Data recovery programs???

Tommy Boy29 · 01-09-03, 08:26 PM

Anyone know of any cheap/free data recovery programs for a hard drive? I had almost 40 GB of data on a hard drive and I don't know how I lost it, but I know it's not gone and I don't want to pay a company to get it back, cause it's not that important, but if there's a cheap alternative, I would love to try. Thanks.

zuffy · 01-09-03, 08:29 PM

I don't know of a cheap one but OnTrack Easy Recovery is the best I have use so far. This program is awesome.

AGuyNamedMike · 01-09-03, 09:53 PM

another

for OnTrack

Tommy Boy29 · 01-09-03, 10:41 PM

Thanks. I downloaded a trial version of the program on the internet and it seems to be doing the trick. Thanks for the suggestion.

namja · 01-10-03, 12:10 AM

You can download the trial version from Download.com.

It also says that the software costs $489 to buy.

zuffy · 01-10-03, 12:23 AM

You don't need the professional edition, but the standard version is not cheap either @ $199

Tommy Boy29 · 01-10-03, 08:05 AM

Yeah, so I used the trial version to scan the drive and found all the files there, however, you need a real version of the software in order to transfer the files over to a good hard drive. So right now I can only view some of the files. Thanks for the help, but I don't think I'll be shelling out $200 for this stuff. It's really good software, but it's not that necessary.

jrobinson · 01-11-03, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by zuffy
I don't know of a cheap one but OnTrack Easy Recovery is the best I have use so far. This program is awesome.

great program, thanks zuffy!

see old thread, probably deleted by now...

01-09-03, 08:26 PM	#1
Tommy Boy29 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 320	Data recovery programs??? Anyone know of any cheap/free data recovery programs for a hard drive? I had almost 40 GB of data on a hard drive and I don't know how I lost it, but I know it's not gone and I don't want to pay a company to get it back, cause it's not that important, but if there's a cheap alternative, I would love to try. Thanks. __________________ My sick and twisted addiction

01-09-03, 09:53 PM	#3
AGuyNamedMike DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska! Posts: 13,609	another for OnTrack __________________ Groucho - What if, like, we were all living in a mouse neuron man, and what if some mouse neuron in our universe had a universe it. Whoa. Dr Mabuse - You mock, but Sutherland got some fine young stuff off that kind of thing so don't sell it short.

01-09-03, 10:41 PM	#4
Tommy Boy29 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 320	Thanks. I downloaded a trial version of the program on the internet and it seems to be doing the trick. Thanks for the suggestion. __________________ My sick and twisted addiction

01-10-03, 12:10 AM	#5
namja Stealth Moderator Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: High Definition Posts: 24,791	You can download the trial version from Download.com. It also says that the software costs $489 to buy. __________________ life in high definition

01-10-03, 08:05 AM	#7
Tommy Boy29 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 320	Yeah, so I used the trial version to scan the drive and found all the files there, however, you need a real version of the software in order to transfer the files over to a good hard drive. So right now I can only view some of the files. Thanks for the help, but I don't think I'll be shelling out $200 for this stuff. It's really good software, but it's not that necessary. __________________ My sick and twisted addiction

01-09-03, 08:29 PM	#2
zuffy DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Region 1 Posts: 16,126	I don't know of a cheap one but OnTrack Easy Recovery is the best I have use so far. This program is awesome.

01-10-03, 12:23 AM	#6
zuffy DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Region 1 Posts: 16,126	You don't need the professional edition, but the standard version is not cheap either @ $199