Comments on: Recovering Data from a Hard Drive with Bad Sectors http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/ The blog for Technically Easy. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:13:50 -0500 hourly 1 By: Tony M http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-2/#comment-13869 Tony M Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:44:58 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-13869 I used this program to recover data from a WD 320 Gb HD that four other programs could not even see. Great program!! It was very fast for me. I recovered 7.14 GB of data in less than half an hour with very few errors. If only the rest of life was this easy. I used this program to recover data from a WD 320 Gb HD that four other programs could not even see. Great program!! It was very fast for me. I recovered 7.14 GB of data in less than half an hour with very few errors. If only the rest of life was this easy.

]]> By: Kevin http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-2/#comment-7465 Kevin Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:09:12 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-7465 My usb flash is not functioning on any cpu. It states it's not readable and asks if I'd like to reformat. I attempted a quick reformat in hopes of then using a usb flash recovery download to scan the drive for data but can't do that without the simple reformat. In fact it won't even reformat normally and says the "disc in drive e can't be formatted." I attempted to use the above-mentioned "testdisc" program and while it ran through the disc and saw it as a "generic usb," it kept finding "errors reading sectors" and it produced none of the files that were on the usb flash drive previously. I'm at my end with this and wonder if there are any suggestions. Just trying to recover some data and going crazy. Thanks for any suggestions. Thanks My usb flash is not functioning on any cpu. It states it’s not readable and asks if I’d like to reformat. I attempted a quick reformat in hopes of then using a usb flash recovery download to scan the drive for data but can’t do that without the simple reformat. In fact it won’t even reformat normally and says the “disc in drive e can’t be formatted.” I attempted to use the above-mentioned “testdisc” program and while it ran through the disc and saw it as a “generic usb,” it kept finding “errors reading sectors” and it produced none of the files that were on the usb flash drive previously. I’m at my end with this and wonder if there are any suggestions. Just trying to recover some data and going crazy. Thanks for any suggestions. Thanks

]]> By: Kevin http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-2/#comment-7464 Kevin Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:08:42 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-7464 My usb flash is not functioning on any cpu. It states it's not readable and asks if I'd like to reformat. I attempted a quick reformat in hopes of then using a usb flash recovery download to scan the drive for data but can't do that without the simple reformat. In fact it won't even reformat normally and says the "disc in drive e can't be formatted." I attempted to use the above-mentioned "testdisc" program and while it ran through the disc and saw it as a "generic usb," it kept finding "errors reading sectors" and it produced none of the files that were on the usb flash drive previously. I'm at my end with this and wonder if there are any suggestions. Just trying to recover some data and going crazy. Thanks for any suggestions. My usb flash is not functioning on any cpu. It states it’s not readable and asks if I’d like to reformat. I attempted a quick reformat in hopes of then using a usb flash recovery download to scan the drive for data but can’t do that without the simple reformat. In fact it won’t even reformat normally and says the “disc in drive e can’t be formatted.” I attempted to use the above-mentioned “testdisc” program and while it ran through the disc and saw it as a “generic usb,” it kept finding “errors reading sectors” and it produced none of the files that were on the usb flash drive previously. I’m at my end with this and wonder if there are any suggestions. Just trying to recover some data and going crazy. Thanks for any suggestions.

]]> By: archie http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-2/#comment-7066 archie Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:13:13 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-7066 how to open or mount dd image file on windows?? I was able to get lot of data but can't open it. any help?? how to open or mount dd image file on windows?? I was able to get lot of data but can’t open it. any help??

]]> By: spot http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-2/#comment-5403 spot Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:29:50 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-5403 OK got the drive to work but is still not showing as a drive in windows.... its in a USB case.. when plugged in will show new hardware and say mass storage device... then will say device ready for uses... but still no show in my computer or in computer management / disk management TestDisk can see it but not as the 400gb... its showing as a 2199 GB??? i have run the test... not having much luck.... Any help would be good seeing i have over 5 years of stuff on this drive.... OK got the drive to work but is still not showing as a drive in windows….
its in a USB case.. when plugged in will show new hardware and say mass storage device… then will say device ready for uses… but still no show in my computer or in computer management / disk management
TestDisk can see it but not as the 400gb… its showing as a 2199 GB???
i have run the test… not having much luck….
Any help would be good seeing i have over 5 years of stuff on this drive….

