Data Recovery is the process in which data lost, deleted, or corrupted can be recovered. Many techniques are shared with computer forensics. Before asking a question on recovery of lost/deleted/data or recovery of data from formatted/unformatted partitions, please have a look at these questions: ...
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USB drive is empty in drive management
I've got a USB drive here, that somebody asked to try and fix. When inserting it, it shows up in explorer, but when I double click it I get a message saying "Please insert a disk into drive H:". So I ...
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how to retrieve data from partially formatted disk?
I format my external HDD by mistake and cancel the formatting process within 2 to 3 seconds. but now, HDD is not opening. What should i do?
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How to reinstall Windows 7 using in-place upgrade when the system is unbootable?
I've experienced some freaky data loss in Windows 7 & tried to recover the files. (More on that in the original question.) The work data is safe but I also decided to copy everything missing back ...
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Used tar with wrong order of arguments and overwrote original file. Any way to recover?
Pretty noob move but used tar with the source and destination file arguments swapped resulting in a complete mess (the source file has been overwritten with another file of same name with size 4kb).
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Could HDD recovery require more than one donor drive?
When my HDD started corrupting data I took it to professional drive recovery service. I was told that it was hardware failure and donor drive is required. Donor drive would be used for parts to ...
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Dropped my HD, how to retrieve data
My external hard disk sadly dropped on the floor. It is not completely broken. I connected to the pc and I can see the directory tree, but trying to open a directory takes a lot of time. Is there any ...
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Mount RAID1 drive - other drive missing
Case:
Two drives had been configured in a NAS (DNS-323) as RAID1 drives (ext3).
Now one drive is .., gone, and the NAS too.
How can I mount the second remaining drive?
I have a docking station ...
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Data recovery from deleted partitions in windows XP
I accidentally deleted my whole 160 G hard disk while windows installation by pressing D, I lost all my data in drives D and E.
I then installed windows in that hard disk by creating partition of ...
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How to recover a directory that was corrupted to a 32kb file?
I am trying to recover a 200 GB directory that was accidentally lost and "converted" to a 32kb file. It was on a FAT32, 500 GB external hard drive. Only this folder got corrupted, on a Windows ...
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recovery disk of acer aspire 5742g not working.also deleted recovery partition
I'm using Acer Aspire 5742g. It is under warranty,but by mistake I had deleted the recovery partition on the hard disk i.e. Of around about 13-14gb.
I had created recovery discs before it but they ...
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Suggestions for data recovery from an external hard-disk
Recently when I was installing Ubuntu on my Laptop, I had an external 500 GB SeaGate hard-drive attached to the Laptop. During the installation setup Ubuntu asked where I would like to have my ...
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USB Stick Doesn't Mount But Is Detected
I have a USB memory stick (Mediastar 4GB) that has decided not to work. I have tried it in Macs and Windows, to no avail.
The symptoms in Windows are that the icon appears in My Computer but cannot ...
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Recover partitions with both Windows 7 and Linux installed using TestDisk
I need to recover my partitions using TestDisk. I used deep search and the result is as follows:
Disk /dev/sdc - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60801 255 63
Partition Start End ...
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Backup Exec - Overwrite policy
Hopefully some people here have some experience with BE 2010! Essentially we have a 1.8TB drive which is large enough to store 5 full backups - but we backup from Mon to Sat at 23:00 so 6 backups a ...
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Recover data from deleted hard drive
I deleted one of the hard drives when I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7.
I want to recover the data from that drive – can I do that?
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Identifying a recovered back-up file from ProSoft Data Rescue
I recovered some files from a lost backup using ProSoft Data Rescue for OS X, but without any extension or indication of the filetype.
I've tried the file utility but to no avail, all I get is a ...
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Safety of Truecrypt for Large Raid5 using ubuntu, mdadm, lvm, ext3?
I'm planning to set up a large (probably 6-9Tb) raid-5 array on ubuntu using mdadm, lvm and ext3. Does anyone have any opinions or suggestions on the safety of using a Truecrypt volume for that amount ...
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Just formatted my harddrive by accident [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to recover folders from formatted drive
I was trying to format my USB drive, and somehow, without paying attention, I did a quick format of my backup drive which I ...
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How to get lost data back after installing Ubuntu 11.04 over Windows XP?
I was using Windows XP and I lost all the data while installing Ubuntu 11.04 over it.
Is there any way I can get my data back?
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Files names with forbidden characters for Windows, disappeared in TrueCrypt
I have files and folders in a TrueCrypt volume that contain the character :, which is not tolerated by Windows. These files were named with this character on a Linux system. When I opened the ...
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WD Elements External HDD not showing up its drive even though its recognized?
I've got a 320GB WD Elements HDD that when plugged in shows up in device manager but it doesn't show its drive in 'MyComputer'. I've tried on several computers and still no luck. Any ideas as to what ...
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How Can I recover folder in /tmp?
I have big problem. I just put web services folder into /tmp for some test. After i forgot that and reboot the server, my service folder is gone. :[
So, i tried r-studio for recover but i have ...
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how to restore windows 7 without losing data
I actually was testing something and accidentally changed the serial number of my window 7 64 bit. when that happened, the windows shutdown and every time I turn it on, it gives me some error message ...
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Creating a copy of cracked (broken) CD-ROM or DVD
Is it possible to somehow create a copy (an image) of a heavily cracked CD-ROM (but not broken in two)? Hopefully without damaging DVD drive...
Unfortunately CD 2/4 of Polish version of Planescape: ...
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IOMEGA BlackBelt 1TB 2.5" External Firewire Drive won't spin up - Contains 1 big (950 GB) True Crypt Volume
I've got a 1TB Iomega 2.5" FireWire Drive. The drive contains important data which is contained in a 950GB TrueCrypt volume. Format is MAC OS Extended (Journaled). I'm mainly connecting it on a ...
