Sony Vaio - any chance of getting old data back after a Sony system restore?
Got a sony vaio laptop running vista. there was some sort of problem and the user did a system restore from the hidden extra partition on the drive, losing all their data in the process since it set the machine back to how it was when new.
any chance with any of the apps I have running that they will find data on the unused sectors? would a data recovery firm have better luck?
I'm running recover my files, getdataback, easus data recovery pro.
they are all running and will take a while. but curious if the reimage includes wiping free space?
any chance with any of the apps I have running that they will find data on the unused sectors? would a data recovery firm have better luck?
I'm running recover my files, getdataback, easus data recovery pro.
they are all running and will take a while. but curious if the reimage includes wiping free space?
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Using GetDataBack, I got the directory tree. Just knowing file names of what you lost would seem to have some small value.
When I go to copy off the files from the hard drive, I get (and the directory tree reflects this) several files with the same name then (x) where x is an incrementing number.
I've tried opening any of those files but get gibberish (word with docx file types) or mp3 or mp4 gets 'wrong file type).
a couple .doc files do open to what I am assuming is the correct data - the couple I tried were shorter letters.
I am trying recovermyfiles now.
any other ideas / apps?
When I go to copy off the files from the hard drive, I get (and the directory tree reflects this) several files with the same name then (x) where x is an incrementing number.
I've tried opening any of those files but get gibberish (word with docx file types) or mp3 or mp4 gets 'wrong file type).
a couple .doc files do open to what I am assuming is the correct data - the couple I tried were shorter letters.
I am trying recovermyfiles now.
any other ideas / apps?
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Seems like the file system structure is a mess. PCInspector recommended my nobus does also good work try it.
I was able to get files back with getdataback. most were not usable. some m4A files played! some .doc files had text, some pictures were viewable.
thanks!
thanks!
yeah - not always success in these cases
So short of a recovery firm, no, I do not think you can recover this data. I think a recovery firm would have a slimmer than average chance because of the reimage (not just crashed and stopped).
Overall, in this situation, slim chance. .... Thinkpads_User