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TestDisk and PhotoRec got some reviews on the Net. They are also cited in various data recovery stories.

2007

This video introduces the concept of data carving/file carving for recovering deleted files, even after a drive has been formatted.

How to make the CEO happy by recovering his daughterΓÇÖs desktop.

Anyone who has upgraded their digital camera probably has a few older, incompatible media cards lying around ΓÇö so why not post them on Ebay? Well, if you do, be sure to properly wipe them because the digital voyeurs are watching. Seth Fogie at InformIT.com purchased a bunch of used cards from Ebay and found recoverable data on most of them. Using the freely available PhotoRec application, he was able to extract pictures, movies, and more from apparently formatted cards. The picture is clear ΓÇö wipe anything that can store digital data before getting rid of it.

2006

By: Shawn Hermans
Recently I wanted to make sure I had enough space to back up my home digital videos and pictures, so I purchased a new hard drive to add to my home Linux server. I moved all the files I wanted to save onto a single hard drive and repartitioned the old hard drive so I could upgrade to a newer version of Linux. After going through the process of reinstalling the operating system, I mounted the backup hard drive and discovered that it was empty. I had some how mixed up the hard drive I used to back up all the data with a hard drive that I wanted to wipe. Because I had done such a poor job of retaining backups on external media, I did not have any backups of my pictures and videos.

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