[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Data recovery
- From: John Lewis <oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 17:42:35 -0500
I have had limited success with foremost. The problem you are going to
have is with you media files. They tend to be large, fragmented and less
likely to have their format pre-configured. I did a data recovery
freelance job for someone similar.
You can also try testdisk to recover the filesystem if there is enough
metadata on the disk to rebuild it. If you can get the filesystem
working again, you are home free. I am unsure if you can get it back if
disk utility didn't work on it.
I recommend copying the image and running testdisk
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk on that to get the file system
back. You can follow up with foremost if it doesn't work and you may be
able to recover some of the emails, but it is very time consuming if you
try to recover media files. You will spend weeks trying to piece
together the files when you could be setting up samba server and a
rsnapshot server so that the problem doesn't arrive again.
Also consider backing up your corporate emails so you don't end up like
Hillary Clinton.
On 03/05/2015 04:36 PM, Justin Smith wrote:
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> One of our employees where I work has an old MacBook Pro. The hard
> drive is in its death throes; it no longer boots properly, and Disk
> Utility can't fix it. Wouldn't you know it, there are no backups, his
> email client was set up to use POP3, and he needs those emails in
> order to do his work.
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> I'm not particularly knowledgeable when it comes to data recovery, so
> I'd rather take it to someone who does. Can any of you recommend
> anybody in the Oakland/Shadyside area?
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>
> --
>
> Justin Smith
>
> GNU/Linux System Administrator
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>
>
> "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
> not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
> Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will
> not; the world is full of educated derelicts."
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>
>
> -Calvin Coolidge
>
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