File Recovery

This one’s quite a lengthy read, but I’d appreciate it if you’re a tech wizard who could help. I made an audio file of this story to make it easier to digest: Backstory: So, a few days ago, I was trying to design a script for my controller while simultaneously asking ChatGPT questions on...

I'm using Windows 10 Pro version 22H2 and I'm going through some old hardware. I'm curious to see what I may have deleted off of them so long ago and if anything can be recovered. There are no stakes. I've known about the potential for file recovery for a long time and want to see what that...

Hey, So I was having some problems with my old surface pro 4 when one day windows corrupt itself due to some odd circumstances (I tried everything and it was definitely corrupt) after trying to get windows back onto the drive (it diffident work) I decided to get a new surface. It just arrived...

Was repairing friends laptop today (Dell Inspiron N5010) and while checking the drives found that most of the image file format have been changed to .A640 file type. Backed up all those files to another PC/hard disk and clean installing windows 10 on the laptop as i type this in. My question...

So recently my computer's been acting up. Windows takes ages to load, programs take ages to load, anything windows related is just slow. And today it just refuses to boot at all. It keeps sending me back to the UEFI Shell. FYI I'm using an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-54-5156. I can't really do much in...

I have 4 disks of 1TB in RAID 10 with 2 NTFS partitions, one of 500GB and one of 1,3TB. After some time 2 disks of 4 are dead, and one has bad blocks but I can access it. Because this is an old computer I left it without a backup for some time ;-( With some programs like "ReclaiMe Free RAID...

For some reason Windows 10 has decided that an existing admin account on our computer is a new account and has re-created the account as new, losing all the files on it. It is one of 2 admin accounts. I fully expected to recover the files from my automated back up, but discovered that the...

Alright. I messed up pretty bad. I had an external SSD (M2, Crucial Micron) with Ubuntu 18.04 on it as XFS file system, GPT partitioning. I had the ssd running on a computer, plugged in with usb and all, but suddenly it slightly unplugged. This returned a stack trace with errors like i/o error...

About a year ago, the motherboard on my old rig died. Long story short, I couldn't afford to replace it and ended up selling the rest of my PC, except for the 2 internal SSDs, which contain several files that I didn't want to lose. At the time, I was manually backing up files about once per...

Hi there, I was attempting to perform a clean install of Windows 10 on a family member's computer, something I've done easily in the past. I was making sure to backup on the local files, using the family member's OneDrive account. Unfortunately, I didn't check to make sure the files backed up...

So I've gotten into the trouble of being unable to access my external ssd without formatting, I've got Easeus data recovery app and tried to use on the RAW ssd before I format it. However each time I try to recover the entirety of the files midst way I get the message that I ran out of memory...

My sister recently had to have her laptop repaired. When she got it back she was notified that her motherboard had been switched. this deleted all of her files and reset her laptop. Is there anyway to recover the files? She is contacting the repair place so is there anyway they can do it? Thanks...

hello all, today my laptop charger port broke, resulting in all 3 wires behind it getting detached. I have a soldering iron and can fix this, I just want to know if polarity matters. there are 3 connectors and I can provide an image. here is the google photos link -...

Hi I just built my first computer over the weekend and it was working seamlessly playing games and all the works. However now my computer is no longer using/detecting? my GPU. I have an r9 290 tri-x. I have done a clean install on the driver I need so I’m confident this is not the issue. I...

So, I've just reinstalled my Windows, everything deleted, I have Windows 10 by the way, and now I can't download the drivers for my LogiLink soundcard because the site seems to be down. I cannot use my motherboard soundcard because it has died some time ago, hence why I have this soundcard. Can...

I know there are a couple of threads that are similar to this, but none that address my exact question. I recently bought a G. Skill 2133 MHz 4GB chip to pair with my 2x2GB G.Skill 1600 MHz chip. I did not mean to buy this one, but eh it's the one I bought. My question is if I can overclock the...

Here are my specs: Case: Stealth gs-6008 motherboard:GA-970A-D3P processor: fx 6300 power supply: sentey 650 watt Ram: 8gb ballistiX im wanting to get a good graphics card for $215 or less. idk what im looking for in a card so thats why i came here thanks for the help in advance :D

Hi all, I want to use GPU R9 270x but I am not sure if choose gaming no-X version or better X version . can you please advice me ? I want to use it in mATX case Bitfenix prodigy M with i5-4570 CPU. In future I will maybe want to crossfire... My options are these : SAPPHIRE R9 270X DUAL-X...

I just bought a m5a99x motherboard. I know I'm getting a ram error because when i boot i get 1 long beep then 2 short beeps and the dram light is flashing! (MEMOK button does nothing!) I'm using a crucial ballistix 4gb stick of ram (serial- blt4g3d1608dt1tx0) and a viper extreme 4gb ( serial-...