Suspected dead HDD

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  1. Posts : 11,609
    Windows11 Home 64bit v:23H2 b:22631.2861
       #71

    scopio said:
    @jumanji
    I have pressed Boot several times and left the pc running overnight (11 hours!) to see if I get a response but Testdisk was still unresponsive! I will try again for another hour or so and then give up with Testdisk and try GetDataback.
    At this state, yes, I would think you should terminate TestDisk and try anything you may want to. As MaloK opined the bad sectors may be dragging your drive to the sluggish response. When you close TestDisk, just run Hard Disk Sentinel and check the state of affairs. Has it deteriorated further?

    GetDataback has four levels of scanning. I doubt it will even run the first level scan fast. On a drive with no hardware fault but file system corruption, the first level scan result will be almost instantaneous. Level Four will take hours.

    After GetDataBack, you may also try Disk Genius as suggested by steve108.
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  2. Posts : 495
    Windows 10 Home 64bit 22H2 OS 19045.3324
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       #72

    @jumanji
    The boot sector and boot backup are OK as screenshot below;
    Suspected dead HDD-testdisk-6.jpg

    When I pressed repair MTF it showed as screenshot below;
    Suspected dead HDD-testdisk-7.jpg

    I will now proceed to try and execute chkdisk when the pc responses!
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  3. Posts : 11,609
    Windows11 Home 64bit v:23H2 b:22631.2861
       #73

    No, if MFT amd MFT Mirror are not certified OK by TestDisk , you will not run checkDisk.

    Terminate TestDisk and try GetDataback.
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  4. Posts : 495
    Windows 10 Home 64bit 22H2 OS 19045.3324
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       #74

    jumanji said:
    No, if MFT amd MFT Mirror are not certified OK by TestDisk , you will not run checkDisk.

    Terminate TestDisk and try GetDataback.
    OK will now try GetDataback. Thank you

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    @jumanji
    Just to demonstrate how slow the pc response when the HDD is connected, I have loaded GetDataback and it has been on this screen for the past 10 minutes!
    Suspected dead HDD-gdb-1.jpg

    If I click on it the program becomes unresponsive.
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  5. Posts : 21,421
    19044.1586 - 21H2 Pro x64
       #75

    Did you consider connecting the drive directly to SATA as MaloK suggested for speeding up the process?
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  6. Posts : 495
    Windows 10 Home 64bit 22H2 OS 19045.3324
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       #76

    steve108 said:
    Did you consider connecting the drive directly to SATA as MaloK suggested for speeding up the process?
    Not yet, but I think I will try now see if that helps.
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  7. Posts : 11,609
    Windows11 Home 64bit v:23H2 b:22631.2861
       #77

    scopio said:
    OK will now try GetDataback. Thank you

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    @jumanji
    Just to demonstrate how slow the pc response when the HDD is connected, I have loaded GetDataback and it has been on this screen for the past 10 minutes!
    Suspected dead HDD-gdb-1.jpg

    If I click on it the program becomes unresponsive.
    You can close Getdataback.

    Check the disk with Hard Disk Sentinel. It will give an immediate response on the health of the drive. Has it deteriorated further? Since the drive is impaired you cannot expect a quick response.

    In any case, run Getdataback and wait patiently for it to complete the scan and identify the drives. Do not click till the connected drives are presented. Then click on the 1TB drive . It will start scanning with default level 1. It is always going to be wait, wait wait. So far such waits have been successful. We know for sure that the MFT is corrupted.

    If it is taking on your nerves, an alternate is to clone the disk and perform the data recovery operation. In any case you have to use the commercial program Getdataback or Active @ File Recovery and no guarantee that you will get all Data back. I am not sure whether Disk Genius will get your Data when the MFT is corrupted.

    You have to now decide which way you want to go.

    Note: I would think that connecting the disk internally will not in anyway improve the situation. We have seen this in many cases. Your PC will still drag dragged down by the faulty second disk.. But no harm in trying.
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  8. Posts : 21,421
    19044.1586 - 21H2 Pro x64
       #78

    jumanji said:
    .........I am not sure whether Disk Genius can will get your Data when the MFT is corrupted.
    ........
    I don't know either, so best to stick with whatever tools you know can do the magic first.
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  9. Posts : 2,800
    Windows 7 Pro
       #79

    These guys over there suggest the exact same thing as Jumanji at this point.

    Advanced NTFS Boot and MFT Repair - CGSecurity

    I would connect the drive directly on a SATA port and let GDB do it's stuff.
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  10. Posts : 11,609
    Windows11 Home 64bit v:23H2 b:22631.2861
       #80

    Yes @MaloK, I am only repeating the author of TestDisk Christophe Grenier's words "If both MFT and MFTMirr are damaged and thus cannot be repaired using TestDisk, you might want to try commercial software like Zero Assumption Recovery, GetDataBack for NTFS."

    In these forums, we have only been recommending GetDataBack (USD80) and Active @ File Recovery - recommended by SIW2 - (USD30). and proven good by many users. Zero Assumption Recovery is perhaps obsolete and nobody seems to have used it.
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