#datarecovery — Public Fediverse posts

Back in December last year, I suffered a massive incident on the home infra, which lead to all of the media’s of the Synapse server (decentralised one-place messaging service) to be lost

Well, surprise surprise, the other day I found that my backup routine had done what it was supposed to

Hourly cumulative backups, daily full backups, weekly backups retention for 3 months, and monthly backups retention for 1 year

So I restored the latest before-outage backup, diffed both the production and restored volume, and transferred over the difference

The immense sensation of relief realising everything worked as expected, and that all the memories with the SO are still there

One more tale on how important backups are !

#k8s #kubernetes #k3s #homelab #selfhosted #datarecovery #selfhosting #server #backups #longhorn #matrix #synapse

Back in December last year, I suffered a massive incident on the home infra, which lead to all of the media’s of the Synapse server (decentralised one-place messaging service) to be lost

Well, surprise surprise, the other day I found that my backup routine had done what it was supposed to

Hourly cumulative backups, daily full backups, weekly backups retention for 3 months, and monthly backups retention for 1 year

So I restored the latest before-outage backup, diffed both the production and restored volume, and transferred over the difference

The immense sensation of relief realising everything worked as expected, and that all the memories with the SO are still there

One more tale on how important backups are !

#k8s #kubernetes #k3s #homelab #selfhosted #datarecovery #selfhosting #server #backups #longhorn #matrix #synapse

Top 5 Free Mac Data Recovery Software of All Time — la guida definitiva ai migliori tool gratuiti per recuperare file cancellati su Mac. Stellar in testa alla classifica. #Mac #DataRecovery #FreeSoftware #TechGuide

https://www.melamorsicata.it/2026/07/21/software-gratuito-di-recupero-dati-per-mac/

Top 5 Free Mac Data Recovery Software of All Time — la guida definitiva ai migliori tool gratuiti per recuperare file cancellati su Mac. Stellar in testa alla classifica. #Mac #DataRecovery #FreeSoftware #TechGuide

https://www.melamorsicata.it/2026/07/21/software-gratuito-di-recupero-dati-per-mac/

Climate.gov was destroyed. Open data saved it

https://werd.io/climate-gov-was-destroyed-open-data-saved-it/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897945

#HackerNews #climategov #opendata #datarecovery #environmentalissues #technews

Climate.gov was destroyed. Open data saved it

https://werd.io/climate-gov-was-destroyed-open-data-saved-it/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897945

#HackerNews #climategov #opendata #datarecovery #environmentalissues #technews

Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]

Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]

16-year-old SATA II SSD survives 1 petabyte of writes, 25x the drive's rating

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/16-year-old-sata-ii-ssd-survives-1-petabyte-of-writes-25x-over-the-drives-tbw-rating

#HackerNews #SATAII #SSD #longevity #technews #datarecovery #hardwareinnovation #storage

16-year-old SATA II SSD survives 1 petabyte of writes, 25x the drive's rating

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/16-year-old-sata-ii-ssd-survives-1-petabyte-of-writes-25x-over-the-drives-tbw-rating

#HackerNews #SATAII #SSD #longevity #technews #datarecovery #hardwareinnovation #storage

Backups en Frío ❄️ vs. En Caliente 🔥: Diferencias radicales

En Frío (Offline): El sistema se apaga. Cero riesgo de datos corruptos, pero implica tiempo de inactividad total.

En Caliente (Online): El sistema sigue vivo y operando. No hay pausas para los usuarios, pero es más complejo de configurar para evitar inconsistencias.

¡Disponibilidad continua contra máxima seguridad de datos!

#SysAdmin #Backup #DevOps #Database #ITTips #Infraestructura #DataRecovery

What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix?

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/18154/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-lostfound-folder-in-linux-and-unix

#HackerNews #lostfound #Linux #Unix #filesystem #datarecovery #techsupport

What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix?

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/18154/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-lostfound-folder-in-linux-and-unix

#HackerNews #lostfound #Linux #Unix #filesystem #datarecovery #techsupport

Digital Preservation at the University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives: Digging for Data: Recovering Files from Forgotten Word Processing Systems. “The collections we work with contain disks from machines that were once used professionally but are now largely forgotten. While imaging the disks themselves was possible, none of our usual tools, or others we could find online, were able to […]

Digital Preservation at the University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives: Digging for Data: Recovering Files from Forgotten Word Processing Systems. “The collections we work with contain disks from machines that were once used professionally but are now largely forgotten. While imaging the disks themselves was possible, none of our usual tools, or others we could find online, were able to […]

The Verge: This image shut down a US accident database.. “The National Transportation Safety Board disabled its public docket today after realizing an image it released in connection with a 2025 UPS airline crash could be used to reconstruct audio from a cockpit voice recorder — something it’s prohibited by law from doing.”

The Verge: This image shut down a US accident database.. “The National Transportation Safety Board disabled its public docket today after realizing an image it released in connection with a 2025 UPS airline crash could be used to reconstruct audio from a cockpit voice recorder — something it’s prohibited by law from doing.”

