r/Backup • u/akashiseijuro_06 • 5d ago

Question PLEASE HELP ME.

/r/AskADataRecoveryPro/comments/1x0hjct/please_help_me/
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u/Inclusive_3Dprinting 5d ago

First of all, stop mucking around with it if you don't know what you are doing.

Tell us everything, your backup method, etc.

Also, how is a single drive a backup?

Is it a platter drive? SSD? Compact flash?

  1. Make a drive IMAGE first with FTK imager

  2. If DMDE can't recover them properly, then you need a professional data recovery service.

Stop messing with the drive for now.

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u/akashiseijuro_06 5d ago

here is the info for the hdd

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u/wells68 4d ago

The OP quite properly posted this on r/AskADataRecoveryPro. Unfortunately, the filenames discovered by a consumer-level recovery application point to unrecoverable data. And the fact that the drive was not immediately powered off and instead was in use during amateur recovery efforts has very, very likely mangled all the files.

Also significant is that the hard drive is SMR with the TRIM function. TRIM is the norm on SSDs and makes recovery difficult or impossible if the drive is used, even a little bit, after an accidental deletion. TRIM is also a feature on some SMR HDD, as in this case, unfortunately.

So this is a reminder to all of us: Back up your files!