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
The files in my computer were hidden by a virus? Data recovery tools?
Q. A virus hid all of the files on my computer and I was wondering if there was a free data recovery tool I could use to get them back. Please walk me through step-by-step if so.
A. There are some free softwares available u can search them on google but I do not believe in free software as it will end up messing my computer with virus and spywares and whether it recovers your data intact or not is not guaranteed there are chances that u end up loosing your precious data. So I look for cheap and good software. For recovery software, I bought one before called asoftech, good thing is that it's one time payment and then it allows me to use forever. Take a look if you do not mind paying to get back your data, U can also download trial version from http://www.asoftech.com/adr/
Is there any free data recovery software'full Version) for memory card?
Q. I am looking for a data recovery software for memory cards? Does anyone know any free software? I have searched softpedia, majorgeeks, zdnet and cnet. All of them are serving only demo version. And demo version can't save the files.
A. My God, you also suffered data lose. I suffered data lose the day before yesterday.
If these files are really important for you , I suggest you try professional recovery software even though it charges for money. I think your valuable files are more important than just few dollars.
The day before yesterday I searched for file recovery software, and finally I found a professional one. With this software,I got back all my deleted(Shift+Del) files with nice quality.
To be surprise, it can also recover photos,and partition.
I used it, you can specify a target folder, which means you don't need to scan all the data on the disk. first try the trail version. you can check if the files you need are recoverable form Preview Window to evaluate the quality before you buy.
Most important now it is on sale,maybe this news is exciting for you.
You can download from
http://www.data-recovery-utilities.com/data-recovery.html
Good luck to you
If these files are really important for you , I suggest you try professional recovery software even though it charges for money. I think your valuable files are more important than just few dollars.
The day before yesterday I searched for file recovery software, and finally I found a professional one. With this software,I got back all my deleted(Shift+Del) files with nice quality.
To be surprise, it can also recover photos,and partition.
I used it, you can specify a target folder, which means you don't need to scan all the data on the disk. first try the trail version. you can check if the files you need are recoverable form Preview Window to evaluate the quality before you buy.
Most important now it is on sale,maybe this news is exciting for you.
You can download from
http://www.data-recovery-utilities.com/data-recovery.html
Good luck to you
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