Andrew Davis2 said:Recuva brings everything back.
About a month ago—I suppose I was being a bit too adventurous with my settings—I managed to permanently wipe about 9 GB of various files from one of my partitions. It was a mix of photos and music... precious stuff. In my frantic attempt to get those sentimental files back quickly, I tried some little utility, but it only recovered the images, and even then, only about 70% of them—and half of those looked like grayed-out ghosts. To make matters worse—and I admit, this was a lapse in judgment—I ran a system recovery, which, predictably, accomplished absolutely nothing except teaching me a hard lesson about messing with things you don't fully understand 😠 👎 .
I’ve seen some solid recommendations on various online forums regarding GDB, though I haven't had the chance to test it out yet. Thankfully, I haven't written any new data to that partition, which is mostly just empty space now. Is GDB truly a high-quality solution, and can it actually guarantee the "salvage" of all lost data?
I have downloaded the software, but since I don't have a license or a serial number, I am reaching out for some guidance on how to handle the installation and the actual operation of the tool.
Thanks! 🙂