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Unfortunately, Android uses forced encryption these days, making recovery almost impossible. There are data recovery software that can find cached images not available to the user, but if you're looking for anything else, it's probably not recoverable.

The catch 22 here is that there are some programs that MIGHT be able to help (and that's a long shot), but they all require root. Which you would have to have rooted before the data was put on the phone or lost. And rooting wipes the phone, which destroys the encryption keys, which makes 100% of the data unrecoverable. Sorry I don't have better news for you. If you're looking for just images, you can check the cached images with this program:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger

To answer your question about copying the internal storage to run a recovery program on it, what you're referring to is called "imaging". And it is possible on Android. But only if you're already rooted. And even then, with forced encryption, it isn't always a gurantee of a successful recovery, like it used to be in the past.

So I have one of these

And it contains all my old stuff.

I have a gaming pc with a SSD and I’m pretty sure my Mac has a SSD but I cheaped out on the hard drive

Basically I deleted a few files from it (bank information, social security, photos etc. I don’t want even a fraction of a possibility that someone might recover these deleted files)

So a simple 1 pass overwrite with 0s should do the trick?

Not a TRIM issue and it's a 10TB Seagate Ironwolf HDD. So like I stated it's a mechanical drive not SSD. The file just got deleted when I realized that all the files did not copy to the new folder. I used shift delete.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085ZB51HW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I know it's DMDE something I am not doing right because no matter what folder I choose no deleted folders or files show. The app is complicated it seems to use and something I am doing is incorrect in the steps. The instructions tell how to recover a drive partition but not how to just recover a file or folder so I know it is a step I am doing wrong. Can't find any instructions to basic file recovery with this software.

Huh, reporting as a 16TB drive? Is this drive supposed to be 16TB? Does it have a brand and model # on it? This is basically the only genuine 16TB external SSD that I'm aware of, however there are tons of fakes out there that claim to be 16TB.

I suspect this drive is either A.) failing and reporting an incorrect capacity, or B.) a counterfeit drive, these usually contain a <64GB SD card or flash drive with hacked firmware.

This is what I used to try and access it via USB. I used it to clone drives and to pull data from other drives without issues. The original drive that was in the Samsung laptop is recognized immediately when used with this enclosure.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GFF7WTJ/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&amp;th=1

Yeah most will just use a desktop, however a laptop with an eSATA port can also work just as well for a portable solution. AFAIK with eSATA, you still need to avoid most enclosures or docks because they often still have a bridge board that can cause the same issues as USB. Instead I think the best solution would be:

• Direct eSATA-SATA cable for data

• External SATA power supply such as this

The destination drive is fine to connect via a standard USB adapter, so you don't need 2 eSATA ports or anything like that.

This what you need - https://www.amazon.com/Wiha-26794-Precision-Pentalobe-Screwdriver/dp/B00GY8VQQE

Just don't expect that opening the drive would help you make it work again, it's the opposite.

If it's curiosity the go hurt your drive :)

> I'm using a laptop so I'm unable to connect any of the hard drives directly to the computer using IDE or SATA cables. That's why I was looking for a dock.

If the drive is unhealthy, you are significantly lowering your chances of success by converting it to USB. Is there any chance your laptop has eSATA? That’s the only case in which a laptop would be suitable for best-practice DIY recovery.

> Do you have a link for that 5.25" bay by chance?

I think the one I have is this, but it’s made overseas and a ton of companies buy and resell them under different brands. It’s nothing special