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I want a code for windows please. I have managed to recover a few photos and documents using the free version. Now I want to recover everything that I have lost using the pro version.I would appreciate if I get a code for windows. Thank you.
By any chance you still have a code for MAC? I accidentally deleted my files in the trash. the software is telling i need to have premium account due to the the selections i want to perform (file is less than 500mb).
Hi I think Disk drill are full of it Im trying to recover some files and they dont let me use use the 500 whatever they give you for free, they want me to upgrade to pro but how I know if is gone work if I can not even open up a single file to see it.
The problem I've encountered is that whenever I use Disk Utility to create an APFS encrypted volume within a container, it works, but only until I reboot. When I reboot, after looking in I'm prompted for the password for the volume. I'm 100% certain of the passphase I used, but, after entering it the UI "shakes" to indicate the passphrase was wrong. If I try again, either with the same passphrase, or, trying something like my login password, the UI will go away, but, the volume does not mount.
And that's that. I've now lost some data permanently, which is a bit frustrating. I excluded that volume from TimeMachine backups to ensure that there weren't unencrypted copies of the data floating about anywhere (even though my TM volume is encrypted (HFS+, not APFS)).
Kind of the same issue is happening here. Encrypted External drive was running ok for a few months, but while I was trying to write a big file on it, started to fail. Then I run the diskutil and now it keep saying I have typed the wrong password (what I 100% sure is not). Besides that, I'm getting the same error code as you here... Please, let me know if you found a solution to recover your data....
Same thing. What's really weird is that my iPad Pro reads the disk (Sandisk Ultra II SSD) without a problem, but Big Sur 11.5.2. and previous versions can't mount it, and when trying you get that error de com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter 49218 message.
Is there any solution to this problem yet? How could this not be resolved from apple by now? (I'm on MacOs V12.0.1. if it helps)In my case the APFS formatted volume cannot mount (same error 49218 code)but if I connect a NTFS formatted drive it gets detected and mounted flawlessly?!
Exactly the same problem here (December 2021)... I can't believe how many people are having this issue. I appear to have lost 4TB of my company's most important video shoot from earlier this year... Lost for words, this is BULL C R A P! APPLE PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP
Fixed. Same issue but tried out many ways. Downloaded Disk Drill and got back files. However, my case there are thousands of pictures & videos to recover. Folder structure seems failed. It's still running and could open files without paying anything yet. Hope this will help somebody.
Hello!I've had trouble accessing my external LaCie time machine drive for a while now and nothing I had found online has helped. Couldn't mount it, erase it or use first aid on it. Would get failed messages non stop.The only solution that has helped I have, fortunately, found was by this guy on youtube, =Z9y1oRYlmh0. Formatting the container within the disk utility to a MAC OS Journaled had worked and I was able to access the partition anew and then restart the time machine.
I had/Have this issue multiple times with my encrypted timemachine disks. Always sane unmounts. I only lost time machine data until now. I use it with external USB SATA Docks. Ventura 13.3. It is a shame, Apple ignores this issue so long. Data loss is the death of trust!
I'm in a situation where I have some important video files (485 GB of footage) on an External hard drive (a 2TB WD My Passport), and this happens to be the only remaining backup of the footage that I have (the drive has 1TB of space remaining). I need to be able to copy this footage to another hard drive, but have been unable to do so due to an "Error -36" (the drives that I have attempt to copy the footage to have plenty of free space). When I begin the transfer of footage, the progress bar never progresses, and kind of freezes in place for a minute or so before the error pops up:
I have done some research and have attempted to do a "dot_clean" command in Terminal. This has helped to an extent in that I've been able to copy a few smaller sized files (for example, a powerpoint file, and a small audio file that was 33.4 MB). I'm also able to copy some smaller files onto this hard drive. The dot_clean solution has also allowed me to begin* copying some larger video files but they never finish; for example, the progress bar on a 33GB video file will get to about 24GB, but it freezes up and that error code -36 pops up again (and it fails).
Ultimately you may need to purchase these to actually recover, so you might want to try one at a time. Some may have a free trial that indicates first what it can recover, with purchase required to actually recover the drive.
I would start with Disk Warrior first. It attempts to create an entirely new file system map and will scavage the disk to accomplish this. It takes a very long time but it uses a brute force method that might work.
One "Hail Mary" you can also try first is to download the free version of SuperDuper and see if it can clone the problematic drive. It will probably fail with the same error but it might retry and do better.
Good day. Is there an iPhone app for learning morse code? Something that offers drills and allows practice. As a Ham radio operator, I am purchasing a radio that offers Morse readout and boy! am I rusty. Thanks.
The drive was detected but when it is plugged in fsck starts to execute and it seems to run indefinitely. In my case it looped around the Could not repair after 3 attempts" error but then it just restarted the tests again.
Finally I downloaded the free version of DiskDrill and clicked on the Rebuild button. When doing that, Diskdrill showed me drive content. However I could not select mount in the Free version and could not pay 89$ for recovering a non-important drive worth 30$.
However, I found it interesting that DiskDrill could see content and offered me to mount the drive so I wondered if it had done something good. So I went back to Disk Utility that previously did not allow me to Mount the broken drive and tried to Mount again and now it worked. I think DiskDrill unblocked something.
I tried all other options I could find, using command line, disk utility etc and this was the only thing that unblocked the situation. So it seems tools like Disk Drill etc can accomplish more than what Mac OS offers and it might be worth looking into if you have this issue. In my case I managed to work around it with the free version in combination with DiskUtility but if you need to recover files you probably need the full version (I could see the drive content but since I did not care about it, I just formatted the drive).
Linux was still able to mount my Volume. But couldnt read my Pictures and Documents Folder, because of readonly Disk and no rights to read these Folders. So couldnt change the rights to readable by anyone.So i couldnt copy my Data to an other Disk ! (i didnt want to pay DiskWarrior)
I've tried just about everything on every forum I read short of formatting my hard drive. I was able to save my data by plugging my hard drive into an older Macbook not using High Sierra. After the beachball went away after a while I was able to see and drag my folders to another external hard drive one by one. It took a few days because it was a 3T, but I was able to copy everything. Hope this helps!
Most likely, your drive has or is in the process of failing. My suggestion is to use a tool like DiskDrill's free tools to see if there is anything recoverable. If it is and it makes sense to, then you can purchase a license to recover your data.
Disk file system corrupted, indeed. If the disk is dying or not good anymore is easy to see with a tool. Download DriveDx from
binaryfruit.com (trial) and the recommended satsmart driver. Test the disk.
Results: The results of this test demonstrate that Disk Drill can easily recover lost data from external storage media, including USB hard drives, thumb drives, and even memory cards.Scenario 2: Recovering Lost Photos from an Internal HDDI have also had occasion to use Disk Drill to recover lost photos on my internal HDD. They were inadvertently deleted when I was attempting to transfer them to an external drive, and then I inexplicably also emptied the Recycle Bin. I thought my prospects were dim, but tried Disk Drill anyway.
Results: My photos were restored in a matter of a few clicks. What began as a stressful situation ended well with the priceless images available again.Scenario 3: Attempting to Recover a Deleted Word DocumentAnother situation that you might run into is the accidental deletion of a Word document. It can happen easily, as it did to me, when cleaning up my hard drive. Afterwards, I realized I had deleted a doc I needed for work the next day.
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