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Any good free data recovery programs?
hey i just canceled a wipe program but it corrupted all of it. and i need to recover it. its all still there just corrupted. i normally wouldnt care but its an entire semesters worth of programming that got corrupted
1.5TB Seagate HDD, RAW partitions, data recovery?
I bought a 1.5TB Seagate HDD in April 2009. I created 3 partitions 200GB, 1034GB, and 163GB in size. I was using Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit installed on a 30GB partition on a 500GB Seagate HDD. I also had the Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 32 bit installed on a 30GB partition on a 320GB Seagate HDD. All the partitions were NTFS. I didn't realise for a while, but the 500GB HDD had a physical failure. Fortunately, it hadn t totally given way, but Vista would often freeze and not respond even when I hit ctrl shift esc to launch the Task Manager. I often used the reset button when this happened. One of the times I did this, I skipped chkdsk on the 1034GB and 163GB partitions during start up. Eventually, both these partitions became RAW. Windows would still run chkdsk on these partitions while booting, if they were connected. It would reach a stage about 79% into the check, I think where it would say " Correcting errors in Master File Table MFT " or something like that on 2 consecutive lines. I left it for a few hours once thinking that it would probably solve the problem given time. That didn t help either. Eventually, even the200GB partition became RAW. I eventually took my 500GB HDD to my hardware vendor and got it replaced. In the mean time, Windows 7 became my primary and only OS and I have even upgraded to the RC Build 7100 . I am currently using the Windows 7 RC 32 bit installed on the new 500GB HDD I got as a replacement for my previous unit.I need to recover the data on the RAW partitions. I have tried data recovery software. I have gone to Seagate s website to check if my HDD is one of the units affected with the firmware issue yes it is a 7200.11 Barracuda . Seagate says my unit isn t affected. I still downloaded the firmware, burnt it to a CD and tried to update my HDD s firmware. It tells me to point it to the correct HDD. When I do, it says that I have picked the wrong one and gives me the model number of the HDD I need to point it to. It s the same as the model number of my HDD.I have even tried formatting the partitions. It always fails. The whole PC slows down when it is connected. I have tried formatting it from a windows installation disc. I get the error 0x8007045d .There are 100 s of gigs of really important data I need to recover from those partitions. I don t have a copy of the data anywhere else. I have started backing up all important data since this happened. A professional data recovery service is not an option considering the amount of data I need recovered without selling my house. It has a 5 year warranty, but I don t know whether this qualifies me for a replacement, and even if it does, I don t even want to think about a replacement until I can get the data off this one.If it helps, my PC s configuration is Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 2GB DDR2 800 RAM, Asus P5B VM, Zebronics 8600GT 512MB , LiteOn LH 20A1P IDE . Currently, I m only using the new 500GB HDD for storage, with my 320GB HDD being used for backup.I have provided all the information I think could be even remotely important. If there is anything missing, feel free to ask and I ll add it.
HDD data recovery help!?
Hi, i've gt a major problem. I've got 2 HDD , mainly OS and FILES. Recently i formatted my OS HDD after combatting with a virus win32 virut . As the virus was hard to remove, i tried OS installation on my FILES HDD without formatting its data. It didn't seem to work dunno y but thereafter, i removed the virus and went back to use my OS HDD for the OS. Installation was fine virus was removed but when i plugged in my FILES HDD, it was RAW and asked me to format my FILES HDD. OS is WinXP. I tried rolling back drivers on the HDD, uninstalling drivers then reinstalling, both didn't work.I really need help with this issue as all my important documents are in the HDD. Please, i really need help
What is data recovery?
Dear friends,I want to know how the data is being recovered from the hard disk?Basically I want to know the technology behind it.Please refer me some websites or anything is welcome.I want to know when we use Shift del then where the data goes?How to recover?If I want to develop a recovery tool then what are the things mainly I need to consider? How to read the hard disk and all?Please help me....Waiting for your replyRegards,Rasmi Ranjan Nayak
Computer Data Recovery Programs?
I was typing a HUGE document in microsoft office word when the power bumped. When i turned the computer back on after the power bump the document would not open. It says the microsoft is unable to open this document it may be corrupt. I tried all of the data recovery stuff that microsoft recommends but nothing worked. Does anybody know of a data recovery program. Or know if i can even get it back. Any suggestions would be awesome
Data Recovery App...?
Two of my memory sticks failed. Both differnt makes and models. Dont know how they failed or why but whenever i plug them into my pc it says usb device not recognized. Its done this on a lot of computers ive plugged them into. Anyways i was wondering should i bother getting a data recovery application for my mem sticks. Im wondering because they dont open up in windows so how would the program detect them?. If there is a way, anybody offer any advice such as programs to use or techniques...?Thanks
