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Wonders3004
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long story short on my laptop i accidentally cleaned the wrong drive with diskpart. so i pulled the drive from my laptop threw it in my main rig. ran easeus data recovery and the easeus data recovery run failed. took the drive threw it back in my laptop and when it popped up it said it needed a drive letter i just hit ok not thinking about it making a new volume from the unallocated space. well, i ran easeus data recovery again. this time it finished but had twice the amount of data on it that i originally had, and the main stuff i wanted to recover just wasn't there. I did a deep scan which took about 6 hours. the question is.. why is there twice the amount of data on there and also do you think there would be a chance to actually pull the folders off of it.that i actually want

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When trying to recover data the main thing to do is, do not write anything to the disk anymore... nothing.

 

Easus finds "everything" that has been on the drive even earlier deleted stuff. If due to reformatting and diskpart etc the filestructure got damaged too badly, then your are out of luck. You could try other tools, but I think the chances aren't that good due to what has been already done to the disc.

 

If you can't exist without the data, the only option then is a professional data recovery expert, which has far other tools to get your data back, but that won't be cheap.

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2 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

When trying to recover data the main thing to do is, do not write anything to the disk anymore... nothing.

 

Easus finds "everything" that has been on the drive even earlier deleted stuff. If due to reformatting and diskpart etc the filestructure got damaged too badly, then your are out of luck. You could try other tools, but I think the chances aren't that good due to what has been already done to the disc.

 

If you can't exist without the data, the only option then is a professional data recovery expert, which has far other tools to get your data back, but that won't be cheap.

It sounds a bit steep but we usually charge customers around $500 depending on the circumstances and the amount of data.

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1 minute ago, Anghammarad said:

When trying to recover data the main thing to do is, do not write anything to the disk anymore... nothing.

 

Easus finds "everything" that has been on the drive even earlier deleted stuff. If due to reformatting and diskpart etc the filestructure got damaged too badly, then your are out of luck. You could try other tools, but I think the chances aren't that good due to what has been already done to the disc.

 

If you can't exist without the data, the only option then is a professional data recovery expert, which has far other tools to get your data back, but that won't be cheap.

yeah i think im just going to go ahead and say screw it figured id check in here beforehand. tbh im sick of messing with it. and it was probably only 500-600 gigs worth of stuff which some of it was on my desktop . i think the deciding factor is i dont really want to run another 6-7 hour deep scan again just for some games and movies 

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6 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

If you can't exist without the data, the only option then is a professional data recovery expert, which has far other tools to get your data back, but that won't be cheap.

What DO they do in a situation like this where the drive sin't physically damaged? I've always wondered...

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Just now, YedZed said:

What DO they do in a situation like this where the drive sin't physically damaged? I've always wondered...

depends on the lab... it is possible to dismantle the drive, or add a specific special drive controller, or, you may laugh, use even special microscopes to scan the surface.

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(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

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1 minute ago, YedZed said:

What DO they do in a situation like this where the drive sin't physically damaged? I've always wondered...

probably the same things you could do at home, assuming you had the software and know-how, which most will not (myself included tbh)

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Just now, Anghammarad said:

depends on the lab... it is possible to dismantle the drive, or add a specific special drive controller, or, you may laugh, use even special microscopes to scan the surface.

*laughs*

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1 minute ago, YedZed said:

What DO they do in a situation like this where the drive sin't physically damaged? I've always wondered...

We have tools that bring up every directory and sector, from there we go through segments of data piecing them together until we have a full data package.

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Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

probably the same things you could do at home, assuming you had the software and know-how, which most will not (myself included tbh)

I wonder if I could get that software... *costs 10,000 USD for no reason* ok cool nevermind

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1 minute ago, YedZed said:

I wonder if I could get that software... *costs 10,000 USD for no reason* ok cool nevermind

I wouldn't be surprised.  Though sometimes they might just use opensource tools in clever ways.  Maybe they even have custom software that's not for sale.

Point is I think the really fancy stuff starts when they need to recover from a drive that's got physical problems.

 

Luckily sounds like OP's does not so failing an at home recovery attempt, there is always the professional option, but if you can avoid that, you'd save a fair bit of cash for sure.

My recommendation would be to just recover from a backup.

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3 minutes ago, Icuw1pc said:

We have tools that bring up every directory and sector, from there we go through segments of data piecing them together until we have a full data package.

See cuz I have this old 80gb drive that I foolishly wiped when I was trying to restore an old PC of ours, and I wish I could get some of the personal data back....

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1 minute ago, YedZed said:

I wonder if I could get that software... *costs 10,000 USD for no reason* ok cool nevermind

I don't know about 10k, but they typically range anywhere from $2,000 to $6,000 deepening on the size and capabilities.

The main station our newer techs use is $4,000 and ours is a little pricier at $8,000 due to addons.

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20 minutes ago, YedZed said:

See cuz I have this old 80gb drive that I foolishly wiped when I was trying to restore an old PC of ours, and I wish I could get some of the personal data back....

i will tell you this before i diskpart cleaned my drive easeus data recovery worked great this was on a 2 tb tho would have taken ages. 80 you might be able to get your personal files off pretty fast. i know i deleted a bunch of photos a long time ago and used a free recovery software and got them all back 

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2 minutes ago, Wonders3004 said:

i will tell you this before i diskpart cleaned my drive easeus data recovery worked great this was on a 2 tb tho would have taken ages. 80 you might be able to get your personal files off pretty fast. i know i deleted a bunch of photos a long time ago and used a free recovery software and got them all back 

really? I installed linux on it... i'll need to track it down again, but maybe I'll try the drive with.. What application would you recommend? I guesss easeus? Is that one free like the other apps they make?

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