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PLEASE: is there anyone who could tell me how to recover data from a backup partition after formatting that same partition under XP Pro
thank you very much
PLEASE: is there anyone who could tell me how to recover data from a backup partition after formatting that same partition under XP Pro
thank you very much
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Hello,
As long as the file allocation table (the "summary" of the files, in fact) has not been erased, recovery remains possible. How do you think the police (and the Justice system), thieves, spies, and the like manage to find hidden information? Through this "basic" process. A file that has been sent to the trash remains readable as long as nothing has been written to its location. To make it definitively unrecoverable, you need to overwrite it with random series of 1s and 0s.
So, if there really was formatting, recovery is supposed to be impossible.
If there was an accident, we can always try; after all, nothing to lose! And there's no need to pay for the appropriate software; There is PC Inspector File Recovery, in French and free. This software can handle NTFS.
See the full list of data recovery software for each system (Windows, Mac, Linux):
Data recovery software
A dicias !-)))
We can only explain well what we understand perfectly.
As long as the file allocation table (the "summary" of the files, in fact) has not been erased, recovery remains possible. How do you think the police (and the Justice system), thieves, spies, and the like manage to find hidden information? Through this "basic" process. A file that has been sent to the trash remains readable as long as nothing has been written to its location. To make it definitively unrecoverable, you need to overwrite it with random series of 1s and 0s.
So, if there really was formatting, recovery is supposed to be impossible.
If there was an accident, we can always try; after all, nothing to lose! And there's no need to pay for the appropriate software; There is PC Inspector File Recovery, in French and free. This software can handle NTFS.
See the full list of data recovery software for each system (Windows, Mac, Linux):
Data recovery software
A dicias !-)))
We can only explain well what we understand perfectly.
Hello Teutates,
As long as the file allocation table
QUESTION: when you format, don't you also format the FAT? I have a small utility called "resto" that allows me to recover files that have been put in the trash (and yet I had worked, so written after putting it in the trash).
Unless in a quick format the FAT remains unchanged?
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As long as the file allocation table
QUESTION: when you format, don't you also format the FAT? I have a small utility called "resto" that allows me to recover files that have been put in the trash (and yet I had worked, so written after putting it in the trash).
Unless in a quick format the FAT remains unchanged?
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An adult sitting sees farther than a young person standing.
Hey txiki,
There are 2 types of formatting: quick and full. The quick one only erases the FAT without touching the data; the full one erases the FAT and destroys all the data.
I just saw that you're mentioning the quick solution!
The quick solution is usually used for removable media (floppies, zip drives, etc.) and I've never seen it used for a traditional hard drive. Anyway, logically, there is an erasure-rewriting of the FAT of the hard drive because there is a change in the file system and because otherwise the system would crash trying to locate files on an outdated FAT.
The issue is to know if, when formatting a hard drive, there is also data erasure (rewriting 1s and 0s over all clusters). I searched for this information on CCM and via Google to no avail!
To answer your question about whether it's possible to recover files that have been sent to the trash while you've continued writing on the drive, the answer is yes. Your drive is fragmented so the disk head will write the new file after the free space and not in the newly freed locations. Hence the possibility of recovery, as long as there is no defragmentation!
Have you tested it before and after defragmentation?
Until next time! -)))
There are 2 types of formatting: quick and full. The quick one only erases the FAT without touching the data; the full one erases the FAT and destroys all the data.
I just saw that you're mentioning the quick solution!
The quick solution is usually used for removable media (floppies, zip drives, etc.) and I've never seen it used for a traditional hard drive. Anyway, logically, there is an erasure-rewriting of the FAT of the hard drive because there is a change in the file system and because otherwise the system would crash trying to locate files on an outdated FAT.
The issue is to know if, when formatting a hard drive, there is also data erasure (rewriting 1s and 0s over all clusters). I searched for this information on CCM and via Google to no avail!
To answer your question about whether it's possible to recover files that have been sent to the trash while you've continued writing on the drive, the answer is yes. Your drive is fragmented so the disk head will write the new file after the free space and not in the newly freed locations. Hence the possibility of recovery, as long as there is no defragmentation!
