ontrack easy recovery - anybody used this program to restore files on corrupted partitions that are not accessible?

[user604]

i screwed up my C partition and want a program to be able to get back some files
i found this program and tried the trial...still wondering to buy it or not
any one used it with success?

 

[VBboy]

Welcome to the forums

Now, I used that software a few times, and I didn't like it. The interface was pretty bad, its file-unerase feature was not very good, etc. I think Norton Disk Doctor from Symantec is a better and a more accepted tool for data restoration.

I used NDD for a few years now, and it's great. To undelete files, you can use their Unerase program, but you need to run the Dos-based one (it's included in the software package) to unerase files deleted "a while" ago.

 

[Wandere]

I use it all the time on removable media, not hard drives. It finds and fixes some things VERY well...and there are some issues (like a corrupt FAT) where a simple scandisk blows it away.

Norton codes their products like microsoft does...it gets the job done but it's bloatware (IMHO).

Don't buy a dang thing! Download their demo and see it it finds anything first. Buy the software that finds the most "good luvin'" on your platters.

I think Lost & Found (ver. 1.06?) is being given away free right now. Not a bad program, but DOS based (a good thing in your case...no fragging swap file re-writing the data you're trying to recover). www.powerquest.com used to have it, not anymore I'm afraid. See if you can download it form another site (not advocating illegal software here). Maybe tucows...a google search turned up a bunch of information.

Iomega professional data recovery centers use Lost & Found (and they're busy too, heard about "Click of Death"?)

Good Luck and welcome aboard.

 

[Lanyap]

Download Lost & Found here

You need to run this on another PC. It will create 3 floppies that will allow you to recover your files.

 

[user604]

hi
i couldn't use the symantec software in this case
cuz i totally screwed up my partition and i can't access it can't see any files

thats why i need something more sophisticated and powerful

 

[VBboy]

Norton Disk Doctor couldn't see your files? Are you sure you're using the right program? It can restore files even with a corrupted File Allocation Table, and then some..