Hard Drive "Corrupt" but files still work

To be on the safe side I'd get important data off.
Recuva is free and highly regarded.

Then chkdsk /r will do a thorough bad sector disk check & recover.
 

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To be on the safe side I'd get important data off.
Recuva is free and highly regarded.

Then chkdsk /r will do a thorough bad sector disk check & recover.

Thanks, but chkdsk /r has already started. All the important stuff I have backed up in at least 2 or 3 other places, as I've experienced hard drive crashes before.
 

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So chkdsk /r has been running for around 7 hours now, and is on file 33,000 out of around 49,000. It's 10:25 PM where I am, and I was gonna go settle down and watch a movie, then go to bed.

I don't need to really keep an eye on the machine, do I? Even if there's an error, it's nothing that needs my attention until morning? chkdsk has never taken me this long before, so I'm not sure.
 

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So chkdsk /r has been running for around 7 hours now, and is on file 33,000 out of around 49,000. It's 10:25 PM where I am, and I was gonna go settle down and watch a movie, then go to bed.

I don't need to really keep an eye on the machine, do I? Even if there's an error, it's nothing that needs my attention until morning? chkdsk has never taken me this long before, so I'm not sure.


Should be fine.. Just don't want it to hibernate :)

Chkdsk /r is taking so long because its attempting to repair what it can repair :) Good sign things are working hah.

Goodnight

- Tony
 

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Okay, it's done. It says it fixed some errors, but no luck. Same "Access is denied" message.

I can get to drive properties, etc, via Right-Clicking. It says there are 0b free of 0b available.

I downloaded recuva, and recuva says that the drive is fine. It can open it fine, access files, etc.
 

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Post a screenshot of the drive from disk management using the snipping tool.
Use the paperclip or manage attachments to upload.
 

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Post a screenshot of the drive from disk management using the snipping tool.
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It could be a format issue or a MFT (master file table) issue. Possible options include.
(1) extract data with Recuva as I recommended earlier. Reformat disk and return data
(2) could try the partition wizard and see what it has to say about the disk. After backing up with recuva, you try it's partition recovery function.

The screenshot would help so would posting back if you've fixed it.
 

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Post a screenshot of the drive from disk management using the snipping tool.
Use the paperclip or manage attachments to upload.
It could be a format issue or a MFT (master file table) issue. Possible options include.
(1) extract data with Recuva as I recommended earlier. Reformat disk and return data
(2) could try the partition wizard and see what it has to say about the disk. After backing up with recuva, you try it's partition recovery function.

The screenshot would help so would posting back if you've fixed it.

^^ Agree i recommend using partition wizard to check the drive and possibly try to recover it. hes made it clear he has no intentions on saving the data lol

- Tony
 

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Hi,

Since you can get to the Properties panel of the drive, can you please check to see if its not something as simple as taking ownernship of the drive, although I have to admit I don't know why this would have changed since you would have had ownership of this before.

Please try this:

1. Follow this tutorial to take full ownership of the I:
Take Ownership Shortcut

2. Follow this tutorial to change the permissions of the drive (you only need to perform Step 1):
Permissions - Allow or Deny Users and Groups

Please post back to see whether this has changed anything.

Regards,
Golden
 

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Hi,

Since you can get to the Properties panel of the drive, can you please check to see if its not something as simple as taking ownernship of the drive, although I have to admit I don't know why this would have changed since you would have had ownership of this before.

Please try this:

1. Follow this tutorial to take full ownership of the I:
Take Ownership Shortcut

2. Follow this tutorial to change the permissions of the drive (you only need to perform Step 1):
Permissions - Allow or Deny Users and Groups

Please post back to see whether this has changed anything.

