Questions tagged [hard-drive-recovery]
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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Is it posible to recover a partition that has it's entire filesystem lost? [duplicate]
I did the command sudo fio --name=write_seq --size=1G --filename=/dev/sdb2 --bs=1M --rw=write --direct=1 --numjobs=1 --time_based --runtime=60 --allow_mounted_write=1 on a none-empty external ...
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Recovering data off of a malfunctioning external HDD
I have a WD6400BEVT hard drive which I use in an enclosure to store some older files etc.
I haven't accessed the drive in probably about 2 years, but recently purchased an external SSD and was hoping ...
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Recover from disk failure using mirrored volumes
I have a system set up with Windows 11 and two drives. The disks have been converted to dynamic disks and the boot volume has been mirrored. As far as I can tell only the "primary" disk can ...
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Is it possible to recover files from quickly formatted HDD? [duplicate]
I have formatted my hard drive, now I wonder if it is possible to recover the files while I have reinstalled windows on the same drive and been using it for a few weeks and almost filled the hard ...
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How to recover data from a RAW disk C (winows won't boot) [closed]
my disk C:/ is RAW and when I boot, it boots to the installation of Windows.
When I go through with the installation I can access my disks (when I click o then I can access the files) except disk C:/ (...
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How to save data from an external disk that died
A little under 4 years ago I bought a Seagate Backup Plus Portable 5 TB external hard drive. It's worked fine for years, but recently it started having problems - it would disconnect and then ...
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I need help make sense of TestDisk output
I recently found an 2 TB external drive again which I though I ha lost and when I viewed it with DISKMGMT.MSC it said it had an unallocated section of 638GB.
I remembered that I might've deleted a ...
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How to recover the files from the merged two drives?
After trying to extend the C: drive to two other drives, E: Documents (79.46GB) and D: Software (50GB), I do not see the data contained in E: Documents (79.46GB) folder, but the data is present that ...
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How to restore data from a Formatted HDD [duplicate]
I was installing Kali linux without knowing that I was using my personal HDD to do so. Now I have formatted the data that was present on HDD.
I want to know, Is there a way to restore the data that ...
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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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Acronis recovery breaks shortcuts in Windows when restored on identical machine?
I'm using Acronis to create recover an disk image to a replacement system.
The image was created 2 weeks ago and is now being restored to a replacement machine(same batch, same vendor, same hardware)
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Mount Qnap drive in Debian
So I have a HDD drive ejected from Qnap (I do not longer have it) and I wanted to mount it in home made server with OMV on Debian machine. There is no way I can do that, it cannot be mounted. I tried ...
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Unable to mount btrfs becuase of because of unmatched "fsid"
I ran btrfstune -u /dev/sdc and it failed, now I am not able to mount this disk.
Errors in dmesg are
[ 46.388877] BTRFS error (device sdc): dev_item UUID does not match metadata fsid: 35f9709d-b959-...
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Recovering files form failing hard drive on Windows
I have a failing hard drive, I need to recover the remaining files. Some are listed in windows explorer, some are not but the drive hangs when I try a bulk transfer.
What is the best way to recover ...
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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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Recovering data from iMac internal hard drive when you can't login to your account anymore
I'm looking for help on recovering data from an internal hard drive on my iMac.
I have a iMac that I purchased online in 2018 refurbished. It had been slowing down over the last few months, but I ...
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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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Options Beyond DDRescue
I have a HDD that mysteriously stopped working the other day. The contents aren't important enough to justify the cost of professional recovery, but I've been looking at a few posts about DIY recovery ...
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Lenovo T520 Bios Password on SSD
Hope you are all fine,
I was using Lenovo T520 laptop with SSD upgrade until it died due to Motherboard issues, Being said that! I was using both Admin Password and HDD Password, the whole time on ...
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Leading zeros in the Cluster Chain Run of an NTFS MFT record?
I have an example pulled from a hard disk at my house where the NTFS $MFT file contains zeros in the least-significant places of the Cluster Chain Run. Interpreted little-endian, this doesn't make any ...
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How do you interpret the Cluster Chain Run in an NTFS MFT record?
For mostly academic reasons, I've been learning how to interpret the Cluster Chain Run from the Data Attribute Block from an MFT Record from a NTFS volume.
I watched a video that walks through an ...
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Hard drive failure
I first encountered the error 0x80071A91 while installing all windows features. But System couldn't install windows feature "Windows subsystem under Linux". Hence I reset my HP Notebook ...
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Should I turn on ignore bad sectors and create and image immediately?
Trying to clone my 3TB HDD to a brand new 4TB HDD. But I get a CRC error
WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB
NTFS filesystem
Using Macrium Reflect 8 I get
Clone failed - Error 9 - Read failed - 23 - Data error (...
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How do I get the HD recovery icon back on my mac?
I partitioned my mac air to be able to use as windows and as a mac. One day prompted my windows partition did not have enough memory. I dont know what I did but now boot camp can not be found and when ...
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How to recover files from a healthy microSD card that is accessible only from an unrooted Android smartphone?
I accidentally deleted important documents (about 100 PDFs) that weren't backed up yet from a 64 GB microSD card, which is used as the primary storage in my unrooted Android 9.0 smartphone. The ...
