My secondary hard drive just crashed, and I need something to possibly recover the data on it. Thanks.
Best reply by Quack:
Google recuva.
It is free and very easy to use.
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Does anyone know of any good hard drive recovery software?
OMG i can’t believe it i accidentally recovered my c drive ( c drive starts all over) meaning that all the images i had are GONE!!!! all my previous files are gone for my pics and my documents!!! can anybody help me???? Is there a method or program that can help m recover those lost images PLZZZZ i need those pics back!!!
Best reply by Ripley:
you might need windows recover if you have windows on your computer or if it does not boot windows then it is lost.
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How to recover images after a hard drive recovery (washout)?
i want to recover my data from a formatted pen drive, but idon’t have the license key of paretologic data recovery software. so someone pls tell me the license key.
Best reply by blamay22000:
The license key can easily be found at the software mfgs website.
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can anyone pls tell me the license key of paretologic data recovery software?
I have a non-responding CF with some important academic docs and pictures. Local IT guys and one data recovery firm were helpless while another firm claims to be able to recover for $900. I am wondering if I should take the chances. Of course I know it depends if I value my data as much as to pay $900. While I can not price the data, the cost does seem to be pretty high….
Best reply by fester:
Your chances depend on why your CF has failed, data may be recovered by completely dismantling the card and read data directly from the memory IC’s, in which case $900 is about right, but even then it’s not guaranteed
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What are the chances of data recovery from a compact flash drive?
I used a data recovery program to recover lost images from my digital camera. Unfortunately some of them came out grey. Meaning, when I look at the picture as a thumbnail, I can see the entire picture, but when I open the image, a large portion of it completely greyed out. Any idea of how I can fix these images? I’ve tried recovering them twice and both times the same images came out damaged.
Best reply by What?:
The photos are damaged. The embedded thumbnails appear fine because they were pre-generated. Think about it like a lock and key: if one tooth of a key is missing, it’ll still fit but it won’t unlock the door. Recovery may be possible but only if you know what you’re doing.
Here’s how one person capable of preforming these recoveries describes the condition:
” – Grey Areas in your Image
In various forums on the internet, people have incorrectly stated that photos are unrecoverable if they contain gray areas. This is not usually true. Some JPEG decoders are very picky with how they recover from errors and simply report Drawing Failed (in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer), while others might draw a middle-gray region or just display a “Red X”. In some cases the gray area is in fact completely damaged (overwritten by unrelated data), but this is not always the case.
– Why do JPEGs get damaged?
There are many sources of damage to photo files, but the most common reasons are:
– Photos were deleted or formatted & a “recovery” utility was used
– Memory card / hard drive error (logical or physical error)
– RAM failure
– File transfer / interface error (memory coherency issues, buffer over/underrun, etc.)
– What Happens when you Open / Decode a Corrupted JPEG?
Even a single byte changed in a JPEG file can cause an image to be unrecognizable (or not open at all). Why? Because of the way JPEG compression is designed, images are stored in tightly-packed streams of binary bits (not bytes). Each pixel can be represented by as few as 2 bits to as many as 26 bits (dictated by the variable-length Huffman Coding scheme). To make matters worse, in an effort to keep the compression as efficient as possible, there is virtually nothing to indicate where you are in the stream of bits (unless Restart Markers are used). Therefore, as soon as a single bit is encountered wrong, the millions of bits that follow will be decoded incorrectly as well. The manner in which DC and AC coefficients are arranged in MCUs means that this corruption often shows up in shearing, wild color shifts and many other visual phenomena.”
– http://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/fix-corrupt-jpeg-photo.html
It appears from the examples and comments that he or she is fully capable of preforming JPEG recovery when such operation is possible. Unfortunately, the author no longer accepts recovery requests.
There are similar JPEG recovery services available but your photos should be worth the cost. Here’s one example (I don’t know the reputation of the company so I can’t recommend it):
http://www.jpeg-repair.org/
The company above seems to recover a small number of JPEG submissions for free for their own analysis and your benefit.
There are a number of recovery tools available too, but unless those pictures are very important they aren’t worth the money; you don’t know for sure if the files are recoverable, but mostly because you’ll only have the programmers word that it even works.
http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=jpeg+recovery&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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Fix Damaged Images AFTER Data Recovery Has Been Performed?
I need a good data recovery program for a hard drive that has been having some trouble. It somehow managed to loose the MBR and now reads as a RAW hard drive, but if I reformat it I will loose my data, so I would like to try to get whatever I can off it, if any. I’m gonna pitch it afterward because I think it’s about dead and needs to be replaces but this is just a last attempt to recover whatever I can.
Best reply by big_dog_js:
I had the same type of problem with a hard disk I had. I wrote a little article about how I got my data back. I hope it works for you too.
http://www.squidoo.com/Hard_Drive_Data_Recovery
Good Luck
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What is a good data recovery program?
If the answer is pay for data recovery what’s a cheap company that will recover the drive sucessfully?
Best reply by John R:
Buying a new one will be a LOT cheaper.
Hope this helps.
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My hard simpletech hard drive was recently damaged is it cheaper to buy new one or pay for data recovery?
I just downloaded Data Doctor Recovery and it’s trying to recover pictures i’ve deleted long ago. will it work?
Best reply by Dave F:
IMpossible to answer – will depend on whether the relevant files have been overwritten.
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Until what extent can a data recovery software recover files?
I’m curious as to why most of the hard drives my employer sends out to Ontrack comes back with unrecoverable data. With a high evaluation cost it seems easier just to charge a quick $100 and say it can’t be recovered than actually attempting to recover data.
Best reply by Engineer Man – NASA:
For Data Recovery we had the same problem, Ontrack charges a fortune when a company like eProvided can do it for 1/4 the cost if a success.
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How many of you have used Ontrack Data Recovery to successfully retrieve data from a bad hard drive?
