While helping with an Outlook migration project, I came across a corrupted OST file that couldn't be opened normally. After testing a few recovery options, I found that converting the OST to PST was the easiest way to regain access to the mailbox data. Being able to preview emails before exporting was especially helpful.

Has anyone else dealt with orphaned or inaccessible OST files recently?

#OSTtoPST #Outlook #EmailMigration #ITSupport #DataRecovery

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

I lost my mobile and to recover my email, gallery, etc., which was synchronised with my Gmail #datarecovery #mail #gmail

https://askubuntu.com/q/1567594/612

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 […]

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

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