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W. Watson
.... contents of a HD once it's been formated?
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Patrick Keenan
W. Watson said:... contents of a HD once it's been formated?
Yes, it can be.
Two questions follow, which are:
1) What's been done to the drive since the format? If activity stopped
there, chances are good for data recovery. If Windows was then reinstalled
and the drive used, prospects diminish.
2) How much are you willing to pay? In simple cases, there's a number of
reasonably-priced recovery utilities. In not-so-simple cases, you have to
use the services of a data recovery specialist. Expect bills well above
$1000.
Recovery specialists will usually provide estimates before starting work -
not just of cost, but of what data can be recovered. Estimates aren't
always free.
HTH
-pk
M
Malke
W. Watson said:... contents of a HD once it's been formated?
I don't see why this is a "giggle". The answer is "yes".
Malke
W
W. Watson
After it was formated, W2K was installed. I never got any further than that.
No SP4, no roll ups. Zippo. The data I seek isn't worth me putting out more
than $50. It would be "nice" to get some data back, but I'm certainly not
desperate. Most of the data will be images, jpg, tif, etc. In fact, I can't
think of any thing else of value.
No SP4, no roll ups. Zippo. The data I seek isn't worth me putting out more
than $50. It would be "nice" to get some data back, but I'm certainly not
desperate. Most of the data will be images, jpg, tif, etc. In fact, I can't
think of any thing else of value.
W
W. Watson
Ah, the inestimable Malke. How about more detail if you are truly in the
game on this?
game on this?
M
Malke
W. Watson said:Ah, the inestimable Malke. How about more detail if you are truly in the
game on this?
Sure. You didn't ask for detail in your original post, didn't say that
you wanted to retrieve data. I'm not a fscking mind reader and if I had
a crystal ball I'd be independently wealthy instead of doing tech
support. Here's my standard data recovery blurb. Take the bits that are
applicable to you.
*****
*IMPORTANT* - If there is any question that the drive is at fault - it's
making noises for instance - and the data is crucial DO NOTHING FURTHER
ON THE DRIVE. Every time you spin that drive up you may be destroying
data. If this is the case, send the drive to a professional data
recovery company like Drive Savers (my preference) or Seagate Data
Recovery. General prices run from $500USD on up. Drive Savers recovered
all the data on a failed laptop drive for one of my clients and it cost
$2,700. He thought it was worth the money; only you know what your data
is worth. I understand that some insurance companies are now covering
data recovery charges so check with yours.
Drive Savers - http://www.drivesavers.com
Seagate Data Recovery Services - https://www.seagatedatarecovery.com/
*IMPORTANT* - If you think the drive is physically healthy, it may be
possible to retrieve the data by software methods. DO NOTHING FURTHER ON
THE DRIVE. The data is still on the hard drive but if you overwrite it,
it will be extremely difficult or impossible to recover it. If you use
data recovery software, install it on another machine and either use it
from that operating system or create a bootable cd/floppy and work with
that. If you don't have the skill and/or equipment to do these
procedures and the data is crucial, take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop that has experience in doing data recovery. This
will not be your local version of BigStoreUSA. In-shop data recovery is
usually not exactly cheap (for ex., my charges are generally
$150-350USD), but it normally costs less than sending the drive to a
company like Drive Savers. You need to make the determination of the
value of your data and decide what to do.
Here are some links to various data recovery programs. I use Easy
Recovery Pro, but it is expensive. People whom I respect have
recommended R-Studio and Restoration. YMMV.
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
PCInspector File Recovery -
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/welcome.htm
Executive Software “Undelete” -
http://www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp
R-Studio - http://www.r-tt.com/
File Scavenger - http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm
Ontrack's EasyRecovery - http://www.ontrack.com/software/
*****
Malke
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Robert Moir
W. Watson said:After it was formated, W2K was installed. I never got any further than
that. No SP4, no roll ups. Zippo. The data I seek isn't worth me putting
out more than $50.
In that case, I'm sorry to say "Forget it".
C
Curt Christianson
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--
HTH,
Curt
Windows Support Center
www.aumha.org
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| W. Watson wrote:
| > Ah, the inestimable Malke. How about more detail if you are truly in the
| > game on this?
|
| Sure. You didn't ask for detail in your original post, didn't say that
| you wanted to retrieve data. I'm not a fscking mind reader and if I had
| a crystal ball I'd be independently wealthy instead of doing tech
| support. Here's my standard data recovery blurb. Take the bits that are
| applicable to you.
|
| *****
| *IMPORTANT* - If there is any question that the drive is at fault - it's
| making noises for instance - and the data is crucial DO NOTHING FURTHER
| ON THE DRIVE. Every time you spin that drive up you may be destroying
| data. If this is the case, send the drive to a professional data
| recovery company like Drive Savers (my preference) or Seagate Data
| Recovery. General prices run from $500USD on up. Drive Savers recovered
| all the data on a failed laptop drive for one of my clients and it cost
| $2,700. He thought it was worth the money; only you know what your data
| is worth. I understand that some insurance companies are now covering
| data recovery charges so check with yours.
