Richard Urban

Even the O/P said he recovered his data but it was corrupted. How do you
propose that he "uncorrupt" the data now?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

"Mark" <jmhonzell.nospam@insightbb.com> wrote in message
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> Rich,
>
> Either you didn't bother reading the posts, or you are simply arrogant.
> I guess you spent too much on those other companies recovering a file.
> I only spent $40 and got all my files back from my drive.
> And, yes... it was formatted and re-partitioned.
> (Exactly what the vendor stated their software could do.)
>
> As I stated in my prior post, the corrupted file is useless.
> My point was the original data may be recovered from a different version
> of the same file that is in an "erased" state.
>
> I didn't state all files could be recovered. I stated I had good success.
> (In my case, I recovered ALL my pictures and documents.)
> I thought I was clear stating that to recover from the "corrupt" file:
> 1. The files had to be modified or re-saved... meaning written to the disk
> more than once, or
> 2. The area written to originally was not written over.
>
> This allows "restoring" the "other" version of the same file.
>
> Most drives when formatted do not use the full format option leaving the
> data area untouched.
> Re-partitioning does not wipe the drive.
> With these two simple tidbits, most files can be recovered from formatted
> or re-partitioned drives by a program that looks at the drive in raw
> format, finds all the allocation tables and rebuilds them. Comparing file
> storage indexes creates the percentage of success of any one file being
> recovered and minimizes the effort of sorting through a lot of garbage
> files.
>
> The more expensive restoration:
> While wiping a file if extremely effective, wiping a file almost never
> touches the File Allocation Table. So, even though the data is "gone," the
> exact location of a file can still be determined, and yes, with the right
> software, it can be recovered. (Unless you use a multiple wipe with random
> data. Seven times recommended.)
>
> The impossible:
> If the surface of the hard drive is corrupt, you cannot recover the file.
> Degauss the hard drive.
> If there is only one original of the file and it is recovered corrupt,
> then it typically cannot be repaired.
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23wwoV821HHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hell. If that were the case, all files would be recoverable.
>>
>> Drive Savers and Ontrack can not even do that. These are the folks that
>> corporations send their hard drives to for recovery. I have a fellow who
>> was charged over $1800 for recovery and he only got back about 40% of his
>> files. The others were reported to be - guess what - too corrupted to
>> recover.
>>
>> If you don't backup you have no one to blame but yourself!
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> "Mark" <jmhonzell.nospam@insightbb.com> wrote in message
>> news:e$Uwg121HHA.6128@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Not exactly. The file you are attempting to use is corrupted. But the
>>> original data may still be present.
>>>
>>> It depends on the corruption, number of times the file has been modified
>>> (re-saved), method of loss, encryption, etc.
>>> "Corrupted" files are recovered by the feds all the time.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eKvuDz21HHA.1124@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Corrupted files are just that. Data has gone missing from the file. It
>>>> is unreadable and pretty much useless. There is no way to restore a
>>>> "corrupted" file, other than via your backup. You DID create a backup,
>>>> right?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Richard Urban
>>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>>>
>>>> "I'ecus" <iecus@rcn.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:er%23UH%2311HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> guys do you know of any good programs that will recover corrupted
>>>>> files on a formatted/corrupted HD. I have a HD that just crashed, I
>>>>> formatted it and I was able to use getdatarecovery ntfs and some other
>>>>> programs that recovered my formatted data. I got everything but when I
>>>>> open my .docs or pics they're still corrupted. I tried d/ling free and
>>>>> demo software to see if they can fix the corrupted docs and pics I
>>>>> found but so far none have worked. Can anyone think of any software
>>>>> that worked for them or something that may work for me. even if I can
>>>>> find a demo that will show me it really does work. I don't mind having
>>>>> to pay for it. This has my wifes and I wedding pics and some of her
>>>>> art work that I would really love to get back for the both of us....
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks for ANY help I can get.
>>>>
>>>
>>
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