Hello,
Every week I do a backup of data on a CD. Today also decided to do it because of the lost data from the hard drive, but could not open the files on the drive, an external drive without any damage.
Is there a way to recover the data?
Honestly why would you still use CD's today? They're extremely slow, have limited storage, they can be scratched up easily and even lost. Buy an external hard drive or even an SSD (as hard drives are very slowly becoming obsolete)
[QUOTE=WeeabooSlayer;50017141]Honestly why would you still use CD's today? They're extremely slow, have limited storage, they can be scratched up easily and even lost. Buy an external hard drive or even an SSD [B](as hard drives are very slowly becoming obsolete)[/B][/QUOTE]
As storage they're not.
[QUOTE=WeeabooSlayer;50017141]Honestly why would you still use CD's today? They're extremely slow, have limited storage, they can be scratched up easily and even lost. Buy an external hard drive or even an SSD (as hard drives are very slowly becoming obsolete)[/QUOTE]SSD as a backup device is quite dumb because of price per GB, and if you're storing very long-term, memory fade. Honestly tapes are probably the best backup method if you don't want to just throw your shit onto the cloud, but they're a bit inconvenient.
Also OP. there are ways to recover data from the drive, but they're a bit tough and not quite guaranteed to even work out. I also haven't really done it myself. But basically IIRC you want to copy the image of the hard drive to another, and then use a program like recuva to attempt to extract the data. There's probably good tutorials for doing this if you look it up
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;50018169]But basically IIRC you want to copy the image of the hard drive to another, and then use a program like recuva to attempt to extract the data. There's probably good tutorials for doing this if you look it up[/QUOTE]
I think he's trying to recover the data on a CD, not on a hard drive.
[QUOTE=maaatts;50019787]I think he's trying to recover the data on a CD, not on a hard drive.[/QUOTE]
OP gave me the impression that he wants to do a backup, but can't get the files off of a drive to do the backup. It seems a bit ambiguous.
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CD/DVD get scratched due to regular use. You can use following methods to recover data. I assure you that after using these methods, you will have all your data.
1. Clean the CD/DVD properly as dust can be a reason.
2. Use a CD/DVD writer instead a CD/DVD reader device for such corrupted disks, because DVD writer are more powerful than DVD reader.
3. If nothing happens, then you should opt for a third party data recovery software. This is the best way to recover data from CD/DVD/Blue-Ray disks.
[QUOTE=WeeabooSlayer;50017141]Buy an external hard drive or even an SSD (as hard drives are very slowly becoming obsolete)[/QUOTE]
Thats the best bit I've ever heard. Mechanical disks becoming obsolete. You would wish wouldn't you?
But they're still cheaper per GB, last longer, more heat tolerant, higher capacity and generally do good for archival data. When a mechanical disk goes bad, you still have a chance on data recovery.
SSD's on the other hand are expensive, low capacity and very heat intolerant. Also when an SSD goes bad, you don't get the luxury of recovering data. Once they're dead, they're dead.
So is the mechanical disk really on its way out because of flash media? Sure just how land based cars are becoming obsolete because we got airplanes in the sky.
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