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        <title><![CDATA[Another great file recovery tool]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have been using FileRecovery from LC-Tech.com. Works great and got my files back.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelSteverson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:29:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What ?!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-385652-3672472]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I've just paid for TechRepublic subscription. Shocking &quot;accuracy&quot; of this spam article makes me wonder was it worth it and is worth reading TechRepublic at all.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ManlyElectronics]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 23:44:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good Apps]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[All the info were great and truly inspirable. I have one software to recommend named 'Stellar Phoenix Partition Recovery Software'. This software can recover almost any type of files and folders from different type of data loss conditions.Thanks Oliver]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[oliverpowell]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:20:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: More on Spinrite]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hmm. That's what I feared, having used the package on an ailing drive. This machine has 3 x 1 Tb drives and a number of others. It'll take more than a night I fear, any ideas? I might just fire it up overnight and see what happens when I return.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zwort]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:50:19 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Re: Some free tools]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yes, Handy Recovery. Naturally it's hard to find his link to the free version on this page: http://www.handyrecovery.com/Whenever I've had to - away from this machine/my stock of files - I've been able to find it after careful looking. However, I've just found a copy of the web page that I saved in that sub directory and the original link is preserved: http://www.handyrecovery.com/handyrecovery-fw.exeThere are options to restore folder structure and to recover alternative data teams.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zwort]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:47:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Wow! Don't know where that comes from.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think the truth is somewhere in between; Gibson is a bit of a drama queen. He is knowledgeable on data recovery and security. During the 90s there were a few good pages on his site about network bondage that gave no nonsense ways to overcome inherent MS security problems, plus I think an applet that would do the job for the lazy. OTOH, he laces his speech with (IMNSVHO) melodramatic turns of phrase and intonation that go way beyond what is needed.There was an interesting and dramatic incident in which his site was taken down. He brought it back up and, by careful observation of the bot that had been attacking him, he found its writer. This is the sort of thing that I've seen praised here, and it came a long time ago.If only he wasn't such a drama queen though.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:26:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[A file is a file.Regardless of the extension, the file is either recoverable or it's not.Any tool which limits you to recovering files based on file extensions is utter garbage.  Get a real recovery program which searches raw sectors for deleted data.  That's how you'll get ALL your files back, not just this extension or that extension.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ThePickle]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:18:35 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My Favourites]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Like others, I love TestDisk. I've used it to rewrite partition tables before. I also find it fairly consistently finds data that other software couldn't. The recovery process is a bit clunky though - I didn't even realise that you could recover the files for probably the first 6 months I used the tool!I also like EasyRecovery. It doesn't have any special tricks up its sleeve like some other tools, but it's a very solid tool that offers all sorts of recovery techniques. It's generally my first port of call. I particularly like how you can define your own file signature when doing a raw recovery. This lets you look for and recover only files of certain formats, even if the format is not common (or even unique to your application or field).Zero Assumption Recovery is a tool I'll try if EasyRecovery doesn't work. Raid Reconstructor is worth a mention, in case you're ever in the unfortunate situation of needing to recover data from a RAID array.I'll also mention Unstoppable Copier. It's a file copy tool (so requires the drive have a drive letter and be accessible), but I sometimes use it to easily copy the readable data from a drive that I know has bad sectors (I usually clone instead, but sometimes have the clone refuse to complete, or sometimes only want a folder's worth of data so don't want to wait for the clone to finish).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:17:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A few things to try...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Firstly you should always pull the hard drive out and plug it in as a slave on another PC. Even if it does boot, you need somewhere to store the files you recover and you don't want to put them back on the original drive in case you wipe over other lost files, or in case the drive is bad. If the drive doesn't detect then you've got a physical problem which means either the logic board, or the inner components of the drive. One common problem is you will hear the drive click fairly constantly. This happens when the drive cannot find sector zero and keeps resetting itself and trying again. You can try putting the drive in a freezer for a while. If you are lucky enough to have that work then get your data off quick, because it won't last long.If the drive isn't clicking you may have a problem with the logic board (the circuitry on the underside of the drive). Logic boards are really easy to replace (just undo half a dozen torx screws) - the hard part is finding an identical one to replace it with. Your best bet is to find the markings on the board (there will probably be a couple of stickers with serial numbers, plus one large chip on the logic board with markings). Type these into an Ebay search and see what you can find. Generally you have to find an identical replacement for it to work (I've heard that to work the replacement must have been made from the same factory within about two weeks of the original board). If I can't find an identical board but find an extremelt similar one I will sometimes give it a go. I've never had it work on a modern HDD, but once had it work on a 40GB Maxtor IDE drive (in fact, the replacement board was from a slightly different HDD model number - obviously that model had the same number of platters etc, and used the same logic for both. Modern drives are a lot more complicated than that).One last thought - you can get USB to SATA/IDE adapters. These are pretty cheap and are sometimes worth a try if you can't get past POST with a drive plugged in. Just don't hold your breathe in expectation of this working.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:00:01 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wow!  Don't know where that comes from.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Steve Gibson makes his living from SpinRite, and supports many security-minded projects for free.  I did not see any BS on his website.  There is greatly detailed information about how things work IF YOU ARE CURIOUS.  I really appreciated the education I got from his website!  He has done marvelous work against DOS attacks, and provided the information to the public for free!  Honestly, it was hard for me to read your post.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[johngarmon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:55:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Parted Magic]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Parted Magic is a live Linux CD, that loads, and runs, from memory. I had a friend at work that lost her HD, and I gave her a copy of PM. She reported that she had gotten all her files, photos, videos, and documents. I've used it for deleting partitions, resizing, and adding. It's a GREAT tool, and it is FREE.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ator1940]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:25:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What if HDD does not go past POST?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have a HDD that does not even go past POST(makes knock sound)? How do I recover the data off there, if possible?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary80]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:30:03 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Finaldata]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One of the best data recovery software, Try this Finaldata]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pkombala]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:25:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Data Recovery]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've used Remo Data Recovery software. It helped me in recovering lost data from my system. As a result I managed to recover data around 2 GB. You can try the free version of the software and check for the recovery results. http://www.recoverfiles.org/Download the free version at: http://www.remosoftware.com/remo-recover-windows.exe]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yankies]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:27:59 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[EaseUS Data Recovery and GetdataBack]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree with TECHASAURUS,  but more in favor with EaseUS because it haven't failed me yet and much faster.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rsarceno]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:56:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kroll Ontrack]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Surprised Kroll Ontrack EasyRecovery wasn't on the list. I've bought it through versions and been successful with it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[trevora@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:20:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Free tools]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Aren't there any decent free ones?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[yairpinyan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:38:23 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[oops ?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[sorrrrrry ... i only read 'top rated' replies before replying sted read-all. i;m glad SpinRite has generated lots of quality replies ... some of them should have made it into 'top rated' imnsho. tia,sob]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SnarfOscarBoondoggle]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:35:17 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[prevent ! - before recovery is necessary]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[before you have to recover a drive, prevent its demise. i can sort of understand why SpinRite ( http://grc.com ) was omitted from this article since it is not explicitly designated as a recovery tool even though it DOES RECOVER as well as repair as well as refresh every bit location on the hd. i, adn many of my clients,  have been grateful satisfied with SpinRite since ver 3.5 (lat 80s i believe) and it;s on 5.0 last i upraded.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SnarfOscarBoondoggle]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:30:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Going to check these out.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Currently, I use recuva. While it's good, these look better.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jfuller05]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:14:17 -0800</pubDate>
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