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File Recovery Software
Has anyone used any particular software to recover missing/deleted files with great success? Some time between downloading files from our camcorder to our laptop and then to a new laptop, we seem to have lost some videos. I have read that file recovery from our JVC camcorder is usually pretty good, but I don't have any software yet. I don't mind buying something but each vendor seems to state their own prodcut is the best. Opinions on software anyone?
Thanks,
Mark
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Do you think the files were deleted from one of the laptops?
Maybe you could try reverting to a previous point with system recovery?
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Try Recurva; it is good and free. http://www.piriform.com/recuva
I know a few people who have used it with good success.
That's the first one that comes to mind that is easily available.
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I've never investigated or used any myself............so far, saying that is an open invitation to Murphy to make a liar out of me, lol.............but I have a buddy in the biz who probably has so I emailed him to ask.
I have a small NAS at home and you might want to consider buying one yourself. They are great for file storage (NAS = network attached storage) and if you spend a few bucks, you can have redundancy for your data. I backup all important data from my computers and my wife's as well onto the NAS. Then should a disaster happen, I can grab the one small box and run and everything that matters to me is safe and easy to access at a later date. I have all my pictures and videos on there as well as other files and documents.
If you have a small home network and a SOHO router, you could set a NAS box up right beside your router and plug straight into it. Then it's a simple thing to map network drives and transfer data. You can also automate nightly backups to be stored onto the NAS as well.
Mine's a simple two drive unit with the two drives in a RAID 1 array. The RAID array provides the redundancy. Should one drive fail, the data is safe on the other and as soon as I replace the defunct drive, it's immediately copied over to the replacement with no loss.
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So my friend and coworker responded just a couple seconds after I logged off.....lol. Since I still had the tab open on CS I just logged back in quickly.
Here's what we use where I work:
http://download.cnet.com/R-Studio-Da...-10061966.html
He said it costs about $30 but works VERY well.
I just had a quick look at the link and it appears to be a very comprehensive program.
I hope this helps!
My buddy just told me he figured it was free for 14 days.......