ff-rec Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Hello, I need to recover all the files from my ext4 hd. I am using windows 7 and the latest version of Recuva but it can't access the hd. Any help please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ff-rec Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 if this seems hard to do, i was thinking of formatting the hard drive to ntfs and then try to recover... would that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted May 26, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2016 Last I checked recuva didn't do ext4 but that may have changed. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ff-rec Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Last I checked recuva didn't do ext4 but that may have changed. The latest version seems to do it: http://www.piriform.com/news/release-announcements/2015/4/7/recuva-v152 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted May 26, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2016 latest version seems to do it: Ok, I'm not sure why it didn't for you. Hmm, does windows see and assign a drive letter to the drive? ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted May 26, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2016 The last time I faffed about with ext4 it wasn't able to be mounted under Windows, so I had to use a piece of freeby software to act as an intermediary. Not very convenient, and I don't know if Recuva would be able to handle it, but better than formatting to NTFS (you would have to do a deep scan). It would help if the release notes were a little more expansive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ff-rec Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Ok, I'm not sure why it didn't for you. Hmm, does windows see and assign a drive letter to the drive? windows is having a hard time reading the drive actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ff-rec Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 The last time I faffed about with ext4 it wasn't able to be mounted under Windows, so I had to use a piece of freeby software to act as an intermediary. Not very convenient, and I don't know if Recuva would be able to handle it, but better than formatting to NTFS (you would have to do a deep scan). It would help if the release notes were a little more expansive. i have tried ext2fsd and extfs for windows and in both cases windows can't read the drive... do you remember which software you used? also, my case is the following i lost all my files in the drive (ext4) if i format to ntfs (in case i cant get recuva to read the drive) would i be able to recover them? thanks bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted May 26, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2016 I think I used DiskInternals Linux Reader, which does not assign a drive letter. You could try Ext2Fsd, which does assign a drive letter (ext2fsd.com). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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