It's a good idea to create a recovery drive. That way, if your PC ever experiences a major issue such as hardware failure, you'll be able to use the recovery drive to reinstall Windows 11. Windows updates to improve security and PC performance periodically, so we recommend you recreate the recovery drive annually. Personal files and any apps that did not come with your PC will not be backed up. You'll need a USB drive that's at least 16 gigabytes.
If you ever need to use the recovery drive to reinstall Windows 11 on your PC, see Recovery options in Windows for further instructions. It's a good idea to Back up your Windows PC frequently because the recovery drive isn't a system image. It doesn't contain your personal files, settings, or programs.
It's a good idea to create a recovery drive. That way, if your PC ever experiences a major issue such as hardware failure, you'll be able to use the recovery drive to reinstall Windows 10. Windows updates to improve security and PC performance periodically, so we recommend you recreate the recovery drive annually. Personal files and any apps that did not come with your PC will not be backed up. You'll need a USB drive that's at least 16 gigabytes.
If you ever need to use the recovery drive to reinstall Windows 10 on your PC, see Recovery options in Windows for further instructions. It's a good idea to Back up your Windows PC frequently because the recovery drive isn't a system image. It doesn't contain your personal files, settings, or programs.
I am trying to to get some help recovering data from somebody whose Apple Mac OS X hard drive have crashed - so I have some general questions as I am have a windows background:) So please bear with me.
Sorry I don't have more specific details on the crash I am overseas from the end user at the moment - so I can understand if the advise that comes back to me from the forum is of a general nature. So looking for a starting point here.
2-yes, it needs to be configured, the only other option would be something like Time Machine, which needs to be turned on (it's not automatically on by default) and a hard drive of some kind connected, and a backup done regularly
5-it might be possible, but you'd have to have some application on your windows PC that can read and write to Mac formatted hard drives, and can recognize and run Mac dvd's. I don't know of anything that will do that...
You could advise your client/friend of the specialist data recovery service or maybe try Data Rescue 4. I had good results with Data Rescue 3, but again, that application isn't free, and it may work well, I hope, or not quite as well.
Booting from a drive is much harder than extracting some files from it. See if you can put that drive in an external enclosure, or put that Mac into Target Disk Mode and access its individual files from another Mac.
Another approach is to buy a new drive and an External enclosure. Install MacOS anew on the External drive, then use its full power to attempt to rescue files from the corrupted drive. When you are satisfied with your progress, you can swap the new drive into the inside of the MacBook.
If the drive does not Mount properly, you need to connect it to a Mac and use some specialty software. Look at a program called Data Rescue (which requires a different drive, on which to store the rescued files).
Trying to recover from a corrupted drive by Brute Force copying the drive is a complete waste of time. Over 350,000 files are MacOS, and that can be installed on a different drive in about an hour or two.
It does not, but complete backup to the Cloud is COMPLETELY impractical. It could easily take three full days to do a full backup or a full restore, even if your Internet connection is quite fast. The cloud is NOT a good place for your backups for many reasons -- ask if you want more information.
Time Machine is a very good backup system for a lot of users, but it requires you spend some money (typically under US$100) to buy a large External Drive, preferably about 3x the size of what needs to be saved. A large "desktop" class drive is a good solution for many users, because larger and cheaper drives are available this way (rather than a smaller, portable drive where you pay for un-needed portability).
- Some PC apps with try to recover data from a Mac Disk. One is SpinRite. It boots (PC only) from CD or USB and tries to recover data from bad sectors on the drive. It is independent of OS since it work on the disk level, not OS level.
I'm hesitant to buy a docking station (or an S-ATA to USB adapter), as I was told it's better for recovery tools to directly access the HD through the S-ATA cable instead of USB. Is that true or is there no difference?
While, for the most part, using an external USB dock will work just fine, this is not always the case. Occasionally the geometry of the disk is obscured/changed - particularly when using drives < 2TB (generally 512-byte-sized sectors for compatibility) and Advanced Format (4k-sized sectors) - this is something I have personally experienced so know to be true.