Have you tested it before and after defragmentation?
Until next time! -)))
Well, as for data erasure, you’re saying quite a lot of nonsense. I did my internship at Blancco, the world leader in data erasure software (http://www.blancco.com) and I know what I’m talking about.
So: formatting (whether complete or not) only erases the FAT. Data remains on the disk.
Therefore, it is possible to recover all data after formatting with recovery software (go to the site of Norman Ibas, the world leader in that area).
The only way to permanently erase data from the surface of your disk, so that it is unrecoverable even by labs (and that's what Blancco products do), is to overwrite the entire surface of the disk with random data generated by security algorithms (like Bruce Schneier’s, for example), in 1 or multiple passes (you can go up to 37). And that's really erased.
They also have software that doesn't erase the entire disk but rewrites on the selected files using the same technology. It also does this on all the free space on the disk. So if you have something to hide, this is good for you ;)
So: formatting (whether complete or not) only erases the FAT. Data remains on the disk.
Therefore, it is possible to recover all data after formatting with recovery software (go to the site of Norman Ibas, the world leader in that area).
The only way to permanently erase data from the surface of your disk, so that it is unrecoverable even by labs (and that's what Blancco products do), is to overwrite the entire surface of the disk with random data generated by security algorithms (like Bruce Schneier’s, for example), in 1 or multiple passes (you can go up to 37). And that's really erased.
They also have software that doesn't erase the entire disk but rewrites on the selected files using the same technology. It also does this on all the free space on the disk. So if you have something to hide, this is good for you ;)
Try GetDataBack (http://www.runtime.org/gdb.htm), it is very effective for that.
I also found this: http://www.uneraser.com/quest12.htm
PS for: Virtuaklem, we should check before giving false information (a simple unformat search on Google...)
See you +
Computing is not that simple.
I also found this: http://www.uneraser.com/quest12.htm
PS for: Virtuaklem, we should check before giving false information (a simple unformat search on Google...)
See you +
Computing is not that simple.
There are quite a few small software programs that aren't very efficient. You can try Easy Recovery from V-Com (formerly Ontrack). It's pretty good, but the trial version is limited to a few files. You'll see it works well; I recovered some files from a floppy disk that my sister had chewed up before throwing it in the toilet. The software found part of my files. ;).
Getdataback allowed me to recover the contents of my reinstalled and reformatted hard drive... incredible but it's possible (that said it was a quick format).
Hi everyone,
Uh it's not possible guys, once formatted it's formatted, he erased everything, that's why we ask you 15 times to confirm if you want to format the disk.
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Virtuaklem
not that hard, computing
Uh it's not possible guys, once formatted it's formatted, he erased everything, that's why we ask you 15 times to confirm if you want to format the disk.
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Virtuaklem
not that hard, computing
Hi Viruaklem, no it's not true. My father works at Thales. One of his colleagues who works in security managed to recover data even after the PC had been formatted three times in a row (and nine times for a floppy disk)
But well, Thales' resources are not ours.
That's why, in general, when a company gives away a PC, they crush the hard drive.
Pom
But well, Thales' resources are not ours.
That's why, in general, when a company gives away a PC, they crush the hard drive.
Pom
For your information,
I foolishly crashed (PC crash) an Iomega Peerless cartridge (a 20GB removable hard drive with FireWire). The system no longer recognizes this cartridge!
Drive Rescue was able to recover 95% of the data (that's quite good, the other 5% of files being permanently damaged [not too serious!]). As an anecdote, however, my cartridge seems to be ruined (no way to format it)!
See you! -)))
I foolishly crashed (PC crash) an Iomega Peerless cartridge (a 20GB removable hard drive with FireWire). The system no longer recognizes this cartridge!
Drive Rescue was able to recover 95% of the data (that's quite good, the other 5% of files being permanently damaged [not too serious!]). As an anecdote, however, my cartridge seems to be ruined (no way to format it)!
See you! -)))
Hi,
I managed to recover 70% of my drive using Get Data Back, which turned out to be more effective than all the others that found absolutely nothing.
PHEW! It found almost all of my photos but nothing in terms of music (.mp3).
