Help please

[chemwarrior]

Alright, Ive acquired a new HDD, 120gigs, Ive installed it, blah blah blah, and Ive now created an 'evidence' file using Encase. Problem is, Ive never used the program before, so now I am, umm, lost. Im not exactly sure what the next thing Im supposed to do is.. if someone could clue me in, it would be MASSIVELY appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[chemwarrior]

Never mind, I figured it out.

Now I have another question though- Is there any way to save files that have been overwritten? I mean, ones where they show up with a little "x" on gray folder or "x" on manila folder? I need to recover those files... some of them are very important... and now that Ive back things up, I should be able to if theres a way.... so ANY help would be appreciated

[Nihilist]

Sorry, once a file is overwritten it is permanent(unless you are the NSA, and still, it isn't very easy even for them).

[chemwarrior]

Yeah.. I figured as much:( damnit, thats a lot of personal info and things down the drain:(

[nbk2000]

That's why you have to use multiple hard drives, multiple partitions, drive images, daily backup scripts, CD-R archiving, 24/7 firewall and anti-virus protection, regular mantainence of defragging and drive monitoring, etc etc.

I learned the hard way too. You'll learn from this and be better for it. Then you too won't lose anything for years like I haven't. :D

[vulture]

That's why you have to use multiple hard drives, multiple partitions, drive images, daily backup scripts, CD-R archiving, 24/7 firewall and anti-virus protection, regular mantainence of defragging and drive monitoring, etc etc.


Who said computers were the infotainment centrals of the future? :rolleyes:

Anyways, Billie boy just spended an 8 figure sum to malaria research, so I guess we should shut up.