Regards,
Golden

when I did that it takes so long to take ownership...

also sometimes it external hard drive will not show up... when it does show up it says drive J.... and then 5mins later it says element (name of driver) then it lags a lot.... now I'm using the chkdsk j: /r command and so far it's replacing bad sensors, taking so long with 1tb external hard drive and it's been running since Monday night which was Jan 3rd 2011...

it had something to do with mess up master boot table because my internal hard drive said " Missing OS" so I had to use flash drive to fix it but it didn't work when I use the fix command because I use some software to delete zero and one wipe space that's why it says " missing os" then when trying to fix it, can't find image so I had to use flash drive to get os back and now external hard drive reads " invaild Permetors or something" but it only shows up under my computer and not computer manager
 

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I think Partition Wizard could solve the problem. Given the data is replaceable it should easy to get the drive operational and a good chance of recovering what's on there. There are no guarantees. With PW steps are

  1. Delete partition (produces an unallocated partition)
  2. Partition Recover Wizard
  3. Set Partition as primary
  4. Check file system (Check & fix detected errors option).
You need to "Apply" these operations in PW. I like to Apply each step separately. I tried this on one of my working ext HDD partitions.
If the above failed the next step for me would be a clean followed by a full format.

It is useful for OPs to post back their results (good and bad). It helps everyone including those giving their free time providing suggestions.
 

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Hey guys.

Sorry. I've been really busy, and I haven't been near a computer for a few days.

Recuva doesn't seem to want to help with intact files. It's only listing files I've recently deleted off of the drive.

When I hit properties, the drive appears as having "0kb free of 0kb," I changed permissions to full for all users/system, but that didn't help, but it did go through all the files. Yet I can't access the drive directly.

The "Taking Ownership" bar doesn't appear when I right-click the drive. Only when I right-click on files.

I'd really prefer not to use the Partition Wizard, but if that's the only solution, I'll do that, and see what happens. I go back to college in a week so I can recover my files from there, as that's where I got them all.

If anyone has any suggestions before I use the PW, that's great. If not, I'll go ahead and see what happens.

Sorry again about the delay.
 

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Hi,

OK. My suggestion is to follow mjf's advice - I'm not sure what other options there are.

Let us know how it goes,
Golden
 

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Trying mjf's idea now. Looks like it's gonna take about 2 hours to recover the partition. Since I've already passed the point of no return by deleting the partition, I'll just wipe the drive should that fail, and (slowly) fill it back up when I can get back onto my college's network (Rutgers, if anyone's interested).

Thanks for your help, guys. You've saved my behind twice now. I'll post my results when I'm finished.
 

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Trying mjf's idea now. Looks like it's gonna take about 2 hours to recover the partition. Since I've already passed the point of no return by deleting the partition, I'll just wipe the drive should that fail, and (slowly) fill it back up when I can get back onto my college's network (Rutgers, if anyone's interested).

Thanks for your help, guys. You've saved my behind twice now. I'll post my results when I'm finished.

Good deal thats what we're here for man, give us a chime if theres anything else we can assist you with!

- Tony
 

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did you delete the partition during start up? when I use mini partition software it made me restart the computer it tried to delete it during start up but it just hang there.... sometimes the software freezes when opening it on windows desktop

edit now the partition is deleted and start up the minitool works fine til I tried to recover and it just stuck at the recover page... I guess let finish lagging and I'll report back
 
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did you delete the partition during start up? when I use mini partition software it made me restart the computer it tried to delete it during start up but it just hang there.... sometimes the software freezes when opening it on windows desktop

edit now the partition is deleted and start up the minitool works fine til I tried to recover and it just stuck at the recover page... I guess let finish lagging and I'll report back
I think there is a bit of a dilemma sometimes.
I have found the boot CD version more robust for certain "big" jobs. I'm guessing Windows OS being out of the way helps.
But for some operations you want to maintain the Windows disk partition letter assignment. An example is dynamic to basic disk conversion (which I think underneath may be fairly simple??). This is best done with the minitool I think.
In my opinion (& limited experience), big partition operations like moves are best done with the boot CD/USB.
 

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all open volume handle will not then be valid

I press yes , what does this do anyway?
 
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Problem Over

Hey guys.

I'm officially closing the book on this one.

I didn't have the time to deal with overnight scans anymore, as I leave for Rutgers in less than 24 hours.

I made absolutely sure there wasn't anything irreplacable on the drive, and I formatted it. It works fine now.

I'm gonna open Recuva and see if it can find anything. If it doesn't, I'll be back on campus tomorrow, and I'll have remote access to everything there.

Thanks for your help, guys. Stinks that it didn't turn out the way I'd hoped, but I just don't have time with the semester starting soon. As a CS major, I need my computers. lol
 

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Bad luck mate :(

Let is know if anything groundbreaking happens.
 

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