Data recovery software that help recover lost partition due to using Disk Recovery Assistant on a 2TB HDD?
I Just use the Disk Recovery Assistant on my 2TB HDD and it wipe it clean. What are the best data recovery tool out there that allow me to recover the lost partition and see the file in folders view not files view like in some data recovery like Disk Drill?
using ML 10.8 something I tried appleXsoft but no luck.
My best suggestion is
Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery
http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/
Download the free trial version of the software and use the option "Search Lost/Deleted Volumes", It will scan the drive and show you all lost partitions list on preview. Once you click on the selected partition it will show you again 3 options ,
Quick Recovery- This option is very effective on case of volume corruption
Advanced Recovery- This option recovers data from formatted volume and scans each and every block of volume for lost data.
Deleted File Recovery.- It scans unused blocks of volume to recover deleted data.
On successful recovery the software will show the files in folders view with the folder structure..In case you are unable to see the desired results you would need to go for Raw Recovery which will show results on file basis.This option is only required incase the previous option does not give you the desired results.
Cheers !!
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So, last night I'm looking at my desktop and notice I need to clear out my stuff. Organize and make it look nice again. So after a while of deleting and moving around files on my Mac OS X 10.5.1 desktop, I noticed I had 20gb of space left on my entire MacBook hardrive. So the adventurous young me decided I would partition my drive once again to install Ubuntu 8.04 R4 so I can run Wine and have all 3 of the major operating systems running on one laptop.
Great right? Well, as I had before, my disk wouldn't partition (validation error) when using bootcamp assistant AND Disk Utility. Also, since the initial install, I not longer have my Leopard install disc. So I insert my Mac OS X 10.4.8 MacBook install DVD's to run Disk Utility off there. Here's where things went wrong.
I was confident I could use Disk Utility. I mean, I've used it quite a bit throughout my months of Leopard. So I fire up the disc, go right to Disk Utility, and instantly to my disc and hit partition. It didnt have the same layout as the one I was used to, but that's ok. So my rookie mistake happened here. I didn't hit split as I was supposed to, I just created a new partition on the disk. I made it slightly less than the size of free space I knew I had left.
Well, I closed out and restarted like any excited user would, only to discover I booted into the disc media again without holding down the 'c' button. So after 2 more times of this I go into the disk to check my boot installs. Turns out I partitioned it wrong and lost some system files. So the only thing I could do was install Mac OS X 10.4.8 on the part of the second partition that is in the empty space on my original partition, install firefox, and log into here.
And this is where I sit now. So can anyone help me in attempting to recover my old partition? or at least point me in the direction to recover about 40 to 50gb worth of pictures (both home and business related photography), music (both downloaded/ripped and my garageband audio files), and videos (both ripped dvds and projects for school)?thats the thing. i dont have the resources to backup (no really, i dont.) BUT i do have a good friend with a very large external hardrive whom will let me use it for the time being to transfer recovered files to, thus allowing me to whipe this drive entirely (should i 35x write it with 0s?) and a buddy with a spare leopard disc whom is graciously letting me use that.
so basically ive come up with this simple (ha) procedure; I can boot from leopard disk, plug in usb thumb drive with recovery software, plug in hardrive, recover files, wipe my drive with 0's 35x over, install leopard, and finally, transfer back all my personal files and applications i was able to recover. (+theoretically of course+.)
the only problem is, what data recovery software could i possibly use? ive spent HOURS now looking for HFS HFS+ (and general Mac) data recover suites/utilities and cant find a single thing other than stellar phoenix mac edition which i dont want to pay a ton of money for. -
Lost Partition of my Hard Disk
Hi,
a while ago i was trying to copy documents from my hard disk but it wouldn't
so i searched online and i found that i can just partition the hard disk one for IOS and one for Android
eventually when i did it everything on my hard disk disappeared!
so is there a way to get it back?
i hope somebody would help me because the files are very valuable to me.Unfortunately, the way most “file recovery” utilities work is to reallocate the disk sectors that are indicated to have previously belonged to a file as indicated by what appears to have been a directory block in reformatted partition. That does not mean that the disk sectors referred to weren't modified in some way in the interim. If some other file or files used these sectors in the interim, you are pretty much out of luck.
The best way to “recover” your PDF files is to access those files from you backup media. You do backup your system on a fairly regular basis, don't you?
- Dov -
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I'm trying to partition my iPod so I can back up some stuff (I lack an external HD) but every time I click on the partition tab I get "Disk Utility has lost its connection with the disc management tool and cannot continue"
Yes, I've completely deleted iTunes and all those pkg. files, still doesn't work. I've honestly no idea what to do next! It's driving me mental.
Please help, thanks!I don't know if you are aware that partitioning the iPod means it loses it's ability to play music?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26466?viewlocale=en_US
You can store files on the iPod without the need to partition by simply enabling disk use. Although I would caution that the iPod is not really a reliable enough device for long term back up purposes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1478?viewlocale=en_US -
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Is there a sure way of doing it?