How to Recover Deleted Photos on Android

Learn how to recover deleted photos on Android using proven methods like cloud backup, recycle bin, and recovery tools. Protect your memories today.

#AndroidSupport #DataRecovery #PhotoBackup #TechSolutions #GooglePhotos #SmartTips

https://i2notes.com/2026/05/17/how-to-recover-deleted-photos-on-android/

HDD Firmware Hacking

https://icode4.coffee/?p=1465

#HackerNews #HDDFirmware #Hacking #Cybersecurity #DataRecovery #TechNews

HDD Firmware Hacking

https://icode4.coffee/?p=1465

#HackerNews #HDDFirmware #Hacking #Cybersecurity #DataRecovery #TechNews

Another long shot, but anyone know anything about HDD repair, or anyone that would?

I've been spending some time trying to do archaeology on my 20+ year old hard disk drives to find out some of the old stuff I've made. This one drive from ~2001 seems to be a mostly dead, and I'm trying to figure out if I can make an image out of it before it's all dead.

I managed to get the read head off the plate to get a drive unstuck, and managed to read partition table before returning to the "nothing seems to work" again. I managed to `dd` 8k off the drive to read at least the partition table, which seems to be intact.

Now the disk spins but the read head seems to be just moving back and forth and clanking into the "idle tray" (I don't know what it's called) without touching the disk when it spins now. Is there something I can do with this?

#datarecovery

Ever wondered what’s actually hidden inside your phone backups?

We’re diving deep into mobile forensics, data recovery, and tech tips on our blog. Whether you're on Team Samsung or Team iPhone, there's something for you.

Read more here: https://blog.keepita.com/

#Keepita #TechBlog #Samsung #iPhone #iOS #Android #MobileForensics #DataRecovery #Apple #SamsungGalaxy #TechTips #Privacy #CyberSecurity #SmartPhone #GooglePixel

💽 SSD guasto? Non perdere speranza! Recuperare i dati non è impossibile. #DataRecovery #TechHelp

🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/ssd-guasto-recuperare-i-dati-non-e-impossibile

IDrive.com lost all of my backup data. No user error. No support assistance.

IDrive.com lost all of my backup data. No user error. No support assistance.

New Yorker: When Your Digital Life Vanishes. “DriveSavers receives some twenty thousand inquiries each month. It has saved data for government agencies, multinational corporations, and more than a few celebrities, whose autographed portraits beamed from the lobby walls. Sidney Poitier recovered a draft of his memoir through the company’s good offices; Khloé Kardashian, a phone that fell into […]

New Yorker: When Your Digital Life Vanishes. “DriveSavers receives some twenty thousand inquiries each month. It has saved data for government agencies, multinational corporations, and more than a few celebrities, whose autographed portraits beamed from the lobby walls. Sidney Poitier recovered a draft of his memoir through the company’s good offices; Khloé Kardashian, a phone that fell into […]

Ok, this is probably a long shot, but I found an old HDD disk drive I had when I was kid (the date 13.1.96 is written on the disk), and while USB to IDE adapter did manage to spin up the disk, it didn't manage to allow me to `dd` data out of the disk (it fails with no medium found).

Anyone have any idea how I could access whatever is on that disk?

#datarecovery

Oh joy, another panic piece about digital doom 😱. Apparently, if you drop your phone in the toilet, it's like losing the Ark of the Covenant 💾. But fear not, data wizards are here to rescue your all-important cat memes and blurry concert photos 🧙‍♂️📱.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/27/when-your-digital-life-vanishes #digitaldoom #toiletphone #datarecovery #catmemes #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

Oh joy, another panic piece about digital doom 😱. Apparently, if you drop your phone in the toilet, it's like losing the Ark of the Covenant 💾. But fear not, data wizards are here to rescue your all-important cat memes and blurry concert photos 🧙‍♂️📱.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/27/when-your-digital-life-vanishes #digitaldoom #toiletphone #datarecovery #catmemes #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

When Your Digital Life Vanishes

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/27/when-your-digital-life-vanishes

#HackerNews #digitalidentity #onlineprivacy #datarecovery #cybersafety #technews

When Your Digital Life Vanishes

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/27/when-your-digital-life-vanishes

#HackerNews #digitalidentity #onlineprivacy #datarecovery #cybersafety #technews

Library of Congress Blog: A (tiny) recording of Amelia Earhart’s 1932 London speech, played for the first time. “When her memoir, ‘The Fun of It,’ came out a few months later, her publisher (who was also her husband and promoter, George Putnam) threw in a nifty promotional gimmick: a tiny 78 rpm record of a snippet of that speech, tucked inside the back cover. A little over nine decades […]

Library of Congress Blog: A (tiny) recording of Amelia Earhart’s 1932 London speech, played for the first time. “When her memoir, ‘The Fun of It,’ came out a few months later, her publisher (who was also her husband and promoter, George Putnam) threw in a nifty promotional gimmick: a tiny 78 rpm record of a snippet of that speech, tucked inside the back cover. A little over nine decades […]

Someone from Italy is selling a ferrite memory kit with 1000x ferrite core rings and wires.

