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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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Data lost by VirtualBox

An Ubuntu LTS 10.04 vdi I was running crashed, and I'm unable to boot from it. I get stuck in initramfs. I'm able to mount the image as a secondary device on a working Ubuntu LTS 10.04 image, after first repairing the volume with fsck. Oddly, the…
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[Fedora 14][LVM2&EXT4] Overwritten partition config

Accidentally, I deleted my '/etc' & '/bin' folder (I know, my fault). Then, I boot liveCD and tried to copy or fix this issue. And then when I can't figure nothing to fix it, I don't know why, I want install system on my existing system, and I…
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Restore Apache Configuration

can anyone please tell me how to restore an apache configuration from backup ? from /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.backup thank you
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Is it possible (and how if it is) dump two concatenaded disks in a new disk using DD?

I have a Lacie enclosure that has a setup with 2 500gb disks configured as 1 drive of 1TB, the only partition created for the whole drive is HFS+ journaled, but the controller in the enclosure is gone and so the drive refuses to mount anymore. I…
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Recover NTFS filesystem after DISKPART CLEAN

I managed to run the CLEAN command in DISKPART on the wrong disk (disk 1 instead of disk 3 in LIST DISK). Now it shows up as a "Healthy (Primary Partition)". If I assign a drive letter to the partition Windows just tells me its not formatted. I'm…
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Can I recover a non-system disk deleted during 2008 R2 setup?

I've done a truly stupid thing and 'deleted' the data disk on a Server 2008 R2 box. Can I recover it? If so, how? I was rebuilding the box because a motherboard change had broken things. I've built loads of boxes and was going through the…
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Restore old Backup Exec tapes with NTbackup

I've got old backup tapes made with previous versions (v10 and v12) that I need to pull data from (related to this prior question). I have a machine set up with Windows Server 2008 and a trial version of Backup Exec 2010. It appears to be able to…
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NTFS (bootcamp) overwritten by HFS+ (time machine)

While setting up Time Machine over network for a Mac in the Office, I accidentally picked Bootcamp drive instead of the network drive as backup disk (the Mac is entirely set in Chinese, I was guessing I was picking the right disk and clicking the…
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Data Recovery Jobs

Not sure if SF is exactly the place, but I was hoping this group would have solid experience. I am your run-of-the-mill desktop technician, and it hit me today I know very little about disk/data recovery beyond software-based tools. I am…
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How to remove raid 5 array of 5 SAS and use only use one SAS at a time without writing any thing to disc for recovery

I have HP server ML370 g5 with 8 SAS, c drive 1 72 gb raid 0, d drive 2 72 gb raid 0, f drive 5 146 gb raid 5. 2 of 5 sas drive has got bad sectors and raid 5 is showing status failed. now i want to remove all this 5 SAS and put 1 by 1 in any of…
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MySQL 5.0 broken on snow leopard. How to get data into new 5.1 version?

I've seen some similar questions but I am still a bit unsure on what I need to do. I had Mediawiki installed on Leopard. I then Upgraded to snow leopard which broke MySQL. Everything seems to indicate that I need to backup the db then import it.…
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Rebuild Directory Structure

We have an HD with 3 partitions, 2 are correctly identified but the third one is being reported as "unrecognized file system" by the WindowsXP Recovery Console. This third partition was used to install the operating system. and by trying to…
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Retrieve My Documents After Being Removed From Domain

A friend of mine asked me to setup a home network which consists of a few computers and a printer as his employer had recently gone out of business. 2 of the laptops were brand new and 1 was his own which he used on the companies old network. I…
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Recover programmation source files

I've source code files (Java and C++) to recover from a broken RAID 1+0 array, I've been able to access the virtual drive with an other server but the ReiserFS partition can't be recovered with ReiserFS tools. I've made a binary image of the…
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How can I recover data from two good disks in a RAID 10?

I have a Lacie Ethernet RAID disk NAS box. I configured the 4 disks in a RAID 10 config. The Lacie unit will not let me make CIFS connections to the box stating "Shared Folders: Not Ready" but I can see that the data is still there. I have done…
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