Hard drive destruction 'crucial'

[Munkey]

If you use the latest version, it will recover files. Probably not all of them, but a good deal of them

I didn't find a single file I was after. I was searching for photo's and it came up with windows sodding files. I guess that home user software (even though I have the enterprise version) isn't up to the task of retrieving deleted data off a hard drive.

If you can recommend me some software I can test your theory.

 

[karym6]

I didn't find a single file I was after. I was searching for photo's and it came up with windows sodding files. I guess that home user software (even though I have the enterprise version) isn't up to the task of retrieving deleted data off a hard drive.

If you can recommend me some software I can test your theory.

Acronis works, it has worked for me. Also testdisk on Debian will recover photos for you after you have written zeros.

I discovered Acronis after is was recommended to me by someone I used to work with who had the same issue as me. It takes hours to find them and recover them.

 

[DiamondGeezer]

out of interest, how much do they cost?

no idea, we've had it here for a couple of years now

If I find out I'll post back here

 

[Spectre]

I'd take the platters out and dissolve them in old ferric chloride etchant.

I think it would take the coating off ceramic platters too.