Author Topic: Data Recovery - Any Questions? (Read 176929 times)

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #140 on:** May 30, 2013, 04:49:33 PM »

If its being detected by the bios and the data isn't that valuable I can try to give you some advice, just be aware that this drive will prob degrade really fast and now is the optimal time to recover the data if its important

AsherO · « **Reply #141 on:** May 30, 2013, 04:59:43 PM »

Quote from: DH Data Recovery on May 30, 2013, 04:49:33 PM

If its being detected by the bios and the data isn't that valuable I can try to give you some advice, just be aware that this drive will prob degrade really fast and now is the optimal time to recover the data if its important

It matches both criteria, though I should've asked sooner. Earlier it would allow me to access any data but would I/O error after an hour or two. Drive has 1TB of phone call recordings on it. I managed to transfer like 100gb off but now the I/O errors happen right away.

Just to clarify, IMHO the data is important, but since my boss doesn't need it now (though he might in the future) he isn't willing to pay to recover it.

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #142 on:** May 30, 2013, 05:15:02 PM »

If you want to send it to me, I will give you the Mod rate

. Otherwise if you want to experiment with what you've got, we can do that as well.

AsherO · « **Reply #143 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:58:55 PM »

Quote from: DH Data Recovery on May 30, 2013, 05:15:02 PM

If you want to send it to me, I will give you the Mod rate . Otherwise if you want to experiment with what you've got, we can do that as well.

I'd like to experiment

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #144 on:** May 31, 2013, 03:42:50 PM »

Ok First thing you have to do is take out the Hard Drive out of the casing and use the Sata connection - not the USB.

Now we can try this in 2 way, 1 is cloning the Drive, 2 is Using recovery software.

Do you have Norton Ghost? We can try changing a few switches and cloning using sector-by-sector option.

AsherO · « **Reply #145 on:** June 13, 2013, 04:07:11 PM »

Quote from: DH Data Recovery on May 31, 2013, 03:42:50 PM

Do you have Norton Ghost? We can try changing a few switches and cloning using sector-by-sector option.

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, and thanks for your help.

I took apart the enclosure and installed the drive in a desktop, the desktop also has Norton Ghost 15 installed.

Eagerly awaiting NG instructions

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #146 on:** June 14, 2013, 07:38:24 PM »

Rather use previous version and bootable. Download hirens boot cd 10.6 (not later version) and lemme know when your ready to continue.

DanH · « **Reply #147 on:** June 15, 2013, 04:26:56 PM »

Quote from: DH Data Recovery on June 14, 2013, 07:38:24 PM

Rather use previous version and bootable. Download hirens boot cd 10.6 (not later version) and lemme know when your ready to continue.

Link:
http://www.hirensbootcd.org/hbcd-v106/

AsherO · « **Reply #148 on:** June 17, 2013, 11:07:53 AM »

Quote from: DanH on June 15, 2013, 04:26:56 PM

Link:
http://www.hirensbootcd.org/hbcd-v106/

Thanks for link.

Shlomo Zalman · « **Reply #149 on:** June 17, 2013, 11:08:59 AM »

How likely is one to recover data off a bad CD or USB thumb drive?

And how much does data recovery cost? (Ballpark figure.)

AsherO · « **Reply #150 on:** June 17, 2013, 11:22:06 AM »

Quote from: DH Data Recovery on June 14, 2013, 07:38:24 PM

Rather use previous version and bootable. Download hirens boot cd 10.6 (not later version) and lemme know when your ready to continue.

Ready when you are.

Once again, thanks for your help.

DanH · « **Reply #151 on:** June 17, 2013, 04:54:18 PM »

Quote from: Shlomo Zalman on June 17, 2013, 11:08:59 AM

How likely is one to recover data off a bad CD or USB thumb drive?

And how much does data recovery cost? (Ballpark figure.)

Try this, using deep scan:
www.recuva.com

or torrent:
https://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/7662150/

Moishel · « **Reply #152 on:** June 17, 2013, 05:10:42 PM »

Quote from: Shlomo Zalman on June 17, 2013, 11:08:59 AM

How likely is one to recover data off a bad CD or USB thumb drive?

And how much does data recovery cost? (Ballpark figure.)

Bad CD as in scratched? If yes, how bad are the scratches?

If the scratches are not too bad you can try fixing it by applying a tiny amount of toothpaste to the scratch and rubbing in with a dry lint free cloth. Then try putting it in to several drives/players, some are more precise than others.

If this fails you can use some software tools to try to retrieve/copy the data.

Re the USB flash drive, please describe how the files got deleted, plain delete, format, physical damage, or can't find partition. Based on that I can try to help you recover the files. One thing is sure, don't use the flash drive at all until you're ready to recover the data.

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #153 on:** June 17, 2013, 05:29:18 PM »

Ok Asher, Here's the first try. This will help us determine in what condition the drive is and once you report to how it clones we can see if we should proceed with this or use deeper tools.
Connect the bad drive and a good drive (same size or larger) to a desktop. Use SATA Internal Connection - Not usb
Without booting into windows, boot into the hirens cd.
Select Dos programs
Backup Programs
Norton Ghost 11
Use normal mode.
Start Ghost
Go to options and select Force clone, (this will cause it not to abort by errors)
also select image all in options
Now clone drive to drive - make sure you know which drive is the source drive and destination drive.

Start cloning, and we'll determine by the speed and amount of errors if we should continue with this method.

Note: This is not a recommendation for most recovery situation. I never use ghost to copy a bad drive, but for someone without any decent tools and ready to take a chance and the drive is mostly full this is a place to start

Centro · « **Reply #154 on:** June 30, 2013, 02:20:53 PM »

My laptop broke and I bought a new one, I have some stuff on my old one which I would need to retrieve, can I just take the hard drive out the laptop and connect it to the new one with a USB adapter and get my files out of there?

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #155 on:** June 30, 2013, 03:28:34 PM »

yes usually, just be careful not to drop it while its running. You will need to change the permissions to access your files in the user directory but its really easy.

Centro · « **Reply #156 on:** June 30, 2013, 03:35:19 PM »

Quote from: DH Data Recovery on June 30, 2013, 03:28:34 PM

yes usually, just be careful not to drop it while its running. You will need to change the permissions to access your files in the user directory but its really easy.

Hmmm, got no idea what that is,
If you don't mind to explain I would appreciate it.

Centro · « **Reply #157 on:** June 30, 2013, 05:03:01 PM »

Quote from: centro on June 30, 2013, 03:35:19 PM

Hmmm, got no idea what that is,
If you don't mind to explain I would appreciate it.

Actually I think I do know how to do it, if I'll get stuck I'll then ask for your help, tx.

Centro · « **Reply #158 on:** July 01, 2013, 03:27:00 PM »

Quote from: DH Data Recovery on June 30, 2013, 03:28:34 PM

yes usually, just be careful not to drop it while its running. You will need to change the permissions to access your files in the user directory but its really easy.

I just connected the drive to my laptop and I get a msg that "You need to format the disk in E: drive before you can use it ",
What should I do?

DH Data Recovery · « **Reply #159 on:** July 01, 2013, 03:28:59 PM »

Dont format it

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