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Hard drive recovery infers the recovery of previously lost data from a Hard Disk Drive due to system, user or device error.

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How to know if the hard drive is corrupted or the iso or the usb?

I had deleted all the partirions of my internal hard disk and created an unallocated space for the clean installation of windows 7. I also have a bootable usb of windows 7. But when I boot from it, it ...
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Replacing Ubuntu w/ Win10 using USB - Can't Boot from Win10USB @ Asus Laptop

Summary: I can't boot a Win10 installation USB from my Asus Vivobook Laptop with Ubuntu Linux currently installed. I have a new Asus VivoBook 14 that came stock with Windows on it. Out of the box, I ...
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ddrescue restore image to same disk

Our 4TB drive was failing. I unmounted the principal partition and ran ddrescue /dev/sdb1 /work2/timhay01/work.img /home/timhay01/work_backup.log --try-again --force --verbose where /work2/ is mounted ...
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How do you diagnose an external hard drive that shows zero byte size?

A few days ago my external HDD dropped from the shelf. It is ADATA HD710 1TB USB drive. Now, when I connect it to my PC, it doesn’t show up in Windows Explorer. I can see it in DiskPart, though. In ...
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Recover secondary drive

I haven't been able to mount my secondary hard drive, and I am unsure as to the error. This happens when I try mounting through Nautilus: I tried sudo fsck.ext4 -y /dev/sdb1 and sudo fsck /dev/sdb ...
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Rescuing files from a dead HDD: is a full ddrescue image still the "least damaging" option on a big drive if the needed files are small and few?

This is a HP 15 computer running Windows 10 and its internal HDD is failing/dead, I believe physically. It hasn't started making unusual sounds/clicks, and it doesn't seem a major head crash has ...
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Hard Drive Not Detected Error When Swapping Drives

I have a Dell Inspiron 660 computer that's running 32 bit windows 10 and the motherboard fried. I tried putting the hard drive which still works into a Dell optiplex 9020 and tried to start it up, ...
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SSD's fail after multiple linux installs

My build: -Asus Z270i -2 Samsung nvme 960 Evo 1TB M.2 drives -one Ocz Vector 180 ssd 280gb The Backstory I originally had two Samsung M.2 SSD's but after trying to install Solus for a second time ...
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Hard drive not showing up in disk management

I have the following setup: main Windows 10 installation on SSD drive two 8TB drives for data storage, set up with Storage Spaces in mirror mode for redundancy (8TB usable out of 16TB total space) ...
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RAID-1 corruption: Possible to apply catalog data from one disk to another?

More details can be provided, but here's the basis for the question. I just had a RAID-1 hardware failure which has resulted in an unusual situation: Disk A, containing the file catalog data, but no ...
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Accidentally started diskpart format on 2TB external drive, and now Explorer can't see it

On the command line, I used format override fs=fat32 while in diskpart, assuming I had selected my 8GB flash drive, and realised I'd accidentally selected my 2TB external drive which had been assigned ...
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Corrupted Data after replacing disk in Windows 10 Storage Space

I have a Windows 10 upgraded Storage Pool with 5 drives (Parity, thinly provisioned). 'Upgraded' means that this Storage Space supports rebalancing/optimizing (and this was a Windows 8 machine before)...
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After a hard restart, I am unable to repair the MBR of my BitLocked drive and don't have the key

Why would Microsoft not build in a password entry widget into the repair process? How can I save my data? I've tried everything I can think of. Windows 8.1 Pro (not sure if version N or not, not ...
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Alert before hard disk data corruption occurs that notices both

Is there a run time monitor that alerts before data corruption occurs that notices both media/surface problems NTFS logical errors (that chkdsk can fix). And if there's no active monitor, maybe ...
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Why can I view my data in TestDisk but not otherwise? How can I recover the hard drive?

A few days ago I was working on my computer and my hard drive decided it was time to say goodbye; the screen froze, and when I tried booting my computer it failed. I take the drive out, put it into ...
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How do i recover data without reformatting drive after USB to SATA conversion?

