recover all files on external harddrive

[standarren]

hi guys something has messed my external hardrive up lost all my family albums
but when i go to properties it says half of the hardrive is full indicating maybe i can get these files back
could some one recomend some software to maybe get my files back

[allycoops]

Try ontrack mate






Ontrack Easy Recovery Professional 6.21.02
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? For Windows ? AdvancedRecovery and additional Modules ? capable of locating all directories and unlimited file types
? Repair options for Microsoft Outlook and Email files ? Outlook (PST, OST), Outlook Express (DBX), Word (DOC), Excel (XLS), Access Database (MDB), PowerPoint (PPT) and Zip (ZIP)
Product Features:
? The most advanced data recovery, file repair, and disk diagnostic capabilities available.
? EasyRecovery? Professional includes: All the features and benefits of EasyRecovery? DataRecovery and the added repair capabilities of EasyRecovery FileRepair? and EasyRecovery EmailRepair? plus enhanced data recovery options & diagnostic features.
? Superior disk diagnostic tools including Ontrack Data Advisor?.
? Improved file type searching capabilities.
? EasyRecovery Professional recovers all file types, plus includes added raw recovery capabilities for over 290 specific file types including document files, MIDI music files, voice files, digital media files, and more!
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? IDE/ATA/EIDE/SATA/SCSI hard drives
? Jaz/Zip removable media
? Floppy Diskettes
? External Media Devices (USB/FireWire drive, USB portable)
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File Repair capabilities for:
? Outlook (PST/OST) files
? Outlook Express (DBX) files
? Access Database (MDB) files
? Word (DOC) files
? Excel (XLS) files
? PowerPoint (PPT) files
? Zip (ZIP) files
? And more...
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[oneman]

Another vote for easy recovery pro, it it can't get the files back then there is little hope. I can scan for file types so can recovery fragmented data as well. To do a deep scan on a large drive can take over a day or even longer.

As an aftermath task and a warning to everyone. make sure you always have two copies of your critical data. Hard drives can fail at anytime or get hit by virus or even stolen.

[standarren]

what a dick i am started to download and realised that it was going to the wrong location
now it wont let me down load again god what a day

[allycoops]

2 secs I'll get another link

[allycoops]

http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=5TpiRBh

[standarren]

http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=5TpiRBh

thanks mate 4 hours left of scan its found loads of stuff so cross my fingers

[allycoops]

I should of said Mate, Make sure you are saving what it finds to a different Hard drive if you haven't done so already. don't save to the HDD you are scanning

[standarren]

I should of said Mate, Make sure you are saving what it finds to a different Hard drive if you haven't done so already. don't save to the HDD you are scanning

hi mate i did as you said and it found folders but unfortunatly the ffolders had nothing in them but they were showing the correct size weird

[ecufix]

Icare data recovery works well for such problems

[gmb45]

plenty of free data recovery software out there, no need to post s/w thats been cracked or contains a keygen.

[Letni]

I didn't see anyone mentioning this but make sure you don't write anything to the drive you are trying to recover. Sorry if i'm stating the obvious.

You can try to recover using different settings. Depending on the settings you've checked, the files it can find are different. I've tried recovering from a drive with a file system such as NTFS on it and a drive that had been formatted and were able to recover some files on both. I actually tried multiple settings multiple times on the NTFS and then formatted it and tried it that way also. I don't recommend you formatting your drive though. I was okay with losing my data. One thing though, some files may be merged together. I forgot what file types got merged because it was a while back. =/

[standarren]

i've used ontrack and recover my files so far both with the same results
it finds all folders and even says the size but theres nothing in there ?
i am saving to a different drive other than the one i'm scanning

[Messa]

i've used ontrack and recover my files so far both with the same results
it finds all folders and even says the size but theres nothing in there ?
i am saving to a different drive other than the one i'm scanning

Although it is looking like a physical failure to me, which is bad news, I have had great results with 'GetDataBack' many times..

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If you struggle to find it let me know.

[dihman]

is a very good working GetDataBack NTFS and FAT