Data Recovery Digest

After disk scan: The original folder structure was found in the .Trashes/502 folder with all files except one mkv file. They all were recovered successfully, with correct names. The mkv file was found among raw files, but appeared broken.

After disk scan: The program found some remnants of the previous file system in the APFS(APFS) sections. Some files were found in these remnants and some in the Other lost files folder, but all had correct filenames.

The rest of the files were found in the APFS(RAW files) and APFS(Label RAW files) sections as raw files. They were successfully recovered, except for one mkv file that appeared broken after recovery.

After disk scan: The program found some remnants of the previous file system in the APFS(APFS) sections. Half of original files were found in these remnants, all with correct filenames. They were successfully recovered.

The rest of the files were found in the APFS(RAW files) section as raw files. They were successfully recovered, except for one mkv file that appeared broken after recovery.

After disk scan: The program found some remnants of the previous file system in the Deep Scan – APFS sections. Some files were found in these remnants and some in the Orphans folders, but all had correct filenames.

The rest of the files were found in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections as raw files. They were successfully recovered, except for one mkv file that appeared broken after recovery.

After disk scan: The program found some remnants of the previous file system in the APFS(APFS) sections. Some files were found in these remnants and some in the Orphans folders, but all had correct filenames.

The rest of the files, except the mkv file, were found in the APFS(Raw files) section as raw files. They were successfully recovered, except for one mkv file that appeared broken after recovery.

After disk scan: The program found some remnants of the previous file system in the APFS sections. Some files were found in these remnants and some in the Lost Location folder, but all had correct filenames.

Approximately half of the original files were recovered.

The program immediately found all files and folders without any disk scan. All found files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the ? character instead of their first letter. That character was changed to $.

The program found all files and folders after a 10-minute scan. All found files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the _ character instead of their first letter. The program also found a lot of garbage files, but the original files were placed separately so that finding them was quite easy.

The program found all files and folders after a 10-minute scan. All found files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the # and _ characters instead of their first letter.

The program found all files and folders n the .Trashes/502 folder after a 10-minute scan. All found files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the _ character instead of their first letter. The program also found a lot of garbage files which made searching for the original files quite difficult.

All files and folder were found in the .Trashes/502 folder after a 15-minute scan. The correct folder structure and all files were found in their correct places. All files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the # character instead of their first letter. The program also found a lot of garbage files which made searching for the original files quite difficult.

The program found all files and folders after a 10-minute scan. All found files were recovered successfully, except for files from the device root folder. They appeared damaged. Some file and folder names had the _ character instead of their first letter.

The program immediately found the entire original folder structure in the Extra Found Files/$$$Folderxxx/502 section, but only 20 original files; including all files from the device root folder. All of them were recovered successfully.

After disk scan: The rest of the files were found in the Extra Found Files section as raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. All of them were successfully recovered.

Overall, all files were successfully recovered.

After disk scan: In the HFS(HFS+)/.Trashes/502 section, the program found the entire original folder structure, but only 15 original files. All of them were recovered successfully. The rest of the files were found in the HSF(Raw Files) section as raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Most of them were successfully recovered.

Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v

After disk scan: the program found the entire original folder structure in the Found files/Trashes/502 section, but only 15 original files; including all files from the device root folder. All of them were recovered successfully. The rest of the files were found in the HSF(Raw Files) section as raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Most of them were successfully recovered.

Files that could not be recovered: 1 mov, 4 mts, 1 m4v, 11 mp3, 3 pdf, 1 odt, 1 ods.

After disk scan: The program found the entire original folder structure in the HFS(HFS+)/Trashes/502 section, but only 15 original files, including all files from the device root folder. All of them were recovered successfully. The rest of the files were found in the HSF(Raw Files) section as as raw file, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Most of them were successfully recovered.

Files that could not be recovered: 39 jpg, 1 mts, 18 mp3, 1 pdf, 1 doc, 1 docx, 2 xlsx, 5 odt, 5ods.

After disk scan: The program found the entire original folder structure in the HFS(HFS+)/Trashes/502 section, but only 15 original files, including all files from the device root folder. Every found file had its copy with different time stamps. All of the found files were recovered successfully. The rest of the files were found in the HSF(RAW Files) section as raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Most of them were successfully recovered.

Files that could not be recovered: 39 jpg, 1 mts, 17 mp3, 1 pdf, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1ods.

After disk scan: The program found the entire original folder structure in the HFS(HFS+)/Trashes/502 section, but only 15 original files, including all files from the device root folder. All of them were recovered successfully.

The rest of the files could not be found and recovered.

The program immediately found all files from the root folder without any disk scan, and two sub-folders with their correct names and content (Show in Finder). All the found files were successfully recovered with fully correct filenames.

After disk scan: It also found several LostXXXXX folders. These folders contained all files with correct filenames, with one exception: the large mkv file. Some of the LostXXXXX folders contained the sub-folders of the second level with correct files. All found files were successfully recovered. The mkv file was found in the Reconstructed section in the mkv folder. It appeared broken.

Files that could not be recovered: one mkv file.

