A friend called with a sudden hard drive disaster and I was able to help her recover at least 95% (she's still validating) of her data as we talked on the phone - a neat trick as I have no experience doing this and guessed my way through it.
Wanted to pass on - the software that successfully recovered her data is R-Studio and can be found here:
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2094-10061966.html
http://www.data-recovery-software.net/
We tried straight PC & Windows methods and her Norton utils and some other recovery software without success before trying R-Studio. She even rebooted the machine in the midst of the recovery process and it STILL worked.
You download their demo software and use it to see the drive and preview the files that it finds. Supposedly you can also recover files smaller than 64k with the free demo but she didn't even try that. Paying the $50 gets you the demo registration key, then you can run the full recovery set.
Of course a current data backup would have cost $50 less so this can serve as a reminder as well as a software recommendation!
Eileen
Hard Drive disaster
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No we didn't get a crack or serial, she paid the $50
It's possible that the problem was caused by a virus, but that seems less likely than bad sectors/corrupt FAT issues. Yes the R-Studio software (and other techniques) will do deleted files. In this instance we weren't looking for deleted files, her whole hard drive appeared to be toast.
Eileen
It's possible that the problem was caused by a virus, but that seems less likely than bad sectors/corrupt FAT issues. Yes the R-Studio software (and other techniques) will do deleted files. In this instance we weren't looking for deleted files, her whole hard drive appeared to be toast.
Eileen
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