Did you lost your files due to virus infections? Or was it the sudden loss of power that wiped out all your documents? John may have inadvertently reformatted the hard drive and your computer would not boot anymore.

Disasters come in unexpected times and if you lost your computer data due to the aforementioned causes, you will need a utility that is called MSDART, Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset. Recover data instantly with this utility from Microsoft.

Deleted files and reformatted drives are usually recoverable if no further additional damage follows. And MSDART may be able to recover them.

MSDART lets you fix a corrupted, unbootable Windows XP or Windows Vista installation. It contains several tools designed specifically for diagnostics and recovery.

MSDART has two versions available. MS-DART version 5 is specifically designed for use with Microsoft Windows XP and MSDART Version 6 is for Microsoft Windows Vista.

In order to use MSDART, it has to be booted from a CDROM drive. During the boot up process and before MSDART completely loads it scans any installed hard disk and checks if it can find an installed Windows XP or Windows Vista and if it finds one, it will ask you if you want to attach to the installed operating system. Attaching to an operating system will let you access its Windows Registry and other system files as if you booted from it. If you do not attach to an operating system, MSDART will boot itself and treat the installed disk drive as if it does not have any installed operating system.

Registry Editor - program for accessing the system registry. It lets modify system and application program settings and configurations.

Locksmith - unlocks the user and administration password. If you forgot your password for logging into Windows, this utility will let you reset and change the password.

Crash Analyzer - this is a debugging tool meant to be used by highly trained technical personnel.

File Restore - restores deleted files and programs.

Disk Commander - a tool for managing the different files

Disk Wipe - this is a privacy tool designed to completely delete the contents of a disk drive. When you delete or format a drive, data and information may still exists on the hard which may be accessed and recovered by computer forensic tools. Using Disk Wipe will completely delete the disk drive making any data recovery impossible.

Computer Management - this program includes the system administration tools like the Event Viewer, Shared Folder, Local Users and Groups, Performance Logs and Alerts and Device Manager, Disk Defragmenter, Disk Management, and many more.

Explorer - this utility is similer to Windows explorer.

Solution Wizard - walks thru different problem scenarios and suggest solution on how to fix it.

TCP/IP Config - provides the necessary tools to configure the Local Area Network adapter.

Hotfix Uninstall - sometimes hotfixes or security patches causes side-effects and prevent the system from functioning properly. This utility allows you to uninstall any hotfix that may be causing any problem.

Search - lets you do full searches for any file or directory.

Clean Room Data Recovery - With more companies specializing in data recovery services, one particular aspect that has importance is what type of facility are you sending your hard drives into for that special data recovery. There are facilities that don't treat hard drives with the most care when they are trying to recover your data, however they bill you like they do. There are also recovery methods and facilities that take extraordinary precautions with your hard drive and data. These facilities employ clean room data recovery methods.

Data Recovery When The Hard Drive Initialization Fails - The computer hard drive is a primary data storage device, which is used for permanent and reliable data storage. Hard drive stores digital information on moving hard drive platters. But in some situations, your BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) can not recognize your hard drive and thus the system does not boot up.

Data Recovery after Damage to Hard Drive Head Alignment System - Several computer hard drives contain read/write heads and servo head mounted for concurrent movement by the actuator arm in response to the servo signal from server head. In such drives the positions of read/write heads are separately adjustable with respect to servo head.