Data protection and personal information

[480sparky38 37]

So, for consumer grade recovery software available at this time to get the images off a wiped hard drive, what would you folks actually familiar with them and with recovery recommend? I have a portable hard drive my daughter took with her to Italy, filled with photos, then moved those photos to her desktop machine when she returned, and returned the "empty" portable drive to me. At some point, her desktop drive failed, and she replaced it, so it's gone. I'm thinking after reading this thread that her Italy photos might still be recoverable on the portable drive, if I use the right software to find and restore them.

I would try the free stuff first. I use MjM for my first go-round. Since it's a hard drive, with lots of gigs, it may take a while to root it all out.

You may not find ALL the photos, but if a given image hasn't been overwritten, then about any recovery software should work... it's just a matter of letting it do it's thing while you go out and shoot.

 

[ClickAddict]

So, for consumer grade recovery software available at this time to get the images off a wiped hard drive, what would you folks actually familiar with them and with recovery recommend? I have a portable hard drive my daughter took with her to Italy, filled with photos, then moved those photos to her desktop machine when she returned, and returned the "empty" portable drive to me. At some point, her desktop drive failed, and she replaced it, so it's gone. I'm thinking after reading this thread that her Italy photos might still be recoverable on the portable drive, if I use the right software to find and restore them.

The key point is wether the drive was used since her trip. If it hasn't, then you have a really good chance to recover most of the files (if not all). If it was used a lot and filled up a few times since, then don't expect to get them back.

 

[ClickAddict]

Oh and I work in IT at the hospital and whenever a PC (or any device with a drive) is decomissioned, the drive is removed and a hole drilled through it. They don't even bother to check if there may or may not have had confidential info on it. Standard policy.

 

[table1349]

So, for consumer grade recovery software available at this time to get the images off a wiped hard drive, what would you folks actually familiar with them and with recovery recommend? I have a portable hard drive my daughter took with her to Italy, filled with photos, then moved those photos to her desktop machine when she returned, and returned the "empty" portable drive to me. At some point, her desktop drive failed, and she replaced it, so it's gone. I'm thinking after reading this thread that her Italy photos might still be recoverable on the portable drive, if I use the right software to find and restore them.

Best Free Secure Erase Utility

Good disk management coupled with good wipe procedures will take care of the issues.

This works great however not for newbies. About DBAN | Darik's Boot And Nuke

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-secure-erase-utility.htm

 

[Buckster]

So, for consumer grade recovery software available at this time to get the images off a wiped hard drive, what would you folks actually familiar with them and with recovery recommend? I have a portable hard drive my daughter took with her to Italy, filled with photos, then moved those photos to her desktop machine when she returned, and returned the "empty" portable drive to me. At some point, her desktop drive failed, and she replaced it, so it's gone. I'm thinking after reading this thread that her Italy photos might still be recoverable on the portable drive, if I use the right softwDidare to find and restore them.

Best Free Secure EraTse Utility

Good disk management coupled with good wipe procedures will take care of the issues.

This works great however not for newbies. About DBAN | Darik's Boot And Nuke

Did you even read my post? I want to recover photos, not wipe a hard drive so securely that I have no chance at all of recovering the photos. Are you quite sure these are the best software for the job I want to do?

 

[table1349]

Consumer grade recovery freeware: Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download

 

[Buckster]

Consumer grade recovery freeware: Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download

Thanks! What is it you would or could say about this software that makes it superior to the others in it's class in your opinion?

 

[LizardKing]

Consumer grade recovery freeware: Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download

Thanks! What is it you would or could say about this software that makes it superior to the others in it's class in your opinion?

All these tools are pretty simple/basic actually... As someone said, start with the free ones and if there's something you're unable to recover, then try some of the paid ones. I recently tried one called GetDataBack and worked great

 

[table1349]

It is non intrusive, so if it does not work it will not change or alter the drive. It has an easy inner face for in experienced users. Plus it is free.

 

[Buckster]

Consumer grade recovery freeware: Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download

Thanks! What is it you would or could say about this software that makes it superior to the others in it's class in your opinion?

All these tools are pretty simple/basic actually... As someone said, start with the free ones and if there's something you're unable to recover, then try some of the paid ones. I recently tried one called GetDataBack and worked great

The wording of your post here indicates that some of the paid ones will do a better job of digging out stuff that the free ones won't. If that's the case, I'd prefer to just start with the better programs. I'm not afraid to spend money to get better products and tools to work with, within reason, which is why I said "consumer grade" - I just need to know what those tools are.

 

[Buckster]

It is non intrusive, so if it does not work it will not change or alter the drive. It has an easy inner face for in experienced users. Plus it is free.

I take it this is the one you've used with success? More than once?

 

[table1349]

It is non intrusive, so if it does not work it will not change or alter the drive. It has an easy inner face for in experienced users. Plus it is free.

I take it this is the one you've used with success? More than once?

I don't use it, but have recommended it to several friends and they have had good success. I have other options and you really don't want to know what those options cost. For the price you would pay you could probably send your daughter back to Italy so she could retake the photos.

 

[Buckster]

It is non intrusive, so if it does not work it will not change or alter the drive. It has an easy inner face for in experienced users. Plus it is free.

I take it this is the one you've used with success? More than once?

I don't use it, but have recommended it to several friends and they have had good success. I have other options and you really don't want to know what those options cost. For the price you would pay you could probably send your daughter back to Italy so she could retake the photos.

LOL! Fair enough!

 

[cgipson1]

I take it this is the one you've used with success? More than once?

I don't use it, but have recommended it to several friends and they have had good success. I have other options and you really don't want to know what those options cost. For the price you would pay you could probably send your daughter back to Italy so she could retake the photos.

LOL! Fair enough!

Buckster...

I usually use the File Recovery Tool Active@ File Recovery is a file recovery software for Windows that this outfit NTFS Data Recovery Software. BootDisk, Freeware NTFS DOS and more... makes! Works very well. I have worked in IT since the early 80's... and initially used the DOS version of this tool for data recovery. The windows version is much easier to use. As long as the drive will spin up, and the head isn't damaged.. this will pull data off. This has several levels of recovery.. from really basic stuff, to bit and sector search and recovery. I have had very good luck with it. Basically if you have not written to the drive you have, the files are still there. They are just marked as gone in the fat table... so should be totally recoverable.

 

[table1349]

I take it this is the one you've used with success? More than once?

I don't use it, but have recommended it to several friends and they have had good success. I have other options and you really don't want to know what those options cost. For the price you would pay you could probably send your daughter back to Italy so she could retake the photos.

LOL! Fair enough!

Also check out ccleaner while you are there. Good tool everyone ought to have.