Introduction to Data Recovery

[OrbinOz]

thanks. Good supplement to my data forensics class.

[alshezawi2010]

your voice is low

[MicronicleDust]

Hey Eli, nice tuts, good on you! I got a request for a recovery tutorial..

Can you do one on HD's that have there boot sectors removed, and or are formatted.

I was told its possible to recover data from formatted drives.

Please elaborate on that if so.

Thanks for your time your awesome!

[elithecomputerguy]

@MicronicleDust use a piece of data recovery software like Recuva and you should be ok.

[dannygizzle33]

Will I have to purchase a new corrupt file recovery program with every job or can the same copy be used on multiple machines?

[elithecomputerguy]

@dannygizzle33 Depends on the license. I like Recuva because it works well and is free...

[dannygizzle33]

@elithecomputerguy Does recuva also repair corrupted files along with recovering erased files?

[elithecomputerguy]

@dannygizzle33 No you'll have to find a tool that fixes the specific type of file that is corrupted. ScanPST fixes Outlook PST files, there are programs to fix corrupted Word Docs, and Power Point Docs, etc... They generally want $30 per type of file you are trying to recover.

[dannygizzle33]

@elithecomputerguy oh ok last question as a consultant would you download for each client on there system

[elithecomputerguy]

@dannygizzle33 Probably... That way you can easily bill them for the software. Honestly you don't run across A LOT of corrupted files, so buying it for your own tool kit is probably not a worthwhile expense.

[adarpg]

Thank you Eli !