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From: Bob Simon on 5 Jan 2008 17:52 I had three partitions on a drive that had a hardware failure and now can't be read by Windows. The only files I really care about are *.tax. What utility will let me search for them and copy to a working drive?
From: mscotgrove on 5 Jan 2008 18:28 On Jan 5, 10:52 pm, Bob Simon <nob...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > I had three partitions on a drive that had a hardware failure and now > can't be read by Windows. The only files I really care about are > *.tax. What utility will let me search for them and copy to a working > drive? The answer does depend on if the drive is still accessible logically. If the drive has become corrupted, but can be seen by a PC as a physical drive, then recovery is probably possible. If the drive cannot be seen by a PC (typically using a USB caddy) then you will require specialised data recovery company. For software recovery there are many possible programs, but the one I have developed, www.cnwrecovery.com does have a file filter to enable select of files by extension, such as .tax as you require. The free demo will indicate if recovery is possible. It will also reconstruct MBR if required. All recovery programs should always be used with the 'duff' drive as a slave or external drive to a working PC. Michael
From: Bob Simon on 5 Jan 2008 19:20 On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:28:50 -0800 (PST), "mscotgrove(a)aol.com" <mscotgrove(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Jan 5, 10:52�pm, Bob Simon <nob...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> I had three partitions on a drive that had a hardware failure and now >> can't be read by Windows. �The only files I really care about are >> *.tax. �What utility will let me search for them and copy to a working >> drive? > >The answer does depend on if the drive is still accessible logically. >If the drive has become corrupted, but can be seen by a PC as a >physical drive, then recovery is probably possible. If the drive >cannot be seen by a PC (typically using a USB caddy) then you will >require specialised data recovery company. > >For software recovery there are many possible programs, but the one I >have developed, www.cnwrecovery.com does have a file filter to enable >select of files by extension, such as .tax as you require. The free >demo will indicate if recovery is possible. It will also reconstruct >MBR if required. > >All recovery programs should always be used with the 'duff' drive as a >slave or external drive to a working PC. > >Michael The physical media test reports: Too many errors have been detected for the Wizard to run. Create disk image Should I do this? If so, why and where should I put it?
From: Bob Simon on 5 Jan 2008 20:16 On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:28:50 -0800 (PST), "mscotgrove(a)aol.com" <mscotgrove(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Jan 5, 10:52�pm, Bob Simon <nob...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> I had three partitions on a drive that had a hardware failure and now >> can't be read by Windows. �The only files I really care about are >> *.tax. �What utility will let me search for them and copy to a working >> drive? > >The answer does depend on if the drive is still accessible logically. >If the drive has become corrupted, but can be seen by a PC as a >physical drive, then recovery is probably possible. If the drive >cannot be seen by a PC (typically using a USB caddy) then you will >require specialised data recovery company. > >For software recovery there are many possible programs, but the one I >have developed, www.cnwrecovery.com does have a file filter to enable >select of files by extension, such as .tax as you require. The free >demo will indicate if recovery is possible. It will also reconstruct >MBR if required. > >All recovery programs should always be used with the 'duff' drive as a >slave or external drive to a working PC. > >Michael Please ignore previous reply. I can't image my bad drive until I buy a larger drive to hold the image. In the mean time, I analysed the partitions and searched for previous partions. Type xx non resident was found twice and the scan is only around 20% complete. What does this mean?
From: Arno Wagner on 6 Jan 2008 03:21
Previously Bob Simon <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:28:50 -0800 (PST), "mscotgrove(a)aol.com" > <mscotgrove(a)aol.com> wrote: >>On Jan 5, 10:52�pm, Bob Simon <nob...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>> I had three partitions on a drive that had a hardware failure and now >>> can't be read by Windows. �The only files I really care about are >>> *.tax. �What utility will let me search for them and copy to a working >>> drive? >> >>The answer does depend on if the drive is still accessible logically. >>If the drive has become corrupted, but can be seen by a PC as a >>physical drive, then recovery is probably possible. If the drive >>cannot be seen by a PC (typically using a USB caddy) then you will >>require specialised data recovery company. >> >>For software recovery there are many possible programs, but the one I >>have developed, www.cnwrecovery.com does have a file filter to enable >>select of files by extension, such as .tax as you require. The free >>demo will indicate if recovery is possible. It will also reconstruct >>MBR if required. >> >>All recovery programs should always be used with the 'duff' drive as a >>slave or external drive to a working PC. >> >>Michael > Please ignore previous reply. > I can't image my bad drive until I buy a larger drive to hold the > image. In the mean time, I analysed the partitions and searched for > previous partions. Type xx non resident was found twice and the scan > is only around 20% complete. What does this mean? Operating the drive before imaging it is a very bad idea, since it may suffer additional damage. Waif for the new drive, imagie the old one. And then start messing around. Not before. Arno |