Q. Hi, I am looking for means (data recovery tool or any other method) by which I can recover data from a hard disk which was encrypted using Safeguard Easy from Utimaco. The data is absolutely important to me. The OS (XP) was formatted and safeguard reinstalled. However the old partitions remain beyond capture. If you can please help me in this, I would remain ever grateful.
A. Without knowing specifically how Safeguard Easy actually encrypts data, I cannot give a definite answer, but here are some general insights I can give:
1. When the OS is reinstalled, it is usually possible to recover an old journal, FAT, or bitmap (depending on the filesystem.)
2. You will lose *all* data that was overwritten when the OS was reinstalled, unless you want to pay upwards of $100k to have the drive magnetically imaged. Even then it's highly unlikely anything more than fragments would be recovered.
3. If individual files were encrypted, it is a simple matter of recovering said files and decrypting them.
4. You're SOL if the encryption process involved anything more than an encryption key. If it is tied into a security token for the user account, or salted with anything that is non-persistant, it's gone.
5. If the entire (or most) of the drive itself was encrypted, not just file contents, you're SOL.
6. 3rd party encryption software is a bad idea in most cases. You are far better off using OS functionality to protect your data. BitLocker is a very good encryption system, especially on systems with a Trusted Platform Module (1.2 or later).
1. When the OS is reinstalled, it is usually possible to recover an old journal, FAT, or bitmap (depending on the filesystem.)
2. You will lose *all* data that was overwritten when the OS was reinstalled, unless you want to pay upwards of $100k to have the drive magnetically imaged. Even then it's highly unlikely anything more than fragments would be recovered.
3. If individual files were encrypted, it is a simple matter of recovering said files and decrypting them.
4. You're SOL if the encryption process involved anything more than an encryption key. If it is tied into a security token for the user account, or salted with anything that is non-persistant, it's gone.
5. If the entire (or most) of the drive itself was encrypted, not just file contents, you're SOL.
6. 3rd party encryption software is a bad idea in most cases. You are far better off using OS functionality to protect your data. BitLocker is a very good encryption system, especially on systems with a Trusted Platform Module (1.2 or later).
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
How do you recover data from an external hd drive which my OS stop detecting, the drive physically appears ok.?
Q. I guess it happened due to connecting and disconneting without safely removing the hard drive,the drive letter doesn't appear any more so i can't use software recovery tools asking for you to select the drive letter. About freezing i read it should be used only when the drive is not spinning. The hard disk is small and powered by the usb cable and is not physically damaged.
A. i assume you are using windows because of your story and i have seen this problem before the only way i have been able to solve a problem like this is plugging it into a mac which i have copy all of the files then reformat as fat32 then put the information back onto the drive and it is good as new but it doesn't work well if you dont have a mac
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