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Merged partitions show as unformatted NTFS- GPT table recovery
Wanted to merge multiple partitions on my SSD, and added Windows Recovery partition to the mix as it was sitting between other data partitions. (I believe this was my mistake).
Used MiniTool Partition ...
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Can a W11 System Backup Image be restored to a laptop running W10?
Laptop purchased with W11 and created W11 updated backup image to internal and external drives. Downgraded from W11 to W10 and created W10 updated backup image to internal and external drives.So I ...
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How to fix to Local Disk G Missing Issue?
I recently set up Windows 10 but after a few days my external hard drive Drive "G" is showing a local disk and can not access it. What is the reason and how can i recover this drive and ...
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ddrescue: How to restart from pass 1?
I've been trying to recover data from a 500GB WD Scorpio Blue drive I found recently that was from an old Acer laptop. I ran it for about a day before the read rate had slowed down to about 50KB/S and ...
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What does a beep sound mean from a working hard disk?
I have a laptop of 7 years old with a 2TB Seagate hard disk. About 2 years ago I heard a loud beep sound and it didn't happen again after months. But nowadays the intervals between the beep sound get'...
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Hard disk failed, no backup - how to proceed with data recovery? [closed]
My computer has stopped working because the hard disk has broken. I used it to store important data without having a backup, and several files (.xslx, .word, .pdf) could not be recovered or they are ...
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How to access to users files of windows 10 from HDD?
I have the next problem, the HDD of my sister's computer cannot start windows 10. So she wants to get the files of her user. I bought a HDD reader to get the files. When I try to access to her user ...
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How do I create a backup of my hard drive in small sections?
I have an old laptop with a 500Gb non-removable (soldered) hard drive. I am attempting to recover some data from the drive. After some reading, I've discovered that I should create a copy of the drive ...
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Advice on next steps for recovery? (WD 3TB MyBook Essential)
My Western Digital 3TB MyBook Essential (Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)) made a knocking noise a couple of years ago during a Time Machine backup on my mac:
Time Machine couldn't ...
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Recover data on a m.2 SSD from an usb adaptor and ubuntu 22.04
I am trying to recover data from a m.2 ssd (Western Digital PC SN520 NVMe SSD M.2 2280-S3-B-M) but can't make it right now.
Can you please help me out ?
I'm using an USB adaptor (This guy).
But ...
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Several important forders missing in SSD with Windows
I've read about missing files due to SSD wear-out, hidden files, accidentally deleted files and such but I thing this problem might be different.
One day a friend's computer was missing a boot device, ...
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Why Windows can't see USB drive?
I was playing with live boot USB, and somehow it got corrupted. When I plug it into my PC it said it needs to format the USB. But when formatting it spat out an error along the lines of: "Windows ...
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Creating recovery drive stuck on, "Please Wait."
How can I fix this issue and create a Recovery Drive? The wizard has been stuck at this screen for 30+ minutes at the time of writing.
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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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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 recover partitions?
my partitions are lost and my datas are also lost when I use ntfsfix on my hard drive. For the partition table like this:
sdb disk
└─sdb1 unallocated
└─sdb5 /DATA1
└─sdb6 /...
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Are there recovery options for a SSD drive which is not detected anymore?
The SSD drive on my laptop is not detected anymore, resulting in a "no bootable device" error at startup. If possible, I would like to recover some of the files from the drive.
I use Linux ...
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Does my HDD still work after almost 10years not in use?
I found my HDD HD250HJ from Samsung after 10years.
The whole HDD is encrypted with TrueCrypt 7.1 and is a hidden volume.
When I plugged in my HDD it's not visible in the explorer nor in TrueCrypt.
Is ...
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suddenly new external harddrive not detected in windows, Ubuntu machines
I bought new external harddrive Toshiba Canvio Ready 1TB USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Portable Hard Drive (HDTP310AK3AA, Black)
and copied all data from my computer to external harddrive.
It fills about 900+...
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Is there a software way to unlock a hdd?
I have a SATA hard disk which is firmware password locked.
QUESTION: Is there a software way to unlock a HDD, plugged on an USB enclosure, without losing its contents? (Windows or Linux)
This is the ...
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Can Windows backup an entire drive?
I want to make a full backup of the entire drive in Windows, without third party tools. I looked at the 'Backup Image' feature, but it requires me to select the partitions, and it does not list my ...
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How To read disk from dead Zyxel NAS
I have the harddrive fra a Zyxel NAS. The NAS is dead, but the harddrive seems okay. How can I access it? If I mount it in af USB harddrive case, Windows can see the disk in Disk Manager, but Explorer ...
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drive failing, dd back failed at 33%, can I partially recover?
An external hard drive had trouble mounting after bootup. So I began to clone it using dd.This was quite a while ago, and so I don't recall the exact parameters. Something rather standard for a ...
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How to fix issue with hard disk leading to "The installer encountered an unrecoverable error" with Ubuntu 20.04
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 on an Asus having an SSD (1To) as the only hard disk and I ran into a bunch of issues.
When I thought that the installation ended I got this error message displayed: ...
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Getting "Bad Disk" and unbootable/readable disk after "Convert MBR Disk to GPT Disk" (Minitool PW)
I was having my MBR disk with my main OS (Windows 10) and many important files on it.
My disk is Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB Sata with good health.
I have run Convert MBR Disk to GPT Disk on it and ...
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