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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38938.0&return_msg=38938.7"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38938.1">1–9</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=38938.7">Data Recovery Services</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="38938_7_9_10"> <a name="a38938_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_38938_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Richy (GAJIT)<span class="message_time">21 Sep 2011 16:22</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">7 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38938.7">38938.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Thank you very much, everyone, for your suggestions.<br /> <br /> The recovery software that our guy used (locally - way to compound a problem (fail)) recovered file names, which makes me think it's just attempted to recover patches of old MFT and pull back files from that.<br /> <br /> The recovery programs that come back with generic filename, while inconvenient to search through, theoretically actually find valid data to piece together, so it's worth a shot, especially as the priority here is photos (they're of a recently-deceased family member, which is the main reason I've not just written this whole debacle of as a learning experience for those involved)<br /> <br /> And Matt, while I generally agree, it's <em>conceivable </em>that the software a professional service may have access to would be better at piecing togther whatever it finds than the freebies/cheapies you can grab off the Internet. They would also do some of that post-checking that Jon rightly mentions is so time-consuming.<br /> <br /> Anyway, thanks again. I'll take a look at the various suggestions and see if we can have any more luck.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38938.7&return_msg=38938.7" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38938.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38938_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_38938_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">21 Sep 2011 16:26</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Richy (GAJIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Sep 2011 21:41"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38938.8">38938.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38938.7#a38938_7" target="_self">38938.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Since it's just photos use PhotoRec. So simple, full surface scan, recoverable stuff recovered. I think it'll even get the photos that are half written over. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38938.8&return_msg=38938.7" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38938.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a38938_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_38938_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">21 Sep 2011 16:27</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Richy (GAJIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Sep 2011 21:41"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38938.9">38938.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=38938.7#a38938_7" target="_self">38938.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> As in, the half that is still there. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=38938.9&return_msg=38938.7" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="38938.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>