Lost files after chkdsk

[worldisgonee]

Windows 7 Chkdsk searched my external hard drive for bad sector recovery, and it deleted hundreds of my most important folder and files.

unfortunately I have not any new backup from them.
The file system is NTFS.
How could I recover deleted file entries after windows chkdsk in NTFS partition with their path(or atleast their name), using information provided in generated log file?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Now you can try a recovery program and Recuva is good for that https://www.piriform.com/recuva give it whirl and let us know if you get the files back.

 

[worldisgonee]

thx for ur advice ICIT2LOL. i'm still searching for other solutions.i've read somewhere this solution:
"
chkdsk e: /f /r
e: is the assigned drive letter

/f Fixes errors on the disk. The disk must be locked. If chkdsk cannot lock the drive, a message appears that asks you if you want to check the drive the next time you restart the computer.
/r Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information. The disk must be locked.
that's all..
"

do anyone agree with it or any opinion that this really work? run again chkdsk can restore lost data!?!!

also what's the best data recovery soft for this case ( i mean data lost with chkdsk)? and recovering the files with their original paths. can Recuva do that?

 

[GokAy]

GetDataBack perhaps but it is paid software 60-70USD or some such.

I would not mess with checkdisk anymore. If it is dying it may do so in a flash, better get your files off of it. Do you have any program that can show SMART info?

 

[worldisgonee]

do u test GetDataBack before?
if u mean smart info of hdd, i think there r many soft such as DiskSmartView v1.11 can retrieves the smart information from IDE/SATA disk.so what's the point?

 

[GokAy]

No I haven't but I know it can restore with folder structure from the threads I have witnessed here. I believe the free/trial version will show what it can find, so doesn't hurt to scan with it.

SMART info may help you decide if you should replace the drive, you should check reallocated sector count. Usually once bad sectors happen, it gets worse swiftly.

 

[worldisgonee]

i will try some data recovery (GetDataBack,Recuva,R-Studio,...) to find which of them is more useful in my case.i hope using all of them separately doesn't damage my hdd or cause to more data lost!

as u said GokAy,smart can tell me some info about what really happened to my hdd,but the Q is : how can i use this info to restore data? actually i'd found my chkdsk log in event view in windows cp :
there were a lot of records like : Deleting orphan file record segment 60010.but i don't know what can i do with such as this info!

 

[GokAy]

Ok I see now the confusion I caused, consider my post two folds. GetDataBack is about the lost files, whereas SMART is to gauge whether you should take action to prevent further losses.

 

[worldisgonee]

which data recovery soft recover the files with original filenames / folder structure?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Now another fix is to read and run this ditty of mine - there is a Linux Mint MATE version but I use this it might get data back at least I have used it on many occasions with drives that are apparently dead.
Having said that there are some data files that will not be able to be opened but that is usually some encrypted stuff.
It does as you can see require a bootable disk and maybe a USB to SATA adaptor - I would be inclined to use this instead of leaving the drive installed in the machine. (see pic/s)
It is good because it does not involve the Windows OS at all

BOOTABLE UBUNTU

Make a bootable Ubuntu disk http://www.ubuntu.com/download

Set the BIOS to boot from theoptical when the machine boots it will show you a screen with TRY or INSTALL> select TRYnot INSTALL

When it is finished - it takes verylittle time you will get a screen like in the pic .

Open the drive you want > Userand dig down until you get to the data / settings you may be able to copy /paste the material you want to an external source or other installed drive doingthis.

I am not sure if it will but I haverecovered tons of data etc using this method both on "dead" or justplain drives that you cannot get data from using Windows.

 

[worldisgonee]

thx for your instruction ICIT2LOL.i really wanna to try it,please make some points clear:
what do u mean from "Userand dig down until you get to the data / settings you may be able to copy" and do u mean using USB to SATA adaptor just because of not installation of linux destroying my os(windows) after recovering data? and is it possible to install linux on others my empty drive( i have C , D and E in my computer ) instead of using this usb adaptor?

 

[GokAy]

You can also use a network share on another PC to backup your files to.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Well what I mean is by User dig down is just like you would with C: drive you open it up and for data you would go to User and open it that shows you pics docs etc etc I have done a pic to show just what I mean.
Now the USB to SATA adaptor is my preferred method of using or connecting up drives to a machine. For example if you wanted you could hook up the data collection drive to the machien with the C: drive in it or get your C: drive and hook it up to another machine to get at the data - a method I have used frequently in the past to gather data from old drives that just will not work within the parent machine. I have also recovered data from apparently "dead" drives - ones that will not even spin up properly let alone read / write.

The Linux boot will not affect the Windows system as long as youdo not try to INSTALL it That will land you in whole world of pain -been there done that - by accident as it was. That is because it runs as a dedicated OS on boot and has nothing to do with using the adaptor as I said just then I use the adaptor for purely convenience because it avoids having to take the C: drive out of the machine.

Now just as an afterthought always wise to disconnect every drive in the machine apart from the bone you want to retrieve data from.

Installing Ubuntu or Linux on a drive I would remove all drives except the one you want to have the Unix system on. After it is all done then you could connect up the other drives but you would need to set the BIOS to boot from a particular drive ie the Linux one. How you would do that I am not sure maybe Gokay can throw some light on that .

 

[GokAy]

Connecting to another PC's network share while booted to a Live Linux distro is enough to backup data in case you lack any externals or lack the adapter mentioned.

 

[worldisgonee]

finally i tested ICIT2LOL's solution with a lot of hope!
.............but it doesn't work
i installed ubuntu according to ur instruction,but when i wanted to open my external hdd an error appeared:

Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/ubuntu/My Passport: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=999,gid=999" "/dev/sdb1" "/media/ubuntu/My Passport"' exited with non-zero exit status 13: $MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0).
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for more details.

and i found that this OS can not open NTFS HDD!

 

[GokAy]

Linux can mount NTFS. It is possible your issue is causing a problem with mounting.
Perhaps this bit is the essence of it.

$MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0).

See if this article helps - https://wmarkito.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/how-to-fix-mftmirr-does-not-match-mft-record-0/

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yep I agree with Gokay even the Ubuntu should open NTFS stuff although there are some files I think I said in my bit that cannot be opened for whatever reason. Perhaps the Linux Mint MATE might do it.

I did find it in the past that some very old drives that would sometimes no even spin up I could see.

 

[GokAy]

I know this command works (given you use the correct device name - sdx#)

mount -t ntfs /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows -o ro

ro: for read only
windows is the name of the mounted device in Linux (can be whatever)

By the way, Mint MATE is supposed to auto-mount the drives/partitions. It have done so far on systems I used it on.

This should show the devices/partitions:

[FONT=Courier New]fdisk -l[/FONT]

Make sure you are mounting the correct partition.

Also what size is the drive and the partition?

 

[worldisgonee]

GokAy according to your solution, how can i use these codes? i mean where should i write them in ubuntu?
and instead of "windows" in bellow code , should i write my drive name ,such as D: ?

mount -t ntfs /dev/sda2 /mnt/D -o ro
and how can i use this too ?
Code:
fdisk -l

and my external HDD is 1TB and there is no partition.i had whole of my files in the root and folders and subfolders in it.

 

[GokAy]

All commands are to be used in "terminal". Look around in the menus, if it is not pinned to taskbar.

Your command to mount will be different. Try "fdisk -l" first and find out which sdx is your external 1TB (photograph and paste the results here if you can't make it out), then mount that one.

should i write my drive name ,such as D: ?

It can be anything you want, the partition will appear with the name you will give, there is no other trick to this.

If you still get the same error, then consider the link I gave earlier (Post #16).