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by RolandJS
Sat Feb 08, 2020 2:50 am
Forum: MRT
Topic: MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only
Replies: 7
Views: 12292

Re: MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only

I missed the part about only searching MFT area! My bad :)
by RolandJS
Fri Feb 07, 2020 7:06 pm
Forum: MRT
Topic: MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only
Replies: 7
Views: 12292

Re: MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only

"...how you image the sectors connected to those files and folders can have a huge impact on the stability of the drive...determine all the sectors connected to the target files and start imaging the drive from beginning to end..." The thread mentioned MFT HDD thrashing, won't there be som...
by RolandJS
Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:54 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Recover .mp4 file from WD with bad sectors
Replies: 3
Views: 9575

Re: Recover .mp4 file from WD with bad sectors

Please tell us that she is going to begin and maintain, going forward, from now on, a routine of making backups onto external media.
by RolandJS
Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:27 pm
Forum: SSD Data Recovery
Topic: Would a Hybrid SSD/HDD question go here?
Replies: 3
Views: 5696

Re: Would a Hybrid SSD/HDD question go here?

Seagate 2TB FireCuda SATA 6 GB/S 2.5" HDD -- copy'd and paste from a business retail computer web site. Anyone here in see any failure pattern with this model? I have two, one in each Acer Aspire laptop. HardDisk Sentinel reported some re-allocated sectors. Earlier, I posted the above question ...
by RolandJS
Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:28 pm
Forum: SSD Data Recovery
Topic: Would a Hybrid SSD/HDD question go here?
Replies: 3
Views: 5696

Would a Hybrid SSD/HDD question go here?

Would a Hybrid SSD/HDD question go here? Or, in another forum? To be fair, the SSD portion is much smaller than the HDD portion, there is a general, conventional, hard-drive forum?
by RolandJS
Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:47 pm
Forum: Real Data Recovery Cases
Topic: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Replies: 33
Views: 137234

Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues

Folks, I'd like to learn a little more to appreciate what you all do! In layperson terms, how do heads get re-aligned?
by RolandJS
Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:43 pm
Forum: RAID / NAS Data Recovery
Topic: Force Rebuild RAID = Bad Idea
Replies: 2
Views: 17369

Re: Force Rebuild RAID = Bad Idea

Do you want me to link this to college cafe's computer forum? Is the info still applicable to present raid setups?
by RolandJS
Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:19 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Help with CNW mp4 recovery
Replies: 2
Views: 6334

Re: Help with CNW mp4 recovery

CNW "building over 1000 files..." Data recovery software often finds oldest, older, old, past, present, versions of exe, zip, doc, xls, and so many other files; example: if you edited a set of files each several times, most if not all older and present files will be listed, sometimes in or...
by RolandJS
Sat May 18, 2019 1:27 am
Forum: Real Data Recovery Cases
Topic: Real Data Recovery Cases
Replies: 3
Views: 6824

Re: Real Data Recovery Cases

If Andy sticks to exchanging ideas, concepts, thoughts, etc., concerning data recovery -- Post 1 is a fair start. As long as questionable software is not brought up -- I'm in, otherwise, delete away :)
by RolandJS
Sun Oct 28, 2018 3:16 pm
Forum: Real Data Recovery Cases
Topic: Need help recovering data from neighbors Security Camera Hardrive...its complicated
Replies: 2
Views: 7360

Re: Need help recovering data from neighbors Security Camera Hardrive...its complicated

Jared, out of curiosity I visited that DVR recovery website, couldn't a hint of how much - what did they quote you when you sent a test quote request?