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I have movies and music that I have downloaded on my external hard drive. It’s stopped working and now I need to have a data recovery service performed on it. Will they report me? Will they know? Can they see files that have been on my PC first (i.e. as I am downloading movies and music to my PC’s hard drive first, then transfering to the xternal drive)?

Best reply by HDD_4242:

Yes, they can see files that are currently stored on your machine and can see files that may have been deleted. If the company’s legit, they shouldn’t be going through your files though seeing what you have on , so they won’t see or report you.

If you take your disk to a small, local repair shop, they may get curious and look around your disk, but they still probably won’t report you.

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Certified Computer Forensic Specialist; Data Recovery Expert Certification; Data Recovery Professional Certification

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