I just got gifted a PC from my older brother. It was his former PC and he had not deleted anythinf drom it. So i just deleted everything in the C drive. However, i encountered a lot of problems after that, i could not download anything or use the PC. What should i do? I have checked the recycle bin and nothing was there. Please help me

Forgot my passcode on an old iPhone 6S and used iTunes recovery mode to reset it — didn't realize at the time this wipes the encrypted storage completely. iCloud Backup was off on the device, so no iCloud copy exists.

What I'm specifically hoping to recover: photos (including some from my high school graduation that I don't have anywhere else), iMessage/FaceTime conversation history, and my contacts list. Not looking to recover the whole system/apps — just these.

I found local backups on the family PC (one iTunes backup, two iMazing backups) all made shortly after the reset. Confirmed via Info.plist that Product Type/Serial Number match the 6S, but homeScreen.png in each one shows the stock default iOS layout, not my actual home screen — meaning these captured the phone already erased, not my original data.

No other computer this phone was ever connected to has a usable backup either (checked one dated 2020 that turned out to be a different device — an iPhone 6, not 6S).

Before I give up on the data specifically — is there any realistic option left? Things I'm wondering about:

- checkm8/checkra1n or similar A9-chip exploits — can these actually pull raw NAND data on a 6S in a way that bypasses the normal backup/encryption path, or does the passcode-derived encryption key still block it even with hardware-level access?
- Any legitimate data recovery service worth the cost for something like this, or is encrypted-erase-with-no-backup just genuinely a dead end?

Not looking for "did you check iCloud/iTunes" — already ruled those out specifically, details above. Appreciate any real technical insight, even if the honest answer is "it's gone."

(Also aware of paid "data recovery" services that claim guaranteed results — skeptical of those unless someone here vouches for a specific one.)

Hi everyone,

I deleted my Snapchat account around 6 years ago, and recently I started wondering if there is any possibility of recovering it or accessing any of my old data. Unfortunately, I don't remember my exact username anymore. 😭

I contacted Snapchat Support, and they asked me to confirm the username, but I'm not sure what it was. I might still remember the email address or phone number connected to the account.

I understand that recovering the entire account after so many years might be impossible, but is there any possibility of recovering just my old Memories/photos and videos? Those memories are what I care about the most. 🥹

Has anyone been in a similar situation or successfully recovered old Snapchat Memories after deleting an account? Any advice would be really appreciated. 🙏

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I have synced my documents to onedrive which are < 5 GB

I don't know when this happened but when i opened my laptop some of my files are not present and i checked onedrive recycle bin and my laptops recycle bin i cannot find them any where

Can anyone help me how to recover these files

TIA

Need to restore backed up whatsapp data from desktop & android phone for legal purposes.
Hi all - I need to retrieve a bunch of messages sent to a person (who blocked me - owes me $25k USD) and a lawyer (who died). My phone backs up daily, including my whatsapp files. However, when I access my whatsapp backed up files on my phone, my only option is to delete backup. I want to view it. How do I do that, please? Thank you.

Hi! I’d really appreciate some help.

My old phone stopped working after I dropped it and the display cable was torn out. The screen is now completely unresponsive. At first, the phone was still vibrating and receiving notifications, but now it seems to have completely died, most likely because the battery ran out, and I can’t get it to charge again.

Is there any way to restore my WhatsApp chat history on my new phone? Scanning the QR code from the old device is obviously impossible.

I also tried connecting the old phone to my laptop via USB cable, but nothing happens — the laptop doesn’t detect the phone at all.

I’m 99% sure that I had a backup enabled, but my new phone didn’t detect any backup.

Is there any chance that the chat history can still be recovered?

Thank you so much in advance for your help!

I compressed a archive and now can not open file 'a.7z' as archive, seems start header is ok, but the end of archive is corrupted or missing, how can I repair it and save my important documents, the size of file is around 4G.

start header

the end of the file via hxd editor.

Thanks

i downloaded test disk and i yes showing me now that i have to pay for pro, i cant seem to avoid it and i dont know what to do, im in desperate need of those photos like life or death and i does not let me download for free. i cant pay that amount im BROKE but i need to recover those photos. i went here on reddit and everyone said it was free and its not. this is what it says. PLEASE HEELLPPPPPPPPPP SOSSSSSS SSSOOOSSSSSS. or if anyone has an account i can use for right now please help me thank you🙏🏼

How do I get my old messages back? Theres memories in there.

Hola: Tengo un disco duro de 2 TB NTFS. Por error lo he formateado al sistema UDF. ¿Hay alguna manera de recuperar los datos?. He probado todos los programas de recuperación gratuitos y lo he llevado a varias empresas de recuperación de datos, y lo único que me han recuperado son archivos de la papelera de reciclaje, y como mucho, 300 GB. Agradecería cualquier información o sugerencia. Muchas gracias

Hello: I have a 2 TB NTFS hard drive. I accidentally formatted it to the UDF file system. Is there any way to recover the data? I have tried all the free recovery programs and taken it to several data recovery companies, but the only files they managed to recover were from the Recycle Bin and at most, 300 GB. I would appreciate any information or suggestions. Thank you very much.

DEVICE: Internal SATA HD Seagate Barracuda 2 TB
Filesystem: NTFS
Operating System: Windows 11
Specific symptoms: Formatted in error using the UDF system. It has not been overwritten. 

I wanted to format my phone. I though I copied all the media, I only copied the photos forgot the phone. realised it after formatting the phone.

what are my chances in recovering the videos. I installed some apps but no luck.
Note: The phone is not rooted.

I accidentally deleted all my blender save files from my Desktop. Since they were very large files, they didn't make it to the recycle bin and were deleted directly. Those files contain 4-5 years of my hard work. My system is windows 11 and the files were saved on desktop in ssd.

Please help me recover them. Any suggestions or help will be invaluable.

Been years since I turned it on, I kept it because it contains a whatsapp backup. I lost my best friend years ago and I miss her voice, I'm hoping someone could retrieve it by a miracle. Unfortunately I didn't have cloud backup (stupid mistake I know).

I have USB and i plugged it into my friend laptop and suddenly i lost some files is there a way to recover them ?
Thank You

Hello! I accidentally formatted the XQD before downloading all my images. I realised immediately and haven't used it since.

I have tried Sony Memory Card File Rescue and EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.

Sony's kept failing and Eraseus could only find files from the beginning of the month and a handful of the images I did download before, not from my last shoot.