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Ashely Wolfgram
Recuva (using latest version 1.31.437) launches successfully in WinPE 3.0 x86 (Windows 7 PE) but when I try and open the "Browse for Folder" dialog after selecting the files I want to recover, the dialog comes up blank. From what I understand, this could be to do with a comdlg32.dll dependancy to Internet Explorer or something along those lines. The issue being experienced is very similar to this one (from Autoit: =3040).
It would be great to get this fantastic app working under WinPE, especially seeing as it allows us to recover files without the base operating system messing around with the disk. Any direction or work arounds for this would be greatly appreciated and I'm happy to help beta test etc to see if we can get this working.
I did some more looking into this and it's not just Recuva. Firefox portable also has a few "Browse for Folder" dialogs that show up exactly the same. The funny thing is if you use the windows setup HTA, there are several Browse for Folder dialogs that work fine. For example, when you browse for a storage controller driver.
I'm wondering if there is a dependancy DLL or control that is missing or whether there is an alternative "Browse for Folder" dialog control that could be used instead of the one currently used to essentially remove whatever dependency there currently is.
The files were on a HDD partition separate from my system stuff (I use ssd for windows and save stuff to a different partition on the HDD. That partition I deleted the files from hasn't been modified since.)
This time it just finds useless stuff like .pak files or xml files, basically most of the files are below 100kb. I've ran file recovery on this drive in the past and it's shown me great results before. Since I hardly use the HDD I could files/documents going back years.
So I attempted using the other partitions (on the same HDD), and same results! Though one of them found a few videos deleted back in 2012ish... so I test recovered and those files won't play. Strange. I checked extensions/codecs no luck, even used VLC.
So far I conclude it's not anything wrong with the software itself. And since it's consistent results with my test deletes, it wouldn't be fair to say there's just 0 data to recover on that partition. When I previously had used Recuva (back when successful) it at leats showed me a bunch of files with weird names but had the right file sizes. Not now though.
I usually dont close my program and computer, just lock it and it stays in the office. Anyhow, after saving, the program was still open, but than windows update somehow managed to delete last save and autosaves.
So I have two computers (a PC and a Laptop) I try to keep the same KDBX file between (outside of a Cloud). I'm usually very good at keeping the two files in sync, but this time I made a BIG mistake:
I overwrite the KDBX file on my PC with the one on my Laptop ... but the one on my PC had a more recent Linux VM Root password.
It's not entirely true, even if there's no backup\recovery option on windows, the way drives work is that when data is overwritten\deleted unless you specifically define to scrub that area, the OS will simply mark it as "empty" and when new data comes around it will be overwritten physically, so the data is still there just ignored by the OS.
If you have made a change on one computer and then overwitten that change bu copying another file over the top if it would seem as if your only hope is that the operating system has kept a history of the previous version of the file. This will depend on how Windows has been configured.
It is easy to say afer the event but a better way of handling your requirements, instead of copying files which is obviously prone to errors as you have found, would be to use a version of database syncronisation using triggers. TheKeePass help files show this using a cloud server but it does not have to be. Your two files, if accessible over network, or share a common file server could be safely kept in sync without any risk of loss of data due to a mistake.
You have dismissed using cloud storage but this would be an excellent solution wich also typically solves the backup problem at the same time. Unless your two computers have to be "air gapped" from the outside world (and I am totally fsmiliar with such environments) the standard encryption of theKeyPass database (usimng a good password) is adeqate for virtually all scanarios. If you are really paranoid then TeamDrive (Synqion if in USA) adds a second independent layer of encyption to data stored on the cloud which should be safe enough for even the most paranoid for any normal commercial environment.
Note: Deleted files remain on a memory card only until they get overwritten by new data. New operations on your device like sending messages, taking photos, etc. can generate new data and overwrite the files. So, use the device as little as possible.
Recuva is a free windows data recovery software developed by Piriform. Also the developer of CCleaner and Defraggler. It works well on Windows, also as effective in recovering data from USB drives, camcorders or mobile phones.
External Memory
External memory is the SD card or memory card you plug in your device to store data. You can scan data on SD card by connecting your Phone to the computer or access it with a card reader.
Recuva doesn't recognize my phone
If the data you lost is on the internal memory, and Recuva can't see your phone, you can use DiskDigger for Android we introduced below to get the files back, but If the file was on the memory card or SD card, I suggest using a card reader and recover it with the help of Recuva which will be safer and easier. If neither DiskDigger nor Recuva works to recover your lost files on Android phone, you can try Cisdem Data Recovery for Mac or Windows.
Do you use Recuva to recover your lost files on Android? If so, what're your experiences with it? Are there other apps you have found that work just as well or better? Share your stories in the comments section below.
Honestly Recuva is a reliable data recovery tool that can be trusted. I use both its mobile version and desktop version. When Recuva's computer version can't deal with my data loss successfully, I would always try Cisdem Data Recovery, which never let me down.
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Then I created a little program that creates a file with 0's that has the size of the free space on disk (after creating the file, I can see on Windows Explorer that the disk has like 100kb of free space only).
To make files unrecoverable, you need to use a "digital file shredder" application. This will write a series of zeroes and ones to the file to be shredded, multiple times. While 3 passes seems sufficient for many users, the US government has set a standard of 7 passes to meet most of its security needs.
There are several free file shredder applications, and even more commercial file shredder tools. Some security suite software (such as Antivirus with personal security protection tools) may also provide a file shredder.
As for why "deleted" files are still listed by recovery tools as "recoverable", when a file is deleted, all that normally happens is a flag is set in the master file index maintained by the file system. The raw data of the file is left on the hard disk as "noise/garbage". If no other files are written into the area occupied by the deleted file, then it is trivial to recover the data. If other data has been overwritten on it, it becomes a non-trivial, but still possible, exercise to recover the data as it was before it was overwritten. Large scale recovery vendors are capable of recovering a file even if it has been overwritten a few tiles. This is why the "security" standards of the US government call for the file area to be overwritten 7 times, as only the most serious (and expensive) recovery operation can recover that data.
If you are interested in the details and how to more permanently hide or delete a file, you might want to consider asking at about how the windows 7 file system works, and what it takes to truly delete or make a file sufficiently overridden to make it impractical to recover.
I'm no magician (but don't tell them that); I merely know the right tools for the right job. In this case, it was Piriform's free Recuva utility for Windows (download), which was created expressly to "recuva" (get it?) lost, deleted, and/or damaged files. I simply connected the camcorder to my PC (where it appeared as a removable hard drive), ran Recuva, and pointed it at the drive.
Interestingly, the program tagged roughly half the discovered files as "unrecoverable"--but then somehow recovered them anyway. It's the software equivalent of under-promising and over-delivering. (Your mileage will almost certainly vary.)
The key to success with this or any other data-recovery solution is to immediately stop using whatever media contains the missing data--memory card, hard drive, flash drive, or smartphone. That's because any additional write activity can more permanently erase or damage the files you're trying to recover.
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