Could use some help here with data recovery

I have a win7 with a 500 gb 5400 rpm hdd. Now, I need a solution that makes sure I can conveniently get back data no matter what. Incase virus / malware infects me external hdds are out. With antiviruses, there is no assurance. Data lost is lost. Plus it slows down the pc. My data is also precious to me. I was thinking the answer is a recovery solution. I think Rollback Rx is a good recovery tool. I think its convenient to use. What do you say? Do you have suggestions other than it? I was given the name by a friend whose opinions i respect in such matters

 

Since External HD is out, is a cloud based solution an option ? If it is an option are you willing to pay or do you want something free?

 

By eliminating ext HDD you already limited any kinda recovery you would need. Most virus attack the C:\ drive not the external HDD as that isn't the boot drive or autorun but for memory stick since it get recognized by system O/S and sometimes those are more convenient way to launch attack but ext HDD don't autorun so that would limited virus attack from those drives. I would be more concerned about the C:\ drive first and safe guarding it as if you can't safe guard C:\ then anything else would fail no. Cloud in themselves are worse I think since you aren't the one that controls it and if some breaks their could server your information is free for the taking and you wouldn't know it happened til you were told of it. Cloud to me is akin to giving someone your bank account and asking them to make sure it is safe....and you data could be backup to clouds all over the world so if you deleted in one server there is another copy floating around another server....so you will never be truly secure as having a portable HDD.

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usb recovery.

 

maybe this solution
Backing up your programs, system settings and files - Microsoft Windows Help

 

I wouldn't count external HDD's out. You can use Clonezilla (or similar image backup software) to make a system image of your drive and save it to an external. That image won't be affected by viruses or malware. Windows 7 can do the same thing in its backup and restore center, but will need the same size drive as the HDD it is copying. Clonezilla only needs slightly larger than the size of the data you are backing up.

 

does the drives have any physical damage?
I had a similar case. the best way to handle this issue is to image the 2 drives and work on the images not on the physical drives.then use a data recovery software to recover your data.
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Where did you get RAID array? Your situation is not similar since we have no details about your problems.