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Questions tagged [data-recovery]

Reclamation of deleted or otherwise removed/corrupted data (files)

Reclamation of deleted or otherwise removed/corrupted data (files). The level of complexity of such a task varies from simply "Restoring" a file (from a Recycle Bin) to using advanced tools to analyze the filesystem and rebuild previously deleted/corrupted data.

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Data corruption when rsync command fails

I am using rsync to copy data from machine A to machine B over a network. If rsync fails while copying the data from A to B, will the data at B get corrupted ? Does rsync has any inbuilt mechanism to tackle this data corruption ?
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Tried to move folder but files were in use - folder has now disappeared entirely?

We currently use MozyPro for our online backups but in order to save on the amount of storage space we need to purchase with them we opted to move a large number of images over the SharePoint storage space we get as part of Office 365. One of the…
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Solution to manage data server with multiple drives

I'm looking for some pointers on the best way to manage a Linux data server, with 20 hard drives and with new files always being added (around 30GB/day). Performance is not important, reliability is crucial. I don't like RAIDs (many issues with…
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What do I need to download and how to I upgrade my vmware in order to get VDP?

EDIT: I leave the question as is. Apparently I missed the part that it was only announced, and was sure it's released, and I can't find it on my.vmware.com VDP [vmware data protection] was recently launched Assuming this is my Vcenter version When…
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Recover data from failed RAID 5 Dell Poweredge T710 Server

Very important data on RAID 5 array on poweredge T710 server - how can I get the data back? Willing to spend money to do it (eg buy a replacement system and swap the disks in), would prefer not to pay tens of thousands of dollars to a third-party…
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I accidently deleted the partition tables of my RAID6 drives

I accidentally deleted the partition table of 2 drives in my 4 drive RAID6 by reversing the order of sudo sgdisk -R=/dev/sdb /dev/sdz parted /dev/sdb print currently reports: Model: ATA ST2000DM008-2FR1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdd: 2000GB Sector size…
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How unlikely it is that 2 SSD disks in a RAID 1 crash and how to recover from it?

How unlikely is it that a mirrored raid of 2 ssd drives fail together. (Both sector 0) unreadable. Me is told that ssd generally never breaks. So that both break at same time seems unique. What are chances of recovery when I get the drives shipped…
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Can you recover files from an overwritten RAID 1?

Edit: The array is actually RAID1, slight communication hiccup with the rest of my team. Following the decommissioning of one of our server, a manager just realised there was, after all, data that he needed from that server. Now due to proper…
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Recovering data from a RAID built with fakeraid

I have (had) a motherboard that supports (supported) fakeraid, which I used to build a RAID 1 with 2 WD Red 1TB. My motherboard died (as you would have guessed already) and now I have 2 options: Buy a new motherboard, exactly the same model and…
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Windows Disk Management tells me "Disk is not initialized." What does that mean?

I have a disk I need to recover, but the problem is that when I connect it via USB to my Windows, machine, Disk Management tells me Disk is not initialized. When I try to initialize the disk, either in MBR or GPT format, I get an Unknown Function…
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Linux recover faile

I really did a big mistake. I have a partition sda6 for backup, when writing the iso to a pendrive, instead of typing sdb6, i've typed sda6, is there any way to get back the files
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Would data recovery be possible after Acer hidden partition reinstall?

Someone did a re-installation of his Operating System of the C: drive using his computer's 'Acer hidden recovery partition' (the alt+f10 procedure). Then he chose 'do not back up personal data (this will wipe the entire C: drive)' during the…
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Deleted file from server using cuteftp.No local backup.How to restore

Files on server is deleted from my windows hosting server (Dedicated Hosting Server -Leaseweb.com). I deleted files using cuteFTP.Can i recover files by logging in to my dedicated server remotely. Does files deleted from FTP gets deleted…
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