Data recovery software

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:14 am

Eh whats a good data recovery software?

When I was reinstalled windows I choose to reformat my sd memory card by excedent.

desktopgaming.com · Post by **desktopgaming.com** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:44 pm

Recuva is free, and I've found it to be able to do most recovery I've needed.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:59 pm

Drive Rescue

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:08 am

Recuva does absolutly nothing at all and is more about looking for deleted files not bad partioned disk.

The other one sounds just like what I need but the link for the file seems dead and the home page 403's for me.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:19 am

Ok I tried both and neither can seem to scan the sd card thats had no partition.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:33 am

it can be done.

not cheaply tho.

paulguy · Post by **paulguy** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:00 pm

Just create a partition on it but don't format. All that'll do is write a few bytes to the partition table so none of the data will be destroyed. If there's any data still there, it'll be recognised, then you can scan it. Recovery software has some silly limitations like that. :p

kick · Post by **kick** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:05 pm

Try 'PC Inspector Smart Recovery'.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:14 am

paulguy wrote:Just create a partition on it but don't format. All that'll do is write a few bytes to the partition table so none of the data will be destroyed. If there's any data still there, it'll be recognised, then you can scan it. Recovery software has some silly limitations like that. :p

How do I go about doing this? This sounds like the best way to go.

Post by **odditude** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:19 pm

clessoulis wrote:How do I go about doing this? This sounds like the best way to go.

dos/win9x:

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fdisk /?

winnt:
fire up the Disk Management MMC snapin (diskmgmt.msc, also one of the many snap-ins presented by the "Computer Management" console (compmgmt.msc or right-click "My Computer"/"Computer" and select "Manage")). alternatively, on 2k(w/resource kit) or later:

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diskpart
help

*nix:

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man fdisk

or

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man parted

or

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man gparted

learn thy partitioning tools.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:16 pm

Yeah didnt understand any of that ><

Also im assuming I allow the 2k directions for XP or winnt directions?

nvm I got it. Still now i can recover from it I guess.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:53 pm

Ok well Zero Assumption Recovery worked fucking great. I highly recomend it. Once the parition was there it recovered 98% of the whole card. I was missing like a few mp3's a gave a shit less about.

Post by **odditude** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:24 pm

clessoulis wrote:Yeah didnt understand any of that ><

those were all commands to be typed in the relevant OS.

clessoulis wrote:Also im assuming I allow the 2k directions for XP or winnt directions?

2k is nt 5.0, xp is nt 5.1. therefore, both would be correct, hence the use of "also" in my original instruction.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:38 pm

odditude wrote:
clessoulis wrote:Yeah didnt understand any of that ><
those were all commands to be typed in the relevant OS.

clessoulis wrote:Also im assuming I allow the 2k directions for XP or winnt directions?
2k is nt 5.0, xp is nt 5.1. therefore, both would be correct, hence the use of "also" in my original instruction.

Either way I followed your steps and I got my data.

I've said it once and I would say it again. I think people should have to pay to use your services.

You've solved every problem ive ever posted.

Post by **odditude** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:16 am

clessoulis wrote:I've said it once and I would say it again. I think people should have to pay to use your services.

for hands-on work, they do - unless they're friends or family, in which case they know well enough to have food and beer ready for me