HELP Anyone know much about restoring files ?

[Anny]

Heya all,

just a quick question for ya

i had one of my computers crash yesturday and aparantly loose everything that was stored on the second hard drive (d, i did a system restore to a few days ago and managed to get MOST of the lost files back but im still missing a couple of folders that i know where there before the crash,

these folders were created before the point i restored from, so its not like system restore has deleted them etc, i think they have just been corrupted from the crash or something ,

what i need to know is how i can get them back, anyone know a good programme that can find and restore corrupt files ?

or have any helpfull ideas at all ?


mucho thanks to any helpfull replys folks, would be nice to get these folders back as they contain work stuff



oh and before some smartarse says why didnt i back them up to CD or something, the approx size of the missing folders is 40-50 Gb Mkay

 

[Eeben]

try an google for file restore or something workt for me when i lost some files a while back.. not much help but all i know

 

[Anny]

been there, ive had about 6 programmes that are supposed to do this one of them has been scanning now for 17 hours and is only half way, and the other few have been worthless

 

[Lamp]

Lets dispell a few myths:

1. Stuff deleted from the Recycle Bin can't be retrieved. WRONG

2. I've used a commercial program to triple encrypt then ghost wipe data from my drive. Its gone for good. WRONG AGAIN !

3. I've reformatted my hard drive. All my data's gone. SORRY, WRONG AGAIN !

4. My hard drive crashed. My hard drive broke. I'm stuffed ! NO YOUR NOT !

Pretty much only an electrical failure / surge, or irreperable physical board damage will permanently destroy data.

If you're in the first 4 categories your data can be retrieved. Go to an expert.

 

[haarewin]

i know how stressed you must feel. happened to my mum a while back and most of that stress got passed onto me.
hers was on a disk and we used badcopy pro to get it back. i don't know what to use for a hard disk but i'd cry my eyes out if i lost all my work. i've backed it up in 3 places so hopefully it won't happen

 

[Lamp]

i know how stressed you must feel. happened to my mum a while back and most of that stress got passed onto me.
hers was on a disk and we used badcopy pro to get it back. i don't know what to use for a hard disk but i'd cry my eyes out if i lost all my work. i've backed it up in 3 places so hopefully it won't happen

B A C K Y O U ' R E D A T A U P

 

[Anny]

cmon somebody must have experiance retrieving lost files

i have a file of 0kb which used to be a folder and i really could do with getting its contents back

 

[Lamp]

Post this on the Technical Forum m8

 

[cHodAX]

I lost 70gb of porn last year when a drive went tit's up. Managed to get it all back using Ontrack EasyRecovery software, not sure how much it costs but you could always *source* a copy

 

[Kasall]

Tuneup utils work. do a google and use the trial version.
When my son goes on and looks at sites he should'nt (before any wisecracks he is 12 and has his own login with filters etc) I just use the undelete option. dunno if this is what ur looking for exactly but its a great piece of kit for getting shot of the crappy login screens etc.

 

[Lamp]

you could always *source* a copy

You could always *source* a prostitute Real thing better than pix / vids

 

[Amildin]

Tuneup utils work. do a google and use the trial version.
When my son goes on and looks at sites he should'nt (before any wisecracks he is 12 and has his own login with filters etc) I just use the undelete option. dunno if this is what ur looking for exactly but its a great piece of kit for getting shot of the crappy login screens etc.

your a cruel mother!

 

[Morphius]

just let him look!!

 

[confused]

Most restore proggies need to have been installed before you try and get your data back, but then again what would i know, I back up

 

[cHodAX]

Most restore proggies need to have been installed before you try and get your data back, but then again what would i know, I back up

Not Ontrack EasyRecovery

 

[Anny]

anyone happen to know a *source for ontrack ?

 

[Anny]

anyone happen to know a *source for ontrack ?

oops double post soz

 

[cHodAX]

Will look into it for you and send a pm.

 

[Bugz]

Tuneup utils work. do a google and use the trial version.
When my son goes on and looks at sites he should'nt (before any wisecracks he is 12 and has his own login with filters etc) I just use the undelete option. dunno if this is what ur looking for exactly but its a great piece of kit for getting shot of the crappy login screens etc.

Oh shit