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Data Recovery
Name: Baines Date: January 1, 2001 at 16:20:41 Pacific
Comment:
What do you hardcore computer users use for data recovery. What is the best.
Name: KMCS Date: January 1, 2001 at 17:08:19 Pacific
Reply:
For preventing data loss to begin with, I use DRIVE IMAGE by PowerQuest which is a DOS program which totally backs up and restores partitions. For recovering deleted files, I will first try UNDELETE, if that doesn't work, it may be worth a shot with a HEX editor such as Norton Diskedit to get back parts of the file. I can't really say much because your question isn't quite specific enough.
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Response Number 2
Name: Baines Date: January 1, 2001 at 17:26:54 Pacific
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i mean the down and dirty programs that read hex or whatever is used to figure out how to recover a file chain. I dont know how it works but i am trying to learn.
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Response Number 3
Name: Preston Date: January 1, 2001 at 22:33:20 Pacific
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Different software packages will work depending on how the data was erased. Most of them only read the drive that has lost data so you can try different products until you find one that works:
1. PowerQuest Easy Restore 2. PowerQuest Lost & Found 3. Ontrack's Easy Recovery 4. Easy Recovery Professional 5. Undelete 2.0 6. Norton's Disk Doctor/Disk Editor
There are others. Each works a slightly different way. If one doesn't work, you simply try another. As I stated earlier, most of the products require you to have a different drive that you can save the recovered data to so the damaged drive never gets written to.
My web page as a generic data recovery program that you are welcome to try out.
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Response Number 4
Name: Baines Date: January 1, 2001 at 23:00:16 Pacific
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Thanks Preston I downloaded your datarecovery.zip. Lets see how it works!
Summary: I cruised my local thrift store today and found a ton of 5.25 inch 360k and 1.2mb disks with various software titles like Tandy DOS, Oregon Trail, WP4, Chess. All circa 1988 or so. Problem is many of...
Summary: Try the data recovery program available from my web page. It will ask you to create 2 diskettes. Boot using diskette 1. Be prepared to give it plenty of time, like 2 hours or so. I have used it my...
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