data recovery software

[Pierre]

there is several Commercial Versions of recovery software,
and this site:
https://www.system-rescue-cd.org/

[cinclus]

Create a live usb-stick with systemrescuecd which contains ddrescue and photorec.

Before using photorec use ddrescue.

CD and DVD media wear out. Ddrescue - not: dd_rescue - can recover failing bits up to a point.

Afterwards the performance of photorec improves.

[Eadwine Rose]

I totally agree with sunrat. You don't own those external cloud resources, and if you don't pay for them, you don't even have a contract. Someday, they just won't be there; no explanation required.

Yep.. Google is totally going to disappear.

My experience is that paid service companies are more prone to bankruptcy and then only the big boys get their data back. So.. loss loss.

[sunrat]

I totally agree with sunrat. You don't own those external cloud resources, and if you don't pay for them, you don't even have a contract. Someday, they just won't be there; no explanation required.

Yep.. Google is totally going to disappear.

I'm guessing that is sarcastic. Mind if I retweet it on Google Hangouts? Oh wait...

[richb]

I totally agree with sunrat. You don't own those external cloud resources, and if you don't pay for them, you don't even have a contract. Someday, they just won't be there; no explanation required.

Yep.. Google is totally going to disappear.

I'm guessing that is sarcastic. Mind if I retweet it on Google Hangouts? Oh wait...

Google Hangouts is now Google Chat. Still going strong. And previous conversations still there.

[Eadwine Rose]

I totally agree with sunrat. You don't own those external cloud resources, and if you don't pay for them, you don't even have a contract. Someday, they just won't be there; no explanation required.

Yep.. Google is totally going to disappear.

I'm guessing that is sarcastic. Mind if I retweet it on Google Hangouts? Oh wait...

Of course that is sarcastic, I thought that was clear from the rest of the comment. Putting a behind it would have made it clearer, but would have made it insulting, which was not my intent.

[sunrat]

With all the lawsuits for breach of trust, privacy, and defamation Google is constantly fighting, there may come one which will break them when some country's government gets sick of them flouting regulations. I wouldn't put money on them not disappearing in my lifetime (and I'm an older pensioner now).

[ChrisUK]

Just another vote for Testdisk/Photorec... I've used it successfully to recover files from otherwise unreadable Fat32/NTFS Windows drives

[Eadwine Rose]

Mod hat on: OK. We've determined that opinions differ. Can we please go back on topic. Thank you.

[sunrat]

Mod hat on: OK. We've determined that opinions differ. Can we please go back on topic. Thank you.

Yes, dear. OP was answered in the first couple of replies so a little vaguely related discourse shouldn't hurt. If it distracts from the topic, then it's an issue.