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- 21 Sep 2017, 16:39
- Forum: File recovery
- Topic: Photorec gets stuck in sector-reading loop when run on whole drive
- Replies: 3
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Re: Photorec gets stuck in sector-reading loop when run on whole drive
If you are already using PhotoRec 7.1-WIP.
Under PhotoRec, choose Stop, Quit.
Backup the photorec.ses file.
Edit photorec.ses file with wordpad or notepad++.
Remove the unwanted sector range.
Run PhotoRec and choose to resume the recovery.
I'm using qPhotoRec 7.1-WIP.
I removed all lines ...
- 18 Sep 2017, 18:56
- Forum: File recovery
- Topic: Photorec gets stuck in sector-reading loop when run on whole drive
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9222
Re: Photorec gets stuck in sector-reading loop when run on whole drive
I am having the same issue.
A few days ago, I tried to recover the files from my 1TB WD external drive with PhotoRec, but it's stuck in a loop.
It reads up to about 285 million sectors (14%) and then goes back to 260 million (13%).
It went up to 14% in a matter of 4-5 hours, but it keeps falling ...
A few days ago, I tried to recover the files from my 1TB WD external drive with PhotoRec, but it's stuck in a loop.
It reads up to about 285 million sectors (14%) and then goes back to 260 million (13%).
It went up to 14% in a matter of 4-5 hours, but it keeps falling ...