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Hi Clint,
this is a company supplied laptop, not sure on what kind of encryption they
use.
I used the windows recover function on the HP sure start utility, not sure
what that uses.

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                   Luis

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On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 at 23:31, Clint Jay <cjaysharp@gmail.com> wrote:

> Was the laptop encrypted with Bitlocker? How was windows reinstalled? Was
> the secure wipe in the BIOS used?
>
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2020, 21:49 David VanHorn, <microbrix@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > yes
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:35 PM Luis Moreira <
> > luis.moreira1575@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi David,
> > > Do you think this would work on a working formated disk?
> > > Thank you.
> > > Best Regards
> > >            Luis
> > >
> > > On Tue, 21 Jul 2020, 21:30 David VanHorn, <microbrix@gmail.com> wrote=
:
> > >
> > > > Recuva may help. I've had good luck with it in the past.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:24 PM Luis Moreira <
> > > > luis.moreira1575@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > A bit more info on this issue, this is a HP laptop with that sure
> > start
> > > > > thing and a ssd. I think the drive never had an issue, it all
> started
> > > > with
> > > > > an issue with the wireless card. I restarted the laptop as normal=
ly
> > > this
> > > > > always gets it working fine, and that's when it got stuck on the
> > > > > splash screen for HP Sure start. I left it for about 3 hours tryi=
ng
> > to
> > > > > restart but after that I stopped it and restarted it again. That
> got
> > it
> > > > > stuck on the repairing the pc splash screen which I left it on fo=
r
> > > > another
> > > > > 4 hours and still nothing so I got into the startup menu and got
> into
> > > the
> > > > > recover option, which really meant restore windows 10.
> > > > > And that's it, I have now a newly formated drive with the laptop
> > ready
> > > > for
> > > > > initial setup and may files gone!
> > > > >
> > > > > I just want to gauge how likely it is that I can get my files bac=
k
> > and
> > > if
> > > > > there's any tools I can suggest to the IT guy.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you.
> > > > > Best Regards
> > > > >             Luis
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 21 Jul 2020, 19:41 Denny Esterline, <desterline@gmail.com=
>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Recent discussion on Hack-a-day about data recovery.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://hackaday.com/2020/07/14/tales-from-the-sysadmin-impending-hard-dr=
ive-doom/
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The comment section might contain some nuggets worth digging fo=
r.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:06 AM Luis Moreira <
> > > > > > luis.moreira1575@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > > > Looking for some info and experiences you may have had in the
> > past.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My company issued Laptop, just failed on Startup yesterday an=
d
> > I've
> > > > > lost
> > > > > > > quite a bit of valuable data and files. I know what you are
> going
> > > to
> > > > > say,
> > > > > > > no Backup? No I'm afraid not, as my IT department will not
> supply
> > > it,
> > > > > > since
> > > > > > > we are all suppose to work on the network not on our C: drive=
!
> > > > Anyway,
> > > > > I
> > > > > > > should have had setup some manual backup strategy.
> > > > > > > So here we are. I couldn't recover the laptop after startup s=
o
> I
> > > done
> > > > > > > recovery, but what that actually meant was a clean install of
> > > windows
> > > > > 10,
> > > > > > > so all my files are gone
> > > > > > > Looking at the time it took, it can't have formated fully the
> > > drive,
> > > > > but
> > > > > > > the IT department after several scans can not find any data.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > What I'm looking for, is some advice, software/service that y=
ou
> > > have
> > > > > > > experience with, that could help me get at least some of my
> > > > data/files
> > > > > > > back.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thank you.
> > > > > > > Best regards
> > > > > > >             Luis
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