Good luck to everyone!
I managed to recover 70% of my drive using Get Data Back, which turned out to be more effective than all the others that found absolutely nothing.
PHEW! It found almost all of my photos but nothing in terms of music (.mp3).
Good luck to everyone!
Good evening,
I downloaded DiscRescue and it found my files - I haven't checked but supposedly all of them! Thank you then.
One issue remains: I decided to only save what was essential - so not all the programs that I can reinstall.
However, when I try to access a Word file saved from RescueDisk, I'm unable to open it on the grounds that it doesn't have a .doc extension; the saved photos do not give any preview...
Does this mean I have to save EVERYTHING?
Thank you.
I downloaded DiscRescue and it found my files - I haven't checked but supposedly all of them! Thank you then.
One issue remains: I decided to only save what was essential - so not all the programs that I can reinstall.
However, when I try to access a Word file saved from RescueDisk, I'm unable to open it on the grounds that it doesn't have a .doc extension; the saved photos do not give any preview...
Does this mean I have to save EVERYTHING?
Thank you.
Good evening.
I have already encountered the problem. For Word files, restore the .doc extension and open with Word. As for .jpg images, the same applies; restore the extension, otherwise there’s no solution, it’s lost.
I have a dual boot with Win98/Win2k.
I too just had the problem due to losing access to one of my NTFS partitions under Win2k. I managed to recover all of my files using the program "GetDataBack." It's an English program, but it's easy to use.
Best regards
ppdominique
I have already encountered the problem. For Word files, restore the .doc extension and open with Word. As for .jpg images, the same applies; restore the extension, otherwise there’s no solution, it’s lost.
I have a dual boot with Win98/Win2k.
I too just had the problem due to losing access to one of my NTFS partitions under Win2k. I managed to recover all of my files using the program "GetDataBack." It's an English program, but it's easy to use.
Best regards
ppdominique
Hello.
My sincere apologies. What seems obvious to me might not be so for others.
1- Is the extension visible for the other files?
For example: .doc, .jpg, .bmp, .txt, etc...
2- When we rename a file, we specify what type of file it is.
For example: lettre_a_toto can become:
lettre_a_toto.doc or lettre_a_toto.txt just as:
photo_ma_copine can become:
photo_ma_copine.jpg or photo_ma_copine.bmp or photo_ma_copine.gif, etc... depending on the software or the type of format chosen when creating documents or photos.
Dominique
My sincere apologies. What seems obvious to me might not be so for others.
1- Is the extension visible for the other files?
For example: .doc, .jpg, .bmp, .txt, etc...
2- When we rename a file, we specify what type of file it is.
For example: lettre_a_toto can become:
lettre_a_toto.doc or lettre_a_toto.txt just as:
photo_ma_copine can become:
photo_ma_copine.jpg or photo_ma_copine.bmp or photo_ma_copine.gif, etc... depending on the software or the type of format chosen when creating documents or photos.
Dominique
Hello and thank you Teutates,
That’s quite a response. PHEW!!!
As for your question, it was before the defrag of course... but what you’re telling me, I will keep it carefully in a corner.
Thanks a million, Teutou ;-))))
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An adult sitting sees further than a young person standing.
That’s quite a response. PHEW!!!
As for your question, it was before the defrag of course... but what you’re telling me, I will keep it carefully in a corner.
Thanks a million, Teutou ;-))))
http://abarka.free.fr
An adult sitting sees further than a young person standing.
For your information regarding the corrupted allocation table:
Norton Utility 2001 (the CD that still boots at startup, not the new one) can restore a FAT partition whose allocation table has been destroyed: filled with zeros.
JD
Norton Utility 2001 (the CD that still boots at startup, not the new one) can restore a FAT partition whose allocation table has been destroyed: filled with zeros.
JD
Thank you all, I managed to recover a small part of my backups with EasyRecovery Pro... the rest is definitely lost (I think). Moreover, I noticed that I had a virus nicknamed BLASTER (if I understood correctly) that was preventing me from going online... Well... what a nightmare! (when technology acts up!) Everything is back to normal now. Thank you all, take care.
a little comment about all these beautiful magical data recovery software... it works under FAT but the gentleman has XP Pro so he should normally be on NTFS... and for me that's impossible.