Overall: All but one file were successfully recovered with their correct names, but most of the original folder structure was lost.

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

After disk scan: The program found several $ROOTXXXXX folders. These folders contained all files with correct file names, with one exception: the large mkv file. Some of the $ROOTXXXXX folders contained the sub-folders of the second level with correct files. All found files were successfully recovered. The mkv file was found in the Extra Found Files in the Matroska Video section. It appeared broken.

Files that could not be recovered: one mkv file.

Overall: All but one file were successfully recovered with their correct names, but most of the original folder structure was lost.

The program found all files from the root folder in the exFAT (exFAT)/Trash/502 folder after a very short scan. They were successfully recovered.

After disk scan: The rest of the files (except the the mkv file) were found in the exFAT_1(exFAT) section. They were successfully recovered.

Files that could not be recovered: one mkv file.

Overall: All but one file were successfully recovered with their correct names, but most of the original folder structure was lost.

After disk scan: The program found all files from the root folder and two sub-folders with their correct names and content. The rest of the files were found in the Lost Location section. All found files were successfully recovered. The only one exception is the mkv file. It was not found. The program also found a lot of garbage files which made searching for the original files quite difficult.

Files that could not be recovered: one mkv file.

Overall: All but one file were successfully recovered with their correct names, but most of the original folder structure was lost.

After disk scan: The program found all files from the root folder and two sub-folders with their correct names and content. The rest of the files and one original subfolder were found in the Other Lost Files section. All found files were successfully recovered. The only one exception is the mkv file. It was found in the exFAT(RAW Files) as a raw file, that is, without its name. It was recovered but appeared broken.

Files that could not be recovered: one mkv file.

Overall: All but one file were successfully recovered with their correct names, but most of the original folder structure was lost.

After disk scan: The program found all files from the root folder two sub-folders with their correct names and content. It also found one original subfolder in the Lost Locations section. All found files were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found in the exFAT(Raw Files) section, that is, without their original names. Only one file was not found and recovered: one large mkv file. The program also found a lot of garbage files which made searching for the original files quite difficult.

Files that could not be recovered: one mkv file.

Overall: All but one file were successfully recovered with their correct names, most of them as raw files. Almost all original folder structure was lost.

The program immediately found approximately half of the files and some remnants of the previous file system. All found files were successfully recovered.

After Disk Scan: The program found the remnants of the previous file system with all files with correct names.

Overall, all files were successfully recovered, but the entire folder structure was recovered partially.

After Disk Scan: The program found some remnants of the previous file system. Some files were found in these remnants, some in the Orphans/LostXXXXX folders, and all with correct file names.

Overall, all files were successfully recovered while the entire folder structure was recovered partially.

After Disk Scan: After a very long scan (1.5 h), the program found some remnants of the previous file system in the .Trashes/502 folder. Some files were found in these remnants, some in the Lost Files section, most with correct filenames. Some files were found as raw files with incorrect file names,

Overall, most files were successfully recovered, the entire folder structure was recovered partially.

After Disk Scan: The program found some remnants of the previous file system in the .Trashes/502 folder. Some files were found in these remnants, most with correct file names. They were successfully recovered.

Overall, almost half of the original files were successfully recovered, the entire folder structure was recovered partially.

After Disk Scan: Only some raw files were found. Most of them were successfully recovered.

After Disk Scan: The program didn’t find anything,

The program immediately found all files and folders without any disk scan. All found files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the ? character instead of their first letter.

The program found all files and folders after a very brief scan. All found files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the _ character instead of their first letter.

The program found all files and folders after a very short scan. All found files were recovered successfully, although many file and folder names didn’t have their first letter.

The program discovered the partition but labeled it as an unknown file system.

After Deep Scan: The correct file system was found after a 10-min scan The correct folder structure and all files were found in their correct places. All files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the # character instead of their first letter.

The program found all files and folders after a 15 min scan. All found files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the # character instead of their first letter.

The program found some parts of the original folder structure after a long scan (20 min). The program constantly crashed when attempting to open the found folders and could not recover anything.

The program immediately found the entire initial folder structure and all respective files with correct file and folder names. All the found files were successfully recovered.

The program immediately found all files from the root folder without any disk scan, and two sub-folders with their correct names and content. 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 filenames, 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 filename. Files from the root folder were found in the root folder and in another folder named Root. All found files were successfully recovered.

After Disk Scan: The program could find all files with correct names and some remnants of the initial file system. All found files were successfully recovered.

The program was able to find all files, but only as raw ones. All of them were successfully recovered.

After Disk Scan: The program could not find the exFAT partition on the disk. Only some raw files were found. Several of them could be successfully recovered.

The program discovered the partition but it was labeled it as an unknown file system.

After Disk Scan: The program didn’t find anything.

After Disk Scan: The program found all but one file, 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 file, 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 file, 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 file, 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: The program was able to find about 2/3 of deleted files as raw ones. All of them were successfully recovered.

After a very long (1.5 h) Search for Lost files: The program found only few raw files, none of them could be successfully recovered.

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.