An alternative which might be available to you (depending on your motherboard) would be to use an eSATA interface - eSATA, in effect, extends SATA outside the case of your system [with appropriate protections], and is almost identical to SATA.
When I plug in a flash drive, there will be some messages saying that everything is ok (as I understood) and it's plugged. But when I go to /media/my_name and do ls then I don't see anything. I don't see anything in /run/media/my_name either(I'm not sure if should though).
Download and install Disk Drill. Do not use the disk that experienced that data loss for the download to avoid overwriting files you wish to restore. Use a USB drive for the download and install if your main hard drive has lost data. You will need to provide Administrators credentials during the install process.
Click the Search for lost data button to start the scanning process. A progress bar at the top of the application will display the scan's status. You can pause and resume scanning anytime you want, and you can also click the Review found items button before the scan completes to preview recoverable files.
Tip: If you have enough free storage space, then we recommend you create a byte-to-byte image of your hard drive using Disk Drill's disk imaging feature and scan this backup image instead. To understand why this is a good idea, please refer to our detailed guide on DMG and ISO images.
Recovered files are filtered and displayed in folders to make it easier to find exactly what you need. Select from these categories when searching for data: Pictures, Video, Audio, Documents, Archives, and other files. This feature saves a lot of time, allowing you to focus on the recovery results that matter to you without needing to go through the whole recovery report.
Reconstructed files are those that have been recovered by Disk Drill but have not provided enough metadata to obtain a filename. The files are reconstructed through deep scans based on their file signatures, and will usually have a valid file extension displayed. You can preview the files to see if you want to recover them and then rename them when recovery is complete.
Disk Drill employs a labeling system to intelligently predict the likelihood of successful data recovery and keep you informed throughout the process. Files that can be confidently recovered without any issues are marked with a full dark star. Those that may be slightly damaged but still recoverable are indicated with a half-filled star. Lastly, files that are unlikely to be successfully recovered are denoted by an empty star (no fill).
Disk Drill does not only offer data recovery but includes a free data protection tool that helps keep your important files and folders safe. Recovery Vault acts as an extension to your Recycle Bin and allows you to recover designated files that are deleted without performing a full recovery. It supports hard drives running the FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, and HFS+ file systems with no overhead. When a file goes missing, simply use the Undelete Protected Data feature to get it back fast.
In cases where your hard drive has crashed or suffered mechanical failure, resulting in physical damage, software recovery might not suffice. Instead of stressing the hard drive with DIY recovery attempts, we recommend you contact a professional data recovery service:
Caution: The CHKDSK command is a powerful tool for scanning storage devices for logical errors and attempting repairs. However, it might render some files irrecoverable in certain situations. Therefore, we strongly recommend performing file recovery before executing this command. This also applies to the next fix we discuss.
Outdated or malfunctioning drivers can lead to all kinds of hard drive problems, such as unreliable data transfers or file system corruption. The solution? Force Windows to update them by following these instructions:
Windows checks storage devices for problems during its automatic maintenance activities. However, this maintenance happens without user interference, automatically, based on a pre-defined schedule. You can start a maintenance scan manually, though, with the following steps:
All modern SSDs and HDDs incorporate S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) capabilities that make it possible for users to monitor their health directly through Windows Settings. While knowing whether your drive is or isn't healthy won't fix your problem on its own, it can point you in the right direction. To check S.M.A.R.T. in Windows:
All storage device manufacturers offer official tools for checking their condition and testing them. Since each of them works somewhat differently, we won't dive into the details of how to use them. You can find them by looking at your device manufacturer's official site, usually in a "support" section. For four of the most popular brands, take a look at:
Even if you're using Windows, you can temporarily use Linux to check your disks for problems and attempt to fix them. All without changing or affecting in any way your current operating system. Windows users will feel right at home with GParted. The app accompanies most Linux distributions and is straightforward in its use. To check your disks with it:
795a8134c1