I just wanted to tell you something guys...
I've started to know a bit about this, and the thing is, in 72 hours, I've recovered codes that I had saved, formatted (completely, not quickly) and written over...
The principle is simple, the 0s and 1s are actually clusters charged with electricity... And the thing is, even after a state change, there is always a residue of the charge, positive (1) or negative (0), of the data that was previously stored on the disk...
I gently took out my disk and carefully analyzed it, and after passive reading of the disk, and complex calculations of the "remains" of charges, I was able to recover my disk to 85% of its original state...
But for that, you need another disk, a bit of gear, and above all, knowledge...
So scratch a little more, you'll find...
(P.S.: the programs I used were created by the German Police, and thus in German, but they are out there... look in some pirate corners... Then, understand and act! And don't clutter the forums with "it's not possible.... blah blah blah...")
Thanks a lot...
And one piece of advice... www.polizei.de, forget it, that's not where you'll find it... But most of the time, we don't need all that arsenal!!!
I've started to know a bit about this, and the thing is, in 72 hours, I've recovered codes that I had saved, formatted (completely, not quickly) and written over...
The principle is simple, the 0s and 1s are actually clusters charged with electricity... And the thing is, even after a state change, there is always a residue of the charge, positive (1) or negative (0), of the data that was previously stored on the disk...
I gently took out my disk and carefully analyzed it, and after passive reading of the disk, and complex calculations of the "remains" of charges, I was able to recover my disk to 85% of its original state...
But for that, you need another disk, a bit of gear, and above all, knowledge...
So scratch a little more, you'll find...
(P.S.: the programs I used were created by the German Police, and thus in German, but they are out there... look in some pirate corners... Then, understand and act! And don't clutter the forums with "it's not possible.... blah blah blah...")
Thanks a lot...
And one piece of advice... www.polizei.de, forget it, that's not where you'll find it... But most of the time, we don't need all that arsenal!!!
By the way, I anticipate, I know the answer that will come next, I will be told that if we format at a low level, we can’t find anything anymore...
FALSE!!!
It’s physical, there are always remnants of the initial (sought) charge of the cluster, and that applies to ALL cases.. After that, it's a matter of the sensitivity of the read head... That can be changed at worst, if you for example lost the access codes for a satellite.. But I don’t think that’s the issue here...
A good piece of advice, don’t stress too much about recovery...
Save at least the minimum, and forget the rest!
You only live once..
That’s my advice, otherwise, if you have a big big big big big big problem, write to me...
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FALSE!!!
It’s physical, there are always remnants of the initial (sought) charge of the cluster, and that applies to ALL cases.. After that, it's a matter of the sensitivity of the read head... That can be changed at worst, if you for example lost the access codes for a satellite.. But I don’t think that’s the issue here...
A good piece of advice, don’t stress too much about recovery...
Save at least the minimum, and forget the rest!
You only live once..
That’s my advice, otherwise, if you have a big big big big big big problem, write to me...
Email address removed CCM Moderation
I had to carry out a recovery myself after testing an operating system in NTFS while I was on FAT32. When I tried to convert my only NTFS partition back to FAT32, I lost all the data on my hard drives. Grrrrrr. I think I managed to recover over 75% of the files I really didn't want to lose, which was about 10 GB :), making me a very happy guy. Easy Recovery is a little gem that everyone should know about in this situation.
Hello,
All these messages give me hope, but I haven't been able to sleep for 2 days because my data on the disk was so important.
I'm on XP and my files are in NTFS
I have a hard drive partitioned into 2 (operating system and data).
Like others, when reinstalling XP, it formatted both disks in quick NTFS.
I reinstalled XP on the partition where the OS was and didn't touch the partition where the data was.
I tried to recover using Easy Recovery Pro 6, but it found nothing, the same for File Recovery...
Which software is most likely to work given my situation?
If a software recovers something for me, can I save it on my data recovered from my XP partition, or do I need to have a physically different hard drive?
Please Help, what stressssss
Flamani
Thanks.
