Data Recovery & Information Security Blog

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Autosave For Excel Files

Read this article to find out how to restore the original condition of an Excel document with the autosave function if there were some editing issues. A file accidentally edited or deleted can spoil your day, especially if there is no backup copy. Automatic data backup in Excel will boost security for your files by saving the previous version of a file automatically.

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How to Boot Windows in Safe Mode

Read this article about booting Windows in Safe Mode. We will explore all standard methods involving a recovery disk or a certain combination of keys. If the operating system doesn’t boot or works incorrectly for a number of possible reasons, sometimes the only effective way to bring it back to normal and access your data is to boot the computer in Safe Mode and fix the errors in that mode.

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Folders “$Windows.~BT” and “$Windows.~WS.” What Are They For and Can You Delete Them?

Read this article about system folders “$WINDOWS.~BT” and “$WINDOWS.~WS”: what’s inside, where these folders are located, why your computer needs them, and whether they can be removed. The folders $WINDOWS.~BT and $WINDOWS.~WS are created by the operating system when it is upgraded. These directories may appear in any 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 7, 8 or 10, and the files inside them may take up a few gigabytes off your disk space count.

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