data recovery possible?
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data recovery possible?
I needed to reformat my hard drive the other day, so I erased everything with partition magic.. using secure erase. So i'm pretty sure that's all gone.
However, I saved the stuff i needed to my external hard drive. Then I readded it once I reformatted. Then I deleted it off of the external hard drive.
I forgot about a project i've been working on for two months, and deleted that instead of putting it back on my pc =/
Is it possible to recover this data? =/
However, I saved the stuff i needed to my external hard drive. Then I readded it once I reformatted. Then I deleted it off of the external hard drive.
I forgot about a project i've been working on for two months, and deleted that instead of putting it back on my pc =/
Is it possible to recover this data? =/
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- Chris Corbyn
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That sucks when that happens 
Yes and no. It's a bit of an expert field. What's the filesystem type? I know with reiser there are tools that can do it but you risk screwing your entire filesystem if even the smallest of changes occurs while you work with it.
If all you've done is a quick delete DO NOT do anything else on that drive yet. The more changes you make on the filesystem, the less likely you are to recover data successfully.
Let us know the FS and I'll have a search for some tips if nothing else. I do remember reading some useful guides for data recovery on reiserfs though
Yes and no. It's a bit of an expert field. What's the filesystem type? I know with reiser there are tools that can do it but you risk screwing your entire filesystem if even the smallest of changes occurs while you work with it.
If all you've done is a quick delete DO NOT do anything else on that drive yet. The more changes you make on the filesystem, the less likely you are to recover data successfully.
Let us know the FS and I'll have a search for some tips if nothing else. I do remember reading some useful guides for data recovery on reiserfs though
I haven't.
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I searched downloads.com for data recovery. Downloaded a prog... trying it out now.
If -for some reason- it can't be recovered... I will cry. =[ I hate learning things the hard way!
I searched downloads.com for data recovery. Downloaded a prog... trying it out now.
If -for some reason- it can't be recovered... I will cry. =[ I hate learning things the hard way!
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This prog says 3 hours left on the data recovery scan. It's coming up with lots of stuff so this might prove to be a good thing.
Guess I'll let ya guys know in three hours.
Thanks for the help.
Guess I'll let ya guys know in three hours.
Thanks for the help.
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- Ambush Commander
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Well, it's not on the external drive =/ I remember I did copy a movie over to the hd yesterday, so it probably wrote over it. =/
I did, however, copy it to my main hd before deleting it. So I'll try data recovery on that too.
[edit] This would have to happen today..... can i blame terrorists?
I did, however, copy it to my main hd before deleting it. So I'll try data recovery on that too.
[edit] This would have to happen today..... can i blame terrorists?
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Hmm, after finding the files, they throw in the $79 to save/recover them. =/ I won't have that for a couple weeks. Anyone know of good free utitilies for this?
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- RobertGonzalez
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I doubt you will find a good free util. I went through this a few weeks back when my SD card crashed. There are a ton of free products out there that will tell you if your stuff can be recovered. But a lot of them are hooks like what you are experiencing. They tell you they can, but they do not give you the data without paying for it.
Trying one out called FreeUndelete 2.0 by OfficeRecovery. We'll see how this does. 3 hour scans suck, though.
I guess it's taking longer cuz the hard drive is external.
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My file looks like this....
Does that mean it's been overwritten?
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