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Data recovery Software that preserves file directory structure?

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by vcongion

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I'm working on a project of recovering a significant amount of data from a web Developer's failed hard drive. Here?s the problem - If you've done any web development work, you know the importance of having a directory structure.

I'm currently using Power Data recovery which doesn't appear to preserve the folder structure of a failed hard drive. This could be a huge pain for the developer to re-establish this. Does anyone know any data recovery tools out there that enable you to pull files / folders the way they were set up on the hard drive? Thanks!

-Victor

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by willcomp

I'm not familiar with your particular software. Ones I've used will preserve directory structure if drive is in good enough condition to do so. When drive has to be accessed in Raw mode, you usually end up with a fragmented directory structure.

GetDataBack will maintain directory structure when drive condition allows. Just Google for that name. There's a try before buy option.

by triathlete1981

I've personally used Getdataback and it preserves the folder structure. The demo version is good enough to do recoveries from but the full version is no more than $80 (last time I bought it). Another one I've heard very good things about is Ontrack.

by oh smeg

There are two basic types one that Rebuilds the Partition Information on a HDD and one that recovers files off a HDD.

You want the first type. So you need to look at the more expensive offerings like the one available from On Track

http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-software/

Not sure what others work this way but this one works quite well from my experience.

Col

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