Questions tagged [recovery]
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Is Using System Disk Images Still Feasible As a Form of Restoring a Computer?
Am I correct that using disk images is no longer a good way to restore computers to a blank state after someone's used it?
For one instance, TPMs store keys separately from the OS so the TPM state ...
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Lenovo B490 BIOS Recovery
Has anyone successfully recovered/flashed B490 laptop without removing the flash from board?
I tried:
Download Phoenix Wincrisis on another computer, then click on WINCRIS.exe and choose CREATE ...
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Recovery on an ancient version of my TexStudio file
I am writing both my PhD manuscript and a scientific paper.
Instead of writing the latter in Overleaf, I chose to do it on my TexStudio. I made a huge mistake of copy/paste the template of the paper ...
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BCDEdit: RecoverySequence is all zeros. Can't Enable WinRE
I'm having trouble enabling the Recovery Environment for my virtual W10 after making some changes in the BCD store. W10 will still boot, I just can't enable WinRE.
BCDEdit shows that the ...
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In VSCode remote ssh, how to change the right-click delete action in File Explorer from permanent deletion to moving files to the Recycle Bin?
I connect to remote server by ssh on vscode.
The right-click delete action in File Explorer will permanently delete files of remote server.
How to change the right-click delete action in File Explorer ...
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Why can't I run this portable exe from my USB drive? "Cannot access the specified device..."
I'm trying to use R-Undelete which has a portable installed on a 16GB PNY usb drive. When I try to start anything on the drive it returns this message :
So I was trying to update the drivers for USB ...
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How to recover data from faulty NAS (2 HDD in RAID 1)
my NAS drive (2 HDD in RAID 1) stopped working and I need to recover the data.
I assume that 1 out of 2 HDD drives from the NAS has failed and the data can be recovered using the other working drive, ...
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Windows 10 File Recovery
How do I recover deleted Excel files? I have tried to find backup but cant and have loaded Windows File recovery but cant understand how to issue instructions using it - I am not an experienced ...
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Chrome powerwash is not working right
It either spends forever updating, or the button does not work I tried everything, Ctrl + Alt + Shift+ R and developer command Ctrl + Shift + D. Have any ideas?
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How might one be able to properly use Recovery Mode on my Chromebook?
I was wondering how it might be possible to properly use Recovery Mode on my Chromebook. Whenever I went into Recovery Mode, the main screen was always telling me; "Use an 8GB or more USB." ...
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How can I recreate an email folder from online web archives?
For reasons, I have misplaced a mail folder with a bunch of messages from a mailing list. Luckily - this list has an online archive:
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/
is there any ...
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How does Windows 10 "Reset this PC" work?
In Windows 10, the Reset this PC feature says it can "Reinstall Windows from this device".
My PC have the classic following partitions:
MBR
EFI
MSR / Reserved
Windows
Recovery (WinRE_DRV) (...
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How to recover bricked Archer C20?
My router is a TP-Link Archer C20 (US) V5. I installed OpenWRT on it successfully using these instructions (made sure to use the US firmware of course) and it was working fine. For some reason I ...
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RAID5 (3xHard-Disk) status FAILED suddenly, what should do?
There is a data server in a PC case just for purpose of synchronization and sharing data in a local network that is running 24/7 except in case of power outages.
I did not install the RAID ...
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External HDD detected but not working
I took out an HDD from my old laptop which was working fine and never had any issues. I bought a casing for it and started using it as an external HDD. After a few months, I plugged in the HDD as an ...
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Is my Windows 10 installation reusing the system and recovery partitions of other installation?
In my desktop PC I have an SSD where I installed Windows 10 many years ago. Later I purchased an nvme ssd, where I also installed Windows 10, and I can choose which Windows 10 to launch at boot. Both ...
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Does this journalctl log look like my SCSI HDD is well and truly dead?
My old 2TB SCSI External HDD has died. There was a clicking sound when I tried to mount it. I was able to recover the important data, so the issue is mostly to do with if this journalctl entry looks ...
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Windows 10, how to recover deleted files that were deleted from a search in the file explorer?
In Windows 10, I have searched a folder for files containing a certain name and deleted it.
Afterwards, I reconsidered and wanted those files back; I then went looking into the recycle bin, but it was ...
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How to delete a Folder as if it hasn't existed at all
As the title says, not only I want to completely erase it's bits and bytes from the disk but also it's trace on file system, so NO Undelete software can show that it HAD been there at all.
There are ...
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Windows not booting after changing EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity setting in GroupPolicy
Today I wanted to disable the Microsoft Defender Credential Guard on my Windows 11 workstation to allow my remote connections to use stored passwords again (LAN only, no domain login). I did, however, ...
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How to recover/restore lost session in chrome?
So I signed out of one of my google accounts which had all my tabs and it immediately closed my session and replaced it with the session from my other account. Now the tabs from my original account ...
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Using an EaseUS pbd backup with VMWare Workstation - winload.efi error
Hopefully someone can offer some assistance.
I have a Windows 10 pbd backup that was create using EaseUS. Pretty sure something is wrong with the boot settings in this backup, but it is what it is.
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Deleting files from a USB drive in windows would still be available to be recovered in MAC?
Im not much of an expert in mac iOS so my question might be a naive one but is more of a curiosity. I had a file copied into a USB flash drive. Then after using the drive I deleted the file from the ...
