Data recovery

Peteraruchamy · 07 Aug 2020

Hi,

I have my old HDD and and I need help in backing up data from that drive, issue that I'm facing

1. Drive is getting listed when do "list volume" in diskpart, how ever the size is 0
2. I tried chkdsk /f f: gave error "cannot open volume for direct access
3. I tried chkntfs /X F: gave error "cannot query sate of drive F:

The only thing I know is the drive size shows as "0", RAW file mostly and i'm unable to get the data backed up, can someone please guide me if there is a way to fix this issue and get the data back from that HDD.

Current OS WIN 10

Paul Black · 08 Aug 2020

Hello @Peteraruchamy,

Welcome to TenForums!

Peteraruchamy said:

I have my old HDD and and I need help in backing up data from that drive, issue that I'm facing

1. Drive is getting listed when do "list volume" in diskpart, how ever the size is 0
2. I tried chkdsk /f f: gave error "cannot open volume for direct access
3. I tried chkntfs /X F: gave error "cannot query sate of drive F:

The only thing I know is the drive size shows as "0", RAW file mostly and i'm unable to get the data backed up, can someone please guide me if there is a way to fix this issue and get the data back from that HDD.

Current OS WIN 10

You could try downloading and booting from a Linux Live CD => Download Linux Mint 20.

I hope this helps!

dalchina · 08 Aug 2020

It may be the disk is damaged and nothing is recoverable. However, if you don't have a backup of the data, here's a free file recovery program that can attempt to scan RAW partitions/drives:

Puran File Recovery - Recovery deleted files for free

Most of the common ones only give limited options for use without buying a license. E.g. scan only, limited data recovery...
Example:
How to Fix – External Hard Disk Suddenly Became Raw

This comprehensive free Win 10 live boot disk (download iso, create bootable disk from it) includes several data recovery programs including Minitool Partition Wizard Pro - see link above:
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Matthew Wai · 10 Aug 2020

DiskGenius: Free Download DiskGenius Online
Select "Recover Lost Files" as shown below:

PratikUnleashed · 12 Aug 2020

simply download AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition 8.8 - Free edition

like in pic

I had around same issue even worst
my Samsung SSD EVO 860 was locked due to error but this AOMEI Partition assistant free version helps alot

Mark Phelps · 12 Aug 2020

I ran into a similar problem trying to recovery data from a 3TB Seagate drive that suddenly decided to reformat itself.

I tried all the current "popular" apps:
1) Active@Partition Recovery -- ran for 14 hours, found NOTHING useful
2) Active@File Recovery (my previous data recovery app of choice) -- also ran for 14 hours, found NOTHING useful
3) Hetman Partition Recovery -- same story, lots of waiting, no useful results
4) EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard -- same story, lots of waiting, no useful results

So, in desperation, I loaded up an OLD app (GetDataBack) and ran it -- and within a few minutes (not HOURS) I had a screen with a filesystem displayed. I recovered one of the folders and a test -- and it worked! Yeah, it's an XP-era app with a really awful display (can't even do drag-and-drop), but it worked!!

So, I got their latest version (GetDataBack Pro v5.55), ran that, and again, in few minutes, had a display of the filesystem and within a few HOURS, was able to recover nearly all of the 800GB of thousands of files, and random sampling showed all the recovered files to be intact.

OK, so it's 80$ -- but unlike all those other apps, it actually WORKS!!