Hands are shaking. On the verge of freaking out

I just lost 4tb of personal photos, so I can identify. I stopped using ntfs. Everything important is mirrored to NAS with another extrnal hd doing monthly backup.

Never again man.

heart is beating too fast. I think I might pass out. I literally have files from work on here, pics of my kid being born, 15 years of photos of the family, taxes, bitcoins.... everything... holy fuck.... I gotta lie down...

seriously guys... if you can think of something i'll be so grateful. holy shit

I disconnected the drive I moved the data from because I just BARELY formatted it, so I didn't write any new data on it, so I might be able to retrieve it that way. holy fuck...

so basically my data is saved but deleted on 3 drives: 1. The original drive and the 2 mirrors.

What's dd?

Why aren't you using a cloud service, you mongloid?

I have all my personal files on Amazon and Google drive

Recover from the old drives only. Unplug them until you have some recovery tools

>SW RAID
jesus christ man

Did you overwrite the 4TB drive or just format it?
Of it's the former, you could try to recover files with Photorec, works well enough on NTFS drives. But you will have to rename EVERYTHING it finds.

But the drive is ReFS.

Also, it says Windows can't access the disk.

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>ntfs
OP said he's using reFS
Still, i wouldn't trust my data to microsoft shit and this is coming from a win10 user

Meant the latter, duh. If you've overwritten the disk then data is gone for good.

I went through and deleted each file after it matched the file on the new drive. Then I used disk manager and formatted the whole drive.

did you have any important data on that hard drive?

Chances are if it took 3 days. It mirrored bit by bit from the empty one.

This is the reason why google doesn't use any mirroring or those shit. Just copy it manually and backup using paragon.

That said, your original 4TB drive might still have some data if you only used a quick format.

I didn't write anything new on the disk.

terminal command for copying data from a drive. google it buddy.

Pay for a professional recovery. It's going to be expensive and back your shit up next time you retard.

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Deleting files just marks the blocks as free. If you did a quick format, it's worth giving photorec a try.

> What's dd?
You're mom tiddies size :D :D :D
linux.die.net/man/1/dd - creates a byte-precise copy of any disk if it can be detected, regardless of its content.

>Chances are if it took 3 days. It mirrored bit by bit from the empty one.

That was exactly my thought when all the files were gone. But come on... I'm sure they must have thought of that shit. A simple if-then-else code to check to see if one or the other has any actual data or not.

Link? Is it free?

If it really were so irreplaceable you would have backed it up somewhere. Guess it wasn't important data after all.

You need to order few more hard disks. Make a disk dump using dd (Google it). Use systemrescuecd for this.

Once you have these disks backed up, use testdisk and if that dies not work photorec. (watch a few Youtube videos).

If this was Refs fs,then testdisk wont work. Photorec will definitely work, but it will dump all files in one folder with random names.

I have myself lost data on btrfs, I will never use new filesystems for important data.

cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

Only used it on Linux, no clue how well it works on windows.

>windows
>windows fucking diskmanager
>10 tb drives
>reFS
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA~
Like fucking clockwork

There's no way to tell data from not-data you absolute brainlet.
Now take all hard drives involved, and bring them to a specialist if it's important data, and let him do it for whatever money it takes. If it's not important enough to warrant spending a few hundred bucks, then you just learned a few lessons

If there's no backup, the data doesn't exist
Don't trust windows for important things jesus christ

Yes testdisk and photorec is free... you should use systemrescuecd. en wikipedia org/wiki/SystemRescueCD

Try testdisk first (if vs was NTFS), if that fails, use photorec.

SystemRescueCd is a bootable Linux iso, you have to flash it on USB, boot into it... get into GUI . Launch terminal... run testdisk or photorect.

Again you would need disk with data you want to recover connected, and disk where you want to restore data to be mounted.

Watch youtube videos, howtos and guides on web for help.

imagine not making backups in 2019? ever heard of a bluray burner? LTO? fuck, you could have had everything backed up by now if it's 15 years worth of shit. one solution i would try is using a tool called testdisk. you'll also need a drive to recover onto.

cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

>If this was Refs fs,then testdisk wont work
will, clueless faggot.
>Photorec will definitely work
just shut the fuck up. PHOTOREC! you are retarded m8.

reddit com/r/Windows10/comments/8jkuj8/refs_drives_becomes_raw_after_windows_10_update/

Look at that thread, maybe you are dealing with similar issue.

