[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Data recovery
- From: Greg Land <landjgregory@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 17:44:13 -0500
Also killing off pop3 all together isn't a bad idea.
On Mar 5, 2015 5:42 PM, "John Lewis" <oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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:
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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?
>
>
> --
>
> Justin Smith
>
> GNU/Linux System Administrator
>
>
>
> "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."
>
>
>
> -Calvin Coolidge
>
>
>
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