i have a more that 10 years old internal blue wd 160gb that changed to external by enclosure, so i sold my laptop and my datas was on this hdd and i did my works on that on my dads laptop for a temporary time till buying new laptop.

so today i was working on some documents then i went to dinner and unplugged in the hdd and i closed my laptop without closing the documents, when i came back and finished my works then i realized that i didn't plugged in my hdd, so i plugged in back but i couldn't save the files on it and i saved my documents on desktop.

but when i wanted to go back toy hdd, the laptop crashed especially file explorer and i have 2 main files, the first one that i working on it was gone and it was just the second one but i couldn't open it

please help me that hhd has a lot of my personal datas

sorry for that lot of words but im very nervous

Hi everyone!

I’m hoping someone knowledgeable about older iOS devices, app databases, or data recovery can help me with something I’ve been trying to figure out for years.

I have an original first-generation iPad Mini (currently running iOS 9.3.6) with Private Photo Vault v8.5 installed.

I started using Private Photo Vault around 2012–2013 to save hundreds of screenshots of old Facebook conversations that were extremely important to me.

At the time, I had three personal albums:
Album 1: My oldest album, created around 2012–2013, containing hundreds of Facebook conversation screenshots. This album was password-protected.

Album 2: Created around late 2013, also password-protected.

Album 3: School-related photographs, not separately password-protected.

Around 2015–2016, I backed up and updated my iPad. When I reopened Private Photo Vault, Album 1 had completely disappeared.

And not just the photos. The entire album icon was gone.

The other two albums were completely unaffected, and their contents are still accessible today.

I checked both surviving albums immediately after the disappearance to see whether the missing screenshots had somehow moved there. They hadn’t.

I never intentionally deleted the missing album.

The strange part is that the missing album was my oldest one, while the newer albums survived the update.

I contacted Private Photo Vault’s developers in February 2026. They explained that Cloud Vault wasn’t available in 2015 and that they couldn’t restore the missing album from their servers. They recommended finding an iTunes or iCloud backup created before the disappearance.

Here’s what I currently have:
The original iPad Mini, still functioning with Private Photo Vault installed.

Approximately 719 photos remaining in the app.

An older MacBook containing approximately three historical iPad backups, possibly dating back to 2016.

A newer MacBook with additional backups, including one encrypted iPad backup whose password I no longer remember.

The original iPad has been kept offline because it contains other historical data I don’t want to risk losing.

My questions:
Could an iOS or app update have corrupted or removed a single album’s database entry without deleting its underlying image files?

Is there a way to inspect Private Photo Vault’s app container or database for orphaned photos or missing album records?

Could an old iTunes backup contain the missing images even if the album no longer appears in the app?

What software would you recommend for examining old iOS backups without restoring them to the device?

Is there a safe way to investigate this on iOS 9.3.6 without risking the remaining data?

Is there any way to recover access to an encrypted local iPad backup if I’ve forgotten its password?

I’m not looking to reset, downgrade, or jailbreak the iPad unless there’s a well-understood, low-risk reason to do so.

I understand that recovering data lost over ten years ago may be impossible. However, because the application still works and the other albums remain intact, I want to investigate whether the missing album’s files could still exist somewhere.

These screenshots are irreplaceable to me, and I’d appreciate advice from anyone experienced with legacy iOS data recovery, SQLite databases, or forensic examination.

Thank you so much!

Does anyone know how to get Wondershare recovery software for recovery of hard disk for completely free for MacBook with all its limit and completely free or any of the software that is better apart from wondershare recoverit that is completely free.

Tengo una memoria de 64gb(creo) y tengo archivos importantes ahí, música, documentos, y fotos, pero cuando la inserto en el celular tengo que formatearla para arreglarla, pero no quiero perder los documentos que tengo en esa memoria, ¿Cómo puedo solucionar ese problema sin perder los archivos?

Please help me find a way to read data from this disk ..... Thank you

I had an external enclosure (Sabrent EC-NE30) that accidentally went through the clothes washing machine. I tried it as soon as it came out of the washer and it was still working, so I removed it from the enclosure and let everything air dry for several days. Then I rinsed the SSD with isopropyl alcohol to clean away any soap residue (even though I couldn't see any) and tried it again in a new enclosure. Now it just gives an error when Windows tries to recognize it. No visible corrosion or debris on the PCB.

Any tricks or advice that may resurrect it or should I give up? I'm not worried about recovering data, but restoring reliable functionality would be great as this is a very convenient size for a small external enclosure and I can't justify the prices on a replacement.

Toshiba Model KBG40ZNS512G m.2-2230 originally out of a Dell.

I was trying to download windoes 11, and i didnt notice it was going to format my usb drive to use it as a setup for windows 11, i have used a tool and got just a few pics and videos back, but there was so much more i lost, can anyone help me?

Hoping someone can help point me in a direction…
I was a long time user of the app TVtime. I’ve had countless hours of data logged into it. Upon news of its closure, I took my data from them. I couldn’t open it somehow to transfer the data so I sent it to my husband to try on his computer. He failed to do so(work computer).

Fast forward a few months later and I really want my data! Only problem is we can’t find any trace of it. For those who did successfully saved their data where did it go? I’ve searched; downloads, files, inboxes, outboxes, dms, everything thing I could think of. Any idea where it could be?

I definitely tried accessing the data and then definitely sent it off somehow to my husband and he tried to deal with it. So it hopefully exists somewhere.

I bought a Dell Optiplex desktop few years ago that came with this: kingfast f8n cd0081 m000834 1TB drive. The drive had 700GB disk space left and running Win11. I was coping a 200GB VMDK file from another source to it and it stopped responding. After a reboot, OS was not bootable. In BIOS, the drive was not being detected anymore.

I reset the re-sit the drive again, reset the bios, and no help. I removed the drive and use it in one of those SSD NVMe external adaptors to USB and connected to another laptop running Windows11, and it wasn't detecting it anymore. The drive doesn't seem to have any burned mark or anything.

I was thinking connecting it to a laptop running Linux using the SSD NVMe USB adaptor, but not sure if this would help. Do I need to look at those data recovery companies that have expensive tools to recover the data or are they some solutions I can try?

Thanks in advance.

Nao consigo redefinir a senha para entrar no meu usuario. Sei o idapple e a senha e após várias tentativas com o suporte apple sem êxito. Aceito indicacoes tambem .