[storage:data-recovery] Forum Topics

I finally got tired of manually comparing directories in File Explorer to ensure my latest versions were backed up. Sometimes I would just drag-and-drop entire large directories to be "safe," but it resulted in long wait times and a lot of needless copying. To fix this, I spent a several …

Prompted by Dani(https://www.daniweb.com/community-center/meta-daniweb/threads/543808/what-do-you-think-of-my-questions), what do y'all use for backing up your home computer(s) * Backup? What's that? Never heard of it. * If it's important enough, I'll print it out. * Whatever will fit on a USB thumb drive / CD / DVD. * Full backup to local detachable storage. …

Hello By mistake a file was emptied in terminal using the command ">filename.txt" I would like to recover the content of the file. Any means to do so? Thanks.

So you've lost access to your data through hardware failure or accidental erasure. What do you do? Like most cyber-warriors you naturally turn to the Internet, be that via a Google search or YouTube video, for help. That's a big mistake says [Kroll Ontrack](https://www.krollontrack.co.uk/blog/), a data recovery specialist, as self-inflicted …

I try to keep a list of all my tweaks and personal settings so I will have them all at hand and ready to apply should I have to do a reinstall. Unfortunately, I forget half the time to make entries to the list. I've recently started using Macrium Reflect …

Hi I have 500GB WD my passport with bad sector, I try to take disk imaging for forensics investigation with ddrescue but ddrescue was very slowly, is it really take 131d 22h? Is there any command or way that I can use to speed up ddrescue and just take 8 …

Hello ! I have a baylan Biometrics Finger Print Reader working at my work place for attendance, it imports data to spreadsheet and then let me edit and sort the attendance sheet, i want its automatic backup, is there any way to take its back-up automatically, whether through batch file …

Good time of day all. Today I saw this error "The database has been placed in an unexpected state; Microsoft Access can't open it." I was working with it I mean with this particular file not long ago, then my PC was shut down due to power surge. And now …

Please, help! I should restore very important file! My work depends on it. I use CorelDraw X3. Through it I can't correctly open the file, I see the unknown image instead my chart.

When I was editing the databse, the power went off and now arror comes as "Unrecognized file format ...............". I tried to compact and repair but no success. how to recover data?

I recently purchased a 200 GB cloud drive from http://mega.nz but now it's wrecked havoc on my local machine. To give you an idea of what happened I'll start by saying this, when I first purchased my cloud account I didn't realize that it was set to sync in both …

I Reinstalled Windows 7 via image recovery and overwritten a drive C without backing up data on drive c. After installing windows i recovered data of C drive through easeus data recovery tool. Although i have recovered all the files yet pictures are not viewable in Windows Photo Viewer. Anyone …

I want a software that can give a back up of any client computer, from my server is there ? what software? and I want a software that I know any change in client PC OS (or HardWare changes !!!),by each client user I want to see this changes in …

Hi I'm trying to back up my Windows 7 Pro 64bit onto an external hard drive but every time I try to backup I get an error. The error code says: **The backup application could not start due to an internal error: The service cannot be started, either because it …

I need help as my computer crashed with all my data for a Medical Malpractice case on it.It crashed when I download a file from Belkin to use a transfer cable to back up my files to my deceased wifes new computer. Both are laptops. It never showed up as …

Hi, guys, I deleted files in USB by mistaken. I download Power Data Recovery and ready to recover. But the USB device cannot be identified. What should I do? thx any advice.

How Can You Unformat Accidentally Formatted Memory Card?

Hi all! I'm trying to perform a mysql database from vb.net. I use this code: Process.Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Workbench CE 5.2.44\mysqldump.exe", "--user=root --password=mypassword " _ & "--host=127.0.0.1 --databases MySQL databasename -r ""C:\GreatestHR Backup\BackUpDataBase.sql""") When this code runs, a command prompt window opens and goes away immediately that i can't even …

Someone brought an old floppy disk into the shop that's apparently unreadable. (It's not a mac disk) So far I've found several shareware/demos that don't allow saving of the file. I guess if client's willing to pay, we could buy one, but we only have one machine that even has …

Where can I find a good backup program for windows with automatic eject?

**i am using ubuntu software in my laptop and wrongly used dell factory restoring application and removed all of my data can i get my data back **

my laptop (hp, windows 7 64bit)just interrupted with no reason (ok, maybe i dont know the reason). my way fixing this was restarting. but Yersterday after i restarted i found my data in E: was all lost. they are my fav photos and i want them back. how to get …

Hi, I am a new user of Linux, i wanted to learn linux, so i started Ubuntu 12.04 setup. Its setup formatted my hard disk accidentally and I lost all my data and also windows and all partitions. Now I installed ubuntu on same hard disk as i lost my …

