Data Recovery
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Have a hard drive that bit the ole bullet, client of course was storing data only on this device and forgot to move it back to the server. I've told them 100000 times but you can only lead a horse to water. Do any of you have a preferred disk recovery application? I've never done any sort of "forensic" recovery.
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@Hubtech Recuva by Piriform is fantastic for this.
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It's free and made by the same people who make CCleaner and Defraggler. I've used it on a ton of hard drives to get data off that "professional" utilities couldn't get. There is, of course, also the old freezer trick. Don't do that if you've opened the drive up though. That'd be bad...
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getting a corrupt message. I'm familiar with the usual tools.
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trying Wyse now doing a "RAW" recovery
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@ajstringham said:
@Hubtech Recuva by Piriform is fantastic for this.
This is the one that I always recommend as a starting point. It's worked well when I have needed to use it.
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Issue here is that the drive itself is dead, not that the file was deleted. So normally recovery tools have little chance. If the drive is toast, only mechanical recovery will really have a chance.
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Try formatting the drive. Just a quick format in Windows. I've seen that give it enough stability to grab the files.
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@ajstringham said:
Try formatting the drive. Just a quick format in Windows. I've seen that give it enough stability to grab the files.
I would decide on your data recovery plans first, though. If you want to send it somewhere for professional recovery, do as little as possible. If you are not going to send it somewhere then this might work. Before you do that, try imaging it.
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@ajstringham said:
Try formatting the drive. Just a quick format in Windows. I've seen that give it enough stability to grab the files.
explain
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@Hubtech Formatting does not wipe the files. The file system is probably corrupt so it can't be read by Recuva. Formatting it gives you a stable read and allows for recovery. If you do a full format it'll be harder but under device manager just do a quick format and you'll be good.
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*drive manager, not device manager
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yeah, i did a quick format, now recovering files. even on usb3.0 and a 8GB 4c desktop...it's taking a long while
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@Hubtech It will. But I'm glad it's working now! If you ever get one clicking, put it in a plastic bag in the freezer for a few hours and try again. Works once in a while but it's an old trick. I've seen it work a few times.
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Can I ask?? Is there still a possible way of recovering some files from a broken hand disk??
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@XeL What's going on with it?
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@ajstringham the harddisk was exhausted or in other terms burnt.. is there a way to recover file from it??
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@XeL none! There is no way to recover data from a burnt HD.
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@XeL said:
@ajstringham the harddisk was exhausted or in other terms burnt.. is there a way to recover file from it??
There are many firms that do this work. It's called forensic recovery. It is very expensive but is pretty reliable.
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@pol.darreljade said:
@XeL none! There is no way to recover data from a burnt HD.
It's actually pretty common.
