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Data Recovery Myths - Do NOT try these ever (5)
Myths which despite being unhelpful and often downright disastrous for those who try them continue to circulate the web.
Most are well meaning but either site extremely old advise that no longer applies to current technology. Some are wives tales that we pros hear people ask about or tell us they tried before coming to us.
Bottom line, these are some of the worst things you can do for your drive. We list them only in hopes of dispelling the myth and hope this will help a few more people avoid destroying their drives beyond any chance of in lab success.
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Deleted Files (1)
Files which have been Accidentally deleted and cleared from the recycle bin.
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Email Issues (1)
Topics Relating to all forms of Email Recovery from deleted emails to recovering individual emails from corrupted .dbx, .pst and other store files.
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External Hard Drives (2)
Failures on External Hard Drives including Solid State drives.
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Failed Flash Device (1)
Failure in Camera and phone memory cards, USB flash Drives and other Solid State Drives
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Formatted Drives (1)
Drives which have been partially or completely Formatted
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Hardware Failures (2)
When you have the click of death, or software solutions simply can't find any data on your drive, you have a hardware failure. Look in this section for advice on hardware repair. Be warned, ALL solutions in this category WILL void your warranty and if done improperly will reduce or eliminate any further chance of recovery.
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Macintosh Questions (1)
Data Recovery for Macs. Although the process is virtually identical for both Mac and PC and PC software is capable of the same results on a Mac drive there are a few additional steps involved. For those who want to recover a drive formatted for Mac, start here then move onto the appropriate FAQ section for the type of problem you are having for additional information.
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Restored Drives (1)
Drives which have had either a partial or complete Re-install of their operating system.
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Where the heck do I get the stuff I need (1)
Armor-IT is affiliated with many hardware providers and will provide you with a list of the best hardware providers for each type of hardware we recommend. The list is split up by country to help ease the search. If you're in a hurry grab the first link in the Category & Country you need. They are the best price on average. If you have a few minutes check with as many affiliates as you can and find the best current price for yourself.
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I think I formatted my drive, how do I get my files back?
Modified on 2010-09-28 |
There are a lot of software products on the market that can do the job cheaply, but first let's go over the basic rules of recovery.
1. If the drive in question is the one running the computer you're using to read this page. write down www.aitsavemyfiles.com on a peice of paper then shutoff your computer and go to a different one to continue.
2. Always operate the formatted drive as a slave, the best way is to put it in an enclosure and attach it to a different computer.
3. If you performed a Low Level format or Full Format, which generally takes hours instead of the few seconds of a quick format, don't waste your money on DIY software you will need the help of a pro.
Now, you're on a different computer, using the drive in question as a slave, go to Disk Doctors Windows Data Recovery and purchase a copy(about $40). Install it, when it comes up after the install select the drive. If you have more than one drive of the same type you will need to know the drive number.
To get the drive number, right click on Computer or My Computer and select the Manage link. Agree to any security warnings that pop up. Once in the windows management console, select Disk Manager on the left then expand the screen to full size. After a few seconds to a minute, the list of physical drives will show up. The first one is usually your windows drive. Scroll down the list until you find the one with the large block of black unallocated space. to the left of the Black section will be the word Disk with a number beside it. That is the number you're looking for.
Now close that window and return to Disk Doctors Windows Data Recovery, select the drive which was formatted by number and click the Search Button. This will scan the drive and display all the files it finds. Once the scan is complete you can click the tree view button to display the files in the same layout windows explorer uses. Note, if you do not find some or all of your files in their proper location this IS normal. Once you've viewed the files in the normal locations you can also look in the unknown folder for any orphaned files. I often find more useful files here than in their proper locations.
If you are satisfied with the results you can procede to the recovery process by checking the boxes for each file or folder you wish to recover, browsing to the location you wish to store them(CANNOT be on the same drive), the clicking the recover button. Once the recovery process is complete you can copy and paste all of the files back to the original drive and you're set.
If you're unable to get results from this process, or if you simply can't recover all of your files. Contact us at recovery@aitsavemyfiles.com let us know what efforts have been made and any symptoms you can and we will advise you if there are any further steps you can try or if it's time to send it to the pros.
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