My External USB Hard Drive became unusable. Removed the enclosure and connected via SATA. Windows is failing to recognize without formatting. What are my options to recover drive without losing data?
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EaseUS partition manager terminated abruptly, leaving HDD partition to be unusable

I was using EaseUS partition manager to extend my drive's capacity by including a 100GB partition into it. The drive was earlier partitioned as 100GB+831Gb = 1TB(Toshiba HDD) and I was making it a ...
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Mount ddrescue imaged password protected drive

I'm trying to recover a crashed HD from a Macbook. I've imaged the HD successfully onto my external HD but when I try to mount it I get a mount_hfs: Invalid argument error. I'm assuming this is ...
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Data recovery from laptop which was formatted because of new Windows 7 installation

I want to recovery my data from an Windows 7 Ultimate installation. My laptop got stolen but later I caught the theft. But unfortunately all my data is lost because he formatted my laptop and put on a ...
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Can't restore HDD using multiple programs

Please refer to my original question about this issue. I tried GetDataBack and it doesn't seem to scan or do anything. I chose the default settings from the first screen and then on step 1 I chose my ...
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Files recovered with full size but unusable

About 3 weeks ago, I have accidentally used the "clean" command in diskpart in DOS.. And every thing in the hard drive was removed even the drive letters, it became unallocated space (465.8 GB). I ...
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How to recover whole HDD after format twice?

Accidently formatted hard disk, then saved some files and again formatted, But now using icare, cant find the previous formatted files.
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Corrupt file indicative of corrupt hard drive?

I have noticed that two files on my (almost full) 2 TB hard drive have been corrupted. One file has 20 kB (!) corrupted, i.e. consecutive 20 kB have changed, even though the modification date of the ...
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1TB ext. HDD suddenly stops working - does not show up on desktop - Lion OS X

I'm really annoyed right now. I brought this 1TB external HDD (brand: WD elements) about 3-4 days ago. I put two partitions onto it, one Mac journal partition (for Mac) and one for PC to be able to be ...
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Seagate FreeAgent Portable Drive suddenly doesn't want to open

I have a Seagate FreeAgent Portable Drive. It was fine yesterday night when I was using it but this morning when I plugged it in, my computer didn't autoplay it and when I clicked it on the computer, ...
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Hard Drive Recovery

I'm attempting to recover a hard drive, which may or may not be possible. It shows up in the BIOS, and in Windows Drive Management, but unloaded and cannot be loaded due to CRC failure. I tried ...
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Locked hard drive Eee pc 1005 HAB

I have a Eee pc 1005 HAB that has a locked hard drive. I don't have a password for it or the master password. I was told i could take up the battery for the BIOS and put it back in to reset it but I ...
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Data-Recovery from External hard disk which has bad sectors

I accidentally pulled out my externa hard disk from my TV without unmounting it. After this the HDD is not working properly. When I plug it in my laptop it says that the USB device is not recognizable....
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Internal HDD not showing up anymore

One of my internal hard disks(out of 3) stopped showing up in Disk management(Windows) or Disks(Ubuntu). Its showing up in BiOS. These are what i could find from ubuntu terminal: "sdc is the one ...
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Hard disk is empty after copying a file, then moving the HD to another computer

I have a very strange issue. When I copy a file from my computer to a hard-disk everything is fine. However, when I use the hard-disk on other computers, it is empty. (The files are not hidden because ...
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why was my SSHD not detected after forced shutdown upon out of memory, and how can I prevent it in the future?

Last week, my laptop got unresponsive as it ran out of memory (RAM). After waiting several minutes I did a forced shutdown by holding the power button for a few seconds. When I tried to boot again, I ...
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Recover files from RAW Drive in Windows

Portable USB Hardrive get corrupted (Bad sectors) and now is detecting as RAW. I'm trying to find golden solution to deal with this so Everyone including me will have example what to do to recover ...
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New hard disk making noise

I bought a 250GB SATA Seagate hard disk 15 days ago for 70 $ . After formatting for 2 times [I had to for faulty installation] the disk read/write speed have dropped significantly. It's also making ...
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Is data from Hard disk with damaged PCB recoverable?