All these messages give me hope, but I haven't been able to sleep for 2 days because my data on the disk was so important.
I'm on XP and my files are in NTFS
I have a hard drive partitioned into 2 (operating system and data).
Like others, when reinstalling XP, it formatted both disks in quick NTFS.
I reinstalled XP on the partition where the OS was and didn't touch the partition where the data was.
I tried to recover using Easy Recovery Pro 6, but it found nothing, the same for File Recovery...
Which software is most likely to work given my situation?
If a software recovers something for me, can I save it on my data recovered from my XP partition, or do I need to have a physically different hard drive?
Please Help, what stressssss
Flamani
Thanks.
Thank you Windows XP!!!! I have 2 hard drives: the first one serves as my system drive and the second one as a backup drive (which held all my very important documents!). When I tried to format my system drive, I wasn't paying attention, and Windows XP Pro formatted the backup drive.... A year and a half of work wiped out in a few minutes!!!! Is there a way to recover anything??? Knowing that this drive was FAT and is now NTFS.... Help!! Please respond if you know... thank you in advance.
TOXIC is 100% right:
- regarding magnetism, there are always residues, SO it is always possible to recover data. The rest is just a matter of sensitivity and means.
- which brings us to the second point:
since not everyone has the equipment/knowledge necessary to recover after messing up (like saying it's not my fault, it's Windows that's wrong), it's better to print the essential data, the vital ones even if they are just a few megabytes, as for the rest... astala vista...
- regarding magnetism, there are always residues, SO it is always possible to recover data. The rest is just a matter of sensitivity and means.
- which brings us to the second point:
since not everyone has the equipment/knowledge necessary to recover after messing up (like saying it's not my fault, it's Windows that's wrong), it's better to print the essential data, the vital ones even if they are just a few megabytes, as for the rest... astala vista...
Hello everyone,
In addition to Txiki's post, the program RESTORATION can be found on Seb's site:
https://sebsauvage.net/logiciels/restoration.html
In addition to Txiki's post, the program RESTORATION can be found on Seb's site:
https://sebsauvage.net/logiciels/restoration.html
Hello?
There is a great program called ERASER that allows you to recover data even after formatting.
There is a great program called ERASER that allows you to recover data even after formatting.
Hello everyone!
I have a problem on my XP with my laptop, an error message at the start (NTDLR is missing), well I've tried to fix it but haven't found a solution yet.
So, if there is a way to recover the data, that way I won't have to worry about the problem, I'll just have to reinstall XP!
So, is there a solution?
Knowing that I can't access Windows??
That's it.
Thank you all.
See you later!
I have a problem on my XP with my laptop, an error message at the start (NTDLR is missing), well I've tried to fix it but haven't found a solution yet.
So, if there is a way to recover the data, that way I won't have to worry about the problem, I'll just have to reinstall XP!
So, is there a solution?
Knowing that I can't access Windows??
That's it.
Thank you all.
See you later!
Hello.
At the risk of repeating myself:
When you want to recover data with the highest chances, you should not write anything on the disk. Therefore, you need to connect this disk to another PC.
In the case of a laptop, you must first get a 2.5" IDE to 3.5" adapter to connect the laptop's hard drive to an IDE connector on a desktop PC. (This means you need to disassemble the laptop’s hard drive.)
The PC that will receive the hard drive must have an NTFS partition. (Windows XP, 2000 for example.) A system running Windows 95/98/ME will not be able to access an NTFS partition.
On the PC that will be used for recovery, install data recovery software.
Best regards.
At the risk of repeating myself:
When you want to recover data with the highest chances, you should not write anything on the disk. Therefore, you need to connect this disk to another PC.
In the case of a laptop, you must first get a 2.5" IDE to 3.5" adapter to connect the laptop's hard drive to an IDE connector on a desktop PC. (This means you need to disassemble the laptop’s hard drive.)
The PC that will receive the hard drive must have an NTFS partition. (Windows XP, 2000 for example.) A system running Windows 95/98/ME will not be able to access an NTFS partition.
On the PC that will be used for recovery, install data recovery software.
Best regards.
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It found all the files from a formatted drive, after which I saved them to another drive.