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Post History: OhioTom
@gr3n_tea If the video is fine on the preview this usually means it will recover well. Here is a gui …In: Need USB recovery on macOS - which tool actually works?
4 weeks ago
I can be a little biased, but still… I bought the Pro version of Disk Drill a couple of years ago an …In: Need USB recovery on macOS - which tool actually works?
4 weeks ago
fair correction on TRIM timing. i've been repeating 'TRIM runs immediately' based on …In: Anyone successfully recovered deleted files on Mac? What worked?
1 month ago
PhotoRec. free, open source, reads raw sectors without relying on APFS metadata at all. used it on a …In: Anyone successfully recovered deleted files on Mac? What worked?
1 month ago
Stick to something that lets you preview files before recovery. That’s the easiest way to tell if it …In: Deleted files from USB drive on Mac - any way to recover them?
1 month ago
Quote from sorotkin81 on April 13, 2026, 9:27 am
Thanks for your input. I appreciate it. But what e …In: Help! I need to recover data from external hard drive on Mac
2 months ago
I haven’t tried to recover deleted videos from the SD card in a while, since I stopped filming a few …In: Lost 6 hours of skydiving footage - how to recover deleted Gopro videos?
2 months ago
I used PhotoRec once for formatted hard drive recovery. Technically, it did recover GBs of data, the …In: Help! I need to recover data from external hard drive on Mac
2 months ago
I’ll say this again, don’t fall for the PhotoRec suggestion here. It’s a solid tool in the right con …In: Help! Is it possible to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after emptying it on Windows?
2 months ago
Mine finished too. 487GB out of 500GB, original names, original folder structure, everything exactly …In: Windows says I need to format the partition - should I?
2 months ago
stumbled on this at 5am because the exact same thing happened to me. 500GB WD, plugged into a USB hu …In: Windows says I need to format the partition - should I?
2 months ago
As was mentioned earlier, Recuva and PhotoRec are fine, especially for simple deletions. But I’d rec …In: Is there any actually free USB data recovery software?
2 months ago
I’d start with a RAID-capable recovery tool and run a read-only scan first. That lets you check what …In: RAID 0 drive failure, can data be recovered?
2 months ago
Folder names reconstructing correctly in the tree – that's the best early sign you can get. Dis …In: Need help! How to recover formatted SSD data on Windows 11
2 months ago
@gareth_w If the permissions fix doesn’t work, the next thing I’d try is doing it from the command l …In: Suddenly getting “You don’t have permission” on my external HDD
2 months ago
The “Lost Files” and “Reconstructed” sections are good signs. That’s where it puts stuff it found in …In: My Files Disappeared from External Hard Drive on Mac
2 months ago
Quote from DataNerd on March 25, 2026, 11:23 pm
Not really. There aren’t any limitations there. Bot …In: Trying to choose USB data recovery software for a 64GB flash drive
2 months ago
@aliens, if you’re looking into USB data recovery software for free, you might want to check out R-P …In: Trying to choose USB data recovery software for a 64GB flash drive
2 months ago
Quote from its_alive on March 14, 2026, 4:00 pm
Look for a data recovery program and run a scan. I …In: Help! Is it possible to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after emptying it on Windows?
3 months ago
Wow, looks like people here already scared you half to death. Don’t waste too much time reading all …In: Help! Is it possible to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after emptying it on Windows?
3 months ago
If your main goal is just to recover JPEG and PNG images or other basic stuff, and you’re okay with …In: Looking for photo recovery software and want to hear real experiences
3 months ago
I’ve never run into the the system cannot find the file specified error on my Windows 11 myself. Tha …In: The System Cannot Find The Path Specified
3 months ago
Man people are so used to DIY’ing their computers and peripherals with some YT guide that now they t …In: What’s the best way to recover data from a clicking hard drive?
4 months ago
If you really want to figure out whether a piece of software is legit, there are trusted platforms f …In: How reliable and safe is Disk Drill compared to other tools?
4 months ago
In your case, the best way to recover photos from the SD card really is a data recovery program. But …In: Accidentally formatted my SD card...What’s the safest way to unformat an SD card?
4 months ago
Quick update
The advice here actually helped. I managed to get the SSD to show up in Disk Managemen …In: Has anyone successfully recovered files from a dead SSD?
4 months ago
Thanks everyone for the help. I’m going to move forward and try to recover my video projects now. Fi …In: Has anyone successfully recovered files from a dead SSD?
4 months ago
Kind of surprised nobody mentioned this yet, but SanDisk cards often come with a one-year license fo …In: Trying to recover my SD card… any free SD card recovery software suggestions?
4 months ago
Okay, @bryan’s advice actually worked. The SSD now shows up in Disk Management. Quick question thoug …In: Has anyone successfully recovered files from a dead SSD?
4 months ago
btw, there’s also a method via terminal/cmd, in case u prefer that. open command prompt as admin, th …In: Where do I find hidden files on Windows 10?
4 months ago
@bryan, @datarecoverexpert just wanted to say thanks for all your suggestions. I went through everyt …In: How can I fix corrupted files on my computer in simple steps?
4 months ago
@bryan You actually gave me some hope! From what I can tell it’s an M.2 SSD. I’ve already rebooted m …In: Has anyone successfully recovered files from a dead SSD?
4 months ago
@bryan Sorry, I should’ve been more specific. I’ve got a folder full of png files, and like half of …In: How can I fix corrupted files on my computer in simple steps?
4 months ago
Hi 👋
I’m a video editor and I use a 1TB Kingston SSD to store finished projects. Yesterday I tried …In: Has anyone successfully recovered files from a dead SSD?
4 months ago
Hey everyone, I’ve got a few files on my Win11 PC that just won’t open , seem to be corrupted.
Ayon …In: How can I fix corrupted files on my computer in simple steps?
4 months ago