[Hidden-tech] ways to retrieve replaced files?

B. Kimo Lee bklee at azurelink.com
Tue Apr 25 11:56:27 EDT 2006


Hi Amy,

I'm not so sure this is a data recovery issue. Did she actually  
overwrite the file? If so, it may be gone. (Sorry) Check with the  
software manufacturer and see what happens to the file within the  
scheme of their "replaced" process. Maybe it automatically backs up a  
temp copy?

Kimo

On Apr 25, 2006, at 8:54 AM, Peter Degen-Portnoy wrote:

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> I have some recent experience with recovering data from a damaged  
> hard drive.  The problem with my system was a defective controller  
> in the hard drive, which resulted in damaged blocks and loss of the  
> file system information.  This is quite different from what you are  
> facing.
>
> Naturally, there are a number of factor to consider:
> The file format (FAT versus NTFS or some Unix based system -- What  
> is the OS?)
> Condition of the hard drive (which in your case is probably  
> 'excellent')
> Nature of the recovery
> I looked at a number of data recovery tools.  The inexpensive ones,  
> (<$50) didn't seem effective at all.  I ended up downloading a  
> number of trial installations of tools in the $100 - $200 range and  
> selected Stellar Phoenix, which was $130 for a single installation  
> for FAT and NTFS recovery.  This, however, was considerably cheaper  
> than the estimates for a data recovery service.  These services  
> will disassemble the hard drive and extract the data from the  
> individual platters.  This can recover data that has long been  
> erased, even when blocks have been rewritten.  They are not cheap  
> with starting prices at least $500, most averaging $800 to $1200.   
> However, they usually can recovery anything.
>
> The software tools will leave your hard drive intact.  Sending the  
> hard drive away to a recovery service could likely result in your  
> needing a new hard drive.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Peter
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> A - Z International wrote:
>>   ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to  
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> My daughter hit "replace" by accident and obliterated her first  
>> novella. It was about 80 pages double-spaced.
>>
>> I took it to ACI in Amherst and they couldn't locate it with a  
>> scan even though we had backed this up every five minutes or more  
>> within an hour during an editing session.
>>
>> Does anyone know if there are services that can take content off  
>> of a hard drive?
>>
>> If so, do you know the cost?
>>
>> Will the procedure destroy the hard drive?
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> Amy Zuckerman
>> Hidden-Tech Founder, Co-Chair
>>
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