servers.linux.com — After the overwhelming feeling of dread passed, I started to look into file recovery options. I demoed a variety of commercial products to see if any of them could find my lost files or partitions. Nothing seemed to work. Finally, I discovered TestDisk and PhotoRec, and was able to use the latter to recover my lost files.
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Closed AccountAug 28, 2006
I have accidentally wiped my main HDD when I was trying to format my secondary HDD to run Linux on.....
tehl1nxAug 29, 2006
Its better to use 'rm ./ -rf' than 'rm -rf ./'while its the same thing it helps stop you accidently hitting enter and deleteing the wrong directory
stock99Aug 29, 2006
i thought the author of ext3 system say if one use rm -rf * to delete a file, its not recoverable?Also i did a quick google regarding GRC (esp after watching the video of his sales on his website.) , he doesn't seem to be that good....<a class="user" href="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:6f-vvkzjmlYJ:www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/archives/0202/techwhirl-0202-00310.html+gibson+research+corporation+gimmick&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2">http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:6f-vvkzjmlYJ:www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/archives/0202/techwhirl-0202-00310.html+gibson+research+corporation+gimmick&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2</a>
Closed AccountAug 29, 2006
" I mounted the backup hard drive and discovered that it was empty."His biggest problem was not checking the backup before he went ahead and erased his main HDD. if you arent going to take all the precautionary measures to ensure that the operation goes as flawlessly as possible then yes this article for you, granted dont get me wrong there are multiple occasions when sheer bad luck blankets ones life and proceeds to ruin everything ever stored on the Hard Drive but in the case of, Backing up and not double checking to make sure everything was backed up correctly I have no Sympathy.
nature_boyAug 29, 2006
Three words:VLC
zerologicAug 29, 2006
Dude. Call a pro : )DriveSavers drivesavers.com
cquinndAug 30, 2006
BigManOnCampus, In my experience with spinrite, if it sees a drive with no partition table information, or a file system that does not look like one it expects (two types of "damage" one might see from an "accidentally wiped" hard drive), it will stop there and attempt no furtheranalysis or data recovery. Spinrite is not a data recovery program, it is a sector by sector recovery program, that is dependent on the specific file system(s) it was built to recognize to perform its sector analysis. It is very, very good for what it was designed to do, and I do owna copies of Spinrite 5 and 6 (see below), but I long ago gave up on the notion that it was equivalent to "data recovery" programs... it is better termed a "drive recovery" program. And the knowledge the GRC recommends having both versions of the program because there are still some things that Spinrite 5 does better than 6, also makes me approach comments about Spinrites data recovery capabilities with a grain of salt.
otcovamoniJul 15, 2008
Hi Mischa, could I have few questions for you regarding data recovering. If you get a chance, I would really appreciate it.. I have the very same problem now, though I wouldn't say the same amount of data :) thanks.....
tompatrickMay 17, 2010
Don't agree to the point that the data can be recovered once the data has been wiped out from the hard drive But yes, if the data has been deleted, formatted or corrupted then there are possibility that the data can be recovered. i am saying so because Stellar Phoenix wipe software guarantees that the data can't be recovered once wiped for the hard drive but the data can be recovered id deleted or corrupt information source <a class="user" href="http://www.stellarinfo.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stellarinfo.com/</a>
AceWilliams2011Jul 5, 2011
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MirandaWilliams2011Aug 30, 2011
Oh,No!My computer crashed and I lost all my data on the hard drive!My hard drive crashed.It can't boot up Windows.Is there ways to retrieve my data?
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alanwilliams2010Nov 22, 2011
All your data are stored on the hard drive.You had formatted the hard drive of your computer.Generally speaking,formatting the hard drive makes you lose all your data on it.But actually,you can recover data from formatted hard drive with data recovery software. I had succeed with Tenorshare Data Recovery.But once your data were overwritten by new ones,they are gone for good.
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