Suspected dead HDD

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  1. Posts : 21,421
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       #51

    scopio said:
    Yes
    Thanks for confirming.

    It looks pretty barren, so looking forward to seeing if the process recovers more files.
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  2. Posts : 495
    Windows 10 Home 64bit 22H2 OS 19045.3324
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       #52

    steve108 said:
    Thanks for confirming.

    It looks pretty barren, so looking forward to seeing if the process recovers more file.
    I have to admit it does not look hopeful.
    I have installed Testdisk as @jumanji instructions but it is taking a long time to get to the steps needed.
    This is as far as I have got to in the last half hour!
    Suspected dead HDD-2022-01-16_17-09-46.jpg
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       #53

    If you are able to connect the drive directly in SATA on the machine you are using to do the recovery, it would greatly improve.

    1- Your chance of success.
    2- The speed of the recovery.
    3- And remove a layer prone to error (USB2SATA) under heavy stress.

    I use these little Sabrent adapters and they are far from what you can get directly on a SATA interface.
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       #54

    MaloK said:
    If you are able to connect the drive directly in SATA on the machine you are using to do the recovery, it would greatly improve.

    1- Your chance of success.
    2- The speed of the recovery.
    3- And remove a layer prone to error (USB2SATA) under heavy stress.

    I use these little Sabrent adapters and they are far from what you can get directly on a SATA interface.
    That may be a good idea if this takes much too long.

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    Matthew Wai said:
    Have you tried "Data Recovery" as shown below?

    Attachment 357328
    Yes it did not show any files.

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    @jumanji
    One question if and when I get to Advanced > Boot > boot sector possibilities and I need to system reboot do I reboot to working pc or reboot to the defective HDD?

    This is where Testdisk is stuck at the moment which could be because of the damage to the HDD.
    Suspected dead HDD-testdisk-3.jpg
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  5. Posts : 2,800
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       #55

    At the moment do you have any software you tried that reported to have Found and Recovered or Marked The Bad blocks your initial disk scan found ?
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       #56

    MaloK said:
    At the moment do you have any software you tried that reported to have Found and Recovered or Marked The Bad blocks your initial disk scan found ?
    No, only screenshot on #33.
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  7. Posts : 2,800
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       #57

    The first step toward bringing back integrity of a storage support rely on the Physical aspect of the file system. Are the Sectors reliable ?

    Since your First Block has popped as containing defective sectors. and multiple other occurred during the scan... Also your Screenshots reports a high level of transfer error. these are mostly caused by inconsistent MFT. and the disk at the moment is purely erratic.

    The first part is to Recover or mark all the bad blocks and restore integrity of the disk "Physically" ...

    Then you can go to the logical level with Partition / Data / File recovery software.

    Does the computer you have to troubleshoot is able to boot in UEFI/CSM ?
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  8. Posts : 495
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       #58

    MaloK said:
    Are the Sectors reliable ?
    The first part is to Recover or mark all the bad blocks and restore integrity of the disk "Physically" ...
    Does the computer you have to troubleshoot is able to boot in UEFI/CSM ?
    Sectors reliable. Don't know
    HDD is very erratic causes my goop pc programs to load very late, sometime 5+ minutes and then they become unresponsive.
    The computer the HDD is attached to with adapter is UEFI.

    I'm not that savvy.
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  9. Posts : 21,421
    19044.1586 - 21H2 Pro x64
       #59

    steve108 said:
    @scopio,
    This is what I would try next: https://www.diskgenius.com/how-to/ra...n-recovery.php

    Mr. DiskGenius will be proud when he sees this
    @scopio,
    This seems to have slipped to the wayside ........ I'll leave you to decide if you want to try it or not.
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  10. Posts : 495
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       #60

    steve108 said:
    @scopio,
    This seems to have slipped to the wayside ........ I'll leave you to decide if you want to try it or not.
    I'm trying jumanji's suggestion at the moment if that is not successful I am open to try different approach.
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