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Recovering deleated data

Duff Man Jr. · 2006-10-20 13:14:36

Following on from the thread about bank details been recovered from a old hard drive, if some one had a old hd how would you go about getting anything from it?

20-10-2006 1:14pm

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Duff Man Jr.

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Following on from the thread about bank details been recovered from a old hard drive, if some one had a old hd how would you go about getting anything from it?

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#2 20-10-2006 1:16pm

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There are a number of applications that you can use, as well as a number of companies who specialise in it. Google can tell more.

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#3 21-10-2006 10:42pm

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you can get various utilites such as security cd's like - http://s-t-d.org/

one tool is dd this can be used to "photocopy" the old disk to a file , you then put the old disk to one side without having written to it and look at the file instead. eg: do a search for "Product Id" to see windows 95 serial numbers.

the key here is that you must be careful not to overwrite or modify any data on the drive, many data recovery companies will very sure of recovering data from a dead drive but not one that someone else has had a go at

if you have more resources you can look at the old disk with the latest technology looking for edge of track mangetism or varying strenghts to see what may underly the current data, then more destructively you can use termal means to strip layers of magnetism off to see whats underneath, or use flurescence techniques to visualise data on fragments of disks.

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#4 21-10-2006 10:53pm

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You could try Uneraser.

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#5 21-10-2006 10:59pm

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Good few progs mentioned here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054994519&referrerid=&highlight=file+recovery

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