]]> By: Spot http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-2/#comment-5400 Spot Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:06:00 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-5400 Hi How ya going? ok i am really stuck. I have a 400gb drive that i use as my backup drive... save all my stuff on there.... i did a format on my computer and was going to reinstall all my stuff back on my computer when one of my kids knocked the backup drive off the table.... i am unable to get it to detect now... its making noise and yeah sounds like bad sectors... any way i can fix this? Thanks for your time Hi How ya going?
ok i am really stuck.
I have a 400gb drive that i use as my backup drive… save all my stuff on there…. i did a format on my computer and was going to reinstall all my stuff back on my computer when one of my kids knocked the backup drive off the table…. i am unable to get it to detect now… its making noise and yeah sounds like bad sectors… any way i can fix this?
Thanks for your time

]]> By: Gemini http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-2/#comment-2871 Gemini Tue, 05 May 2009 17:12:02 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-2871 I gave up when more than 300 Bad Sectors were found (and no noticeable end time reduction was shown ... ) By the time i gave up the tool recovered +/- 1500 files... most of them "unharmed", although unfortunatly the names weren't kept, so extra work. Nevertheless, i think the tool works fine... it does perform the same way as a lot of professional software, with the big advantage that it's free. Thanks for your interest on my case... As the harddisk is in the warranty perior i will return it to the seller... I gave up when more than 300 Bad Sectors were found (and no noticeable end time reduction was shown … )

By the time i gave up the tool recovered +/- 1500 files… most of them “unharmed”, although unfortunatly the names weren’t kept, so extra work.

Nevertheless, i think the tool works fine… it does perform the same way as a lot of professional software, with the big advantage that it’s free.

Thanks for your interest on my case… As the harddisk is in the warranty perior i will return it to the seller…

]]> By: Paul http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-2/#comment-2862 Paul Mon, 04 May 2009 12:14:33 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-2862 I think I you were right about the number of bad sectors. The hard drive I used had very few, which is probably good because it means that I was able to retrieve the data just as the hard drive was going. The hard drive I was checking was also a lot smaller than 750GB and obviously had much less data. Did the tool eventually retrieve the data from the hard drive? Were there many bad sectors? I think I you were right about the number of bad sectors. The hard drive I used had very few, which is probably good because it means that I was able to retrieve the data just as the hard drive was going. The hard drive I was checking was also a lot smaller than 750GB and obviously had much less data.

Did the tool eventually retrieve the data from the hard drive? Were there many bad sectors?

]]> By: Gemini http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-2/#comment-2849 Gemini Sat, 02 May 2009 07:32:42 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-2849 I'm trying to use this tool to recover what's left of a 750GB HDD with lots of bad sectors in it... I had some hope this could be a little faster then other programs "...Using the above steps I managed to copy over 5GB of data very quickly from a hard drive that had many bad sectors..." Ok... i think either you were lucky (few bad sectors) or i'm a very unlucky fellow... my PC is running the program for 48h and it displays for the remaining time... 1277h31m24 ... HDD data is +/- 250GB on the 750GB HDD. I’m trying to use this tool to recover what’s left of a 750GB HDD with lots of bad sectors in it…

I had some hope this could be a little faster then other programs “…Using the above steps I managed to copy over 5GB of data very quickly from a hard drive that had many bad sectors…”

Ok… i think either you were lucky (few bad sectors) or i’m a very unlucky fellow… my PC is running the program for 48h and it displays for the remaining time… 1277h31m24 …

HDD data is +/- 250GB on the 750GB HDD.

]]> By: Paul http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/09/recovering-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-bad-sectors/comment-page-1/#comment-2784 Paul Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:00:41 +0000 http://technicallyeasy.net/?p=247#comment-2784 It could work. I once read a drive when Windows wouldn't even read the partitions. The program was able to find the missing partitions and I was able to then copy over the files. It could work. I once read a drive when Windows wouldn’t even read the partitions. The program was able to find the missing partitions and I was able to then copy over the files.

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