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Posted by Yohan on Aug-25-2007 22:49:

Need help from computer geeks

Few weeks ago, I deleted my external USB drive. Tried many programs but none seems to work.

Everything on it can be replaced, except for 5 yrs of music which is important to me.

Any recommendations from TOTA? (ie a good program?)

Thanks

Posted by kotsy on Aug-25-2007 22:57:

We don't like to be called geeks.

Posted by Yohan on Aug-25-2007 23:09:

quote:
Originally posted by kotsy
We don't like to be called geeks.

So sorry

-Yohan, a dork and a nerd

Posted by kotsy on Aug-25-2007 23:11:

quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
So sorry

-Yohan, a dork and a nerd

That's more like it.

Posted by NuERA on Aug-25-2007 23:16:

you can pay big money for data recovery. unless someone here can teach you (or offer) to do it.

if the tracks were all from beatport ive heard of them letting people re download their collections.

i once lost a usb key drive in guvy, but i guess thats not the same thing. sorry for your loss buddy!

Posted by Oreo_The_Cookie on Aug-26-2007 01:09:

If the USB device shows up as a drive letter in my computer just use any old undelete or format recovery software on it. ie. Active Undelete or Undelete 5.0 Professional

Just make sure you don't write any data to the drive otherwise it'll overwrite the sectors you might want to recover.

Good Luck, PM me if you get stuck

Posted by Tadz101 on Aug-26-2007 01:21:

try get data back..works for me

Posted by Yohan on Aug-26-2007 01:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Oreo_The_Cookie
If the USB device shows up as a drive letter in my computer just use any old undelete or format recovery software on it. ie. Active Undelete or Undelete 5.0 Professional

Just make sure you don't write any data to the drive otherwise it'll overwrite the sectors you might want to recover.

Good Luck, PM me if you get stuck

I have one of those Maxtor USB drives and I reformatted the usb drive with one of those Maxtor softwares thinking I was installing a recovery software. This is what happens when you try to do important shit on 30hrs of no sleep.

So far, no luck. Will try out some of the recommendations on this thread.

Thanks again folks

Posted by malek on Aug-26-2007 01:29:

DON'T WRITE ANYTHING ON THAT DRIVE!

is it NTFS or FAT ?

get a software called GETDATABACK http://www.runtime.org/index.html

You can download a demo, you can see the files with the demo but not recover them.

You can always find a cracked version somewhere, but if its really important, just buy a licence (and send me a copy hehehe).

cheers

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-26-2007 01:35:

Ctrl+Z

Posted by I_Am_Vince on Aug-26-2007 01:37:

yeah what Malek said, even though the files are deleted it's still physically there, but adding anything or installing stuff on it will make sure that the old files are gone.

if those software don't work, there's a place on Bloor St. which is one of the best in North America for data recovery but they charge A LOT

Posted by malek on Aug-26-2007 01:40:

if its a format with nothing written on the drive, files should be there intact and easily recovered by getbackdata.

I did the same mistake many times (and you think i would learn from my mistakes...)

Posted by Chris Allen on Aug-26-2007 01:55:

Get Data Back is what you're looking for