Ritch7 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 i have accidently erased some cad drawings from a u.s.b stick is there ANY RECOVERY/RESTORE usb programs out there which are free, im at dire straights guys any help extremly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 some trial software here http://www.data-recovery-usb-drive.com/usb-drive/pen-drive-data-recovery.html will see what else i can find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritch7 Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 james i just tried it downloaded the demo but it errors when i try opening it! :x your help is greatly appreciated tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 poo heres another i found http://www.recovermyfiles.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCE Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 http://www.diskdatarecovery.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCE Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 http://www.r-studio.com/ Try this one as well. Each have demo's available, not sure what limitations there are though. Is there a chance that you may have .bak files on work or home pc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Have you tried going to the website of the USB drive manufacturer and see if they offer a file recovery utility program? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritch7 Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 now tryin them all, no iv'e checked thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritch7 Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 this is so cheeky every site searches and finds the drawing i want to recover but in order to recover that ONE!!!! drawing you must pay $40 and get the full version, none of them actually let you restore anything, just lets you see what you "could restore" pethetic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Please let us know what the results are. Might this be a good topic for a FAQ? I realize it is not exactly CAD related, more like general computer related, but many of us (myself included) transfer files between computers using USB stick drives. I even had a friend who broke his right where the circuit board is attached to the protruding connector. I managed to find instructions on line about repairing the damage. A bit scary though as it involved a soldering iron! Not sure I would try it. Better to send it off to someone who knows what they are doing. Good luck. Hope you are able to retrieve your files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCE Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 What file system is your usb key? Don't suppose it is NTFS by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 this is so cheeky every site searches and finds the drawing i want to recover but in order to recover that ONE!!!! drawing you must pay $40 and get the full version, none of them actually let you restore anything, just lets you see what you "could restore" pethetic which program did that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritch7 Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 everyone, even the one you posted, you download the demo but they wont acually let you restore anything unless you get the full version im out of ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCE Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Ritch, in My Computer, right click on the USC drive and select properties. What does it say in File System? NTFS? FAT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritch7 Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 .......fat32 im now trying this recuva program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCE Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 .......fat32 Sorry man, can't help you with that then. Good luck. Will keep thinking to see if anything else pops up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCE Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 See if this is any help to you. http://free-backup.info/file-recovery-using-dos-undelete.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 LCE: I just looked at the link you posted and have to admit my first response was to smile. Here we are trying to solve a problem using DOS. Who said DOS was dead anyway? Probably some Windows programmer geek! I used to carry around, on floppy, a copy of UNDELETE everywhere I went for insurance. Never knew when somebody would delete a file by mistake. Hadn't thought about using it in a few years until you mentioned it now. I wonder if it will work? Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zars Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Search for PC inspector File Recovery. It is freeware and it made me a great favor when the boss asked me to recover some files of his 3 1/2s, I just tried with my USB and it can see it so I imagine it'll help you out. Ok, done the hard work, here it is Pc Inspector File Recovery. Let us know if it helped you. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritch7 Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 just like to say,thanks for everybodys help: remark, LCE, james, zars. but no luck ive tried everything. On 3 different recovery/restore programs I couldn't get back the drawings, it kept saying "unable to restore file" which I dont know why they wernt overwritten/corrputed or anything!? OH so anyway I just gave up in the end and now have to tackle them again this afternoon! Live and learn in life as people say hey :wink: cheers ...Ritch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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