Questions tagged [data-recovery]
This tag is for questions about techniques for recovering lost data — e.g., from deleted files and/or damaged or corrupted digital media. Please review the tag wiki before posting a question. Do not explicitly ask for tools or other products; such questions are off-topic on Super User.
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Where does Clipchamp store temp files during screen recording
I'm trying to recover a screen recording done via Clipchamp (Windows 11). Unfortunately, the computer restarted a few seconds after I stopped the recording after Clipchamp started to process the file (...
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How to recovery previous data after reinstalling windows 11?
I asked a technician in my city to fix an error on my laptop, without knowing he performed a Windows reinstall which caused all my data to be lost. I have searched for windows.old on drive C: and I ...
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Android dot folder (hidden folder) is not showing in windows
I make a folder in my android device under that i have some files and .private folder ("dot" folder usually hidden in an android) under that hidden folder i have many important files. When i ...
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I need to recover files from a computer that I deleted files from and then emptied the recycle bin on [duplicate]
Work sent me a new windows laptop. I thought I moved all of the files that I needed, but I now need to recover some more.
When I thought I had gotten them all I deleted the files from the old laptop. ...
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Recovering Veracrypt volume on encrypted hdd disk recovery after formating
An encrypted Veracrypt volume on external hdd that is 1-pass wiped (full format) with the Windows format tool. Then some data was written after the format. According to my knowledge, with hex viewer ...
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SATA SSD not detect in BIOS, stuck on loading in computer management, but shows up in Acronis
Brand 1TB: FIKWOT Solid State Drive - This one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4J9HHW6
I have this SSD SATA drive below. I plugged it into my computer and the bios doesn't detect it. But when I ...
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Storage space with 2 new SSD disks failure after 2 months, how to recover the data back?
I am not sure what happened but after simple reboot the P: drive was not there.
At the beginning both disk where showing OK, but with the ERROR on the pool.
I did some tests and after that one start ...
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user profile is corrupt; seemingly with no possibility of recovery
This is my last resort, I've contacted my IT guy and hes not seeing a solid solution other than me sending my drive out to a place that can do low level data recovery besides some shot-in-the-dark ...
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Does the presence of a large `found.000` folder on a Windows machine would indicate a dying SSD?
I found a large folder named found.000, I know this is linked to data corruption and bad-sectors but what it means is unclear to me.
Should I change my SSD? Are the bad sectors not used anymore? If I ...
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Degraded four-drive RAID 5 with missing superblock on single drive
I'll start with the question: Based on the following information, is there a mdadm command I can make in the readyNAS to reassemble all four drives in the raid 5 in a working state where I can pull ...
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Recovered Files from Deleted Partition Are Empty, How Can I Fix This?
I accidentally deleted a partition on my hard drive and used a file recovery tool to restore the files. The recovery process seemed successful as the files were restored with the correct extensions ...
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TestDisk - rebuild NTFS partition on dead WD Elements [from macos]
I have a 5TB WD Elements external USB disk, which was formatted as a single 5TB NTFS partition without about 4TB of files. It's not a bootable disk. It stopped mounting, so I pulled it apart and ...
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Recover damaged & luks-encrypted BTRFS partition
Here's my problem:
I have a Virtual Machine that I had to reset because the UI became very buggy after I tried to mount a hot-pluggable virtual disk image to copy some files.
Well that was actually ...
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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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Windows 10 system image restore destroyed non-system data partitions
Recently I had an issue with my computer caused by a feature that I confused with a virus (the extremely annoying and invasive OSD volume controls).
It had been a very long time since I had last used ...
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How to recover files deleted / removed by autofs?
I wanted to automatically mount a directory in my home directory, so I attempted to use autofs for this resulting in autofs removing everything in my home directory.
The setup was something like auto....
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ddrescue second run, running time: n/a
I am running ddrescue to rescue a Windows 10 drive to a new SSD from a gparted media drive. I ran it successfully the first time with:
sudo ddrescue -f -d -n /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /path/to/map.log.
I ...
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Restore ReFS partition deleted by mistake
I'm facing an issue where a ReFS partition has been mistakenly deleted, and I need to restore it.
I've attempted to recover the partition using MiniTools Partition Wizard, but it couldn't locate the ...
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Data Storage Volume (e.g. HDD) - physical representation, volume and file system [closed]
My primary questions are: what exactly is a volume on a byte level, as opposed to partition or file system? What does it look like in binary? Can I open an HDD (raw) and find volume data structure ...
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How to obtain Chrome complete list of autofill data (for text fields such as username)?
How can I obtain a complete list of autofill data in Chrome browser (not passwords just the other autofill such as username, address, etc for text boxes entered in previously)?
I have attempted to use ...
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How can I recover lost partitions?
My primary SSD has its boot sector erased, thus all partitions are not recognized by the computer. I can't boot the operating system on it, and I am currently using a spare HDD with bad sectors, and ...
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Why does a DVD-RW with data on it show as empty? [duplicate]
I have an old DVD-RW disk which shows as empty in both Windows 11 Explorer and ImgBurn. However I know there is data on it because the written part is clearly visible on the data side. But I do not ...
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UltraSearch found deleted files, how do I recover them? [duplicate]
UltraSearch has found two pdf files I was looking for. Unfortunately, both have been deleted from the Recycle Bin. Fortunately, UltraSearch reads their contents just fine and displays them in the ...
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Recovering a formatted drive that used to be encrypted with Bitlocker
I'm dual booting Windows and Mint on my laptop and I have a separate NTFS hard drive that I use to store my personal data. The hard drive used to be compatible with Mint, even though it was encrypted ...
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Veracrypt somehow really messed up the bootloader on my PC
So basically I wanted to install windows on a secondary physical drive in my PC so I could have a second bare metal OS for testing stuff. I have 1 M.2 SSD that has my main windows installation ...
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Does encrypting full drive with BitLocker secure-wipe the drive?
Say I have a storage device that I want to use with my Windows 10 machine. I have some sensitive data on the drive and I would like to wipe the drive before using it. Normally I just use dd to fill ...
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Recover files from failed raid 0
I have a client whose laptop (Asus GX502) stopped working, and as I fix the laptop he wants his data from his drives, but problem is that when I connected the nvme SSDs (512 GB each) to my test ...
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Is it possible to recover files from quickly formatted HDD? [duplicate]
I have formatted my hard drive, now I wonder if it is possible to recover the files while I have reinstalled windows on the same drive and been using it for a few weeks and almost filled the hard ...
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How to quickly delete files and folders in Windows 10 so that they can never be recovered or accessed again
I have an application and txt files where the records of this application are kept. When I give a command via CMD, I want these files to be quickly deleted, irrecoverable and inaccessible. Depending ...
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Recovery data from a double (accidentally) formatted HDD HFS+
Could be possible recovery original HDD data from a double formatted HDD?
I have erroneous repeated the formatting on a working disk twice, could be possible recovery original one table allocation ...
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