Anyone here that knows how to read data off of ferrite core storage?

https://www.ebay.de/itm/236620071163

#datarecovery #digitalpreservation #technology #it

Someone from Italy is selling a ferrite memory kit with 1000x ferrite core rings and wires.

Anyone here that knows how to read data off of ferrite core storage?

https://www.ebay.de/itm/236620071163

#datarecovery #digitalpreservation #technology #it

During a busy release weekend, a planned failover exposed not technical flaws, but something more familiar: misaligned teams, unclear responsibilities, and communication that didn’t quite arrive when it should have. Production stayed safe — but confidence took a hit.

This episode dives into how a “simple test” turned into a coordination challenge, and why resilience is just as much about people and processes as it is about systems.

Find all links to listen on our website : https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep12

#podcast #datarecovery #failover #test #technology

You can find our podcast on :

Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/7LqbtykS0IQctSCucvQVHW
Apple Music : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith/id1812612272
YouTube : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9A9yzpnkOdVQvmFjgTsZRrE-zDCuIVcX
Deezer : https://link.deezer.com/s/30dyH3RoKvN8N24zgsbhj

During a busy release weekend, a planned failover exposed not technical flaws, but something more familiar: misaligned teams, unclear responsibilities, and communication that didn’t quite arrive when it should have. Production stayed safe — but confidence took a hit.

This episode dives into how a “simple test” turned into a coordination challenge, and why resilience is just as much about people and processes as it is about systems.

Find all links to listen on our website : https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep12

#podcast #datarecovery #failover #test #technology

You can find our podcast on :

Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/7LqbtykS0IQctSCucvQVHW
Apple Music : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith/id1812612272
YouTube : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9A9yzpnkOdVQvmFjgTsZRrE-zDCuIVcX
Deezer : https://link.deezer.com/s/30dyH3RoKvN8N24zgsbhj

#GoogleDrive: #Ransomware-Erkennung und Dateiwiederherstellung | iX Magazin https://www.heise.de/news/Google-Drive-Ransomware-Erkennung-und-Dateiwiederherstellung-11244868.html #DataRecovery #Datenschutz #privacy #Malware #Google :google:

#GoogleDrive: #Ransomware-Erkennung und Dateiwiederherstellung | iX Magazin https://www.heise.de/news/Google-Drive-Ransomware-Erkennung-und-Dateiwiederherstellung-11244868.html #DataRecovery #Datenschutz #privacy #Malware #Google :google:

Ich werde zur #EH23 meinen mini-PC zum Retten und Archivieren von Optischen Medien (mit LibreDrive) mitbringen. Habs soeben auch auf die Dating Seite geschrieben. Also falls jemand Interesse hat, einfach mit Medien vorbei kommen :)

Wäre jedoch gut, wenn jemand noch einen guten Flachbettscanner mitbringen könnte um die Bilder auf den Disks, sowie die Microcodes auf der Unterseite, etc. mit Digitalisieren zu können.

#EasterHegg2026 #Archiving #DataPreservation #DataRecovery

Ich werde zur #EH23 meinen mini-PC zum Retten und Archivieren von Optischen Medien (mit LibreDrive) mitbringen. Habs soeben auch auf die Dating Seite geschrieben. Also falls jemand Interesse hat, einfach mit Medien vorbei kommen :)

Wäre jedoch gut, wenn jemand noch einen guten Flachbettscanner mitbringen könnte um die Bilder auf den Disks, sowie die Microcodes auf der Unterseite, etc. mit Digitalisieren zu können.

#EasterHegg2026 #Archiving #DataPreservation #DataRecovery

Regular warning regarding backups and data recovery with Windows 11 25H2 and Bitlocker encryption.

By default, new installations of Windows 11 25H2 have BitLocker automatically enabled, on laptops and desktops.

In theory, the BitLocker recovery keys are transferred to the online Microsoft Account settings when you login that way on Windows 11.

If you use a Windows local account only then it's not backed up. Nor are you prompted to do so. This is very obviously a potentially dangerous state.

If you're going with a local account only Windows 11 OS installation then:

• Backup the recovery keys safely offline,

AND

• Keep unencrypted backups of important data off the system (ideally several copies stored separately)

OR

• Disable BitLocker

Unless you have a very specific use case or "interesting" threat model then disabling BitLocker is my suggestion.

Once BitLocker it's disabled then ensure you are taking regular backups of import data off the PC, ideally multiple copies in separate places for redundancy.

Hardware and storage media do fail. Motherboards and their TPM / UEFI Firmware data do get damaged. That's where the BitLocker encryption keys are stored.

If the BitLocker recovery information on the motherboard is damaged or unrecoverable, your BitLocker encrypted data will be unrecoverable without the recovery keys.

#Windows #BitLocker #MicrosoftAccount #25H2 #DataRecovery

Building a Reader for the Smallest Hard Drive

https://www.willwhang.dev/Reading-MK4001MTD/

#HackerNews #Building #a #Reader #SmallestHardDrive #DataRecovery #TechInnovation

Recuperare foto cancellate definitivamente da smartphone Android

Leggi articolo: https://www.tantilink.net/2026/03/recupero-foto-cancellate-android.html

#android #datarecovery #photo #smartphone