Hard Disk Recovery
Hello All,
My Manager was using an HP Laptop. I transfered all the data from that laptop to the new one.
After that i formatted the old Laptop completelty and installed the new windows on it. Now my manager told me that theres in one folder missing which had all the images and video files. I am not able to recover it with the normal recovery software. Kindly let me know how to recover the full hard disk without missing any file.
Rgrds
Awais
My Manager was using an HP Laptop. I transfered all the data from that laptop to the new one.
After that i formatted the old Laptop completelty and installed the new windows on it. Now my manager told me that theres in one folder missing which had all the images and video files. I am not able to recover it with the normal recovery software. Kindly let me know how to recover the full hard disk without missing any file.
Rgrds
Awais
Mr_Grumpy
What is the "normal recovery" software you have tried? For how long has the reinstalled laptop been used?
Do you have a Backup? If not, sounds like mission impossible. Perhabs you can try to use or Tool like DataRecovery, but you have to stop working with that harddisk immediatly and install the drive on another computer or use a boot medium ike BartPE or something like UltimateBootCD.
> i formatted the old Laptop completelty and installed the new windows on it
If you did that than your probably out of luck. If your recovery software couldn't find anything, then it's probably lost for good. You may try a data recovery service, but they are expensive and cannot guarantee recovery, especially in circumstances like this.
If you did that than your probably out of luck. If your recovery software couldn't find anything, then it's probably lost for good. You may try a data recovery service, but they are expensive and cannot guarantee recovery, especially in circumstances like this.
it is very likely that the install of windows overwrote the folder you need
you can try any of these (trials) to see if they can find your folder (if it was not overwritrten)
i suggest to try them all, since they use different algorithms :
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm pc Inspector -FREE -
http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download/standard Recuva
http://www.stellarinfo.com/ Stellar
http://www.runtime.org/ GetDataBack
http://www.ontrack.com/ Ontrack
you can try any of these (trials) to see if they can find your folder (if it was not overwritrten)
i suggest to try them all, since they use different algorithms :
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm pc Inspector -FREE -
http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download/standard Recuva
http://www.stellarinfo.com/ Stellar
http://www.runtime.org/ GetDataBack
http://www.ontrack.com/ Ontrack
ASKER
I have recovered all the videos and image files .. But some of the files are not opening .. are they corrupted ?? is there a way to fix em ..!
Probably the corrupted files were fragmented, it might not be possible to recover them.
You might try some programs to repair corrupted files like avi and doc and xls
You might try some programs to repair corrupted files like avi and doc and xls
you'll have to look at what file it is, doc, jpg, xls...and open it with the correct program.
you can also open a correct file with notepad, and see what the header should be.
replacing that can help; but as said, it is probably not possible to recover everything !
you can also open a correct file with notepad, and see what the header should be.
replacing that can help; but as said, it is probably not possible to recover everything !
You need an advance recovery software. Try Kernel for Windows Data Recovery - http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/FAT-NTFS-Data-Recovery.html
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
Very nicely Explained..
Thanx
Thanx
nobus deserves some points if only for a good list of recovery tools which should prove helpful (EasyRecovery Pro 6.04 being an older edition of Ontrack's flagship product)