"A disk read error occurred" on wd10ears

Hello

I have had this problem for few days, i tried everything i could think of.
I suddenly got the message:
"A disk read error occurred,
press Alt+ctr+Del To restart"

First, i restored the BIOS settings to default, didn't work.
then i changed the HDD's cable, didn't work either.
Then i connected the HDD to another PC, I seem to see my partitions but without the sizes, the system stops when i try to open on of them!
I also tried bad-sector scanning, but it stops half way through!

at last, i tried booting from Ubuntu CD while my HDD is connected, but it took some time booting. So i tried booting without connecting the HDD and after it booted i connected it, but i didn't see my partitions!

it's a 1 TB, wd10ears. with less than 50 GB free space!
I NEED the DATA ON IT! IT"S VERY IMPORTANT!

any solutions guys?

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You can try: Rescue Kit Free Edition | PARAGON Software Group - free partition software, hard disk partitioning; it works fairly well for recovering data in situations like yours.

writhziden said:

You can try: Rescue Kit Free Edition | PARAGON Software Group - free partition software, hard disk partitioning; it works fairly well for recovering data in situations like yours.

Sweet!
i just tried it and i was able to copy some small files, will try copy the big ones once i get a Hard drive. though, most files are there but not all! will have to check again!

THANKS ALOT, MAN!
WILL BE BACK

You're welcome. Let us know how the recovery process goes. These usually take a while, so progress updates are appreciated. :)

I tried copying a big folder of 250 GB, but it took an hour just to copy 500 MB!!
it actually started with reasonable speed but it got slower!
I canceled the operation 'cause on this rate it would take about a month to copy all the 950 GB

Any thoughts on this?

If you have a lot of bad sectors or clobbered sectors, it can take a very long time to restore the files. Can you copy one file at a time from that folder instead?

writhziden said:

If you have a lot of bad sectors or clobbered sectors, it can take a very long time to restore the files. Can you copy one file at a time from that folder instead?

I think i can, but it will probably take a long time also!

do you recommend using HDD Regenerator for scanning the hard drive for bad-sectors?
could it help speeding things up?

It depends on the number of bad sectors.. if there a few bad sectors then the HDD regenerator would work for you. But reading your problem, i dont think that hdd regenerator will do any good. I suggest you to back up whateva data you are able to move.