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How do I retrieve pics from a Dead HD.

Asked by pablo araujo

I have a WD 2 TB Caviar green dead sata hard drive that came out of my WD BOOK LIVE enclosure, I would like to retrive some of the data from there, how do I go about it?
Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try foremost, why do you not have a backup?

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pablo araujo (pabloaraujo) said : 		#2

I do but, i saved some new pictures in this HD that i didn`t bother to backup and now i`m suffering and worry, would you be able to help me?
Thank you again.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

then try photorec

To install it install testdisk package...

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

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Try foremost, its a command line app. I've used it with great success.

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pablo araujo (pabloaraujo) said : 		#5

How do i install this application? i`m running Win7- 64 bit, do i need a boot up disk w/ Ubuntu in it?
Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Use a liveCD ubuntu environment. You will need a partition large enough to hld all the recovered data from all of the partition space on the drive (assuming it spinsd up)

Again, why do you not have a backup....

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pablo araujo (pabloaraujo) said : 		#7

The messega that i`m getting when i try to open the hard drive: could not mount 2.0 TB Filesystem
Error mounting:mount:wrong fs type,bad option,bad superblock etc, etc???? i`m using testdisk-6.13 linux.
Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

You can use foremost on the device as it is, no need for test disk

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