Problem Description
Data stored in a working Novell server is automatically compressed to save space, and is obviously decompressed before it is displayed to a user. Phoenix Novell recovers lost data exactly as it was stored in the hard disk, and the recovered data may be compressed. This gives rise to the problem of recovered data being unusable (because it is in a compressed format).
Phoenix, however, has a new and advanced uncompression engine that is able to decompress recovered data.
Technical Aspect of the Problem
Data Compression refers to the process of storing data in a format that requires less space than usual. Compressing data is the same as packing data � reducing the amount of electronic 'space' data takes up, and compressed data usually consumes 2 to 4 times fewer bits. Typically, it is infrequently used data which is compressed to save space.
Methods of compressing data include replacing blank spaces with a character count, or replacing redundant data with shorter stand-in 'codes'.
No matter how data is compressed, it must be decompressed before it can be used. This is precisely where the problem lies � recovered data may be in a compressed format and thus unusable.
Phoenix uses its own uncompression module to resolve this problem.
Technical Aspect of the Solution
Data recovered from a failed server may not open because it is in a compressed format. The solution to this problem needs to be followed in a systematic way for best results.
First, the hard disk containing the recovered compressed data is to be attached to a working Novell client machine and the compressed data is to be transferred from there to a working Novell server.
The hard disk of the server (which now contains the compressed data) is then taken out and attached as a secondary disk to any machine with Phoenix Novell installed in it.
Phoenix then decompresses the required data, after which the hard disk (now containing the decompressed data) is to be reattached to the server.
The data can then safely be transferred from the server back to a working Novell client machine.
Working of Phoenix Novell - Data Recovery Software
Compressed data can be decompressed using Phoenix Novell's uncompression utility. The recovered compressed data is to be transferred from a Novell client machine to a Novell server. The hard disk of the server (which now contains the compressed data) is then to be attached to a machine with Phoenix Novell installed in it.
The Phoenix Novell software is then used to decompress this data in a few short steps.
