Questions tagged [file-recovery]
Methods and tools for the retrieval of information either deleted accidentally or on corrupt or damaged media.
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File Deletion Caused VirtualBox NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
I deleted a large file (1 - 8GB for 4 machines) related to VirtualBox because I ran short on memory, MacOs listed this file as one of my biggest on the file system and I thought this might not get ...
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Linux file recovery after unexpected shutdown
Yesterday, I was using a nano file to take important notes relating to university work. I had not saved the file at any point that day, and was actively taking notes throughout the day. Towards the ...
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robocopy /MIR recover deleted files from the destination
While trying to move my c:\users to d:\users (By using a Junction)
I was very careless, and used robocopy c:\users d:\users /MIR /MOVE
it moved some, but then halted on a symlinks...
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How to recover files from a healthy microSD card that is accessible only from an unrooted Android smartphone?
I accidentally deleted important documents (about 100 PDFs) that weren't backed up yet from a 64 GB microSD card, which is used as the primary storage in my unrooted Android 9.0 smartphone. The ...
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How can I find a Python script inside a encrypted and corrupted disk image?
My encrypted SSD got corrupted, so I took an image of it using TestDisk. This was on a Windows 10 machine.
If I have the password for the encryption, is there any way to recover data from this image, ...
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Can you change the Excel Autorecovery location for just specific workbooks?
I have some Excel files on my computer's hard drive that are not particularly important, so the default Autorecovery path %AppData%\Microsoft\Excel (on C: drive) is just fine. I have other Excel files ...
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I have a dual boot on same disk partition, every file goes into 'windows.old' folder
I need to recover all my files and Operating System from windows.old (including Users, Program Files, Program Files (x86) Windows & ProgramData).
Please help.
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Recover/Carve FAT32 file system metadata (file names etc.) without partition table
I have a broken SD card, of which I've taken an image. The image is fairly complete, >99% according to ddrescue, and conventional data recovery tools seem to be able to find most files. However, I'...
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Recorded my computer screen with Windows Game Bar when a power outage occured. How do I recover the file?
I recorded a Zoom meeting with the Windows game bar when my home had a power outage. I turned my computer back on, and found the MP4 of the recording sitting in the recordings folder. The file is ...
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How can I recover an Excel file that was deleted and recovered, but won't open?
I did a careless mass delete on my downloads folder a couple days ago, and I'm trying to recover a single Excel file that was among the deleted files. With a file recovery program, I found 2 versions ...
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How can I recover an unsaved Word 2016 document that wasn't found on a search of the computer?
I am on a Windows 10 laptop working in a local version of Word 2016 that's part of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016. I had created a document on November 9 that I didn't save, although ...
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Why is this data seemingly gone?
This question is a bit long, but people often prefer to have all the details instead of being required to ask for them, so I've included as much detail as possible.
I received a frantic call from a ...
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Word autorecover file missing - Computer crashed
My computer crashed today (...ran into a problem...), and it did then did an update, as I had updates set to be paused for 7 days. (The last system restore point was made on 10/15.)
I restarted Word, ...
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Recover Data from a Re-writable CD/DVD
I have a re-writable CD/DVD that had a priceless (to me) document on it. When I went to copy the document it was not there. Instead there were three photos of my brother.
I am guessing that due to the ...
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Restore Files Deleted with rm -rf on linux
I accidentally deleted two folders from my home directory and I want to recover them. I don't want to use testdisk or ext4magic (they just don't work for me and are really annoying). Also I have not ...
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Several important forders missing in SSD with Windows
I've read about missing files due to SSD wear-out, hidden files, accidentally deleted files and such but I thing this problem might be different.
One day a friend's computer was missing a boot device, ...
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Windows File Recovery - winfr - any way to make recovered documents readable?
I'm trying to recover files that my in-law deleted(and emptied from recycle bin) few days ago. I can get some .odt files back but can't check if they are those that we need because no matter what ...
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advice for data retireval from SD card [duplicate]
Hoping to retrieve data from an SD card. Our story so far:
Inserted a 4GB SD card into a USB reader on a Win10 PC. The computer saw a directory prefaced by a dot (.Spotlight100), which contained the ...
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Fastest and easiest way to recover large amount of specific files from Windows Recycle Bin
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I am using Windows 10. Due to a file sync error I deleted over 11,000 files. They are now in the Recycle Bin. I have tried selecting the files I want to recover and recovering through the ...
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Creating recovery drive stuck on, "Please Wait."
How can I fix this issue and create a Recovery Drive? The wizard has been stuck at this screen for 30+ minutes at the time of writing.
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How to access files on Windows 10 machine/hard drive without password? Can't restore or access from putting the HDD in another PC
My partner has an old work computer she has personal files on. She has been using a new laptop for some time and seems to have forgotten her password to the desktop, or it just won't connect to the ...
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How to recover a file deleted in WSL from explorer.exe?
I accessed my Ubuntu mount via \wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\user.ssh and deleted a private key I shouldn't have.
I wasn't sure if maybe Windows threw the file in the Recycle Bin, so first I tried recuva ...
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Word Document Overwritten With Background Image?
My cousin has called me quite panicked because she could not open a word (.docx) document after a hard reset of her computer. Office 365's Word was giving us the run around, one thing it suggested was ...
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Lost files in Windows 10, but only in one folder tree and timestamped after specific date?
What might cause all files and folders after a certain timestamp to vanish from a folder and its subtree?
My daughter's computer has two disks: C and D. Windows installed on C. Some apps installed on ...
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How do I recover files on a Linux web server after an attack by Makop Ransomware?
My web server was running a critical web service for my company network and was attacked by the Makop Ransomware. The majority of the php files and the databases have all been encrypted. Is there a ...
