Questions tagged [data-recovery]
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Read data from a raid1 disk, superblocks erased
I have a disk that used to be inside my qnap NAS (it was in raid1 with another disk, which I still have). The NAS died and I mounted the disk on my ubuntu machine using mdadm to create the raid array ...
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Bitlocker suddenly activated on my machine, prompting for recovery key that I don't have
I've run into a very strange problem with my Lenovo laptop (Windows 10 Home) and although people say it's not possible, it still happened.
I have been using my laptop for over two years and have not ...
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Corrupted portable SSD, wrong size detected, what to do?
I have a 240 GB portable SSD from Transcend.
ESD230C Portable SSD
Model: TS240GESD230C
SN: F43849-0038
Recently there have been long delays in reading data.
During another such long delay, I ...
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How can I recover vbaproject.bin from my corrupt powerpoint.pptm file
I have a .pptm file with 70 hours of code work in it. It has become corrupted and I have no backup (very stupid I know!). What I do have is the .ppam which was generated from a slightly earlier ...
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Backing up Outlook files (.pst)
I have scrolled through all the related questions to this problem. In short, I have emails from 2012 that need to be recovered; supposedly I have the back-up .pst file. However, this error reoccurs:
[&...
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How to recover folder deleted with rm -rf from \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\username
I've accidentally deleted some important folders from my WSL Ubuntu environment using the rm -rf command. The specific path was \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\myusername\myfoldername. I'm aware of the ...
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Recover files from deleted ReFS partition with DMDE
I am trying to recover files from a backup disk that got formatted. I didn't use the drive at all after it got formatted.
When I use DMDE with a full scan, and use "Virtual FS / all recovered ...
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If someone opens a Word document from a USB drive but does not save it to the computer, can I access the file's contents after the drive is removed?
If someone opens a Word document from USB flash drive but does not save it to the computer, can I access the file's contents
after the drive has been removed? If so, how?
I already tried data recovery ...
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Recovering files from non-booting laptop
I have a laptop that wont boot
I want to backup some files from it before reformatting and reinstalling windows
the problem is nothing I have tried works
When windows boots the OEM logo appears with ...
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3.5 inch HDD making clicking noise (video included) [closed]
Seeking Advice: Recovering Data from Clicking 3.5" HDD
I have an approximately 10-year-old 3.5-inch SATA hard drive that I'm trying to get old personal files off of. When connected via a SATA-to-...
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How might I transfer cookies and passwords from a broken laptop drive to a new laptop's browser?
My old laptop recently broke (in a way that can't be repaired). I salvaged the SSD card and turned it into an external drive so that I can get my old data off of it.
I mainly need all the data from my ...
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Term Paper Documents Disappeared
I'm a college student working on my term paper, and I've encountered a perplexing issue that's sent my stress levels through the roof.
I was diligently working on my paper, making progress, and ...
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Chrome: recovering Chrome autofill data from a corrupt ex-Win10 PC
Can one run Chrome with a named profile from command line off a USB rescue media with W10, to rescue Chrome data from a corrupt SSD? Before you say that it's a ridiculous idea, please hear me out.
I ...
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Recovering QNAP TS-559Pro RAID 5 after double disk failure
Although the system itself stated that the array functions normally, DiskSMART for Disk 2 was giving yellow warning at Reallocated_Sector_Ct line:
Value=100
Worst Value=100
Threshold=010
Raw value=8
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WinX. FULLY functional USB Flash Drive stopped working when usin a recovery tool (EaseUS). EaseUS became unresponsive, leading to the drive errors [duplicate]
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 USB Device (64Gb Flash Drive)
WinX
EaseUS
The drive is visible in Windows Explorer but... if I click to open it... the cursor changes to the hourglass icon for about 40 seconds....
