Data Recovery Digest

After Disk Scan: The program found all files and folders from the device root folder with correct names and folder structure. The only exception is that the Video folder contained only one subfolder and no files. The files from the device root folder appeared broken. The rest of found files were successfully recovered.

The video files were found in the Extra Found Files section (raw files), that is, without their correct names. All of them were recovered successfully.

Overall, all files, except one mkv file, were successfully recovered, video files without their correct names. The entire folder structure was partially recovered. The mkv file was also recovered partially.

Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv

After Disk Scan: The program found all files and folders from the device root folder with correct names and folder structure. The only exception is that the Video folder contained only one subfolder and no files. The files from the device root folder appeared zero sized. The rest of found files were successfully recovered.

The video files were found in the Raw Files section, that is, without their correct names. All of them were recovered successfully.

Overall, all files, except one mkv file, successfully recovered, video files without their correct names. The entire folder structure was partially recovered. The mkv file was also recovered partially.

Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv

The program did not recognized the mounted volume. The entire external hard disk had to be scanned.

After Deep Scan: The program found most of the original folder structure and files in their original places and with correct names. The rest of the files were found as orphaned, but with correct names. They were successfully recovered.

Video files and files from the device root folder were found among raw files (reconstructed and labeled) with incorrect names.

Overall, all files, except one mkv file, successfully recovered, video files without their correct names. The entire folder structure was partially recovered. The mkv file was also recovered partially.

Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv

After Disk Scan: Only one folder from the disk root folder was found in the original place. It contained its subfolders with correct names. Only a small numbers of files were found in these subfolders. All of them were successfully recovered.

The rest of discovered files were found in the Lost Files (raw files), that is, without correct names.

Overall, only half of the original files were found and successfully recovered. Most of them from Lost Files without correct names.

After Deep Scan: Almost all files were found, but only as raw files, that is, without their names and folder structure. These files were successfully recovered.

Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv file, 2 xlsx.

After a very long scan (more than 1.5 h): Almost all files were found, but only as raw files, that is, without their names and folder structure. These files were successfully recovered.

Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv file, 2 mts, 3 mov, 1 mpeg, 15 mp3, 5 xls files.

The program recognized the external device as two volumes: one as Untitled 2 with no file system and as APFS_Test with the APFS file system.

The program could not find anything at the APFS_Test partition.

After disk scan of the Untitled 2 partition: Approximately half of files were found among raw files and successfully recovered. Only few video files were recovered.

The program immediately found all files from the root folder without any disk scan, and only two empty sub-folders. All the found files were recovered successfully with fully correct file names.

After Disk Scan: The program found several $ROOTXXXXX folders. These folders contained all files with correct file names, with two exceptions: one zip and one mkv file. Some of the $ROOTXXXXX folders contained the sub-folders of the second level (Calc, Writer, and alike) with correct files. The zip and mkv files were found in the Lost Files with the correct file name. Files from the root folder were found in the root folder and in another folder named Root. All found files were successfully recovered.

The program immediately found all files from the root folder without any disk scan, and only two empty sub-folders. All the found files were successfully recovered with fully correct file names.

After Disk Scan: The program found several $ROOTXXXXX folders. These folders contained all files with correct file names, with two exceptions: one zip and one mkv file. Some of the $ROOTXXXXX folders contained the sub-folders of the second level (Calc, Writer, and alike) with correct files. The mkv and zip files were found in the Extra Found Files with the correct file name. Files from the root folder were found in the root folder and in another folder named Root. All found files were successfully recovered.

After Quick Scan: the program found all files from the disk root, two empty folders Test_Documents and Test_Music, and Test_Photos and Test_Video with correct files and sub-folders.

After Deep Scan: The program found in Lost Folder(s) some remnants of the initial folder structure with all pdf, doc/docx, xls/xlsx, and mp3 files. They were successfully recovered. The zip file was found in RAW files and successfully recovered. A truncated mkv file was also found in the RAW files. It was recovered but unsuccessfully.

Files that were not recovered: 1 mkv

After Disk Scan: The program found two folders (Test_Photos and Test_Videos) from the root folder with sub-folders. They contained correct files with correct file names. Also some sub-folders of the second level (Calc, Writer, and alike) with correct files were found in another section. The rest of the files (including the zip file) were found among raw files, that is without their correct file names. All found files were successfully recovered.