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How to recover files from windows backup tool with Invalid MediaID.bin?
I have a backup from 2009 with the extension .wbcat and after I opened windows 7 backup and recovery tool and selected the folder that contained this backup, there was the error: "Invalid MediaID....
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winfr ignores folder location (windows file recovery)
winfr seems pretty simple, it runs / recovers files, just not the correct folder. Below is what I am entering, but it ignores my requested location and just starts recovering files from my documents ...
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HDD old deleted data still visible in recovery software [duplicate]
Hi How can i completely wipe old deleted data from hard disk i am trying with ccleaner and cleaning the /w Free Space (35 Pass) after cleaning the free space i scanned my laptop with easeus data ...
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This folder(every folder in C drive) is empty after WIN10 update. But it occupies several hundred GB [closed]
After win10 update on last Friday, my computer didn't turn off, so I turned it off. After rebooting, the below line on the black screen occurred, it says fixing HDD some %, eventually it was checking ...
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Do par2 files have inner redundancy for bitrot on recovery blocks?
I just found a wonderful looking tool named par2. It can generate error correction blocks for any file I want and use those to later recover corrupted data. I started to wonder if there is any ...
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Should you run chkdsk to repair two problematic .docx files?
I have two problematic .docx files.
After opening the file:
After clicking Yes:
Tried all four methods of this part of the troubleshooting guide from Microsoft. None worked.
One solution from the ...
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I accidentally cloned my 16GB SD card to my 256 GB pendrive using dd. Is there any way to retrieve back my pendrive?
I have a 16GB SD card, which when I connect to my computer, gives cant read superblock error (in Ubuntu). After searching on internet, I saw some solutions using testdisk tool and decided to try it ...
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Word document is corrupted, weird characters shown on Notepad, can I recover it?
After opening the file:
After clicking Yes
Content in Notepad
Content in Notepad (2)
Tried all four methods of this part of the troubleshooting guide from Microsoft. None worked.
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How can i recover my corrupted 7Zip file
While using Linux, I compressed my backup using 7zip and transferred it to a USB disk. Due to an error in the system, the data transfer process froze while the data transfer was about to end. After ...
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RAID 5 (not failed) corrupted data recovery
My question is not about failed RAID, but RAID data corruption
Recently I have been given an interesting problem to ponder. A friend of mine has a RAID 5 NAS (Western Digital MY CLOUD EX4100 8TB) and ...
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Recover unsaved word document that was opened directly from Outlook with temp/cache files without using asd files
The title sounds a bit complicated, so I'll briefly explain how my problem came about. I have received a Word document by email which I should edit. I opened the file, without saving it, just directly ...
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How do I restore a previous version of a file?
I have this file where I keep a bunch of links. I deleted one of the links for a youtube video, because the video got deleted. However, I realized I could use the WayBack machine to view the deleted ...
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File Management in Mac Recovery Mode
I tried to update my mac to OS Big Sur, however, it's failed. I checked the storage and there was only a few MB storage. So it might happen because of the lack of storage.
After I found that I tried ...
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How do I filter Duplicacy's list command output to get the size of a specific folder I want to restore?
Duplicacy is a great backup tool (not an employee, but I love them), but I recently tried to do something that I didn't find any great information on how to do. I'm using Duplicacy CLI on a linux ...
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Partition on hard drive unmountable, unable to recover data
The hard drive in question used to be hooked up to my Raspberry Pi 3, formatted with NTFS and used as a small file server. I have recently dug up the hard drive again to pull the data from it, but ...
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Recovering a unsaved word file after four days [duplicate]
I know the unsaved word documents (.asd files) are saved in C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\UnsavedFiles up to four days (tested myself). But Is there any way to recover ...
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Is it possible to recover a file via PyCharm (jetbrains) localhistory binaries?
I lost a number of files due to a destructive bug in GitHub Desktop and I’m trying to figure out what my best chances are for recovering one of them that was especially important.
I have located the ...
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Is it possible to grep for a deleted file on an APFS Filevault enabled SSD?
Due to a bug in github desktop I lost about a month worth of work on a personal project. If I could recover just one python script from it it would save me a ton of time re-doing it.
I've been looking ...
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External HDD unexpected failure, ddrescue not working
Today I connected my external HDD to transfer a file. Everything seemed to be working fine - it wasn't slow, all files were showing up. In the middle of transfer of the new file, it suddenly ...
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Will photorec copy/restore existing files too? Is that possible to avoid that?
My Environment: Linux (debian)
App in Question: photorec
Hi, It seems photorec will copy/restore my existing files too. Is this what photorec does? Is that possible to tell photorec NOT to copy my ...
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Recover formatted HDD data to itself
I did format my HDD and lose any data on it accidently.
This happened by to burn a small image to the external HDD by Win32DiskImage so I know that I lost some data but not all of them. Anyway I ...
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Windows 10 sees Android folder with 5000+ files as empty
The SD card on my phone had a folder with about 5500 files in it. I could access it just fine on my phone, but whenever I connected it to my computer (Windows 10), the folder appeared empty. I ...
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Is it possible to recover deleted files from C: drive reset?
Hi so I was forced by Windows to reset (PC was crashing on startup, resetting was the only option) and couldn't back files stored in my C: Drive (I did an solo drive reset on my primary drive which is ...
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Lost all files after windows installation became damaged
Last week, my laptop hung for a while, I couldn't do anything then it went into automatic repair, then it tells me it was unable to repair the pc. I had to reinstall windows, I found my files in ...
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Recover paritition hard drive after being formatted to W10 install drive
I accidentally set my external 5TB hard drive that I use for my photo, movies, and music storage to use as an installation drive for W10. I did this over a year ago now and have had trouble recovering ...
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