help for retriving data that was overwriten by norton ghost image file

I fell in hell and lost all my and some other's data by accidentally
restoring image file to wrong drive. I use some data recovery software
but nothing happen.any body know some way for retriving this data,
plz..

Previously Mehdi Samadi wrote:
I fell in hell and lost all my and some other's data by accidentally
restoring image file to wrong drive. I use some data recovery software
but nothing happen.any body know some way for retriving this data,
plz..

Forget it. It is not clear whether it is possible at all.

If it is possible, it will be very expensive (as in
10.000 Euro/USD and maybe up to several millions or more).

See, e.g., the thread "erasing disk securely" for a recent discussion
related to this.

Arno
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Mehdi Samadi wrote:

I fell in hell and lost all my and some other's data by accidentally
restoring image file to wrong drive. I use some data recovery software
but nothing happen.any body know some way for retriving this data,
plz..

If the data was overwritten by the image, then assume it's gone. It's not
recoverable by any means readily available to the average hobbyist.
Someone with a well equipped solid-state physics lab and a lot of time
might be able to get it back, the national security and law enforcement
agencies (CIA, NSA, FBI, etc) might be able to get it back, but it would be
expensive by _their_ standards.

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--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Most likely your original data is beyond recovery having been overwrote.
Actionfront.com has published an extensive paper re the current capabilities
of DR on their website.

I am not an employee or representative for Actionfront.


"Mehdi Samadi" wrote in message
om...
I fell in hell and lost all my and some other's data by accidentally
restoring image file to wrong drive. I use some data recovery software
but nothing happen.any body know some way for retriving this data,
plz..

On Sun, 9 May 2004 13:01:50 -0400, "someone"
wrote:

Most likely your original data is beyond recovery having been overwrote.
Actionfront.com has published an extensive paper re the current capabilities
of DR on their website.

I am not an employee or representative for Actionfront.


"Mehdi Samadi" wrote in message
. com...
I fell in hell and lost all my and some other's data by accidentally
restoring image file to wrong drive. I use some data recovery software
but nothing happen.any body know some way for retriving this data,
plz..

Please first consider if the data were overwritten or not. And if only
file system structures were overwritten, if the data can still be
there.
--
Svend Olaf

"Svend Olaf Mikkelsen" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 9 May 2004 13:01:50 -0400, "someone"
wrote:

Most likely your original data is beyond recovery having been overwrote.
Actionfront.com has published an extensive paper re the current
capabilities
of DR on their website.

I am not an employee or representative for Actionfront.


"Mehdi Samadi" wrote in message
. com...
I fell in hell and lost all my and some other's data by accidentally
restoring image file to wrong drive. I use some data recovery software
but nothing happen.any body know some way for retriving this data,
plz..

Please first consider if the data were overwritten or not. And if only
file system structures were overwritten, if the data can still be
there.
--
Svend Olaf

Agreed - never presume an overwrite without an attempt to recover!

How much do you value your lost data?
100$; 10,000$ or 1,000,000$?
In any case, first perform a full sector-by-sector image of your damaged
drive.
(That would be using switch "-IR" in ghost). That way you would be able to
try to recover it later.
How big was the image you have restored? What options did you use?
Anyway, overwriten sectors data is GONE. How many not overwriten sectors are
left and how to retrieve that data (and make some sense out of it) is a big
question. You might need to spend a lot of money to learn even that.
By the fact that you are not going to your backups to restore data I assume
it wasn't worth THAT MUCH.
So it is gone... You can tell everyone that your disk had a head crash...

"Mehdi Samadi" wrote in message
om...
I fell in hell and lost all my and some other's data by accidentally
restoring image file to wrong drive. I use some data recovery software
but nothing happen.any body know some way for retriving this data,
plz..

Previously someone wrote:
Most likely your original data is beyond recovery having been overwrote.
Actionfront.com has published an extensive paper re the current capabilities
of DR on their website.

Interesting pointer. They state that one full overwrite is
as good as unrecoverable today and the they certainly cannot
do it.

Arno
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Send it in to Disklabs and we will take a look at it for free.

I will find out whether or not the data is there.

Your choice.

If you do wish to go ahead with this, please refer this to us and state that
you have contacted Simon

Regards,

Simon

www.disklabs.com


"Arno Wagner" wrote in message
...
Previously someone wrote:
Most likely your original data is beyond recovery having been overwrote.
Actionfront.com has published an extensive paper re the current
capabilities
of DR on their website.

Interesting pointer. They state that one full overwrite is
as good as unrecoverable today and the they certainly cannot
do it.

Arno
--
For email address: lastname AT tik DOT ee DOT ethz DOT ch
GnuPG: ID:1E25338F FP:0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws" - Tacitus