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File Recovery FAQ

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Re: File Recovery FAQ

Post by Del » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:24 pm

Hello!
I just read your new FAQ section. It looks great! - sure, very useful)))
I have one question concerning File Recovery FAQ number 17. It is about scanning specific folder (folders). In Help section - "Data Recovery Issues" there is a paragraph about Questionable Folders - it is stated that there can be still manual scanning of such folders (I faced with such folders during using of your program). Is it OK? Because I understood from answer to question 17 that R-Studio can not scan specific folder(s). Looks like small contradiction for me. Or am I wrong? Can somebody make it clear?

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Re: File Recovery FAQ

Post by Alt » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:56 pm

Well, only questionable folders can be "scanned". Most often, this procedure reveals garbage, but sometimes deleted files appear there.

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Re: File Recovery FAQ Speeding up SCANNING

Post by gotdata » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:38 pm

Hi,

...reading about the speeding up of the scan process, i can see only "software" options to do this:
i.e. deactivating one option, selecting only one Partition system...etc.

Would cloning a HD image to some "Raid 0" or "faster" single H.drives (10.000rpm).
or the use of a faster CPU, RAM or some Greater H.D. buffer, would also speed up this scan process ?

On client PC: its Dual Core T5500 is only used at 65% and scanning uses 1 out 3Gig RAM available...

I am assuming that some cloning of the needed partition would improove that on a faster Hardware sytem... right or wrong ? :?:

Thanks,
eric

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Re: File Recovery FAQ Speeding up SCANNING

Post by Alt » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:27 am

gotdata wrote:Hi,
Would cloning a HD image to some "Raid 0" or "faster" single H.drives (10.000rpm).
or the use of a faster CPU, RAM or some Greater H.D. buffer, would also speed up this scan process ?
On client PC: its Dual Core T5500 is only used at 65% and scanning uses 1 out 3Gig RAM available...
I am assuming that some cloning of the needed partition would improove that on a faster Hardware sytem... right or wrong ? :?:
Depends on what limits the scan speed, CPU or disk access.
Please note that Dual/Quad Core CPUs do not increase CPU throughput by 2 or 4. Separate cores have to interact with each other, and that decreases the overall CPU speed. That is why you have only 65% of CPU usage.

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Re: File Recovery FAQ

Post by gotdata » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:15 pm

hmm...interesting I will try dedicating just one core of the dual CPU next, see how it performs.
:geek:

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Re: File Recovery FAQ

Post by LoboX » Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:28 pm

10. When opening a disk I see some files marked with a red cross, some without. Does the red cross means that the file is unrecoverable?
A Red cross on the icon means that the file has been intentionally deleted. Files without the red cross are files that exist or existed on the disk. They may be lost from the system due to file structure corruption (especially when found on Recognized partitions.)

I don't understand this????? How R-Studio knows this.

Thanks.

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Re: File Recovery FAQ

Post by Alt » Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:26 am

LoboX wrote:10. When opening a disk I see some files marked with a red cross, some without. Does the red cross means that the file is unrecoverable?
A Red cross on the icon means that the file has been intentionally deleted. Files without the red cross are files that exist or existed on the disk. They may be lost from the system due to file structure corruption (especially when found on Recognized partitions.)

I don't understand this????? How R-Studio knows this.
Thanks.
Some OSes (Windows, for example) specifically marks deleted files without deleting file's data. R-Studio knows about such marks. See more at our article File recovery basics.

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Re: File Recovery FAQ

Post by Mattb1993 » Fri Mar 04, 2016 2:48 am

I am currently trying to scan my girlfriends 1TB hardrive (All files are very slow and hardrive can be unresponsive as there is some sort of internal damage). Scan has been going for 5 hours and only scanned 170mb and rekons that it'll take 3years to finish, is there any point me trying to keep going or is it a lost cause. If this method doesn't work girlfriend wants to send hardrive away which is going to cost up to $1100 for recovery.

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Re: File Recovery FAQ

Post by Alt » Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:41 am

Mattb1993 wrote:I am currently trying to scan my girlfriends 1TB hardrive (All files are very slow and hardrive can be unresponsive as there is some sort of internal damage). Scan has been going for 5 hours and only scanned 170mb and rekons that it'll take 3years to finish, is there any point me trying to keep going or is it a lost cause. If this method doesn't work girlfriend wants to send hardrive away which is going to cost up to $1100 for recovery.
Look at the SMART data of the drive. If it's red, your disk is dying. Better send it to a professional data recovery service.

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