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Questions tagged [data-recovery]

Data recovery typically implies that data is lost by deletion, encryption or hardware error.

This can include forensic data recovery as well as technical data recovery such as un-delete software, hex editors, and commercial data-recovery services and software. If you can't just copy the file and need knowledge or additional tools, you are now performing data recovery.

Also, restoring a file from a isn't generally considered

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How to copy files from an unbootable Mac?

My MacBook Pro (2008) will not boot, so I want to copy some files before reinstalling Lion. How do I do this from the Recovery disc?
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Recover partitions or data after partition map becomes corrupted (HFS+)

So back story about my hard drive. I bought a USB 3.0 enclosure and a well rated and trusted brand WD 2tb hard drive to put in it. For many months now it had been running flawlessly on my iMac, formatted 100% as HFS+. After I decided to sell my…
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My external hard drive has been formatted. No backup on Time Machine. How can I recover my files?

I lent my hard drive to a friend and he has formatted it as he couldn't get his PC to recognise it. I have no Time Machine backUp. Is there any way of recovering this data?
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Removing data without formatting the iPhone

Suppose I have a very simply notes app that does not use iCloud. All it does is simply save strings of plain text to files and retrieve them. How securely is the data associated to the app (the text files) on the actual phone disk deleted when…
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Accidently formated my external 1TB hard drive!

Is there any way to recover the data off of my 1TB hard drive once it has been erased? From my mac I just selected that external drive and clicked on erase and both the partions are gone now :( PS: I havn't copied anything on it.
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file content loss "Zero bytes size" on Mac OS X El Capitan

I occasionally find empty files instead of more or less important documents. Fortunately no real damage so far because I have many backup systems (including good old paper). The file exists with its name intact but the content is empty. The file is…
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Recover files from old DVD-RW

In 2002 I burned a bunch of files - mostly .doc and .jpeg files, I think - onto a DVD-RW with a password. I probably did it on a Mac running OS 9, but I'm not sure. Could have been a Windows computer, or OS 8. Probably not OS X. When I put the DVD…
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Recover deleted folder from user/library

I have accidentally deleted a folder /Users/me/Library/Application Support/Postgres/ through the use of a third party uninstall app (CleanMyMac). Is this folder gone forever or can I recover it? I haven't restarted the system. The folder contains…
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Trying to recover data from an APFS SSD in a 2013 MacBook Air, can’t get volume to mount in macOS

i would appreciate any help here. I am trying to recover data off of a MacBook Air SSD. It was at the point where it would make any computer I put it into not even give me a chime or Apple logo. So, I put it in an external OWC housing and plugged it…
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iPhone Overwritten Data

How to get back over overwritten data? My case: photos and videos from iPhone? My phone updated and restored and I never got to back up my phone. Where does the overwritten data go and how do I get it back?
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Is it possible to restore data deleted by Adobe Creative Cloud?

I lost data from the Adobe Creative Cloud bug last week. I have been searching to see if anyone has posted any suggestions other than by a backup source. Can you use any kind of data recovery software on the hard drive that was affected by this bug?
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How to use TestDisk to recover a formatted Time Machine drive

I bought a new portable drive to use as my Time Machine drive, but stupidly forgot to backup some files from the old Time Machine drive before I formatted it, and now I need to recover some files. I searched through this website and found that…
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How do I make my USB pen drive writable?

My pen drive is currently read-only, how can I change this?
ishavarmas
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