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I just damaged my volume with file eraser. I start by mistake (missclick) erasing very important volume with Gutmann Lite (10 steps) algorithm. Process lasted less than 2-3 seconds, after which I pressed (in panic) cancel button. Yet still I can't now open this .hc file with 72GB of very important and sensetive personal data. The file still weighs the same 70 gigabytes. Please help! This mistake might cost me a job.
I got error
"The volume does not contain a recognized file system.
Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not
corrupted."
Last edit: Hitt Momo 2023-10-20
It's my fault, I know. I screwed up so badly. Never did a single backup of this file and simply missclicked in (4:00 AM, didn't sleep for 20h+). I can't even discribe how important this file to me.
here is error:
Last edit: Hitt Momo 2023-10-20
I would make a copy of the dismounted file container and use the copy of the file container for data recovery attempts.
If you can mount the file container in VeraCrypt, you can try to recover data within the mounted VeraCrypt volume using data recovery software.
Users on the VeraCrypt forum have had good results with paid edition of EaseUS Data Recovery and R-Studio. Other data recovery software are GetDataBack, File Scavenger, Photorec and TestDisk.
I would proceed to using data recovery software against the mounted volume using a Windows account with Administrator privileges.
Make a copy of the dismounted damaged file container for each recovery software attempt to recover as much data as you can by using each recovery software. You may only need to perform the data recovery once or it may require trying different data recovery software in the attempt to recovery all the data.
I would make a new file container to receive the recovered data that you copy from each recovery effort.
Tried R-Studio and it helped me to restore all files. Thanks for the advice! I tried free Recuva (by Piriform Software), but it didn't work at all.
A reminder to all users:
Always have frequent backups of your data due to possible hardware failure, software issues or user error which can cause loss of access to either the unencrypted drive or an encrypted disk, partition or file container.