Deep Scanning a Formatted Drive [SOLVED]

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steve_s · #1 Post by **steve_s** » Mon 22 Aug 2011, 14:45

I quick formatted a hard drive and installed XP, but I need some picture files off there that I neglected to get.

Any suggestions about programs to scan it with?

I am currently using something called PC Inspector to scan it, have never used it before.

One program did a scan, saw the old files, but then asked me to pay to get em back, ugh. So I know the files can be seen, but I haven't been able to get em yet.

Just one folder of picture files is what I'm looking for...should be able to get em but just don't know what would work best. So far I've been going the windows route cause I didn't have time to find a linux way, but I am open to suggestions.

Any ideas?

Right now the drive is a secondary drive and is being scanned, so I am welcome to ideas. Linux or windows, what have you had success with on scans like this? Freeware ideas, please.

amigo · #2 Post by **amigo** » Mon 22 Aug 2011, 18:50

photorec?

steve_s · #3 Post by **steve_s** » Mon 22 Aug 2011, 19:34

amigo wrote:photorec?

Thanks, amigo! I'll take any leads I can get...right now using EASEus because i think it is less than one gig of data and I can do that for free...

Is this is it?

steve_s · #4 Post by **steve_s** » Mon 22 Aug 2011, 20:35

Oooohhh...found the Puppy version of those here. Very cool....

James C · #5 Post by **James C** » Mon 22 Aug 2011, 20:55

Since you mentioned Windows, I've usually had pretty good luck with Recuva.

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

steve_s · #6 Post by **steve_s** » Mon 22 Aug 2011, 21:11

James C wrote:Since you mentioned Windows, I've usually had pretty good luck with Recuva.

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Tried recuva and it could have been the pc I used it on or my knowledge of the program, but it didn't do as well as I'd like, although it got a few things...

I've now built another pc just for this, so we'll keep trucking along and see what works...may go back to recuva though, depending...

Thanks for the suggestion, either way!

steve_s · #7 Post by **steve_s** » Tue 23 Aug 2011, 00:12

Got photorec going right now and it's doing its thing! Love the interface and how the options let you select and stuff...EASEus found the exact location of the files I wanted, complete with names and everything, but the 'pictures' weren't anything recognizable...keeping fingers crossed for photorec.

alienjeff · #8 Post by **alienjeff** » Tue 23 Aug 2011, 00:49

Can't you just boot up a Puppy CD and use ROX-filer with thumbnails enabled to cruise through that drive, find, and move around your photos?

steve_s · #9 Post by **steve_s** » Tue 23 Aug 2011, 01:10

alienjeff wrote:Can't you just boot up a Puppy CD and use ROX-filer with thumbnails enabled to cruise through that drive, find, and move around your photos?

No cause I want the pictures that were in the previous OS...

I am using Puppy to scan with right now...

tabbycat · #10 Post by **tabbycat** » Tue 23 Aug 2011, 03:37

Pandora Recovery v 2.1.1 (will work on xp). Works on reformatted drives (use surface scan) And you really get your pictures back (no nag for money.) Don't know about newer versions though.

AF Branden · #11 Post by **AF Branden** » Tue 23 Aug 2011, 04:18

Heres a long list of data recovery programs for wind0ws to keep you busy if those don't work:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads38.html

Bligh · #12 Post by **Bligh** » Tue 23 Aug 2011, 08:04

Most recovery programs should recover the files that are recoverable. The files which have been overwritten by the new win installation are probably not recoverable.
Cheers

cthisbear · #13 Post by **cthisbear** » Tue 23 Aug 2011, 12:27

Hiren's

3/4 down the page.

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

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steve_s · #14 Post by **steve_s** » Tue 23 Aug 2011, 20:07

Ok, you all rock! but before you keep giving me ideas, let me just say that it looks like photorec is working, HOWEVER:

it is giving me EVERY picture EVER on that hard drive, no matter how big or small, thumbnails of websites, everything.

Would you all answer me this: what is the best way to filter out the pictures that are larger from those that are thumbnail sized? Some type of copy of those that are a certain size? Bash suggestions? These are all/only jpg's that I am talking about right now.

steve_s · #15 Post by **steve_s** » Wed 24 Aug 2011, 00:40

Ok, all you scripters, tell me how crappy this is (I'm still not that good at it):

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#!/bin/bash

find "/photorec/jpgs/recup"*/ -printf '%s %p\n' | while read size name; do
    if [ "$size" -gt 20000 ]; then
        cp -i "$name" /mnt/sdb1/bigpics
    fi
done

The idea is to go into all the sub directories that photorec makes (they are all "recup" something, like recup_dir.6) and find all the files that are more than 20kb and cp it to the folder /mnt/sdb1/bigpics.

How did I do?

steve_s · #16 Post by **steve_s** » Wed 24 Aug 2011, 11:05

Hey, thanks, Emma! Welcome to Puppy...

It turns out photorec running scan from Puppy looks like it got 'em all, including every picture ever put on the hard drive.

Now I'm wanting help with my bash script, so hope some of these bashers post back.

rcrsn51 · #17 Post by **rcrsn51** » Wed 24 Aug 2011, 11:53

The find command has an option that selects files over a certain size. For example:

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find -size +20k

steve_s · #18 Post by **steve_s** » Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:19

Thank you, rcrsn51, I had noted that, but didn't know how to use it in an overall script...

Did you see the script I put on the first page? What do you think of that one?

cthisbear · #19 Post by **cthisbear** » Wed 24 Aug 2011, 23:34

EmmaW is not a spammer????

Just a helpful friend.
Is there an RRRRRR in there or not.

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Always good.

Active@ File Recovery, Spinrite, amongst other things.

FalconFour's Ultimate Boot CD/USB 4.5 - Hiren's 13.0

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6238607 ... ren_s_13.0

Chris.

rcrsn51 · #20 Post by **rcrsn51** » Thu 25 Aug 2011, 01:29

Maybe something like this?

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find "/photorec/jpgs/recup"*/ -size +20k -printf '%p\n' | while read name; do
    cp -i "$name" /mnt/sdb1/bigpics
done

Or just

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find "/photorec/jpgs/recup"*/ -size +20k  | while read name; do
    cp -i "$name" /mnt/sdb1/bigpics
done

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