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pyspark deleted directory due to ill-formatted save - recovery of data possible?
I am new to hadoop and spark. When I was running a test in pyspark after installation, I wrote a test file out to a directory using an ill-formatted save command. Instead of saving to a specific file, ...
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How to recover a permanently deleted file in Windows 10 [duplicate]
How should I recover a permanently deleted file in Windows 10 (or ideally other versions of windows)? I am aware of the app named Windows File Recovery but is there another way that you can type in a ...
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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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Is “clean all” in “Diskpart” totally secure erasure method for SSD, HDD, USB flash drives and other storage device?
I found on the Internet that if you use Diskpart with clean all command you can erase disk so that the data won't be recoverable.
And from my experience it is true, because having done this with my ...
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Recovery of scp overwritten file
I had two 2GB txt files a.txt and b.txt that I wanted to copy to another directory using scp.
However I accidently didn't type the destination directory and typed the following commands
scp *.txt
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Recover Lost Partitions Windows 10 [duplicate]
I make one partition in my External Hard Drive and then make Windows 10 Bootable USB in the same partition, after that I lost my other drives data from the same hard disk how I can recover the lost ...
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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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What does labels in Disk Drill result mean?
What does labels in Disk Drill mean? "Existing files" is obvious, but what about the other ones? I can't find any explanation in the Net where there would be explained i.e. difference ...
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Does TRIM option in SSD always work?
Recently I used Disk Drill on my laptop with SSD and it showed that some deleted data can be recovered, but I checked if the trim option in my SSD is turned on, so how it is possible? Is it because ...
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Disk Drill shows recoverable data after Eraser performance
I used today Eraser (from here: https://eraser.heidi.ie) to erase completely removed data from my SSD in computer (using Russian GOST method), but when I used Disk Drill after that, it still showed ...
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Why previous file that has been replaced to new file is not in recycle bin Windows 11?
In Windows whenever we replace some file with new file Windows deletes the old version file permanently. We don't have option to undo the changes, that file is not in recycle bin and even there are no ...
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Trying to recover text I wrote in rapidtables.com's notepad after a hard drive disk error
Wrote down some things on that site which uses cookies or cache or whatever to save my text. My hard drive had a disk error and stopped working, so I took it out and connected it externally to a ...
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Why are there so many recovery options in windows 10 and how are they different? [closed]
I am confused by the different built-in recovery options available in windows 10. I have identified 8. Why are there so many options?
Are any of these options functionally identical to each other?
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What happens to default user files stored in D:/ when the drive fails?
So, on my office pc (win10) I set my default user docs to be in D:/ and not in C:/. I worked like that for 8 years storing my design files predominantly in 1 folder "Design". This year my D:/...
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Recovery mode or boot USB for an Apple iMac 20" A1224 (2009)
Recently found an Apple iMac 20" A1224 (2009) on the side of the road and want to wipe and reinstall (don't know former user password).
I'm using a regular wireless keyboard (is this the problem?)...
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Is there any way to fix undeleted files? [duplicate]
I accidently formatted a hard drive and then I used a recovery software to undelete the files.
I managed to get most of the files back, they're all with their respective sizes and folder structure, ...
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in vim, after renaming the file, swap file exists, it is a pity to delete old swap file
After renaming the edited file and after recovery is ok, vim gives the recommendation to delete the old swap file.
That can easily be done. And all works fine. But it is a pity to do so.
The old swap ...
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Timeshift and btrfs. Recovery unable to mount /home
I am using btrfs (which seems integral to the question).
Upon recovering with timeshift and rebooting, I am encountering the following error
[Failed] Failed to mount /home.
[Depend] Dependancy failed ...
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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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How to find folder paths that have existed in the past on a PC's hard drive
I have a folder named fubar on a PC, having the path D:\Foo\fubar.
The folder fubar was previously named differently and was stored in a different path named D:\Baz\Qux\
I need to find out what the ...
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Recovering tabs / session information from Chrome
My question already in the title
I found the key by my self via google here How do I recover tab / session information from Chrome / Chromium?
But I've zero experience in programming and my English is ...
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Rendering a file and disappeared
I was rendering a video to a folder and I changed the name of the folder to where it was being rendered and when the video finished rendering I wasn't able to find the file no where in my pc because ...
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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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BitLocker bde-repair: Repairing disk with bad sector with a consistent 512 offset apart. What is going on?
I'm trying to repair a disk with a BitLocker encryption after sustaining a small fall (I guess it was bigger than it appeared).
I'm using bde-repair on windows 10. I get a lot of these type messages:
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How to recover/install windows from .zip file?
I have an i-Life ZED Air X and I tried to install Windows from a bootable USB, which installed correctly; however, brightness, sound, power, and many others are not working correctly due to a driver ...
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Data recovery on partition encrypted with Veracrypt - Input/Output error - Possible disk failure
I am trying to recover some data from my backup drive which is encrypted with Veracrypt as I recently encountered input/output error messages when I attempted to copy some of the files from it. This ...
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Recover Win Pro product key after installed Win Home
My case is a bit special.
Normally when I re-install Windows as the same as the previous it would automatically activate Windows for me.
But this time, I have Windows 10 Pro (OEM), have to install ...
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