I need some major help with recovered files. Quite a while ago my son connected my external hard drive to his xBox and at the advice of my father (lol) he hit the "configure" button and everything was lost. (All this because my son did not want to disconnect the …

hi i was wondering if how can i recover my file on asianfanfic site , i was writing a story when i suddenly refresh the page and the file was gone :(((

hello everyone, I own one laptop repair shop in Brugnera and recently I got many dead hard drives from Italy, especially Seagate and Western Digital, none of them are detected in the PC. I have over 200 hard disks each month asking for repair and data recovery. I am therefore …

I recently compressed a whole username(I think the file was DeveloperBackup and I think the extention was .gz but I'M not certain) in ubuntu and I had one copy of the file on my ubuntu laptop and one on my external HD. I know this sounds really stupid of me …

I am trying to figure out a solution to my works backing up issue and came here for a second opinion. This is my approach: 1. do a full server backup(o.s., programs, etc.) and put that backup on an external drive. 2. Sign up with Carbonite to perform file backups …

What software can I use to compress and back-up an image of my drive to DVD-R?

I was working on my Mac mini and was doing some modifications in Mac partitions using third party tool. Although I had the Apple's disk utility but it can't shift the partitions I went for third party tool. While resizing, it flashed a message to first create a backup of …

So I had an issue with our windows 2000 server and took it off the network. Won't get into that right now. I ended up just setting up a workgroup for the time being until something can be done about the server. Three computers running windows 7 were pulled from …

Hello , i was wondering if anyone could help me ! When i use WHM-remote backup ( FTP backup ) files will be transferred to the home FTP folder not to the part/Directory where i have addressed , for example i have addressed like : "/home/user/backup" but all the .tar.gz …

Help! This problem have been annoying me for a very long time. This is about backup files. This is a scenario which annoy me when I backup: I have a usb harddisk , let call it G:\ and I have a local harddisk, D:\ assume G:\myplace and D:\myplace should me …

I recently find another big player providing data recovery hardware solutions and systems in USA, this is actually the first manufacturer in USA according to my research. Their company name is called American SecuData and I learnt they provide data recovery systems for servers, SAS/SCSI/IDE/SATA/Flash USB Drives, as one data …

HELP!!! Because of the work, my system must be modified frequently. I don't know when it will get a crash. Do daily Backup to system state is emergent to me!!! Is there some free backup software? I also will consider cheap ones, if it really works well. Any suggestion????

Hey guys, So my my computer started throwing up a BSOD error message upon startup which forces it into an endless loop of startup and reboot. This even occurs when trying to launch safe mode. To get around this I have decided to do a system restore using the windows …

Hi, I have a computer that I issued to another user. Two months later the old user decides to tell me that they would like their archive emails. I logged onto them machine and even though I deleted user profiles, I had not emptied the recycle bin. When I went …

I reformatted my brothers computer for him as it was running very slow and had lots of malware etc. He didn't tell me at the time to backup his emails, so I reformatted it and installed Windows 7 on it again. Is there any programs out there that can recover …

I live in a very remote area, naturally there are lots of power cuts and I've become very adapt at resurrecting my computer;) . Trying to be smart I use an external drive to save all my stuff. I use sync-toy as my backup program. Synchronizing, after the newest re-install …

Hi, In 4 days , my server hosting went non-functional due to critical low space in the / folder that finally i have to seek support to help delete the backups. Nothing works during those times like email, ssh, ftp, sites .. :( The backups folder had 350GB of databackup …

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Hello all. I was trying to do some text recovery ([url]http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linuxunix-recover-deleted-files.html[/url]) but after running grep -b 'TEXT' /dev/ad0 > good.txt i only see "Binary file /dev/ad0 matches" in the good.txt, whats wrong here ? =) Thanks in advance.

Hi Folks: I'm new to this site, and am having a problem with some software backup program called Retrospect. Evidently, I did something wrong when I first tried a backup, and it seems that I can't get rid of that backup and try again. Anyone have a suggestion for me? …

A friend has an XP desktop with a single NTFS partition at his home that wouldn't boot. He tried what he knew, but sadly ended up reinstalling XP. He'd like to recover his data, and so gave me a call. I told him to A) stop using the computer, B) …

For Mac 10.5.8 Does such a beast exist?

Hi.. I'am asking if you know how to code in back up files in database.. I have my submit button, and i want that if i click it,the process of backuping files will perform..and all the records stored in database will save in other disk.tnx in advance..

I'm a retired systems engineer for power generating station startups. I like building computers and setting up networks at home. Still have 3 children at home that are homeschooled. Trying to setup 4 desktops and a couple laptops with a new TonidaPlug and an Iomega external 1TB USB drive. One …

hi, I use a software called HD-speed to test the speed of my USB hard dirve. when I test the write speed, it destroy the data in my hard dirve. can I restore my data back? I find that the method used by HD_Speed to read/write is the following Win32 …

hi some one help me my flash drive (usb) is formated with most important data i want to recover that data i have also download a software which is recovering those file but not recovering that folders which were hidden plz any one help me how to recover hidden folders.