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Ok, that sounds like a plan. I do caution you though that data recovery is very sensitive.
What I mean by that is too many attempts might over write the data you really need. It happened to me... go all my pictures and most of my documents - I could not recover some of the document(s) I really needed. It just happened that those were the ones I needed and those were the ones that were over written - lousy luck on my part. I ended up rewriting the docs before seeing the client.
It's a cautionary tale - just so you are aware. Your results will differ, that will be determined by the condition of the drive and the data.
If you can access the data - grab it and put it in a new folder on a different HD (a partition on your laptop perhaps). Writing to the HD with the problem can and will over write data and then it's lost.
If you get all of your data - great! Post your results.
After that you can test the integrity of the HD itself - but only after your data is safe! If the HD diags show that the drive is still viable, you have a decision to make. Do you trust that drive? Yes, use it as a data drive fro non-essential storage (stuff you can easily replace).
Whether you trust it or not I suggest not using it for critical purposes, such as a boot drive or critical data storage.
Let me know when you're all set up and ready to give it a go. Once you get started, I'll stick around and help as best I can. Until then, I'll be in and out of the forum.
I'm not the only member that can help - I've worked with a few members on data recovery and always learn something in the process ( a new tool, a faster approach...).
Bill
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