Product Description

"Disk Detective" is designed to bring the secrets of information recover to the average person. In it, the author shows PIs, parents, teachers, business owners and law enforcement professionals what types of information can be recovered from IBM-compatible personal computers and how. He includes step-by-step instructions for * recovering information from reformatted disks or overwritten files retrieving deleted files * discovering passwords * retracing visited Internet files * Locating e-mail messages, and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #304914 in Books
• Published on: 1998-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Customer Reviews

Deserves a better title
I'm afraid this book is not what it looks. Though it is well written and somewhat interesting, if you need a how-to book on disaster recovery, this is not the right place. This 104 page booklet deals only with DOS and Norton's undelete very basic features, hardly useable under real life incidents. You'll find some tales about how to solve a suicide, or to search for a criminal, how to get around some trivial password protection and some other funny stuff, but don't expect to find your lost data after a virus attack after reading this book.

Disk Detective is dated/For beginners only
First I'll start by saying, this book was good to read if you need a starting point and do not know a thing about data recovery. However, the material is at a beginner's level, quite dated and the $18 price tag is not worth it. Now if you come across this book at a book consignment shop, yard sale, or a book discount sale, then definately get it. I would not spend over $5 on this book. Also I didn't like reading a warning on every page to make sure that I didn't delete any important information or practice with a disk that might have info I would want to keep. Well DUH! I have a little more common sense than that! The warnings make up, no kidding, about 10 pages of a 104 page book.

In summary, save your money for a book that you can use with today's operating systems. This book did not even mention Win.'98. Most of its contents were regarding the old DOS only o/s and a little bit @ Win 95.

Outdated
I wish I had read the other reviews prior to purchasing this book!

The book does not deal with Win98, Win95 information is just about the Recycle Bin.

The author's web site no long exist. (Small wonder!) The only valid information is to purchase a Utilities Program, like we need to be told that.