Is it possible to recover data from a hard disk with a damaged PCB? The BIOS ROM chip is also possibly physically damaged. Trying simply swapping PCB did not work, but showed bad disk. LBA IO errors ...
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Can bad sectors in hard drive really cause data loss?

I have a computer which is almost 10 years old now. It uses a hard disk which is also almost 10 years old. Recently I had installed a software called 'Hard Disk Sentinel' which checks the health of ...
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How to get data from a burnt hard disk drive?

I have a 320GB HDD which was in a building that burnt down. I need to get as much information as possible from this drive. It probably won't succeed, but it's worth trying. I tried soldering a new ...
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"No operating system found" on boot after secondary drive died

I’m at a loss currently. Taking the data loss I’ve had on the secondary drive, I have many important bits on my primary Windows OS drive. My main drive is visible is BIOS, my secondary drive is not, ...
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Is it possible to recover formatted data without operating system? [duplicate]

Both partitions, with the windows and the other one were formatted and merged into one not unpartitioned space. Is there a way to recover the data with some bootable program or should I install the ...
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Bios/Windows cannot detect my bad harddisk

I got a bad ide harddisk from my friend, and he wants to save the data in the bad harddisk. I can see the drives of the harddisk when I first connected it. Then I tried to copy the files from the ...
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I have a dying HDD, how can I back up my data?

As the title says, I have a dying HDD and I've made a mistake of keeping some of my important files on here whether than on my C: drive. When my computer boots up it greets me with a "S.M.A.R.T ...
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After performing a platter swap (hard drive repair) it seems like the issue isn't with the PCB or head or mechanics but with the platter itself?

This question isn't mainly about recovering the data. I just don't understand how to interpret my observations. Initial situation: So I have this old 320 GB 2.5" hard drive which wouldn't get ...
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3.5 inch HDD making clicking noise (video included) [closed]

Seeking Advice: Recovering Data from Clicking 3.5" HDD I have an approximately 10-year-old 3.5-inch SATA hard drive that I'm trying to get old personal files off of. When connected via a SATA-to-...
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Purpose of hard drive wiper software?

When you delete a file, Windows removes the pointer and marks the sectors containing the file’s data as available. From the file system’s point of view, the file is no longer present on your hard ...
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Raid 0 life expectancy and how to access 2 disks from Raid 0 outside of original computer

Two questions about Raid 0: My situation: My motherboard with RAID controller got sent in for an RMA (3 weeks turnaround). Asus sent me back a different motherboard that had way worse problems than my ...
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Windows 10 USB keyboard and USB mouse became totally dead

Out of the blue my mouse and usb keyboard stopped working completely (without any reboots). Feels like PC is dead, keyboard doesn't respond to num-lock or caps-lock, lights do not change at all. I ...
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Using ddrescue to recover a broken drive. Can I check the progress before the run is complete?

I am currently running ddrescue on a drive that failed on me. It's been running for maybe 16 hrs now and is still in the splitting failed blocks stage but has been running at 0 B/s for sometime now. I ...
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How do I recover my missing files [duplicate]

I have a Windows 7 computer that I put iTunes on. I have an external hard drive. I had iTunes organize my music in the external hard drive into a different directory. I now find that all my mp3's ...
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read hard drive from dead laptop without formatting

I recently pulled the hard drive from a laptop with a bad power supply, and have plugged it into my pc via a USB-SATA bridge. Both drives come from Windows 7 machines. Windows recognizes the drive as ...
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Last step in HDD Recovery (fixing windows)

My dad’s hard drive corrupted which was a result of many bad sectors. Anyway, I made a clone of the drive and have now repaired it totally (recreating the MBR and MFT) and doing a series of ChkDsk's ...
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If a hard drive is dying, is it a bad idea to use a backup created by its (Windows 10) OS?

I believe my hard drive (let's call it C1) is dying: chkdsk /f on my C drive freezes/locks the process at a certain %. A few months ago I ran this process successfully and it found and fixed errors. ...
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