Q. My old hard drive is corrupted and I want to salvage the files on it using a data recovery program I've downloaded. However getting the program to read it is difficult. Do I need to reformat the hard drive? When I go to reformat it says this will erase all data on the disk, but according to other websites I've read it should be fine and I should still be able to salvage files. Which is correct?
A. If you do a full format, all the data on the disk will be overwritten with the formatting data - and you will lose the data you want to retrieve.
There is a type of formatting called "quick format" but that erases all the folder data, and that means you will have even more problems finding the data you want.
You say getting the program to read it is difficult. If the hard drive is failing, then you will have enormous problems getting any program to work right.
If the only problem is corrupted folder structures, then a quick format *might* work to erase all of the corrupted data, leaving the other data. Then your data recovery program would have to scan the entire hard drive.
I use the free Recuva program from Piriform to recover data, but I don't know how it would work in your situation. Recuva has the ability to scan all the hard drive sectors, it is an option. If you can get it to work, you will need another drive to have a place to copy the selected data.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Wikipedia article about Recuva:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuva
There are programs available that will read the data directly off the sectors of the hard drive and present it in hexadecimal format, but that doesn't mean you can make enough sense out of the data to be able to recover it. The better programs also cost money.
Monday, March 8, 2010
There is a type of formatting called "quick format" but that erases all the folder data, and that means you will have even more problems finding the data you want.
You say getting the program to read it is difficult. If the hard drive is failing, then you will have enormous problems getting any program to work right.
If the only problem is corrupted folder structures, then a quick format *might* work to erase all of the corrupted data, leaving the other data. Then your data recovery program would have to scan the entire hard drive.
I use the free Recuva program from Piriform to recover data, but I don't know how it would work in your situation. Recuva has the ability to scan all the hard drive sectors, it is an option. If you can get it to work, you will need another drive to have a place to copy the selected data.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Wikipedia article about Recuva:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuva
There are programs available that will read the data directly off the sectors of the hard drive and present it in hexadecimal format, but that doesn't mean you can make enough sense out of the data to be able to recover it. The better programs also cost money.
Monday, March 8, 2010
How do I recover data from a formatted HDD?
Q. I have an 80 Gb hard disk which had about 60 Gb of data and was formatted accidentally. After formatting, data was added to it. I now need to recover the previous 60 Gb of data. How can I recover this data and what data recovery software will do it?
A. Hi ! Since you wrote back some data, its virtually impossible to recover ... For sake of a try, try using Test Disk suit ... It has some advanced file recovery options ...
What is the BEST and FREE recovery software after a format?
Q. Ok I have a 2gb sd card that was formatted using the quick format with windows. I had things are there that I can't get back such as pictures and videos of my daughter when she was younger. I have tried numerous data recovery software and none of them seem to detect anything. I need help!
A. Howdy Chris,
Yeah you are right all the recovery tools ask for the money $.
I too have gone through this kind of prob various times den i come to knw abt a application named "Advanced Disk Recovery" that helps me to recover the data deleted either intentionally or accidentally.
It recovers data very efficiently if not overwritten. u can connect ur sd card to the computer and can recover the data with the help of this tool.
Though in free version it only recovers the 5 files but atleast u can get 5 of ur important files back
I am using the paid version and it is wrkn fine 4 me
so if u wanna give it a try then u can download this from cnet
Yeah you are right all the recovery tools ask for the money $.
I too have gone through this kind of prob various times den i come to knw abt a application named "Advanced Disk Recovery" that helps me to recover the data deleted either intentionally or accidentally.
It recovers data very efficiently if not overwritten. u can connect ur sd card to the computer and can recover the data with the help of this tool.
Though in free version it only recovers the 5 files but atleast u can get 5 of ur important files back
I am using the paid version and it is wrkn fine 4 me
so if u wanna give it a try then u can download this from cnet
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