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| Subject | Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data |
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| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general |
| References | <rsl6qa$31c$1@news.mixmin.net> <XnsACA4A2141162Bauricauricauricauric@144.76.35.252> <rsmbk1$nlk$1@dont-email.me> <XnsACA68A4D1448Eauricauricauricauric@144.76.35.252> |
| From | David Brooks <DB@nomail.afraid.org> |
| Followup-To | alt.computer.workshop |
| Message-ID | <3q5IH.22766$qO2.13055@fx10.iad> (permalink) |
| Organization | blocknews - www.blocknews.net |
| Date | 2021-01-02 21:17 +0000 |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
Followups directed to: alt.computer.workshop
On 02/01/2021 20:35, Auric__ wrote: > Paul wrote: > >> There is TestDisk, if a partition got deleted (partition entry >> removed from partition table). > > No, it's more than that. I've had to use testdisk in the past, and I wish it > was that simple. > > My 4tb storage drive got overwritten with a (blank) ~100GB NTFS partition, at > the very beginning of the disk. Not sure what happened or why, but I am not > exactly thrilled, as you can imagine. > >> Using an UnDelete utility, can sometimes recover recently >> deleted files. On NTFS, only one byte per deleted file is >> flipped, to mark they have a deleted status. Then the >> $MFT entry storage space gets reused at the first opportunity, >> and the clusters the file used are allocated when new file >> writes call for them. There is an incentive then, to stop >> using the disk when trouble is first detected. If you >> continue to use the partition, the quality of the recovery >> becomes poorer and poorer with time. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuva > > I'll look into that one. I've been using the free version of R-Studio: > > https://www.r-studio.com/free-linux-recovery/ > > I wish I knew more about how ext2/3/4 works. I have a very basic user-level > understanding of it, but I'm not sure how to use the info presented to me to > recover my files (and believe me, if I can recover instead of restore from > backup, I'll be a happy man). > > Man, I miss the simple days of UNDELETE.EXE. Auric I've not followed this thread but it might help you to know about a facility called Disk Drill. I have used it with GREAT success! https://www.cleverfiles.com It works on both Windows AND Macs. Good luck! :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Drill_Basic (Follow-up set to ACW)
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End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-12-31 18:55 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-12-31 19:43 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io> - 2020-12-31 17:35 -0600
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 02:25 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2020-12-31 22:55 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 02:56 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 03:22 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-01 00:23 -0500
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 08:46 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-01 07:17 -0500
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 15:17 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 17:33 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2021-01-02 20:35 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data David Brooks <DB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-01-02 21:17 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-02 16:19 -0500
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-02 16:35 -0500
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-04 00:35 -0500
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2021-01-05 16:48 +0000
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-15 08:50 -0500
Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-16 19:42 -0500
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