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Darryl Dangelo

A Windows data recovery technical writer. She provides simple, practical guides to help users resolve data loss issues quickly.
RAR Recovery on Windows: 5 Proven Ways to Recover Archives

An archive is a single file to Windows, but it often holds dozens of documents or an entire project folder. One accidental deletion can remove every file inside, and nothing opens until recovery finishes. That is what makes RAR recovery more urgent than restoring an ordinary document. This guide shows 5 easy ways to recover … read more

Darryl Dangelo

2026-07-28

Recover RAW Partition in Windows 10/11 Without Data Loss

One of your partitions has turned RAW, and now your files are inaccessible? It can happen due to virus attacks, formatting errors, failed operations, and many other reasons. People often panic when this happens because they think the files are gone. The good news is that a RAW partition does not always mean permanent data … read more

Darryl Dangelo

2026-07-27

How to Fix a RAW File System Without Losing Data

I updated windows 10 and D drive doesn’t work. D drive is now showing file system raw. I tried chkdsk which looks to have done something but intel rapid storage technology disconnects the hard drive. Are there ways to recover files from a D drive that is now in file system raw status? Does software … read more

Darryl Dangelo

2026-07-27

Top 12 Professional Data Recovery Software in 2026

A lot of things can lead to data loss. It can be something as simple as accidental deletion or something serious like formatting, system crash, or file system corruption. In most of these cases, professional data recovery software can recover files without requiring advanced technical knowledge. However, not all recovery tools offer the same level … read more

Darryl Dangelo

2026-07-24

Unreadable SD Card? Don’t Format It Until You Read This

I take pictures occasionally with my Canon 500D (T5i). They’re saved on a Transcend Premium 400x 32GB microSD card, which is then inserted into a Transcend microSD adapter so it can be used in the camera and in the computer. Upon further inspection with chkdsk, it turns out the file format of the microSD card … read more

Darryl Dangelo

2026-07-24