It was important. That's why I fucking mirrored the drive. Holy shit.

Yeah. That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to buy a few 4 TB drives and just copy everything. Fuuuuck…

I learned my lesson. I'm never going to use Mirrors or fucking ReFS, or even buy shit from Newegg (because when I first installed the drives, it said it couldn't even format them).

raid is not a backup

why did you delete it after? just keep the old drives as backups.

By the way, those 10 TB ironwolfs only had 3 eggs on newegg, but 4 stars on amazon. And the newegg ones were on a buy 2 sale. I'm sure they were just trying to get rid of a bad batch.

Why did you move stuff? Why not copy, confirm it's all there and working, and then delete the origin? Spilled milk and all that, but still this is data integrity 101.

First, recover the files from the 4TB drive. The files are there, they've just been deleted, but the bytes haven't been overwritten.
I only replied because the part about pics of your newborn touched me.

Whatever you do make sure you unplug 1 10tb disk first and keep it safe somewhere.

I would suggest going the way proposed by
with only 1 drive connected and if you're able to see your files again move everything back to the 4tb drive in NTFS.

Then buy a Synology 4 bay nas and start filling it with those 10tb disks and put your data there.

this new linkinpark song?

lmao owned.

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Seriously, guys. What a nightmare. I can't believe this had to happen now, when I'm literally trying to back up the data to prevent this exact thing from happening. I was meaning to use them in a server for other files.

Any idea if I'll at least be able to keep directory structures?

4tb is a lot of stuff to sift through.

So much Reddit spacing in this thread. I hope you lost your data and learned a valuable lesson, OP.

I did exactly what you just said. I literally went into every directory and made sure it matched. Then after a day, I figured since it's now mirrored, it's so secure, I can delete the original.

God damn it.....

The fact that I had to pay $600 to newegg for this also is a fucking mind ache.

I called them and told them to notate the order so I can return it after the 30 days is up because I'm trying to fucking retrieve the data.

I'm going to try to boot up windows with either one of I drives disconnected.

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it
Trash it, change it, mail – upgrade it
Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it
Snap it, work it, quick – erase it
Write it, cut it, paste it, save it
Load it, check it, quick – rewrite it
Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it
Drag and drop it, zip – unzip it
Lock it, fill it, call it, find it
View it, code it, jam – unlock it
Surf it, scroll it, pause it, click it
Cross it, crack it, switch – update it
Name it, read it, tune it, print it
Scan it, send it, fax – rename it
Touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it
Turn it, leave it, start – format it

lol work on your backup strategy bro better luck next time :^)

I'm proud of you

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Use Disk Drill. I did and saved everything there was on some drive. BTW its for MACOS from what i know but it worked for me so

>When Backblaze is 6$ a month for unlimited storage and you just spent 600$ on spinning rust to delete your shit

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The mirroring was still set up, wasn't it? Are you really this stupid?

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this

If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear.

So I'm using some free program to see if I could find anything. And of course it founds TB of data. But nothing is organized as it was according to the directory structure.

This is taking a long time, but it wants you to pay for anything over 2TB. Plus, I'd have nowhere to save it to. So I think I'll cancel this process and just boot one drive. Fuuck.

Well, at least I know that this theory:
>Chances are if it took 3 days. It mirrored bit by bit from the empty one.
Isn't the correct one. Or at least not entirely.

Maybe it DID sync to the blank data. But why would the other dive be completely empty?

Oh wait a minute...

If I look at my drive list:
There's an I: drive with a question mark.

That's likely the other side of the mirror. Is it supposed to be that way for a failed mirror?

Maybe the i drive failed and it synced to that?

But what literally is the point of a mirrored raid when all it does is copy the bad parts?

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>he doesn't have multiple redundant backups
sasuga Jow Forums

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>uploading 8TB
even on a 1Gbit connection that would take more than a month

If you boot the same version your are booting now that'll do no good.
You need an up to date version which still include ReFS.

Also this is not the 10TB drive faults but rather your lack of knowledge and experience which made you choose a meme filesystem instead of the standard one

>windows
>no backups
kek

>standard
NTFS is just as shitty

So? most of your files only have to upload once. You're a fucking idiot if the only copies of your precious files are on some consumer grade piece of shit hard drive.

