Recovering deleted files on SwannDVR

[kxm13 0]

Is it possible to recover deleted files on a DVR?

My in-laws own a restaurant and last night a family member who works there went inside late at night.. Deleted the video files from when they were there. The only thing we still have is the actual footage of them coming in through the back door.

 

Is there anything we can do to recover the files that were deleted?

[anthonie 0]

I am using Linux, so primarely that would be the place to search for tools.

 

Assuming you have no ssh access to the device, I would take out the harddisk and put in a pc as a slave drive to be able to access it.

 

If that's done, download / install a program called Testdisk.

 

(Edit: I just noticed on the wiki it's available for all major OS's.)

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

 

Run it with enough user right (sudo/su/gksudo) and recover your files with it.

 

The testdisk manual can be found here

http://linux.die.net/man/1/testdisk

 

More extensive info on recovery can be found here

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step

 

If you insist on Windows, there used to be a nice little program (albeit slow) called GetDataBack. It can still be found on plenty of sites.