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Questions tagged [data-recovery]

Reclamation of deleted or otherwise removed/corrupted data (files)

Reclamation of deleted or otherwise removed/corrupted data (files). The level of complexity of such a task varies from simply "Restoring" a file (from a Recycle Bin) to using advanced tools to analyze the filesystem and rebuild previously deleted/corrupted data.

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unable to recover data from failed hdd

my hdd failing (or maybe totally dead) i've connected the hdd via USB but it doesn't appear in fdisk Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512…
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Recovering from incorrect robocopy /MIR using NAS drives

Yes I know how stupid I've been and will severely chastise myself once this has been resolved. Just to be clear, I've done a robocopy using the /mir switch and files not present in the source have been deleted from the destination - this was not…
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Backup Exec - Differential Backups and Overwriting

I have a setup for a customer whereby a full backup is conducted on a Friday - then Monday through to Thur, differentials are carried out. Now, there is a single media set for these two jobs (I understand that is obviously not the best way, if even…
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File recovery window server 2008 networked drive

I lost files when I was tying to move them from one folder to another on a networked drive. The files are not in the original folder or destination folder. I checked rcycle bin the files are not there. I did a search on all drive ther files cannot…
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Scan ext4 partition without mounting it

My Ubuntu HDD failed today(hardware). I can't mount it, but there are some files which I need to recover before I get manufacturer replacement. Is there any software which will let me scan device itself without mounting it in attempt to find files…
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recovering data from raid1 component disk

Need to recover data from raid1 component disk using ubuntu live usb disk. The existing software raid was broken. After many attempts, I removed degraded raid setup from BIOS but ubuntu live could not detect filesystem on any of the two component…
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File restore after Windows SBS 2011 Shadow Copy

I recovered my drive D with a shadow copy of November 2011 by accident, now all my files all users at our company created are gone and there is no single external backup. Can I recover the files with some file recovery tool or is it gone…
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How to repair mysql database

I have a database server(Fedora 14) which mysql is running as the database server. Recently that server broke down and I was only able to get the database directory from the server. I have tried to put that database directory which I was able to get…
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recovering deleted files on Centos ( Software Raid)

I had a server, 2 mirror hard drives ( software raid) CentOS5. Some one access to my server and delete many files on server. I tested the hard by testdisk but it just find the folders and not it's content. I just has shell access to server. What's…
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Free data recovery tools vs a data recovery company?

Consider a simple data recovery scenario where there is data that needs to be recovered from a disk that isn't damaged, i.e. the disk was formated, and possibly some data overwritten (vs water, burn, or other damage). Is a data recovery company…
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mdadm and RAID-5 recovery

I am encountering some problems with my RAID-5 array, using mdadm and Debian. First of all, I lost a drive (completely, it is not even recognized by the BIOS), then I replaced it with a new one; rebuilding has started but has been interrupted by a…
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mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb on CentOS 6.0

Some how my partition on /dev/sdb has gotten all buggered up. This hard drive contains a lot of data that I need to recover and haven't been able to backup yet. WHen I attempt to mount it: #mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb /world mount: wrong fs type, bad…
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copy a MySQL table which has data in ibdata file

I have a database in MySQL with several tables. Some of the tables only have .frm files. Some have .frm .mdy .mdi I believe data for the .frm tables is in the ibdata file. There is a lot of data in all the tables and I can see it. How do I make a…
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How to recover data from failed Intel Matrix Storage Console rebuild process?

I have a server with 3 hard drives: one System Drive and two drives in RAID1 for data. Raid1 is done via Intel Storage Matrix software. Today Intel Storage Matrix said that array is degraded and must be rebuilt. I clicked rebuild array. After that I…
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Server hard drive crash, need a way to retrieve database meta data

My development server hard drive crashed and i was running Microsoft sql server on it as my database. I was wondering if its possible to export the databases or copy the meta data? the only way i can see the files is through a live boot linux cd so…
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