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Alt" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote Alt</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=14964&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p14964" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=59&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" style="color: #00AA00;" class="username-coloured">Alt</a></strong> » Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:42 am </p> <div class="content"><blockquote><div><cite><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4815&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6">TallWood199</a> wrote: <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=14963&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p14963" data-post-id="14963" onclick="if(document.getElementById(hash.substr(1)))href=hash">↑</a><div class="responsive-hide">Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:43 am</div></cite> My hard drive is dying, but a professional data recovery service is too expensive for me. What would you recommend me to do? </div></blockquote> Create an image of it as soon as possible and do data recovery from it.</div> <div id="message_14964" style="display: none;">[quote=TallWood199 post_id=14963 time=1551793389 user_id=4815]<br />My hard drive is dying, but a professional data recovery service is too expensive for me. What would you recommend me to do?<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Create an image of it as soon as possible and do data recovery from it.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post bg1"> <div class="inner"> <div class="postbody" id="pr14963"> <h3><a href="#pr14963">Re: File Recovery FAQ</a></h3> <ul class="post-buttons"> <li> <a href="#postingbox" onclick="addquote(14963, 'TallWood199', 'wrote', {post_id:14963,time:1551793389,user_id:4815});" title="Quote TallWood199" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote TallWood199</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=14963&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p14963" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4815&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" class="username">TallWood199</a></strong> » Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:43 am </p> <div class="content">My hard drive is dying, but a professional data recovery service is too expensive for me. What would you recommend me to do?</div> <div id="message_14963" style="display: none;">My hard drive is dying, but a professional data recovery service is too expensive for me. What would you recommend me to do?</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post bg2"> <div class="inner"> <div class="postbody" id="pr13926"> <h3><a href="#pr13926">Re: File Recovery FAQ</a></h3> <ul class="post-buttons"> <li> <a href="#postingbox" onclick="addquote(13926, 'Data-Medics', 'wrote', {post_id:13926,time:1492273684,user_id:4202});" title="Quote Data-Medics" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote Data-Medics</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=13926&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p13926" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4202&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" class="username">Data-Medics</a></strong> » Sat Apr 15, 2017 11:28 am </p> <div class="content"><blockquote><div><cite>anandigital wrote:</cite>After Scanning a pen drive i got most of the files back(Not all)along with some meta files.how to use these files?can these files help me to recover rest files i am looking for?</div></blockquote> I probably wouldn't mess around too much with those. What type of files didn't you get back?</div> <div id="message_13926" style="display: none;">[quote="anandigital"]After Scanning a pen drive i got most of the files back(Not all)along with some meta files.how to use these files?can these files help me to recover rest files i am looking for?[/quote]<br /><br />I probably wouldn't mess around too much with those. What type of files didn't you get back?</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post bg1"> <div class="inner"> <div class="postbody" id="pr13925"> <h3><a href="#pr13925">Re: File Recovery FAQ</a></h3> <ul class="post-buttons"> <li> <a href="#postingbox" onclick="addquote(13925, 'Alt', 'wrote', {post_id:13925,time:1492111980,user_id:59});" title="Quote Alt" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote Alt</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=13925&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p13925" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=59&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" style="color: #00AA00;" class="username-coloured">Alt</a></strong> » Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:33 pm </p> <div class="content">Metafiles are files that contain information about the file system. Professionals can manually analyze them, but R-Studio does that better than novices.</div> <div id="message_13925" style="display: none;">Metafiles are files that contain information about the file system. Professionals can manually analyze them, but R-Studio does that better than novices.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post bg2"> <div class="inner"> <div class="postbody" id="pr13924"> <h3><a href="#pr13924">Re: File Recovery FAQ</a></h3> <ul class="post-buttons"> <li> <a href="#postingbox" onclick="addquote(13924, 'anandigital', 'wrote', {post_id:13924,time:1492084900,user_id:4422});" title="Quote anandigital" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote anandigital</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=13924&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p13924" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4422&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" class="username">anandigital</a></strong> » Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:01 am </p> <div class="content">After Scanning a pen drive i got most of the files back(Not all)along with some meta files.how to use these files?can these files help me to recover rest files i am looking for?</div> <div id="message_13924" style="display: none;">After Scanning a pen drive i got most of the files back(Not all)along with some meta files.how to use these files?can these files help me to recover rest files i am looking for?