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Questions tagged [data-recovery]
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Can we recover a file after that part of the memory was allocated to another file?
I have deleted some pictures from my SD card and taken some more to the extent that it is almost full now. I was wondering if it is possible if I still can recover something from the past?

Abbas Banihashem
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Git - revert deleted untracked files
By accident i deleted PHP files with:
git clean -xfd
There is any good files recover tool for Windown PC to recover those files?
Or any other good solution?
Thanks!

Shay Zambrovski
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changed ownership on mysql files. How can I recover database?
I am using digitalocean VPS. Accidentally I changed all files' ownership to www-data on my server. How can I get my mysql database copy from this server?

Ayxan Emiraslanli
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Recover Hibernated partition
I accidently formatted my ntfs windows partition with "mkfs.ext4".
I was able to recover it with testdisk but it seems that the windows partition was hibernated,
so whenever i tried to open windows it starts repairing disk errors which was taking…

Aditya Agarwal
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How to retrieve data from sql by List<> instead of data table?
How to retrieve data from Database by ( List<> ) instead of data table?
How can I do this?

Green
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How to view content of emacs autosave file
How do I directly see the content of an emacs autosave file, without implementing a file recovery operation?
That is, suppose I created a file with 'emacs foo', then emacs crashed, so I'm left with no file named 'foo' (since it never was saved) but…

cdouglas
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Trying to identify a filesystem / disk label, recover it
I'm trying to ID (and maybe recover) the filesystem/partition table. Friend brought a "broken" USB drive, Windows can't recognise the partition layout.
Under Linux, fdisk says the partition table is empty. Tried mounting it as NTFS, vfat, no luck.…
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is there anyway to make a program use it's lost TMP files?
My computer has turned off when I was using google chrome and it made my bookmarks to disappear ; there is a bookmarks.bak file in user data folder that the extension of it will be erased if this happens and you can restore your bookmarks by…

Arman.clo
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why do i have to check the file to be null in cs50 recover
At the end of the code why do i have to check if img is not null before writing why can we not write it like in the second snippet? why do we have to check it?
FILE *input_file = fopen(argv[1], "r");
//if check Input_file pointer fail to open then…

ptk03
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Recover data from a bad sector hard drive
I have a 2TB hard drive with 0% health and it contains a lot of bad sectors. When I attach the drive with the PC, it shows the data inside it, but I cannot copy it or open it, when i try to do this, my entire pc slows down and after few minutes hard…
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restore php projects when re-install wampserver
I forced to reinstall wamp on my pc. but i forgot to copy all php project on www folder on wamp and when install wamp again realize that all my php files are lose.
Can someone tell me how to restore it. I do in big trouble
Thank you.
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Recovering formatted partition
I accidentally hit 'format' in qtparted on my ext3 partition (for Ubuntu), which I was analyzing via another computer. The list of four messages it gives during the format process include "writing inode table" and "writing filesystem", or something…

Brian
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ADB - Empty list of devices when running 'adb devices' command
I've a Honor 10 View Lite with a broken screen (it's not usable) and I would try to recover data from it.
Following some tutorials it seems possibile to do that with ADB and the phone in recovery mode (holding power button + volume up).
I've…

Federico
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Recover cleared file content
I was working on a report using typora markdown editor, which is a beta version now.
After finishing the report and saving it, I have opened it to review and correct typos. While I was editing, the program hangs and I killed its process.
when I…

Ahmed Elzoughby
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How to use e-sata external port to access a sata drive
I have laptop with an external e-sata/USB combo port. I have an internal Seagate SATA drive removed from another laptop. I want to recover the data in this disc. Is it possible to connec t this hardisk through the e-SATA port? If so, what cable…

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