Hey guys, Long time no see. So I recently acquired an DVT4 and I think there could be something on the hard drives. I've heard of people trying to recover data that was deleted. I want to know what the BEST way to recover any data off a DVT4 hard drive.
First would be start with a sector-by-sector backup which will backup the entire drive including possibly deleted content so you don't have to work as much with the actual drive. Using it in the system for example, it could possibly overwrite things that you don't want to be deleted. Then you just have to work with the backup file. However, I'm unsure if the hard drive in these units are locked or not (I'd assume they are, if the retail is), so you would need a way to unlock if before a PC could read it and make backups.
iirc DVT and debug drives are not locked but don't quote me on that. Even if it is then it's simple enough to get the HDD key from the system since it can run homebrew anyway.
An EEPROM reader would also be an easy way to obtain the key, assuming again that it's similar to retail. Then you wouldn't have to install anything to the hard drive. But this might not be the easiest task if you're unfamiliar with the method. Will it run homebrew off a DVD drive?
I believe they are unlocked as well. I know debug and devkit consoles use a HDD key of all 00s (binary), which some drive manufacturers prohibit from being used as a locking key, so that is most likely why they are unlocked.
The hard drive is unlocked with an XDK. I've switched drives multiple times in DVT4s. So let's say I do a full sector backup. What's the BEST way I can recover data from a FATX partition?
Filerecovery tools might help, hexeditors, GIMP could view images, and looking at the filetable maybe? I need to do something similair but my DVT drive seems to be locked when I connect him to a PC (dint try the 0000 key, or however long it is)