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ReallocatedSectorsCount=5
ReallocationEventCount=2

CurrentPendingSectorCount=30

UncorrectableSectorCount=0
PowerOnHours=22186
[WDC WD5000BMVV-11GNWS0WD-WX81A30S0165THRESHOLD]
Can you figure out anything from it?


Yes. With 30 unreadable sectors and 5 additional ones that have already been ...

I see. Thanks for the information. But since I have all my important data back thanks to PhotoRec, and I can't do anything to fix my old drive, I think I can skip doing another long recovery on the new one. Just one more question, according to the log above, is my old drive any good now? Or will ...

The log file shows a lot of CRC errors. There are bad sectors. You should clone the disk to a new empty one using ddrescue as described in https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf
Once it's done, remove the original disk and try to recover your files from the clone.


I did the ddrescue, but I ...

The log file shows a lot of CRC errors. There are bad sectors. You should clone the disk to a new empty one using ddrescue as described in https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf
Once it's done, remove the original disk and try to recover your files from the clone.


I did the ddrescue, but I ...

Thanks! Will give it a try and post the result

Hi. I have a WD My Passport external hard drive which went RAW a few days ago and I recovered the data as much as I could with PhotoRec, but I really prefer not formatting it. TestDisk says boot sector and MFT are OK, but I cannot list the files and "filesystem damaged" shows up. I even tried to ...