|
| Drive Savers - http://www.drivesavers.com
| Seagate Data Recovery Services - https://www.seagatedatarecovery.com/
|
| *IMPORTANT* - If you think the drive is physically healthy, it may be
| possible to retrieve the data by software methods. DO NOTHING FURTHER ON
| THE DRIVE. The data is still on the hard drive but if you overwrite it,
| it will be extremely difficult or impossible to recover it. If you use
| data recovery software, install it on another machine and either use it
| from that operating system or create a bootable cd/floppy and work with
| that. If you don't have the skill and/or equipment to do these
| procedures and the data is crucial, take the machine to a professional
| computer repair shop that has experience in doing data recovery. This
| will not be your local version of BigStoreUSA. In-shop data recovery is
| usually not exactly cheap (for ex., my charges are generally
| $150-350USD), but it normally costs less than sending the drive to a
| company like Drive Savers. You need to make the determination of the
| value of your data and decide what to do.
|
| Here are some links to various data recovery programs. I use Easy
| Recovery Pro, but it is expensive. People whom I respect have
| recommended R-Studio and Restoration. YMMV.
|
| http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
| PCInspector File Recovery -
| http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/welcome.htm
| Executive Software “Undelete” -
| http://www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp
| R-Studio - http://www.r-tt.com/
| File Scavenger - http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm
| Ontrack's EasyRecovery - http://www.ontrack.com/software/
| *****
|
| Malke
| --
| Elephant Boy Computers
| www.elephantboycomputers.com
| "Don't Panic!"
| MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
--
HTH,
Curt
Windows Support Center
www.aumha.org
Practically Nerded,...
http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm
| W. Watson wrote:
| > Ah, the inestimable Malke. How about more detail if you are truly in the
| > game on this?
|
| Sure. You didn't ask for detail in your original post, didn't say that
| you wanted to retrieve data. I'm not a fscking mind reader and if I had
| a crystal ball I'd be independently wealthy instead of doing tech
| support. Here's my standard data recovery blurb. Take the bits that are
| applicable to you.
|
| *****
| *IMPORTANT* - If there is any question that the drive is at fault - it's
| making noises for instance - and the data is crucial DO NOTHING FURTHER
| ON THE DRIVE. Every time you spin that drive up you may be destroying
| data. If this is the case, send the drive to a professional data
| recovery company like Drive Savers (my preference) or Seagate Data
| Recovery. General prices run from $500USD on up. Drive Savers recovered
| all the data on a failed laptop drive for one of my clients and it cost
| $2,700. He thought it was worth the money; only you know what your data
| is worth. I understand that some insurance companies are now covering
| data recovery charges so check with yours.
|
| Drive Savers - http://www.drivesavers.com
| Seagate Data Recovery Services - https://www.seagatedatarecovery.com/
|
| *IMPORTANT* - If you think the drive is physically healthy, it may be
| possible to retrieve the data by software methods. DO NOTHING FURTHER ON
| THE DRIVE. The data is still on the hard drive but if you overwrite it,
| it will be extremely difficult or impossible to recover it. If you use
| data recovery software, install it on another machine and either use it
| from that operating system or create a bootable cd/floppy and work with
| that. If you don't have the skill and/or equipment to do these
| procedures and the data is crucial, take the machine to a professional
| computer repair shop that has experience in doing data recovery. This
| will not be your local version of BigStoreUSA. In-shop data recovery is
| usually not exactly cheap (for ex., my charges are generally
| $150-350USD), but it normally costs less than sending the drive to a
| company like Drive Savers. You need to make the determination of the
| value of your data and decide what to do.
|
| Here are some links to various data recovery programs. I use Easy
| Recovery Pro, but it is expensive. People whom I respect have
| recommended R-Studio and Restoration. YMMV.
|
| http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
| PCInspector File Recovery -
| http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/welcome.htm
| Executive Software “Undelete” -
| http://www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp
| R-Studio - http://www.r-tt.com/
| File Scavenger - http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm
| Ontrack's EasyRecovery - http://www.ontrack.com/software/
| *****
|
| Malke
| --
| Elephant Boy Computers
| www.elephantboycomputers.com
| "Don't Panic!"
| MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
P
Patrick Keenan
W. Watson said:After it was formated, W2K was installed. I never got any further than
that. No SP4, no roll ups. Zippo. The data I seek isn't worth me putting
out more than $50. It would be "nice" to get some data back, but I'm
certainly not desperate. Most of the data will be images, jpg, tif, etc.
In fact, I can't think of any thing else of value.
A lot of data recovery software has a free, demo mode - it will tell you
what it thinks it can recover, and create a list that it can use if you
decide it's worthwhile. Then it stops - though some will recover files
under a specific size, like 64k. To proceed, you buy the non-demo version
and use the list the demo created.
You may find it worth doing this, as it's just some time and otherwise free.
Of course, you'd be hosting the drive to be recovered from in another
system.
HTH
-pk
W
W. Watson
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