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Data recovery software?

  • 14-04-2011 9:58pm
    #1
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭


    Can anyone recommend a data recovery programme for a borked external HDD?

    I used a free one a couple of months ago and it did the job, but I've since upgraded from XP to Windows 7 and never bothered backing up anything in the process.

    Google search history isn't giving me anytihng useful.


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  • #2
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Never mind. Found it.


  • #3
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Terry wrote: »
    Never mind. Found it.

    I'kve used recuva on other peoples devices
    www.recuva.com


  • #4
    NeuroticMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭NeuroticMonkey


    Terry wrote: »
    Never mind. Found it.

    Can you share?? In dire need to recover some data from a USB that suddenly is no longer recognised by my computer.

    Cheers in advance.


  • #5
    eirman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭eirman


    Testdisk is great free utility for recovering lost partitions

    When it gets to the point that it see the lost partition, you have to "write" to recover it.

    http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

    If you do recover your data BACKITUP!


  • #6
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,254 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    There are many data recovery threads on this forum. Try photorec/r-studio/getdataback/recover http://www.recoverdatatools.com/windows-data-recovery.html(not the same as recuva)

    This isn't a plug for the linked item.. i'm just lazy ATM

    edit : some programs above are not free.


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  • #7
    random.stranger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭random.stranger


    I have used RIP (Recovery is Possible) Linux in the past. Some seriously powerful tools for data recovery. You can run it from a live cd.
    http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/

    I suggest you save an image of your hard drive to another external drive before attempting data recovery & keep this image untouched. This is crucial, as the first image you get of your drive may be your last chance to get anything off it.

    Then use a copy of the image of your hard drive to attempt data recovery on.

    Although tutorials on this are thin on the ground so I used the instructions for Ubuntu Rescue Remix to help me on my way, so it might be more straight forward to just use the Ubuntu Rescue Remix live CD.

    Here's the tutorial for using Ubuntu Rescue Remix:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery


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