r/datarecovery

My second SSD where I put all my important data is not detected by my PC anymore. I decided to go in a shop in Paris with good reviews to ask if they could do something.

They said they have to look further and told me it could cost 1100€. I don’t have to pay if I’m not satisfied with the data recovered, but if they managed to save everything that’s the price ill have to pay.

I just want to check if Im being scammed or if it’s usually like this ? That’s f expensive

Hi. My old macbook died on me, I was able pluck out the harddrive and managed to connect it to my mac mini with an SATA adapter. I know... it sounds like I know what I am talking about but I don't. I got to this point using ChatGPT. Now I need to recover some important files. I installed Disk Drill but it is too expensive. This girl only has a budget of under $50. I would appreciate recommendations. I use mac so suggestions need to be mac compatible. Thanks!!!

Edit: I might be in the wrong place... I'm trying to recover files in a mildly corrupt HD, they aren't deleted files. If I am in the wrong place which sub is better to go to?

Hello,

I currently have a 128GB SD card where I accidentally deleted the footage. I didn’t realize it so I’ve since filled it with about 56GB of videos but I’m hoping to recover anything that hasn’t been overwritten. The file type is .ts and I’ve downloaded onto my Mac, Disk Drill and DMDE. Disk Drill can find 2 photos and says there’s 36000 videos found but they don’t play in the preview and there’s no where near that many videos on the card. DMDE can also find the same 2 photos but no videos. Although, I’m not super savvy so I could be missing how to properly scan things in DMDE.

My question is, should I pay for Disk drill to try and recover the videos? Will they work better once I pay for it? Or should I take it to a professional data recovery shop? And would they likely have better success in recovering my videos?

Thank you.

I have an old encrypted iPhone backup created through Finder on macOS. The backup is mine and contains very important/confidential personal data.

Unfortunately, I no longer remember the encrypted-backup password. I have already confirmed that it is not the Apple ID password or my Mac login password.

The original iPhone backup folder still exists on my Mac It is about8.2 GB and contains the hashed backup blobs and an encrypted Manifest.db.

I am trying to recover photos/videos from approximately:

20 October 2024 → 16 September 2026

I was able to independently open the Photos library database (Photos.sqlite) and recover metadata without the backup password.

The database shows:

• 593 unique video assets
• 1,573 video resource records
• ~24.6 GB of video resources represented in the Photos database
• filenames, UUIDs, timestamps, resource sizes, codecs, hidden/trash states, etc.

However, the actual Finder backup's Manifest.db begins with encrypted binary data rather than a normal SQLite so I cannot query the Files table directly.

I also tried the Python iOSbackup library. With the password I thought might be correct, it fails at So the backup encryption/keybag is definitely still locked.

My question is not simply "how do I guess my password?"

I'm trying to understand what forensic recovery options genuinely exist when:

1. the encrypted Finder/iTunes backup still exists,
2. the encrypted Manifest.db still exists,
3. the backup blobs still exist,
4. the Photos database contains extensive metadata about the original media,
5. but the encrypted-backup password is genuinely lost.

Are there any legitimate forensic tools, password-recovery methods, key-material recovery methods, or artifacts on macOS/iOS that could help recover the contents?

Hello,

I currently have a 128GB SD card where I accidentally deleted the footage. I didn’t realize it so I’ve since filled it with about 56GB of videos but I’m hoping to recover anything that hasn’t been overwritten. The file type is .ts and I’ve downloaded onto my Mac, Disk Drill and DMDE. Disk Drill can find 2 photos and says there’s 36000 videos found but they don’t play in the preview and there’s no where near that many videos on the card. DMDE can also find the same 2 photos but no videos. Although, I’m not super savvy so I could be missing how to properly scan things in DMDE.

My question is, should I pay for Disk drill to try and recover the videos? Will they work better once I pay for it? Or should I take it to a professional data recovery shop? And would they likely have better success in recovering my videos?

Thank you.

i forgot my android phone"s password and dont wanna wipe my entire phone, any suggestions on how to unlock it without a factory reset?

i have a momory stick pro duo in sony dcr sx30 but it is not showing any videos or photos.when i checked its hex code it all consist of 00 or FFs.and its capacity can be seen (3.74gb) when i plugged.is it possible to recover data ?and how?

I recently posted about how my data got corrupted because of pirated software and carelessness. This is the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/PakistaniTech/s/n8Fc7sR8qV

Basically .bbyy ransom encryption. I lost thousands of pictures and videos. And recovered them with the following tool.

A recovery tool was suggested by u/TrashyGames3. Thank you. It worked, and I have recovered most of the files.

Local repair shop (excellent rep and reviews) says hard drive dead and data not recoverable. Are there other options? Prefer to recover a long document in Text Edit (which I'd only partially backed up). Model A 1466 EMC 2925. 14.85V 3.05A max.

Anyone sympathetic to a non-techie? I never expected a Mac to fail like this. What a lesson. Thanks for your expert insights and referrals.

i backed up my iphone 13 to my macbook and reset the phone. when i went to restore the backup, instead of showing my recent backup (which i checked was there before i reset the phone) it said i had never backed up that phone, despite it showing the date of a previous backup in december. is there anything i can do to get that backup back? i updated my mac after backing up my phone and j think that’s why the backup disappeared but i have never lost or had any corrupted files after updating my macbook.

i factory reset my phone as i was having issues with storage and the functionality of the phone. it reached the point where all i could use was apple apps and i could still barely squeeze out 1GB of space. i’ve reset my phone before because of this issue, and it worked which is why i did it again. i’m desperate to have my data back because there were some pictures of my baby cousin i forgot to backup elsewhere as a just-in-case and messages from friends dear to me i read back. please help me if you can.

Posting this as a last-ditch effort to recover my dissertation document. I’m an absolute idiot and didn’t back up the current version of my dissertation. I must have somehow deleted it, not noticed, and emptied the trash. The only version I’ve been able to recover is from mid 2025, which is SUPER old and missing everything I’ve written since then. I can't get it back from Word, and I’ve tried every recovery hack I could find on Google. I just used Disk Drill to recover absolutely everything possible from my laptop. It recovered old deleted papers from college 10 years ago, but for some god-forsaken reason, my dissertation is gone. I don’t have high hopes, but I just wanted to post this on the off chance that someone can produce a miracle. 

It was done thanks to Súper clone in AHCI mode, I had to retry twice to have my HDD correctly detected, but it worked fine.

I have to mention that I used AI to guide me and it did well, I will not mention the AI I used and I would not recommend other people to do so as it could result in errors but let’s say I got lucky with this tool.

Hello I was in an accident on 8/13/2023 and have dash cam footage of the incident. I removed the sd card and found the correct footage on my computer but didn't save it correctly. I had put the sd card back into my dash cam and when I went to try and retrieve the footage it started on a whole new set of recordings. Is there any way I can get what I need for the lawyers back? Preferably cheap or no cost option. Thank you

Guys I'm losing my mind rn I accidentally reset my phone. My fault😭 but now I want my data back. All the pics. It has 10 years old pics. So much of data. Im gonna kms. Pls help me this feels unreal. I just dont care about anything but I want my photos back. Im devasted I'm panicking. Where should I visit? What should I do?😭😭 omg im so desperate plw dont ignore this post