Tcher ([info]tchernobyl) wrote,
@ 2009-01-22 09:05:00
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so. It seems both of my hard drives on my desktop are failing.

My secondary drive, the storage Terabyte drive, is pretty much dead. When i tried to start windows this morning with it activated (had to disable it in the bios for it to not freeze), it says "file record 5084 is unreadable". Looking online, that seems to be a death sentence. Anyone know of any software i can use to try and salvage some data when I get a replacement?

As for my main drive, it's still loading.. but it just took 2 boots to do so, sometimes freezes before windows loads (after the windows logo with the scrolling load bar. it goes blank as it usually does before loading, but doesn't go further).

D:

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[info]soleta
2009-01-22 03:32 pm UTC (link)
A friend of ours emailed some to Kate last week. when she gets home from work I'll get them off her for you.

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[info]tchernobyl
2009-01-30 02:47 am UTC (link)
so! did ya find anything :P

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[info]soleta
2009-01-30 05:42 am UTC (link)
sorry, man, you know me. :D?

http://www.recuva.com/
http://www.r-studio.com/
http://lifehacker.com/314963/recover-a-borked-flash-drive-with-photo-rec

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[info]amib
2009-01-22 03:48 pm UTC (link)
Any software that can do a bit-for-bit copy of a disc while tolerating faults will save most of your data. I use Disk Rescue II (a Mac app).

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[info]shadesfox
2009-01-22 05:39 pm UTC (link)
I've used ddrescue (A Linux app) to salvage data. It works out well.

Though it is odd that both your disks are failing. Are they the same manufacturer at the same time? Not necessarily the same type...

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[info]tchernobyl
2009-01-22 09:14 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, they're both western digital. the 300gb primary was bought in.. 2005. The TB i bought almost exactly last year (jan 2008)

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[info]kazriko
2009-01-23 07:40 pm UTC (link)
Is the terabyte drive a Seagate 7200.11?

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[info]kazriko
2009-01-23 07:42 pm UTC (link)
(If so, I had a similar problem, but I thought it was the motherboard. I swapped for another I had and it's plugging along for the moment. I'm hoping I can get the firmware updated, but seagate hasn't released the file yet.)

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[info]tchernobyl
2009-01-24 02:06 am UTC (link)
Nope, it's a Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD1001FAL

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