The directory structure was not, but Data Rescue formatted the recovered files by type, sorting them into folders for Archives, Documents, Images, Movies, and Text, from which I was able to pick and choose files to restore.įinally, I tested on a Macintosh with a volume encrypted with FileVault. Although the recovered files were not as prevalent as on the other drives I’d tested, a number of deleted files were also available. Then I tested recovering files from a 1GB thumb drive, formatted as FAT32. Despite my early termination, the program was able to successfully recover a lot of data from the drive, including files that I had deleted several months ago, despite my continued use of the drive. I did not wait for the entire 4TB to be scanned (which Data Rescue estimated would take 18.5 hours) and completed the initial scan early after about 45 minutes.
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Next, I tested restoring files on a 4TB drive which I had reformatted as a Mac OS Extended, Journaled filesystem.
Using the built in storage on the 16GB Bootwell thumb drive, I selected 2GB of deleted files, including movies, installers, and MP3s, and restore them all without hassle. I booted from the Bootwell drive, ran a “Quick Scan” and within minutes was able to identify numerous data files that I had deleted within the past few weeks. Running Data Rescue, I was quite surprised and pleased to see that the entire folder – over 30GB of data – was completed restored within a couple of hours. I’d deleted the files the day before, and had been doing some light writing to the drive prior to attempting recovery. To test on a magnetic drive, I attempted to recover the contents of a VirtualBox virtual machine folder on a 3TB drive. It was disappointing that the commercial product did not work “out of the box,” but comforting knowing that it was easily fixed, once the problem was identified. After sending screenshots of the problems I was facing, they provided a workaround, allowing me to regenerate the recovery thumb drive, which was good. I contacted their technical support staff via email, and while they attempted to be helpful, they were surprised at the error screen I reported, claiming to have never seen it before. When attempting to use DR 4.2 on three separate machines, I initially encountered some errors preparing the software.
You can also “roll your own” with any USB drive that’s at least 8GB in size. Prosoft also provides their data recovery solution on a pre-configured 16GB USB “Bootwell” thumb drive, which I used in testing.
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I tested these on three MacBook Pro and Air models, with SSD and traditional magnetic hard drives.
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