Questions tagged [recovery]
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Windows 10 suddenly unable to start. Recovery tools not working and file recovery needed
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows 10. Today, it was working normally when suddenly the internet went out. I thought it was the whole network since it usually is, but I realized it was just ...
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How to recover exFAT formatted CFExpress Card? Mistakenly corrupted files by Apple Photos and I overwritten files on it
I'm an amateur videographer and bought a Fujifilm XH2 camera and Angelbird CFExpress MK2 card with it. I didn't buy card reader at first.
The situation occurred as follows:
I've shot several solo ...
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Why is vim not listing my swap files?
When I start vim or gvim with the -r option I can see that there are a number of swap files in ~\AppData\Local\Temp. However, if I start vim or gvim and do :recover, it reports there are no files to ...
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Does it matter if there's a gap in partition offset numbers when resizing the Windows 10 recovery partition?
A PC was set up for me a few years ago at a company for which I do some part-time consulting work, though they expect me to take care of doing the Windows updates for it. It has a gap in the ...
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Filename error for TFTP recovery for a damaged embedded device
I have a device that do not start, I connected it to my PC and launched Wireshark.
As you can see bellow, the device is asking for a file ends with semi-colon called recovery; to be uploaded through ...
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KB5034441 and changing the recovery partition starting offset in order to be able to enlarge it
I was getting an error on Windows update (security update KB5034441 was failing with Retry...retry...retry...) and that led me to forum postings on the internet where people were saying it was because ...
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Windows System Image Restore mixes up drives
So to upgrade my internal SSD, I created a system image, swapped the drive (new one is larger) and booted from an USB drive. But for some reasons one of my external drives seems to be part of the ...
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Uneraseable file in Windows 7
We have an old Windows 7 machine that needs to be returned to a client and as such, I need to make sure the free space has been erased. There is single deleted file that is never overwritten. It is a ...
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How to use Recuva on a .mrimg Macrium Reflect image?
I'm trying to recover deleted data for a friend.
They accidentally formatted their hard drive (I'm hoping it was just a quick format).
The drive is currently in an external case accessed by USB.
When ...
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How can I delete at least some data from an external HDD with write/read problems without physically damaging the drive?
I'm seeking advice on how to handle a faulty hard drive that I need to return to Amazon.
There are many articles suggesting ways to wipe or physically destroy a drive, but these options aren't viable ...
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Wiped my HDD with Proxmox 8. Can it be recovered?
I was using Proxmox 8, I have a bunch of HDD's to setup. One is a secondary HDD for my Windows - the Windows OD is on a SSD, but I use the HDD for bulk.
In Proxmox I clicked "wipe disk" - ...
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No such file or directory error in macOS in recovery mode
I am using macOS Catalina (10.15) and I'm trying to backup my Mac home folder to my current SSD drive through recovery mode. I am planning on saving data and then cleaning the drive so that my Mac can ...
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Can't boot into Kali after an update. Still learning how to parse these logs...can anyone lend a set of eyes and help me sort this out?
I recently did a:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
And have been unable to boot since.
Fortunately, I can boot into recovery mode but I am having trouble diagnosing the issue. I've ...
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How can I recover 2 LUKS2 partitions formatted by mistake?
I wanted to install a new Linux distro so I deleted the previous partitions used for Fedora install at the beginning of the disk ~120 Gb and I had the rest of the 2/3 of the disk compose out of 2 ...
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windows 10 How to enable automatic recovery mode without user interaction?
Sometimes during loading windows 10 I have message that windows is not loaded properly and I have to either to reboot or try advanced setting where I just press Continue and windows 10 loads properly ....
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