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19 Dec 2011 | #21 |
Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3
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aarrghh. on deep query: "Read error at 391/224/26 [lba=62995552]
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19 Dec 2011 | #22 |
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i should have made note. I think the last one I saw was trying the backup command - or copy - it was something that had promise of writing out a copy of the partition/contents. it basically went non-linear and kept repeating the error msg over and over ad infinitum so I had to kill the process.
I'm doing the deep search now and at least it is able to interrogate the cylinders. but I would be very surprised if there is another partition. its the files I'm after... is there a way to write a new table or something to the zero track so that it might be recognizable under windows? |
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19 Dec 2011 | #23 |
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just one more quicky... this really surprised me - threw in a windows xp pro install disc, and it found the drive, ready to install... i don't want to go there though - but it gives hope. an install wouldn't necessarily delete [really] the files but would damage a lot of them in all likelihood
One other thing to try, but not sure if it will work. Boot from a Windows 7 installation disk as if you were doing a fresh installation. At the screen that prompt for Language, Keyboard Layout etc., hold SHIFT and then hit F10. The CMD window will open at the following prompt X:\Sources. Now follow these steps: 1. Type diskpart 2. Type list volume 3. If the drive shows up with a letter as per example below, type exit 4. Now change to the drive letter, then type chkdsk /R Let us know if this works. Regards, Golden |
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19 Dec 2011 | #24 |
Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3
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I'll give it a shot Golden.
one more piece of info f/u on what I did not record properly earlier. using the linux utils, I see that there IS a 2nd partition, a debug/recover 100mb partition and it is working. It has PC Doctor loaded along with the bootup files/dos. everything in perfect working order. However when Linux is asked to Mount the other partition - the 100gb one, which it only labels "Hard Drive" [generic], it fails as follows: "Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 13: ntfs_attr_pread_i:ntfs_preread failed. input/output error. Failed to read vcn 0x1; NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault..... run chkdsk /f" |
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19 Dec 2011 | #25 |
Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3
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writh, photorec apparently has a bigtime achille's heel in that it does not recognize USB attached devices. thus, there is no place to "destination" recovered files to, in this case, except a very sparse amount of ram.
i should have made note. I think the last one I saw was trying the backup command - or copy - it was something that had promise of writing out a copy of the partition/contents. it basically went non-linear and kept repeating the error msg over and over ad infinitum so I had to kill the process.
I'm doing the deep search now and at least it is able to interrogate the cylinders. but I would be very surprised if there is another partition. its the files I'm after... is there a way to write a new table or something to the zero track so that it might be recognizable under windows? |
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19 Dec 2011 | #26 |
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That's no good. Sorry to hear that. What happened with Diskpart? Any luck on that front?
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19 Dec 2011 | #27 |
Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3
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haven't tried Diskpart - but help me think through this: I have a good recovery partition on that drive. If I can make it bootable, and add to it the utils to fix NTFS, I have a chance of recovering the files, right? How to do??
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19 Dec 2011 | #28 |
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It may be as simple as what Golden suggested. If you can list your volumes, even if the volume you are looking for does not have a drive letter but shows up in Diskpart, you have a good start. You can assign a drive letter once you find the drive, and then you can run chkdsk /r on that drive letter.
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20 Dec 2011 | #29 |
Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3
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ok, got on this this a.m. while my brain is working.
very interesting: running the diskpart [actually from a repair disc since that was what was handy] it did a better job of deciphering the fog than did Testdisk. took a long time but finally yielded: volume 1 ltr C no label, fs: RAW [thats a miss], Partition, 93gb, status: Healthy [another miss] volume 2 I expected: FAT32 repair partition volume 3 missed by all previous attempts is a hidden partition of 200mb. ??? at any rate it is now munching away on chkdsk c: /r and we'll see. I imagine it will take a long time. its printing a lot of "unreadable" right now. thanks G! ![]() just one more quicky... this really surprised me - threw in a windows xp pro install disc, and it found the drive, ready to install... i don't want to go there though - but it gives hope. an install wouldn't necessarily delete [really] the files but would damage a lot of them in all likelihood
One other thing to try, but not sure if it will work. Boot from a Windows 7 installation disk as if you were doing a fresh installation. At the screen that prompt for Language, Keyboard Layout etc., hold SHIFT and then hit F10. The CMD window will open at the following prompt X:\Sources. Now follow these steps: 1. Type diskpart 2. Type list volume 3. If the drive shows up with a letter as per example below, type exit 4. Now change to the drive letter, then type chkdsk /R Let us know if this works. Regards, Golden |
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20 Dec 2011 | #30 |
Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3
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ah.. one more question gents: when this is all done, how do I then make something on that drive actually bootable? assuming the best, chkdsk will render the drive at least readable, then I hope to recover/save files & fragments
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