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Hi Guys, I'm looking for any recommendations please.
I've got data on dvd's and usb sticks as well as old hard drives. Photos, videos and documents have been corrupted on several devices. Could anybody recommend a program on mx 19 that i could use to interrogate these media sources and recover data please.

cheers, kev.

Maybe TestDisk/PhotoRrec....

https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

TestDisk is quite good. I used it recently and managed to recover data that some other programs could not.

https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

+1 for photorec (part of the testdisk suite). despite its name, it will try to recover other files besides picture files.

I've saved many photographer's bacon with that tool...nothing like recovering several GB of wedding photos to make you look like a super hero.

guys, thank you very much i will look into this.

Storage media is always going to degrade or die sometime. To be safer, backup everything and then backup the backups.
If you only have one copy, treat it as a temporary file because one day it won't be there.

@sunrat...why not go one step further and suggest backing up to a Google drive account ?

AA BB wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:30 pm @sunrat...why not go one step further and suggest backing up to a Google drive account ?

Google is the last place I'd use for backup. I do have an account at Box.com which currently holds several MB of my most important data.

Been using Google Drive and Dropbox for years. I have no concerns with either .

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.

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

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.

figueroa wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:38 pm 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.

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:42 am

figueroa wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:38 pm 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...

sunrat wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:54 am

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:42 am

figueroa wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:38 pm 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.

sunrat wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:54 am

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:42 am

figueroa wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:38 pm 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.

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).

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

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:08 pm 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.

Could split the thread after those first posts off into a new one regarding backup strategies, i.e. "3-2-1 is the only true way!"

sunrat wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:09 pm

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:08 pm 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.

Administrator

I will reiterate to keep this topic on track. Also there is no need to address someone in a manner that can be interpreted as condescending. Moderators will determine the appropriateness of posts as relates to the topic subject.

Sorry richb. It was intended as humour, not condescension. That is why I followed it with a smile emoji.

Don't dig up old topics. You look like a spammer. Closed for review.