"Read error at..." trying to recover a lost partition

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Runciter
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"Read error at..." trying to recover a lost partition

#1 Post by Runciter »

Hi,

I have a Seagate 3T external hard disk that got slower over time. Trying to fix it I think I accidentally deleted the partition. Possibly the disc also has fault sectors.

Testdisk detect de correct size:

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Note: it take few minutes to change between screens!

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It show "Partition: read error" but allow me to make a quick search:

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But few minutes later:

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Any help is welcome!
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Re: "Read error at..." trying to recover a lost partition

#2 Post by cgrenier »

There are bad sectors. You should clone the disk usng ddrescue to a new empty disk as described in https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf
Once it's done, remove the original disk and try to recover your data from the clone.
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