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Is it possible to image from a damaged HDD?
I've been getting indications that my HDD was failing, seeing disk errors in the event log, etc. The other day, I performed a windows update and in the middle got the following message:
One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency....blah...Cannot open volume for direct access. Autochk cannot run due to an error caused by a recently installed package. Use the system restore feature...blah. An unspecified error occurred (766f6c756d652e63 3f1)
I tried repairing windows with the factory disk, no luck. It said I had no restore points. Strange because I saw WU create one minutes earlier.
Anyway, I had no back up protection. I've since purchased a replacement (hybrid) drive and a backup drive along with a USB HD dock. I've been able to browse my files on the bad disk and transfer most to a flash drive. Some cannot be copied/moved/accessed.
My question is this; can I use Acronis or another program to image the damaged disk? Would I want to? What do you suggest I do to restore the old drive to the new drive as best I can? Any partition suggestions?