My BIL sent me a hard drive that he said he erased thinking that he had erased another one. I mounted the HDD and looked at Properties and it shows the entire file is available. He tells me that he did not reformat it, only selected the entire drive and clicked Delete. I won't repeat what he told me he said immediately afterward. He lives in Florida and I've been told that Rudi heard it.
Are there any tools that one might use to try to recover the data? I've never done this before, but I seem to recall reading that a Delete command wipes out the FAT/NTFS entries. I think these are kept in the MBR. I have exhausted my knowledge and revealed my ignorance and misunderstandings in those 2 sentences.
If anyone can help, please . . .
File Recovery Software
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File Recovery Software
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Re: File Recovery Software
Hi Bob,
Is is generally agreed that Recuva is one of the better recovery apps about. (Use the Piriform link!)
I'd recommend downloading the freeware version and giving that a try.
Additional software to consider... http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ ... re-1141256
Is is generally agreed that Recuva is one of the better recovery apps about. (Use the Piriform link!)
I'd recommend downloading the freeware version and giving that a try.
Additional software to consider... http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ ... re-1141256
Regards,
Rudi
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- UraniumLounger
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Re: File Recovery Software
Thanks, Gentlemen!
I bought the Piriform Recuva Pro and installed it on my C: drive in the x86 programs folder. I then ran it on the drive from BIL. I first made the image of the drive as suggested by the software. I recovered a few hundred files, but I don't know if they are the ones he wants back. I will speak with him later this week and let him know what Recuva found.
Is there a good tutorial on using Recuva around somewhere? I think I need to learn a bit more in order to be less dangerous.
Thanks again!
I bought the Piriform Recuva Pro and installed it on my C: drive in the x86 programs folder. I then ran it on the drive from BIL. I first made the image of the drive as suggested by the software. I recovered a few hundred files, but I don't know if they are the ones he wants back. I will speak with him later this week and let him know what Recuva found.
Is there a good tutorial on using Recuva around somewhere? I think I need to learn a bit more in order to be less dangerous.
Thanks again!
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Re: File Recovery Software
See for example Recuva - Step by Step Tutorial to Recover Deleted Files for Free.
Best wishes,
Hans
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Re: File Recovery Software
Take a look at this one, Bob.BobH wrote:Thanks, Gentlemen!
I bought the Piriform Recuva Pro and installed it on my C: drive in the x86 programs folder. I then ran it on the drive from BIL. I first made the image of the drive as suggested by the software. I recovered a few hundred files, but I don't know if they are the ones he wants back. I will speak with him later this week and let him know what Recuva found.
Is there a good tutorial on using Recuva around somewhere? I think I need to learn a bit more in order to be less dangerous.
Thanks again!
http://windows.appstorm.net/reviews/rec ... th-recuva/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
BOB
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- gamma jay
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Re: File Recovery Software
And yet another one. Happy reading
Regards,
Rudi
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Rudi
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