xlsx file ( needle in a haystack )
xlsx file ( needle in a haystack )
I am trying to recover an office excel .XLSX file from a 500GB HDD. The drive is faulty and it sounds as if the platters scrape when not on a level flat surface. I am unsure the best way to go about trying to recover this one, single .XLSX file as I have never used this software before now. I'm hoping someone could point me in the right direction as I have exhausted all my normal means of file recovery.
Re: xlsx file ( needle in a haystack )
A faulty drive -> definitely a professional data recovery service.
Re: xlsx file ( needle in a haystack )
Thank you but Is there anything I can try locally as I would like to exhaust all of my options? The file is important but not so much so that I would want to send it to a professional.
Re: xlsx file ( needle in a haystack )
General course of action: Data Recovery Using R-Studio.
For your particular case:
1. Create an image of the disk, simultaneously scanning it:
Images. But be ready the drive may die.
2. Search for the file: Searching for a File.
For your particular case:
1. Create an image of the disk, simultaneously scanning it:
Images. But be ready the drive may die.
2. Search for the file: Searching for a File.
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Re: xlsx file ( needle in a haystack )
The more you attempt to "exhaust all your options" the more you're going to exhaust any possibility of ever getting your data back. I work in professional data recovery and we constantly see the correlation between the amount of amateur efforts to recover the data and the likelihood that it's permanently lost.Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:23 pmThank you but Is there anything I can try locally as I would like to exhaust all of my options? The file is important but not so much so that I would want to send it to a professional.
As ALT mentioned, try to clone the drive. If it's hitting errors or refuses to clone, you've got a hardware issue and need to see a professional service (and by professional service I'm not talking about a place that does iPhone screen replacements and virus removals, I'm talking about a real data recovery laboratory).