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Is it possible to repair corrupted hard disk?
I have a 500 GB Seagate portable hard disk. It was partitioned with 5 partitions, each of 100 GB. 3 partitions are working properly, but 2 partitions are corrupted. When I plug the hard disk into my ...
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How do I recover data off a laptop that has died? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Recovering files from laptop with XP that won't boot
Need to recover data from laptop before sending it in for repair
My Samsung laptop running Windows Vista has ...
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Repair corrupted NTFS File System
I am trying to recover data of of a failed archive drive for a friend. The drive resided in a NAS case to save important business info. The drive contains the only copy of the data. The case power ...
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how to retrive data from user account having administrator power?
Some month ago, I installed XP in my system and made two user accounts which one has administrator power and another has normal user. After that I didn't used the system for more than month. In after ...
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Recovering data from an external hard drive
I have a WD Elements 2TB hard drive (formatted NTFS). I accidentally kicked out the USB cable while writing data to the disk, and now I can't access most of the data. Although this was ostensibly my ...
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parted killed my ext4 stuff
In parted you're supposed to be able to delete a partition, make a new one, and your data will still be there. It's gone. Nothing, not even testdisk is finding the partition. If I do the same stuff ...
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Non destructively Convert offline dynamic disk to basic disk using testdisk tool
I had a 250GB hard disk having several NTFS partitions. The disk was a dynamic disk (created in windows).
Now when I formatted windows (which was in another disk), the dynamic disk is shown as ...
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Ways to recover data from external hard drive
I use an external hard disk for backup of my mac with time machine (OS 10.5.8).
I have made something wrong and I have found important folders in the recycler bin. These folders come from external ...
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First partition resized after system install and second partition not working
I had a problem with my RAM upgrading, I wanted to upgrade from 2 to 4GB and my comp didn't recognize it, so I took it to service and they tried to install Windows 7 x64, and when he run boot he ...
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Recover Photos from an iPhone in DFU Mode
I have an iPhone 4 that is not jailbroken and crashed when it was updating itself to iOS 5.1. I can go into recovery mode and DFU mode, is there anything I can do to get my photos?
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How can I recover files from an hd I accidentally converted from NTFS to EXT3
I accidentally converted my 1TB external drive from NTFS to EXT3. I have a ton of data on the drive and I believe the data should still be there. Is there any way to either convert it back to NTFS ...
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How to recover inbox & outbox mails in Eudora
I use Eudora 6.2 for single POP3 mail. Sudden power failure in my machine left all inbox, outbox & other mailboxes empty. As Eudora was set up not to leave mails in server, I can't get mails from ...
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All k-notes erased
I installed k-notes widget a few weeks ago and liked the concept at first.
Just a few days ago I decided to consolidate all my notes into one system and to use k-notes. I used their multiple colors to ...
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How I can recover files when the folder shows empty but the files are not deleted?
Yesterday, my laptop caught a virus which caused massive damage. Since them, I have been trying to recover important files before reformatting my computer, a task the virus has not made easy.
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Safely reboot prior to recovering data
What is the safest (without additional writing to the disk) way to power down computer whose deleted files you want to recover in order to boot from rescue medium?
In case of a desktop computer, ...
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Recovering Crashed Flash drive?
So my friend has a USB flash drive that isn't working. I don't know a whole lot about "recovery" software so I figured I'd ask you guys.
What steps can I try (I have access to a Linux machine as ...
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I have a 500GB maxtor drive that has failed doesnt show in Mac at all but does show up in windows
My Maxtor 500GB drive "should" be formatted for Mac but I'm not 100% sure as I moved from Windows a year ago and this drive is rarely connected.
When I plug it in via USB to the Mac it does not show ...
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Recover data from phyiscally damaged harddrive. What are my options?
I was trying to replace the power supply in my desktop PC and ended up physically damaging the data connection from the hard drive to the motherboard. The plastic shelf for the copper prongs on the ...
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Recover data from time capsule
It seems that timecapsule FH has been corrupted.
I'm trying to recover files from HD. I have unpluged HD from time capsule and plugged it on a Ubuntu machine.
I see tree partitions:
/dev/sda1 hfs+ ...
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Recover overwritten encrypted partition
I accidentally (due to a typo) have overwritten parts of my encrypted ext3 partition with an iso file:
cat 200Mb-sized.iso > /dev/sdb
Is there any chance to recover the files of the partition ...
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Can HDD Platters be interchanged between different HDDs
Can HDD platters theoretically be interchanged that one could recover data from a HDD in which something else might be damaged?
I am interested if it is technically possible, whichever effort is ...
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Recovering data from a hard drive
After some fiasco with installing Windows 8 Developer Preview, I ended up with my 1.5TB HDD wiped. Unfortunately, I had some data on there that I needed.
So I started up Recuva and recovered most all ...
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File recovery from Mac results in random files and extensions – how do I get my data back?
This Mac hard drive was dying. Someone I knew did a file recovery and got as many files as he could. The program (not sure how it was done, or what program it was) dished out a bunch of folders names ...
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Any way to recover a file with bad blocks (CRC error in Windows)?
What I see is this:
Windows complains when reading a file because the CRC for it mis-matches its calculated CRC.
This means NTFS has a CRC for the file.
I expect the offending block/sector can be ...
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“Unexpected end of file” error while uncompressing lzma file
I've got a file called foo.tar.lzma. While trying to decompress it, I get "Unerwartetes Dateiende" ("Unexpected end of file"). I assume I lost quite a lot of bytes, but 1.1 GB are still there.
The ...
