repair NTFS: better than chkdsk?

[Hugo Trebl]

Hi all
got some bad sectors on a hard drive recently.
Most things are backed up, but, as usual, not everything in the most
recent version.

I attempted to relocate the data in the damaged sectors with Spinrite,
which reported some partial success.
I also cloned the disc in case further sectors go bad.

Now the NTFS file system is naturally still damaged. What steps should
I take to fix it?

Is chkdsk /r my best choice or is there a better tool?

My main concern is finding out which files are most likely corrupted,
and my second concern to recover what is salvageable.
chkdsk (whitout /r) finds several errors, but reports mainly file
numbers and file segment numbers, so is not very helpful in the first
respect. I don't know how good it is in the second.

Any other options?

thanks for your help.

 

[Jim]

Hi all
got some bad sectors on a hard drive recently.
Most things are backed up, but, as usual, not everything in the most
recent version.

I attempted to relocate the data in the damaged sectors with Spinrite,
which reported some partial success.
I also cloned the disc in case further sectors go bad.

Now the NTFS file system is naturally still damaged. What steps should
I take to fix it?

Quit wasting time with a soon to be history disk. Replace the bloody thing
while you can still read some of the data.
Jim

 

[Hugo Trebl]

Quit wasting time with a soon to be history disk. Replace the bloody thing
while you can still read some of the data.

I already replaced the drive, no worries there. Most files are safely
backed up.

I just want to salvage the rest, as well as find out which of the files
are likely to be corrupted so I know which files (if any) i have to
restore from previous versions.

 

[Jim]

I already replaced the drive, no worries there. Most files are safely
backed up.

I just want to salvage the rest, as well as find out which of the files
are likely to be corrupted so I know which files (if any) i have to
restore from previous versions.

I see... You are in for a bit work.
Jim