is there software for searching the raw data on my HD?

[lenrely]

I have a difficult data recovery puzzle before me. The missing document was never saved, however the file has 12 revisions and I believe the lost text is in one of those revisions. Please recommend or shoot down some ideas I have...
1. Download a super search engine that can look for the text directly from the sectors of the harddrive, beyond file perameters. (Or perhaps a regular recovery program that has a content search feature.)
2. Download a program that can isolate the recovery numbers from Word documents and view them.
3. Revert a portion of Windows to a specific date as you would to recover from a crash.

This is a network server at work that I cannot send to a specialist, however I could allow remote access to an IT. Thanks.

 

[eyec]

google for a program called winhex. it can search the physical drive for strings of data by words.

amother program would be dedit3. i think Sourceforge has it.

 

[Reex]

I recommend you use the data recovery software "Data Recovery Wizard". It has the "RAW Recovery" function which you want, and you might have a try to find the data you lost.

http://www.easeus.com/download.htm

GOOD LUCK!

Data Recovery Wizard
Partition Table Doctor
EASEUS Partition Manager

 

[Santei]

had good experience with this one...

http://www.recoverdatafree.com

 

[tbartlet]

lenrely,

There are loads of tools available to try:

http://www.winhex.com

http://www.simplecarver.com

http://www.getdata.com

The above are some good examples that I would recommend as they have many uses (not just data recovery) so well worth the money.