File Recovery Tool?

[Maniac]

Hey all.

Is there any good file recovery tools out there. I know theres a gazilion of them on download.com for an example, but they just let me preview the files i want to recover, then i need buy full version in order to restore them.

So if anyone have good personal experiance with an free file recovery tool (image files primarily) then please let me know.

I goofed up big time. I deleted two windows profiles witch had alot of personal photos in em.

[ZetaNine]

the best file recovery tool I know of is a $25 4 Gig Flash Drive.

[Maniac]

Yes, but its too late for that solution.

[ZetaNine]

that was kinda' my point.

if and when you do recover them.......back it up

[AWMac]

I lost all my pRon files once.....

[rabbidrabbit]

I lost all my pRon files once.....

But then there was room on your HD again!.. well for more pron but hey... who watches that twice anyways?

[AWMac]

true...

[steely07]

Have a read over here

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/06/11/how_to_recover_deleted_files_with_free_software-2.html

Steely

[McDeath]

I use ontrack - http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/

they have a free DL where you can see what is recoverable before you purchase the product suitable for your needs.

edit: err nevermind I now see you wanted free

[Boroda]

I goofed up big time. I deleted two windows profiles witch had a lot of personal photos in em.

I hope you don't post from a PC where you kept your photos.

Take a hard-disk away from a PC that you f-uped and attach it to another computer. Then look at what is left in user profiles, change access rights and copy it to a spare drive.

I know I am talking to blind and gesturing to deaf: BACK IT UP! or it will be lost sooner or later.

You'll get bored by the same pron, but I see people who don't back up their scientific work every day. Or they come to me and ask to imfrigginmediately restore their data from 5.25" floppies. One day I think I'll kill one of them so others will avoid me.

If you make something by yourself, not DL it from the NET - back it up. Back it up 3 times. I doubt that you have made anything that exceeds 1Gb, so get an above-mentioned 4Gb flash-drive. If you have a digital camera and "shoot" your girl and relatives (i hope you don't show pics to anyone) - get a 200Gb portable USB/FireWire portable drive for like $100.

And then pls don't scream and shout about data loss. Better go kill yourself against the wall.

[deSelys]

Go to www.knoppix.org, download the .iso file. It's a Linux CD, it won't modify your HDDs.

Start the computer with the CD, plug a USB flash drive to save the recovered files upon, then use the command ntfsundelete (do "man ntfsundelete" if you need access to the manual pages). There are tons of info on the intardnet to help you out.

If you still miss files, download the latest .iso at www.lnx4n6.be. It's command line only, but the autopsy suite is preinstalled (much more powerful... and complex than ntfsundelete).

Good luck...