Good data recover that WORKS.

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Anyone know of a GOOD data recovery program that will work with
disks that report sector errors? So far I've tried GDB, Drive
Rescue and PCIfilerecover, two of which freeze and GDB reports it
will take 20 hours to find out if it works. Or, if not freeware
one that is reasonable cost? Drive spins normally with no noise so
this I think is a logical (maybe fat table) corruption, not a
physical problem with the drive.
 
Safest way.

Slave it to another hard drive / comp ( no need to bolt it in, just
cable it & leave it outside the case ) & copy your stuff onto the other
HD.
You may have a choice of jumper settings on the master HD, such as
master with slave or MS.

Now put it back in your comp & try this.

PC INSPECTOR
55 Best Free Data Recovery Utility
http://www.techsupportalert.com/more/extended.htm
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery is a data recovery program that supports
the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS
file systems. The current version 3.x replaces the previous version
2.x, which is now over
6 years old.
Files accidentally deleted or any data from a formated hard disk, Zip,
Jaz or floppy disk, can
be recovered along with original folder names and file Create and
Modified dates within minutes.
 
DoUCare
"reread the OP, he already tried that program. It doesn't work"

If you have something constructive to say, say it, this is a forum to
help people, not nit pick other people's work.

No mention of chameleon using PC INSPECTOR.
 
chameleon <[email protected]> wrote:
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Anyone know of a GOOD data recovery program that will work with
disks that report sector errors? So far I've tried GDB, Drive
Rescue and PCIfilerecover, two of which freeze and GDB reports it
will take 20 hours to find out if it works. Or, if not freeware
one that is reasonable cost? Drive spins normally with no noise so
this I think is a logical (maybe fat table) corruption, not a
physical problem with the drive.
Click to expand...

Copying the data to another drive seems like a good idea.

I came across this yesterday, but the download never comleted. It
sounds like it might work if your partition table has errors:

http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html


"TestDisk is a powerful data recovery utility! It was primarily
designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks
bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software,
certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing
your Partition Table).

TestDisk can run under DOS (either real or in a Windows 9x DOS-box),
Windows 32-bit (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003), Linux OSs, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
OpenBSD and SunOS; precompiled binary executables are available for
DOS, Win32 and Linux. But TestDisk will find lost partitions for all
of these file systems:

* BeFS ( BeOS )
* BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD )
* CramFS (Compressed File System)
* DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
* HFS and HFS+, Hierarchical File System
* JFS, IBM's Journaled File System
* Linux Ext2 and Ext3
*

Linux Raid
o RAID 1: mirroring
o RAID 4: striped array with parity device
o RAID 5: striped array with distributed parity information
o RAID 6: striped array with distributed dual redundancy
information
* Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2)
* LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager
* Netware NSS
* NTFS ( Windows NT/2K/XP/2003 )
* ReiserFS 3.5 and 3.6
* Sun Solaris i386 disklabel
* UFS and UFS2 (Sun/BSD/...)
* XFS, SGI's Journaled File System

TestDisk queries the BIOS (DOS/Win9x) or the OS (Linux, FreeBSD,
Windows) in order to find the Hard Disks and their characteristics (
LBA size and CHS geometry). TestDisk does a quick check of your disk's
structure and compares it with your Partition Table for entry errors.
If the Partition Table has entry errors, TestDisk can repair them. If
you have missing partitions or a completely empty Partition Table,
TestDisk can search for partitions and create a new Table or even a
new MBR if necessary.

However, it's up to the user to look over the list of possible
partitions found by TestDisk and to select the one(s) which were being
used just before the drive failed to boot or the partition(s) were
lost. In some cases, especially after initiating a detailed search for
lost partitions, TestDisk may show partition data which is simply from
the remnants of a partition that had been deleted and overwritten long
ago.

TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know
little or nothing about data recovery techniques, the command line
parameters /log and /debug can be used to collect detailed information
about a non-booting drive which can then be sent to a tech for further
analysis. Those more familiar with such procedures should find
TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery."



Good luck!
 
Anyone know of a GOOD data recovery program that will work with
disks that report sector errors? So far I've tried GDB, Drive
Rescue and PCIfilerecover, two of which freeze and GDB reports it
will take 20 hours to find out if it works. Or, if not freeware
one that is reasonable cost? Drive spins normally with no noise so
this I think is a logical (maybe fat table) corruption, not a
physical problem with the drive.
Click to expand...

