*Fixed* Anybody know of any *solid* data recovery programs?

[evilsaint]

I'll keep it short and to the point : my new SATA drive, after installing XPSP2 on it, copying about 100GB of stuff to it, and having everything working fine, decided to stop having it's filesystem (NTFS) as being recognized.

I tried using DiskProbe to re-copy the boot sector from the end of the partition, no luck. Tried FixMBR and FixBoot, no dice. Tried using numerous free trials of different softwares out there (GetDataBack, Recover My Files, FileRecoveryAngel, O&O UnErase, etc.), and some of them are finding the files, but mostly just re-arranging them into a hellaciously bad file-structure that'd take days to put back together, even just for my important stuff, let alone my 60G+ of music.

My question to you guys is : what would my best option be for getting the truly important stuff off there (Resumé, cover letters, personal docs, photos, *big* Outlook PST, maybe some of the music) intact and stable? I'm looking at this from a cost-conscious POV if at all possible, as i'd love to just by OnTrack's software, but i'd much rather not spend twice as much on the SW as I did on the HD itself :|

Any advice at all is GREATLY appreciated 😀

 

[evilsaint]

Oh yeah, the partition (a single, 23XGB basic volume on a dynamic disk, the SATA drive) became inaccessible when I formatted my prior boot drive, a stable 80GB IDE.

 

[redbeard1]

I've used this program successfully a number of times.

Quetek

 

[evilsaint]

w00t! It worked; in recovering the files, and the entire file-structure too! Thanks much Redbeard 😀

 

[Slikkster]

They have other glowing testimonials on their website, too. I'll have to take a look at this Quetek product.

 

[evilsaint]

Yeah, even the OnTrack software pulled the file-system off, but then couldn't actually recover the files, and they're "The Leading Experts in File Recovery"... I give my whole-hearted :thumbsup: to Quetek 😀

 

[deathwalker]

Did you do this with the Demo version or did you purchase the product?

 

[evilsaint]

Umm... I uhh... I didn't use the demo, but I uhh... got it from a friend, yeah, that's it 😉

 

[Evander]

C'mon man, any software that saves your ass after all others fail is worth paying for. And at 45$ that's not asking for much

 

[evilsaint]

I know, I know... I'll make an anonymous donation in the company's name or something : When i'm find a job and pay off my own bills first 😛

 

[squirrel dog]

Thanks RedBeard,thats going in the tool box.

 

[RaiderJ]

Just used QueTek File Scavanger, and it found all my files on a drive that had been through a bad re-format!

 

[Ctrackstar126]

Originally posted by: evilsaint
I know, I know... I'll make an anonymous donation in the company's name or something : When i'm find a job and pay off my own bills first 😛

Hey just wait til someone has a similar problem. Charge them 45 and your set. 😎

 

[RebateMonger]

Ahhh....let's see.....

evilsaint's computer, as listed in his/her AnandTech profile.

The O.P. built a new computer, used a pirated XP Professional Corporate license, didn't make backups, had a drive failure, and used pirated software to recover his/her data.

Kewl. 🙁