Ontrack EasyRecovery question

[wallywalters]

Is is possible to pause and resume a scan without having to start all over again?

[labtech]

You are probably asking because you are in the middle of scanning something and are unsure if should stop or not.

I forget if this version or any version allowed running multiple sessions of, but you could try. Then select to scan something else as practice. Then stop scan and see if it can be resumed.

This way it will protect you current scan.

[wallywalters]

Unfortunately no, it doesn't allow multiple instances.

[labtech]

What model drive are you scanning and how long has it been running for?
And how long has it been since the last noticeable progress?

[wallywalters]

It's a 2TB Western Digital WD20EADS that's about 50 percent full. The first 40 GB is partitioned as a C Drive and the rest as Drive D. Both the Windows 7 Task Manager and the HDD LEDs indicate that the tests are still ongoing, but nothing has changed since at least 8 a.m. this morning (it's been running since about 8 p.m. last night).

[pcimage]

In 12 hours, it appears to have found very little data.

I suspect there are underlying issues with the drive.

Try checking it with MHDD as a first step.

[athena]

While all other softwares are improving & are updating. Ontrack has maintained status quo position. It has removed all important features in next release.
While in older version you can add custom file signatures in raw recovery , in newer version they have done a shabby interface and removed this feature.
I am wondering why ontrack does not bother to improve on there software. Any ontrack guy pls. reply.
Now since they have Vogon international UK , & IBAS in there kitty they must be having strong R & D and development centre.

[labtech]

While all other softwares are improving & are updating. Ontrack has maintained status quo position. It has removed all important features in next release.
While in older version you can add custom file signatures in raw recovery , in newer version they have done a shabby interface and removed this feature.
I am wondering why ontrack does not bother to improve on there software. Any ontrack guy pls. reply.
Now since they have Vogon international UK , & IBAS in there kitty they must be having strong R & D and development centre.

Perhaps, not worth it.

[lcoughey]

I'm surprised that anyone even uses the Ontrack Easy Recovery software. I haven't used it for years, but have clients who do. I've certainly received a fair amount of relatively easy projects that were unrecoverable by Easy Recovery.

[labtech]

I'm surprised that anyone even uses the Ontrack Easy Recovery software. I haven't used it for years,

Yep, last time was I think 2008-9 maybe.. Been a while, don't recall clearly.

[pcimage]

I'm surprised that anyone even uses the Ontrack Easy Recovery software. I haven't used it for years,

Yep, last time was I think 2008-9 maybe.. Been a while, don't recall clearly.

Probably earlier for me, last time I used any Ontrack s/w... 2006-7 maybe

[labtech]

Back then, I remember vaguely having better success with RAW recoveries using Ontrack's software despite any logic that would make one tool better than another when it comes to RAW stuff.

[wallywalters]

Which data recovery softwares would you folks recommend?

[Dmitri]

Which data recovery softwares would you folks recommend?

UFS Explorer

[pcimage]

Which data recovery softwares would you folks recommend?

UFS Explorer

Clone first with something like dd_rescue or media tools pro, then scan the clone.

[wallywalters]

I have Norton Ghost -- would that work? And how long should I expect cloning a 2 TB drive to take?

[labtech]

Got great advice from pcimage.
Stay away from anything windows based. Quite possible why the drive became unresponsive while scanning with ontrack's software.

[northwind]

I'm surprised that anyone even uses the Ontrack Easy Recovery software. I haven't used it for years,

Yep, last time was I think 2008-9 maybe.. Been a while, don't recall clearly.

Probably earlier for me, last time I used any Ontrack s/w... 2006-7 maybe

Same here.
But I used it last month to try and repair an xls file.
It failed.

[northwind]

Got great advice from pcimage.
Stay away from anything windows based. Quite possible why the drive became unresponsive while scanning with ontrack's software.

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