</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post bg1"> <div class="inner"> <div class="postbody" id="pr13085"> <h3><a href="#pr13085">Re: File Recovery FAQ</a></h3> <ul class="post-buttons"> <li> <a href="#postingbox" onclick="addquote(13085, 'Alt', 'wrote', {post_id:13085,time:1457437308,user_id:59});" title="Quote Alt" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote Alt</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=13085&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p13085" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=59&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" style="color: #00AA00;" class="username-coloured">Alt</a></strong> » Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:41 am </p> <div class="content"><blockquote><div><cite>Mattb1993 wrote:</cite>I am currently trying to scan my girlfriends 1TB hardrive (All files are very slow and hardrive can be unresponsive as there is some sort of internal damage). Scan has been going for 5 hours and only scanned 170mb and rekons that it'll take 3years to finish, is there any point me trying to keep going or is it a lost cause. If this method doesn't work girlfriend wants to send hardrive away which is going to cost up to $1100 for recovery.</div></blockquote> Look at the SMART data of the drive. If it's red, your disk is dying. Better send it to a professional data recovery service.</div> <div id="message_13085" style="display: none;">[quote="Mattb1993"]I am currently trying to scan my girlfriends 1TB hardrive (All files are very slow and hardrive can be unresponsive as there is some sort of internal damage). Scan has been going for 5 hours and only scanned 170mb and rekons that it'll take 3years to finish, is there any point me trying to keep going or is it a lost cause. If this method doesn't work girlfriend wants to send hardrive away which is going to cost up to $1100 for recovery.[/quote]<br />Look at the SMART data of the drive. If it's red, your disk is dying. Better send it to a professional data recovery service.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post bg2"> <div class="inner"> <div class="postbody" id="pr13082"> <h3><a href="#pr13082">Re: File Recovery FAQ</a></h3> <ul class="post-buttons"> <li> <a href="#postingbox" onclick="addquote(13082, 'Mattb1993', 'wrote', {post_id:13082,time:1457077689,user_id:1});" title="Quote Mattb1993" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote Mattb1993</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=13082&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p13082" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><span class="username">Mattb1993</span></strong> » Fri Mar 04, 2016 2:48 am </p> <div class="content">I am currently trying to scan my girlfriends 1TB hardrive (All files are very slow and hardrive can be unresponsive as there is some sort of internal damage). Scan has been going for 5 hours and only scanned 170mb and rekons that it'll take 3years to finish, is there any point me trying to keep going or is it a lost cause. If this method doesn't work girlfriend wants to send hardrive away which is going to cost up to $1100 for recovery.</div> <div id="message_13082" style="display: none;">I am currently trying to scan my girlfriends 1TB hardrive (All files are very slow and hardrive can be unresponsive as there is some sort of internal damage). Scan has been going for 5 hours and only scanned 170mb and rekons that it'll take 3years to finish, is there any point me trying to keep going or is it a lost cause. If this method doesn't work girlfriend wants to send hardrive away which is going to cost up to $1100 for recovery.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post bg1"> <div class="inner"> <div class="postbody" id="pr12807"> <h3><a href="#pr12807">Re: File Recovery FAQ</a></h3> <ul class="post-buttons"> <li> <a href="#postingbox" onclick="addquote(12807, 'Alt', 'wrote', {post_id:12807,time:1444469196,user_id:59});" title="Quote Alt" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote Alt</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=12807&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p12807" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=59&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" style="color: #00AA00;" class="username-coloured">Alt</a></strong> » Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:26 am </p> <div class="content"><blockquote><div><cite>LoboX wrote:</cite>10. When opening a disk I see some files marked with a red cross, some without. Does the red cross means that the file is unrecoverable?<br> A Red cross on the icon means that the file has been intentionally deleted. Files without the red cross are files that exist or existed on the disk. They may be lost from the system due to file structure corruption (especially when found on Recognized partitions.)<br> <br> I don't understand this????? How R-Studio knows this.<br> Thanks.</div></blockquote> Some OSes (Windows, for example) specifically marks deleted files without deleting file's data. R-Studio knows about such marks. See more at our article <a href="http://www.r-tt.com/Articles/File_Recovery_Basics/" class="postlink">File recovery basics</a>.</div> <div id="message_12807" style="display: none;">[quote="LoboX"]10. When opening a disk I see some files marked with a red cross, some without. Does the red cross means that the file is unrecoverable?<br />A Red cross on the icon means that the file has been intentionally deleted. Files without the red cross are files that exist or existed on the disk. They may be lost from the system due to file structure corruption (especially when found on Recognized partitions.)<br /><br />I don't understand this????? How R-Studio knows this.<br />Thanks.[/quote]<br />Some OSes (Windows, for example) specifically marks deleted files without deleting file's data. R-Studio knows about such marks. See more at our article [url=http://www.r-tt.com/Articles/File_Recovery_Basics/]File recovery basics[/url].