Quick wiped my passport. Desperately need more than just raw files.

[OneOfMany]

Hi,

I have a problem. My external hard drive, a 1TB WD Passport, the same place I've used to back up my entire life for the past decade, has been wiped. I mistakenly "quick wiped" it while trying to set up as a recovery drive. I understand that things are not good because the recovery drive process writes to the disk after wiping so I may not get everything. Since it happened, I've been learning and trying anything I can to restore my (800 gigs of) data. I've tried a bunch of the software but haven't really gotten the results I was looking for (or even understood the results that I've gotten half the time).

It is critically important that I'm able to recover the folder/organisation. Based off of what you see in these screenshots --- http://imgur.com/a/ibsVc, what can you tell me about my situation? Would you recommend a different strategy? What are my odds of success?

 

[Jared]

Forget all the programs you're trying. Scan the drive from beginning to end with R-Studio and see what results it gets.

 

[jol]

the OP has mentioned in the title

Desperately need more than just "raw" files.

IIUC, the OP - wants the original file/folder structure + names and everything related
if the the root directory (AKA $MFT) has been wiped out, then there is no way to get the original file/folder structure + names...

 

[OneOfMany]

the OP has mentioned in the title

Desperately need more than just "raw" files.

IIUC, the OP - wants the original file/folder structure + names and everything related
if the the root directory (AKA $MFT) has been wiped out, then there is no way to get the original file/folder structure + names...

Is there any way, that you know of to restore/replace the MFT?

In the GetDataBack results there is something called an MFT. Is this what I'm looking for? If so, what should I do next?

PS: I've tried R-Studio.

 

[OneOfMany]

Forget all the programs you're trying. Scan the drive from beginning to end with R-Studio and see what results it gets.

I've tried R-Studio. No dice.

http://imgur.com/a/4yQyw

 

[Bankole Oladoja]

Just to be sure, did you set a password on your HardDrive before the 'wipe' ?

 

[jol]

In the GetDataBack results there is something called an MFT. Is this what I'm looking for? If so, what should I do next?

try to save it and upload it here or send it as PM

 

[OneOfMany]

Just to be sure, did you set a password on your HardDrive before the 'wipe' ?

No password
Creating a windows recovery drive was my first step towards securing everything. Encryption/VPNs/etc were supposed to be next but, as you can see, I've hit a bit of a snag. Not much left to protect

 

[OneOfMany]

In the GetDataBack results there is something called an MFT. Is this what I'm looking for? If so, what should I do next?

try to save it and upload it here or send it as PM

Did you get my message?

 

[Jared]

I suspect from that R-Studio result that the file system is just too badly wiped out to get a meaningful recovery with file names and folder structure. Most likely RAW is the best you're going to get in this case. Too much has been overwritten.