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12-06-2010, 04:42 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
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Recovering accidentally deleted data
Some important files were deleted off a Vista laptop. The Recycle Bin complained that the size of the amount of files being sent to it exceeded its capacity, so some files were indeed deleted.
Is there any way of getting them back without sending the drive to a recovery company? Any good software that can do this? TIA
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12-06-2010, 04:53 PM
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I've never used this but I have had a good experience with other software they supply.
I use CCleaner and Defraggler all the time. http://www.piriform.com/recuva Mike Last edited by MikeMoss; 12-06-2010 at 04:55 PM. |
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12-06-2010, 05:15 PM
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I've had good luck recovering files with GetDataBack, Nuk. It's not free but there is a free trial version to see if it can find the files. I have both the Fat and NTFS versions and they've saved my bacon quite a few times.
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12-06-2010, 05:27 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
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Hmm, I have copies of GetDataBack on the bench PC.
Keep suggestions coming mates, I won't be working on this system till Wednesday, God willing. The customer has agreed to pay (just not the rates of a recovery company), so doesn't have to be free, it just has to be good. |
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12-06-2010, 07:20 PM
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Try Recuva first.
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12-06-2010, 07:38 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
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OK, now here's the deal: I was thinking of slaving his HDD to my bench machine as I'm afraid of writing anything to it. Is this the preferred way or should I boot into his Windows and install Recuva and run it?
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12-06-2010, 07:54 PM
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I've had success with Recuva but I also like Zero Assumption Recovery.
If it were me, I'd probably slave it.
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12-06-2010, 08:36 PM
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slave it
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12-06-2010, 11:48 PM
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12-06-2010, 11:50 PM
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Definitely slave it. Don't write ANYTHING to the drive.
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12-06-2010, 11:52 PM
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Fully agree with PR. Don't write any more to the drive. The more you write to the drive the less chance of getting your data back.
I've used Recuva with a pretty good success rate.
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