</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post bg2"> <div class="inner"> <div class="postbody" id="pr12806"> <h3><a href="#pr12806">Re: File Recovery FAQ</a></h3> <ul class="post-buttons"> <li> <a href="#postingbox" onclick="addquote(12806, 'LoboX', 'wrote', {post_id:12806,time:1444433295,user_id:4153});" title="Quote LoboX" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote LoboX</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=12806&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p12806" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4153&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" class="username">LoboX</a></strong> » Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:28 pm </p> <div class="content">10. When opening a disk I see some files marked with a red cross, some without. Does the red cross means that the file is unrecoverable?<br> A Red cross on the icon means that the file has been intentionally deleted. Files without the red cross are files that exist or existed on the disk. They may be lost from the system due to file structure corruption (especially when found on Recognized partitions.)<br> <br> I don't understand this????? How R-Studio knows this.<br> <br> Thanks.</div> <div id="message_12806" style="display: none;">10. When opening a disk I see some files marked with a red cross, some without. Does the red cross means that the file is unrecoverable?<br />A Red cross on the icon means that the file has been intentionally deleted. Files without the red cross are files that exist or existed on the disk. They may be lost from the system due to file structure corruption (especially when found on Recognized partitions.)<br /><br />I don't understand this????? How R-Studio knows this.<br /><br />Thanks.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post bg1"> <div class="inner"> <div class="postbody" id="pr540"> <h3><a href="#pr540">Re: File Recovery FAQ</a></h3> <ul class="post-buttons"> <li> <a href="#postingbox" onclick="addquote(540, 'gotdata', 'wrote', {post_id:540,time:1238714103,user_id:665});" title="Quote gotdata" class="button button-icon-only"> <i class="icon fa-quote-left fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Quote gotdata</span> </a> </li> </ul> <p class="author"> <a href="./viewtopic.php?p=540&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6#p540" title=""> <i class="icon fa-file fa-fw icon-lightgray icon-md" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only"></span> </a> by <strong><a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=665&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" class="username">gotdata</a></strong> » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:15 pm </p> <div class="content">hmm...interesting I will try dedicating just one core of the dual CPU next, see how it performs.<br> <img class="smilies" src="./images/smilies/icon_e_geek.gif" width="17" height="17" alt=":geek:" title="Geek"></div> <div id="message_540" style="display: none;">hmm...interesting I will try dedicating just one core of the dual CPU next, see how it performs.<br /> :geek:</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr /> <p> <a href="#postingbox" class="top"> <i class="icon fa-chevron-circle-up fa-fw icon-gray" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Top</span> </a> </p> </form> </div> <div id="page-footer" class="page-footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="navbar" role="navigation"> <div class="inner"> <ul id="nav-footer" class="nav-footer linklist" role="menubar"> <li class="breadcrumbs"> <span class="crumb"><a href="http://www.r-tt.com" data-navbar-reference="home"><i class="icon fa-home fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Home</span></a></span> <span class="crumb"><a href="./index.php?sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" data-navbar-reference="index"><span>R-TT Forums</span></a></span> </li> <li class="rightside">All times are <span title="UTC-5">UTC-05:00</span></li> <li class="rightside"> <a href="./ucp.php?mode=delete_cookies&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" data-ajax="true" data-refresh="true" role="menuitem"> <i class="icon fa-trash fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Delete all board cookies</span> </a> </li> <li class="rightside" data-last-responsive="true"> <a href="./memberlist.php?mode=team&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" role="menuitem"> <i class="icon fa-shield fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>The team</span> </a> </li> <li class="rightside" data-last-responsive="true"> <a href="./memberlist.php?mode=contactadmin&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" role="menuitem"> <i class="icon fa-envelope fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Contact us</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="copyright"> Powered by <a href="https://www.phpbb.com/">phpBB</a>® Forum Software © phpBB Limited </div> <div id="darkenwrapper" class="darkenwrapper" data-ajax-error-title="AJAX error" data-ajax-error-text="Something went wrong when processing your request." data-ajax-error-text-abort="User aborted request." data-ajax-error-text-timeout="Your request timed out; please try again." data-ajax-error-text-parsererror="Something went wrong with the request and the server returned an invalid reply."> <div id="darken" class="darken"> </div> </div> <div id="phpbb_alert" class="phpbb_alert" data-l-err="Error" data-l-timeout-processing-req="Request timed out."> <a href="#" class="alert_close"> <i class="icon fa-times-circle fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> <h3 class="alert_title"> </h3><p class="alert_text"></p> </div> <div id="phpbb_confirm" class="phpbb_alert"> <a href="#" class="alert_close"> <i class="icon fa-times-circle fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> <div class="alert_text"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <a id="bottom" class="anchor" accesskey="z"></a> <img src="./cron.php?cron_type=cron.task.text_reparser.poll_title&sid=79cff3bce5dd3f7cba083574176e3ae6" width="1" height="1" alt="cron" /></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="./assets/javascript/jquery.min.js?assets_version=4"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="./assets/javascript/core.js?assets_version=4"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="./assets/javascript/editor.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="./styles/prosilver/template/forum_fn.js?assets_version=4"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="./styles/prosilver/template/ajax.js?assets_version=4"></script> </body> </html>