>I format one of the 4 TB drives after comparing all the files.

Unless you overwrote this drive already you should be able to recover everything from it

>he doesn't have his entire photo and video collection on google photos
i want to feel sorry for you but you basically threw all your photos into a box, doused it with lighter fluid, and threw the match in

pirate r-studio it will have files in proper structure

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I see you can't do math either

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disk
drive

Literally less time than you spent deleting your data

Continuous backup, idiot.

I remember that i fixed something like that, opening the disk in HxD and editing something at the header.

OP HERE.

HOLY SHIT. THANK FUCK!!!

I texted this girl I met at some used PC store. Anyway, I told her what happened. Then she suggested that I just disconnect the drive and put it in another PC.

And so I thought that was genius. I told her it was a RAID, but she probably doesn't know what that means. Even though she's pretty good with computers.

So I took one of the mirrors and put it in another PC.

I booted up Windows 10 on there and went into disk manager and the drive read as Foreign and Inaccessible. So I googled that phrase and it said for you to just right click on that and select import, so I did that.

AND ALL MY FILES, FOLDERS AND ALL ARE THERE. NOTHING IS MISSING. IT'S ALL THERE.

THANK FUCK!!!!!

THANK YOU MY BROTHERS.... HOLY FUUUUUCK. WHAT A LOAD OFF.

I WILL BACK THIS SHIT UP TO 4 DIFFERENT DRIVES NOW. FUCK.

Fuck off not your tech support.

Oh my god, what a fucking mind bender. Fuck...

I need to go out. I'm not even touching this rig for a few days. I'm disconnecting these drives and just leaving them until I've bought more drive to back THAT shit to. Fuck.

>New $300 drive cant even format correctly
>Store all your data on it rather than exchanging it for a new one

You played yourself

Your services are no longer necessary anyway. Thanks, brother.

1. put new drives in computer
2. ctrl-c old data
3. ctrl-v on new drive
4. check copied data
5. remove old drives

like, how do you fuck this up?

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Why the fuck would you have so much space and not set up a NAS or a SAN?

The idea of allowing windows to even touch these drives is pants-on-head retarded. Not setting up half that space as a backup is equally retarded. Learn from your mistake.

Underrated post

I tried to have sympathy for you, OP but the stuff you named sounds important, yeah. So why didnt you have a off-site backup? You yourself are to blame you fucking idiot. How can you be so stupid?
How old are you. 14? Fucking hell you make me mad because of your dumb actions .

You literally only had to Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V the disks and check afterwards you fucktard

not op, but anyone can recommend a software to clong from one drive to another byte by byte identically? for windows of course

gentoo

thats expensive as hell

He only had 10TB usable. I have 28TB in my desktop.

no, copying byte by byte should be simple enough that a windows software can do it

It is simple, and yet Windows lacks basic features like it.

>no backups
>buys Seagate drives from sale
>stores critical data on Microsoft SW RAID without testing
>deletes backups
I hate to say this but you deserved this. Every single one of those steps is a big no-no.

install gentoo

LiveCD and dd.
WSL can't do it, I tried. Oh year, there are Acronis utils, paid but you can find bootdisks for free on the net. Bootdisks are LInux-based, but interface is WIndows-like.

>I choose to switch my drives on and off erratically for years on end
That's just some dumb shit right there.

>no offsite backups
>no redundant backups either
>not keeping bitcoin / tax / important stuff in double encrypted volumes and uploading to various online places
Deserved it

>Move

Never "Move" always use "copy" by hand then you can delete the data from the old location at your leisure. "Move" nearly always fucks up.

>double encrypted volumes
>y tho
That's like having a wallet inside a wallet: you have to access both at the same time either way.

This. Move is for moving shit between folders on the same drive, across drives always use the copy function and delete them later. If an error happens during a move you'll have half the files on the source, half on the destination, and at least one fucked up partially moved file.

fucking normies man.

why didn't you just boot into a linux flash drive and check things out

idk i'm not reading this thread

Is this what it’s like to look into the mind of a genuinely mentally disabled person?
>don’t array
>use ext4 for storage
>don’t use fucking windows for “complex” file management
>just back your shit up with rsync
lmao your shits fucked tho

hows AOMEI Backupper Standard?