For what partition type? (fat16, fat32, ntfs)

For which OS? (w98, wme, w2k, wxp)

Run scandisk without the fix option, and get a report of the damage.
After you determine which files are corrupt you will be able to
formulate a recovery plan which will minimize data loss.
 
Safest way.

Slave it to another hard drive / comp ( no need to bolt it in, just
cable it & leave it outside the case ) & copy your stuff onto the other
HD.
You may have a choice of jumper settings on the master HD, such as
master with slave or MS.

Now put it back in your comp & try this.

PC INSPECTOR
55 Best Free Data Recovery Utility
http://www.techsupportalert.com/more/extended.htm
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery is a data recovery program that supports
the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS
file systems. The current version 3.x replaces the previous version
2.x, which is now over
6 years old.
Files accidentally deleted or any data from a formated hard disk, Zip,
Jaz or floppy disk, can
be recovered along with original folder names and file Create and
Modified dates within minutes.
Click to expand...

Note about leaving the drive outside the case: set the drive
in a secure location, where it's not going to vibrate off
or get bumped, *circuit board up.* I didn't do this once
and a cute little spark destroyed the circuit board.
 
(e-mail address removed) wrote in @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
DoUCare
"reread the OP, he already tried that program. It doesn't work"

If you have something constructive to say, say it, this is a forum to
help people, not nit pick other people's work.

No mention of chameleon using PC INSPECTOR.
Click to expand...

What do you think this is dimwit?

"So far I've tried GDB, Drive
Rescue and PCIfilerecover, two of which freeze and GDB reports it
will take 20 hours to find out if it works."
 
For what partition type? (fat16, fat32, ntfs)
Click to expand...

Have read this thread in other groups. file system type is FAT32, win98
For which OS? (w98, wme, w2k, wxp)

Run scandisk without the fix option, and get a report of the damage.
After you determine which files are corrupt you will be able to
formulate a recovery plan which will minimize data loss.
Click to expand...

if the other programs mentioned freeze, scandisk will also. drive has
sector errors, scandisk will not solve.
 
Have read this thread in other groups. file system type is FAT32, win98


if the other programs mentioned freeze, scandisk will also. drive has
sector errors, scandisk will not solve.
Click to expand...
Run Scandisk from an EBD (Emergency Boot Disk).

What is the Brand and the Size of the failing HDD (Hard Disk Drive)?

Does the Drive currently have more than one Partition?
 
fiendlyfoe
"What do you think this is dimwit? "

Your right frendlyfoe, I looked at that & thought it must be another
program.

Your langauge & DoUCare's tell me a lot about you both.

You both must be very unhappy, normal people do not talk like that.
 
Anyone know of a GOOD data recovery program that will work with
disks that report sector errors? So far I've tried GDB, Drive
Rescue and PCIfilerecover, two of which freeze and GDB reports it
will take 20 hours to find out if it works. Or, if not freeware
one that is reasonable cost? Drive spins normally with no noise so
this I think is a logical (maybe fat table) corruption, not a
physical problem with the drive.
Click to expand...

I have had very good luck with Restoration
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html regarding deleted files.
Now HD that have sector errors, I ususally just run scandisk (but I
guess this will not work) and move the file to another drive.

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[snip]
Note about leaving the drive outside the case: set the drive
in a secure location, where it's not going to vibrate off
or get bumped, *circuit board up.* I didn't do this once
and a cute little spark destroyed the circuit board.
Click to expand...

With the circuit board up you may run the risk of destroying the
bearings. Most drives are designed to be used in the circuit board
down position or on their side. To avoid short circuits place the
drive on something non-conductive. I use a magazine or book. Otherwise
I agree.
 
[snip]
Note about leaving the drive outside the case: set the drive
in a secure location, where it's not going to vibrate off
or get bumped, *circuit board up.* I didn't do this once
and a cute little spark destroyed the circuit board.
Click to expand...

With the circuit board up you may run the risk of destroying the
bearings. Most drives are designed to be used in the circuit board
down position or on their side. To avoid short circuits place the
drive on something non-conductive. I use a magazine or book. Otherwise
I agree.
Click to expand...

Drives have been *designed* to operate in any position for decades.
Perhaps you know something WDC, Seagate, Maxtor, Fuji, etc engineers
don't ??

ozzy
 
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