasons. The main causes of computer failures are malicious application attacks. The computer applications fail and this may affect the storage locations. This often results in loss of information. Data recovery activities are very important in retrieving of information from the corrupted data locations. A couple of approaches are used in retrieving the pieces of information from the corrupted locations.

There are software and hardware components within computer systems. The elements are interlinked by a number of communication channels such that information can smoothly flow form one segment to another. The hardware component consists of all the tangible elements within a computer system. These elements are run by the software applications installed. The applications issue special commands during the processing operations.

The operating system is the main application within a computer system. It controls all the running applications and defines the memory allocation for each of these programs. It offers a communication interface between the hardware, software and the end-users. The interfaces ensure that there is a good flow of information between different points. The memory allocation ensures that there is no conflict in running of different applications.

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.

The program installation is done is a systematic way such that the files are sequentially run. Critical files especially those relating to the operating system are installed first. The rest of the program files are then installed and executed afterwards. A number of disks are often used. The disks ensure that the main instructions are stored in one location. There is separate disk used for back up purposes. This is secured in a different location.

Partitioning of the primary and secondary storage locations may be very important. This is done through a number of fragmentation operations. The memories are divided into a number of segments which are accessed differently. Disk fragmentation boosts the memory management operations. In an event that one collapses, the information in other disks is 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.

Data recovery operations may incorporate a series of forceful booting in the event that a severe attack occurs. The storage disks which have been corrupted are subjected to forceful booting. This process slows down the rate of erasing data. In the process some of information is slowly retrieved as the dead segments comes alive.




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