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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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How do I remove unindexed files from an NTFS system, without unmounting the disk?

I have accidentally created a giant, unindexed, file on an NTFS system and I am trying to remove it. CHKDSK appears to require the disk to be unmounted before the file can be reindexed (and eventually removed). Is there any way to achieve the same…
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RAID partition cannot be mounted, not assigned partition number, after reboot

Problem: I have a CentOS 7.5 server with an array of 4x 3TB WD Reds in hardware RAID 5. The RAID volume has a single EXT4 partition on it. After a recent reboot of the server, the server can no longer mount the partition. I am looking for advice to…
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Diagnosing missing logical volume

EDIT: the system boots off a 16 gigabyte USB key. Apparently, at some point, the 'device name' (sorry if I'm using that term incorrectly) of the boot device changed.from /dev/sde to /dev/sdb to /dev/sdc The oldest .vg files (from before I added the…
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Failed XFS after resizing partition

I pretty much followed the same general idea as here: Resizing a partition -Resize VMware disk: Through vSphere, resize disk from 100GB to 300GB (Reboot VM) -Delete partition (fdisk /dev/sdb, d, 1) -Recreate partition (While still in the same fdisk…
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Corrupted LVM Recovery

I had (paying attention to the past time here) a Centos 6.7 host who was migrated using Vmware conversion tool from a HyperV cluster. Therefore, the final configuration of its disks was: / dev / sda1 -> BOOT / dev / sdb1 -> Physical Volume VG on /…
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Hard Drive TVS Diode Repair Questions

I have a Seagate drive that died that I would like to recover data off of. I diagnosed the drive as having a failed TVS diode so I removed the diode and the drive began to function again. My concern is: I have to transfer a large amount of data off…
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A tool to export / search inside a .pst file?

I was handed an old .pst file, and as you can guess, inside that file there is supposed to be an important email. I have no access to a computer with Microsoft Outlook installed. Does anyone know of a good tool to locate this email inside the…
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How to recover data on replaced RAID 1 virtual drive, PERC 710 controller

Today I created a new RAID 0 virtual drive using the RAID setup wizard of my lifecycle controller for my two new 4TB SAS dell hardrives. Unfortunately, I misread the warning saying that creating this virtual drive would delete all other virtual…
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full /etc/ recovery from git

I have a CentOS 6.9 server. The full /etc directory was under version control. I accidentally ran 'git rm -R' on it. The server stopped working right away, my ssh session got lost. I managed to have an ip console attached to the server, and booted…
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Which is the worst-case scenario: dying HDD or SSD?

We all know SSD offer many advantages (such as speed) over HDD drives but which one is safer when it comes to data rescue if, for instance, the drive is failing? From my understandings on SSD drive data is stored on-chip and when chip dies all data…
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Debian Lenny - SAN - LVM Fail

I've got a Lenny server that has got a SAN connection configured as the only PV for a VG named 'datavg'. Yesterday, I've updated the box with Debian patches and gave it a reboot. After the reboot, it didn't boot up saying that it couldnt find…
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Recover the file system from a corrupted RAID1

TL;DR How to recover the ext4 file system from a corrupted RAID1 partition? My situation I have one failed disk that belonged to an RAID1 array on a Synology DiskStation, the other one is lost. Using ddrescue I've copied most of the relevant…
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Recovering an RAID6 using ddrescue. mdadm: failed to add, invalid argument

I had 3 drives fail in a matter of a week on a RAID6. Luckily, one drive seemed to be mostly fine. I was able to run ddrescue and it copied all but one small area (couldn't read 14MB out of 3TB). However, when trying to assemble the array using…
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XenServer VHD data recovery

I have the exported disk image of a VM from XenCenter in VHD format. I used compress from the settings, if that has any impact. How I can access the files without creating VM? I have the VM settings as well the disk. Fdisk can read the image but it…
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Where can I find dskprobe.exe for Server 2012 R2?

As the question suggests, where can I find dskprobe.exe for Windows Server 2012 R2? I need dskprobe to recover a deleted partition and I can not find the application anywhere on my server and looking for it on the web seems to be a very hard task. …
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