I have only a few programs that I will have to install myself and that should not be a problem.
I just want my data, music and photos back where I can use them.Time machine backups. I went to migration assistant a few hours ago and limited my selection to "users", no need for applications, settings and other files. Stuff started moving over at a fast pace but has now seemed to stall.
I will let it run overnight as there are lots of songs and photos as well as a few movies.
If that does not work, then I will go into TM and try restore. I have restored some things in the past such a mail files and it has worked well.
The Apple fellow at the store told me to go right into TM, he may have had a point. I'll get it eventually. -
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Apparently the old external drive is going bad. I turned it off and waited an hour or so and restarted it, and all my files were back. I have copied them to my PC hard drive to be safe. However, my iTunes is now totally screwed up. Although the music files are back where they were (for now), iTunes cannot find any songs except the few that were copied to the new drive when I did the consolidate. I tried the Consolidate Library again and it stops because it cannot find the files. Am I going to have to point iTunes to the location of every song, one at a time, for over 2800 songs?
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Mavericks OSX update did a clean install instead. HELP recover lost files.
My wife installed Mavericks OSX update and it did a clean install instead. Can we recover or restore her old files? Looks like she didn't backup before.
I got this answer and it really worked!
Hope you can recover your files!
mende1 Valmojado, Toledo, Spain
This solved my questionRe: I upgraded to OS X Mavericks and lost all my documents. How can I recover them?
23-oct-2013 23:54 (in response to Gabbina)
Your data is there, but in a different user. To access to your first user account, go to > Log Out, and log in the old account with the data -
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Dear all
I just updated Iphone4 to ios5 - and lost everything on the phone - how do I revert this precess ?
Itunes told me to do so, but did not warn me appropiate og the consequences ;-(((((
br PerFirst of all, you should have backups if you do not want to lose your data.
See KB Article: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3840 OS X Lion: Restore your computer’s software -
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If anyone knows the proper procedure to get into the internal switch, I would be very grateful for that information.
Here's what I know so far:
1. If I reset the system controller and send a break from the terminal I can get to a ">" prompt which only has a few commands available:
Available commands: type 'help <command>' for more:
boot Boot the system
help Print help on commands
reboot Reset the system then boot the system
showsc Show version of boot ROM
banner Show bootrom banner
all of them do exactly what they say and no more. :)
2. If I wait a little bit longer I can send a break to the terminal and get a prompt that looks like "-#^@" ... I couldn't find any documentation on that prompt. I didn't want to poke too much there.
3. I can reset the switch by issuing the command "reset -y ssc0/swt" and if I press "Escape" a few times during the boot process I can get to a "Password:" prompt before the config is loaded. My guess is that it is for some factory-installed password that will allow the switch to boot without loading the config from flash. I believe this is my ticket in. Anyone know the magic word?
Thank you for your kind consideration,
CGYou were advised properly.
The procedure is only available to Sun employees.
Therefore it cannot be given to customers for their use,
nor can it be given to a public discussion forum.
That is the definition of a Sun-Internal document
The B1600 switch can indeed be reset.
You open a service case, and pay for a Sun field service engineer
to come to your location and reset it for you.
You might consider having that service case do two tasks ...
Since the field engineer will be at the system, they can also do
a pre-contract certification inspection and validate it qualifies
to be covered by a service contract. They inspect it and push it through
some superficial tests. They take down the chassis serial and note
that this is now YOUR system and no longer owned by the previous people. -
I'm trying to restore data from an external drive to the Macintosh HD from which they were originally recovered. I hit a brick wall where it says I have to scan it first and it doesnt let me.
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Hi,
I have just discovered that I apparently accidentally erased a word file which I very much would like to recover.
I know the original file name, but I am not using Time machine (about time to get a time capsule, I guess).
Are there any means of finding my file? It seems to have disappeared from the waste bin, as well!
Kind regards
Willi SlettenYou would have to buy a file recovery utility, and hope that the file's location on the hard drive had not been written over yet. If it has been written over, it's gone for good. If you plan on doing this, you need to shut your machine down now and don't turn it on again until you've got the file recovery utility in-hand.
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I have lost all my iTunes Library as my HDD is no good.
I have followed the instructions given as answer by another very helpful user such as.
Reinstall iTunes on the new HDD
Sign in with my iTunes Account
click Purchased on the right side in the iTunes Store
Then my past purchases are available to download.
No here is the problem my music (songs) are available to download GREAT!
BUT my audio books I have purchased on iTunes are not available NOT so great
I have looking every for them but to no avail.
I would really love to get my Audio Books back as I have a few and the they are not cheap to re buy.
All my purchases are still on my iPhone.
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If you do not have a backup and iBooks are not available for redownload, there is nothing you can do.
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