Fantastic data recovery tool

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March 15th, 2003, 02:37 PM
cgkanchi

Fantastic data recovery tool

While trying to recover a file that I accidentally deleted, I found an amazing tool called DIsk Investigator. You can get it here http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html . It has a directory/file mode where you can undelete file and a raw view mode where you can view a particular cluster of a partition in Hex, Dec or text. It reminds me of the old Norton Disk Editor. That tool helped me out more than once, so I guess someone will find an use for it.
Cheers,
cgkanchi

PS: I hope this is on-topic enough to not be moved into GCC
March 15th, 2003, 02:37 PM
cgkanchi

Fantastic data recovery tool

While trying to recover a file that I accidentally deleted, I found an amazing tool called DIsk Investigator. You can get it here http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html . It has a directory/file mode where you can undelete file and a raw view mode where you can view a particular cluster of a partition in Hex, Dec or text. It reminds me of the old Norton Disk Editor. That tool helped me out more than once, so I guess someone will find an use for it.
Cheers,
cgkanchi

PS: I hope this is on-topic enough to not be moved into GCC
March 15th, 2003, 03:25 PM
Falcon21

I currently using PC Inspector File Recovery which I find it useful too :p
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March 15th, 2003, 03:25 PM
Falcon21

I currently using PC Inspector File Recovery which I find it useful too :p
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March 15th, 2003, 07:41 PM
owls

Originally posted by viper already here but good addition cgk.

Quote:

Originally posted here by \/IP3R
Hi I found these links useful and it is great to have free stuff too. So you guys can have fun and book mark these if you like for future ref. Enjoy.

http://www.partimage.org/

http://kbpartition.sourceforge.net/

http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/

http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/

Rescue CD
http://mkcdrec.ota.be/

http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/

http://freshmeat.net/projects/cluclo...47%2C136%2C141

http://freshmeat.net/projects/cloneit/?topic_id=137

http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4u/?t...37%2C147%2C253

http://freshmeat.net/projects/speaki...37%2C257%2C253

http://freshmeat.net/projects/webclo...c_id=147%2C861

Good Luck !!
March 15th, 2003, 07:41 PM
owls

Originally posted by viper already here but good addition cgk.

Quote:

Originally posted here by \/IP3R
Hi I found these links useful and it is great to have free stuff too. So you guys can have fun and book mark these if you like for future ref. Enjoy.

http://www.partimage.org/

http://kbpartition.sourceforge.net/

http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/

http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/

Rescue CD
http://mkcdrec.ota.be/

http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/

http://freshmeat.net/projects/cluclo...47%2C136%2C141

http://freshmeat.net/projects/cloneit/?topic_id=137

http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4u/?t...37%2C147%2C253

http://freshmeat.net/projects/speaki...37%2C257%2C253

http://freshmeat.net/projects/webclo...c_id=147%2C861

Good Luck !!
March 15th, 2003, 10:09 PM
cable dog

I've used Winternal's File Recover on more that one occasion to save deleted files. Anyone interested in file recovery might want to check it out as well. Unfortunately it isn't a free tool.

-CD :jester:
March 15th, 2003, 10:09 PM
cable dog

I've used Winternal's File Recover on more that one occasion to save deleted files. Anyone interested in file recovery might want to check it out as well. Unfortunately it isn't a free tool.

-CD :jester:
March 15th, 2003, 10:13 PM
MrLinus

Hrmmm.. Very kewl. Don't suppose you've found one for *nix?
March 15th, 2003, 10:13 PM
MrLinus

Hrmmm.. Very kewl. Don't suppose you've found one for *nix?
March 15th, 2003, 10:23 PM
bludgeon

I'm with Ms. Mittens a *nix version would be nice, thtnks for all the links, though :)
March 15th, 2003, 10:23 PM
bludgeon

I'm with Ms. Mittens a *nix version would be nice, thtnks for all the links, though :)
March 15th, 2003, 10:50 PM
StreetRunner

I Googled Data Recovery Linux and came up with several hits including this one. Since I can barely spell Linux I don't know if it's helpful.
March 15th, 2003, 10:50 PM
StreetRunner

I Googled Data Recovery Linux and came up with several hits including this one. Since I can barely spell Linux I don't know if it's helpful.
March 15th, 2003, 10:56 PM
MrLinus

Hrmm.. Thanks. The only problem with that one is that is has to be run on Windows (sorta defeats the purpose, IMHO). But anyways, it looks interesting. I think I will have to do some research into this. ;)

A-ha! I found some. First off, nice article at LinuxSecurity. . You'll have to search for the tool [b]bmap[/url]. It's a nifty little tool. I found it at SecurityFocus (requires root to run).

Of course, there is the HOWTO on Undeletion and The Coroner's Toolkit (TCT).

I checked out two of the tools mentioned in the article and the most promising of the two (e2undel vs recover) seemed to be Recover. It actually has a nice interface and asked me questions to recover files I had deleted earlier in the day.
March 15th, 2003, 10:56 PM
MrLinus

Hrmm.. Thanks. The only problem with that one is that is has to be run on Windows (sorta defeats the purpose, IMHO). But anyways, it looks interesting. I think I will have to do some research into this. ;)

A-ha! I found some. First off, nice article at LinuxSecurity. . You'll have to search for the tool [b]bmap[/url]. It's a nifty little tool. I found it at SecurityFocus (requires root to run).

Of course, there is the HOWTO on Undeletion and The Coroner's Toolkit (TCT).

I checked out two of the tools mentioned in the article and the most promising of the two (e2undel vs recover) seemed to be Recover. It actually has a nice interface and asked me questions to recover files I had deleted earlier in the day.
March 16th, 2003, 07:00 AM
cgkanchi

Googling for, free linux undelete tool, I found a bunch of links. Here ya go:
R-Linux (has to be run off windows)
Undelete 0.6 (alpha software)
Some documentation and source
Libtrash
Cheers,
cgkanchi

Edit: Whoops! Sorry about that, I didn't look at streetrunner's link before I put mine up. My first link leads to the same page as his link :s
March 16th, 2003, 07:00 AM
cgkanchi

Googling for, free linux undelete tool, I found a bunch of links. Here ya go:
R-Linux (has to be run off windows)
Undelete 0.6 (alpha software)
Some documentation and source
Libtrash
Cheers,
cgkanchi

Edit: Whoops! Sorry about that, I didn't look at streetrunner's link before I put mine up. My first link leads to the same page as his link :s
March 17th, 2003, 08:43 PM
thehorse13

A few things to note about Disk Investigator:

1) It is great for W98, ME or W95 but it does not currently show deleted files on NTFS partitions in Directory View mode. Kinda limits the use right now but the developer states that this will change in future releases.
2) It installs on to your hard drive which may actually overwrite the data you are trying to recover.

LC Technologies makes a nice recovery tool but you have to pay them for it. I use it currently and I have no complaints. It works almost exactly like Disk Investigator only it is run from a CD, not from your hard drive. It also allows for better searching and recovery. Incase anyone is interested, here is a link to their site:
www.lc-tech.com

Hope this helps!
May 14th, 2003, 03:16 AM
dweezil1

Like the fact that it runs off a CD instead of the hard drive-
May 14th, 2003, 03:36 AM
TwistedSnyper

Very nice off to download the program

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