After Quick Scan: the program found two folders (Test_Photos and Test_Videos) from the root folder with sub-folders. They contained correct files with correct file names. The files from the disk root were found in the Trash/501 folder. All found files were successfully recovered.

After Deep scan (very long, more than 2 h!): The program found several DIRXXXXXXXX folders in Lost Locations. They contained the sub-folders of the second level (Calc, Writer, and alike) with correct files. The zip file was found only as a raw file, without its file names. All found files were successfully recovered.

After Disk Scan: The program found two folders (Test_Photos and Test_Videos) from the root folder with sub-folders. They contained correct files with correct file names. Also some sub-folders of the second level (Calc, Writer, and alike) with correct files were found in another section. The program also found all files from the disk root with correct file names. The rest of the files (including the zip file) were found among raw files, that is without their correct file names. All found files were successfully recovered.

After Disk Scan: The program could not find any remnants of the initial file system. Files which were fond as raw, were only png, jpg, doc/docx, xls/xlsxs, and mp3. All found files were successfully correctly.

Files that were not recovered: all video, Open office, pdf, and zip files.

After Disk Scan: Although the overall scan continued for app. 10 min, the program immediately found the correct folder structure and all files in their correct places. They can be previewed and their recovery could start immediately. All files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the # character instead of their first letter.

After Disk Scan: Although the overall scan continued for app. 12 min, the program immediately found the correct folder structure and all files in their correct places. But they can be previewed and their recovery could start only then the scan had finished. All files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the _ character instead of their first letter.

Some garbage files appeared in the folder with recovered files.

After quick scan: The program could find only some fractions of the initial folder structure and app. half files. It was unable to find all doc(x), xls(x), mp3, and pdf files.

After Deep Scan: The program immediately found the correct folder structure (except several sub-folders in one folder) and files in the found folders. Those files could be previewed, but not recovered. After a quite long scan (20 min), the missing sub-folders with correct names and files were found in the Trash folder. All of them were successfully recovered.

After disk scan (very short ): The program found all files after a very short disk scan, but the folder structure was only partially correct. The content of one folder was found in folder .../.Trashes/501/. All files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the X character instead of their first letter.

After disk scan (very short ): The program found all files, but the folder structure was only partially correct. The content of one folder was found in folder ?NTITL~1 and .../.Trashes/501/. All files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the ? character instead of their first letter.

The program immediately found all files without any disk scan, but the folder structure was only partially correct. The content of several folders was found in folders ?NTITL~1 and .../.Trashes/501/. All files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the ? character instead of their first letter. Scan didn't improve the result.

The program immediately found all files without any disk scan, but the folder structure was only partially correct. The content of several folders was found in folders ?NTITL~1 and .../.Trashes/501/. All files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the ? character instead of their first letter. Scan didn’t improve the result.

After Disk Scan: The program found all but one files, but only as raw file (Extra Found Files), that is, without their names and original folder structure. All of them were recovered successfully.

Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv.

After Disk Scan: The program found all but one files, but only as raw file, that is, without their names and original folder structure. All of them were recovered successfully.

Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv.

After Disk Scan: The program found all but one files, but only as raw file, that is, without their names and original folder structure. All of them were recovered successfully.

Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv.

After Quick Scan: Nothing was found.

After Disk Scan: The program found all but one files, but only as raw file, that is, without their names and original folder structure. All of them were recovered successfully.

Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv.

After Quick Scan: Nothing was found.

After a very long scan (more than 1.5 h): Almost all files were found, but only as raw files, that is, without their names and folder structure. These files were successfully recovered.

Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv file, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 23 mp3 files.

After Disk Scan: The program found approximately half of the original files, but only as raw file , that is, without their names and original folder structure. All of them were recovered successfully.

Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv Files that could not be recovered: 34 mp3, 1 zip, 28 png, 24 jpg, 1 flv, 4 mts.

After Disk Scan: The program found approximately half of the original files, but only as raw file , that is, without their names and original folder structure. All of them were recovered successfully.

Files that could not be recovered: 9 avi, 1 m4v, 1 mpg, 4 mts, 11 mp3, 6 pdf, 1 zip, 24 png, 28 jpg, 1 flv, 4 mts, 1mpg.