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Reclaim from disk error 23?
I am getting disk error 23 on a few sectors of an IDE hard drive (Dell
desktop). Is there any software that *might* help me reclaim the data on those sectors? Or are those sectors lost forever? I was looking at Norton Utilities and other similar utilities, but it wasn't clear that they could do this. Thanks. |
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Thanks for the tip. Took a loot at their site, but they only support FAT.
My drive is NTFS. -------------------------------------- "Rod Speed" wrote in message Neil W wrote in message .net... I am getting disk error 23 on a few sectors of an IDE hard drive (Dell desktop). Is there any software that *might* help me reclaim the data on those sectors? Or are those sectors lost forever? I was looking at Norton Utilities and other similar utilities, but it wasn't clear that they could do this. SpinRite claims to be able to do that. Quite frankly, I dont believe the claims Gibson makes. http://ww.grc.com/spinrite.htm |
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:04:41 GMT, "Neil W."
wrote: I am getting disk error 23 on a few sectors of an IDE hard drive (Dell desktop). Is there any software that *might* help me reclaim the data on those sectors? Or are those sectors lost forever? I was looking at Norton Utilities and other similar utilities, but it wasn't clear that they could do this. Thanks. How do you know that the sectors contain data you want? -- Svend Olaf |
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Because when I try to copy a couple of specific files from the bad drive to
another drive, it churns away for about 15 seconds and then gives up. Neil --------------------------------------- "Svend Olaf Mikkelsen" wrote in message How do you know that the sectors contain data you want? Svend Olaf --------------------------------------- On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:04:41 GMT, "Neil W." wrote: I am getting disk error 23 on a few sectors of an IDE hard drive (Dell desktop). Is there any software that *might* help me reclaim the data on those sectors? Or are those sectors lost forever? I was looking at Norton Utilities and other similar utilities, but it wasn't clear that they could do this. Thanks. |
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:12:14 GMT, "Neil W."
wrote: Because when I try to copy a couple of specific files from the bad drive to another drive, it churns away for about 15 seconds and then gives up. Neil I understand this as you attempt to copy a single file, and then get an error message. When the file system is NTFS, it would be possible that the error is in the Master File Table, since the entry you see in the file listing is from a directory. If that is the case, the actual file content can be OK, but the cluster numbers have to be retrieved from the Master File Table, or guessed. If the read errors are in the actual file content, it may be more difficult to get the exact file content. The bad sectors can be read using special disk commands, but some bits will be wrong. If the errors are in the file content, the Linux dd_rescue program may be able to copy files, but still with missing content from the bad sectors. My Findpart program would be able to retrieve the bad sectors, but still with wrong bits, and it would require that the sector addresses of the file content are known. It is difficult to suggest an optimal strategy. I do not know of a tool which will work in this case without hand work. -- Svend Olaf |
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I am getting disk error 23 on a few sectors of an IDE hard drive (Dell
desktop). Is there any software that *might* help me reclaim the data on those sectors? Or are those sectors lost forever? I was looking at Norton Utilities and other similar utilities, but it wasn't clear that they could do this. Thanks Have you tried chkdsk x: /r where x is the drive in question? Mike. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19/08/2003 |
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