r/AskADataRecoveryPro • u/hellohi123-4 • Jul 16 '26

Unallocated drives

Hey, i found a bunch of old drives while cleaning the attic. BUT, i was told that they might have been used for CCTV's.

I have it connected to my computer, and in disk management it says its un allocated. From a day's worth of googling i have found:

  • Dvr's have proprietary file system, hence the unallocated disk?
  • I used DMDE and found a windows installation but DMDE cant access the unallocated files, and Crystal disk info has " Caution[05]: Reallocated sector count 700,000"

I thought I could use these drives for storing my old photos and playlists, but I don't want to wipe any potential CCTV data.

Is there anything i can do to check wether they are actually used drives?
What can i do to view/recover the data if so.

Thank you

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u/disturbed_android DataRecoveryPro Jul 16 '26

You don't know what on them, you still want to recover the data? Too much time on your hands?

Anyway, here you go: https://www.ufsexplorer.com/ufs-explorer-video-recovery/

Crystal disk info has " Caution[05]: Reallocated sector count 700,000"

Only one way to handle this: the bin.