Files corrupt after extraction with recovery software
Posted: 29 Apr 2021, 18:46
My raid o configuration 2 Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001). One of the drives failed. I had to restore windows and now the partition shows unallocated. I created a new partition on Intel BIOS and attempted to use Testdisk to find the previous partition to potentially see the files and copy them.
1. Testdisk reported " Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged"
2. Attempted to rebuild BS after 1 week it got stuck and did not move. I had to exit
1. Per Crystal disk info the drive is critical.
2. I attempted to recover my files with Photorec, UFS explorer pro, Magi parition,EaseUS, Recover it, disk drill, Minitool power data recovery,active Undelete, DD rescue GUI windows, and the only one that showed promise was hetman Partition recovery. Found the files extracted but are corrupt and unable to read them. I have spent now a month straight trying to get the files back with no success.
3. I realized that I have bad disk possibly logical.
4. My last attempt I am using HDD Regenerator to fixed sectors ( I realize this is temporary fix and just need to get access to the files to copy). So far 36 hours into it and and so far found almost 2500 sectors that have been fix..but it looks like I will be waiting a for a month before it finishes.
I do not want to spend $1000.00 dollars to recover 300mb of pdf files. is not worth the money. and send the drives to the LAB. They explained to me that they would have to change parts from a donor drive and attempt to revive the drive and try to get the files out. It may take 20 days for them.
Question for the PROS here. ?
when the sectors are corrupted in this way its a hardware issue correct on this case?
By replacing the heads from a donor drive I can potentially get the drive to react or recover just enough time to get my files correct ?
I was thinking buying a donor hard drive and do the job myself would be way cheaper then $1000.00
Please let me know if this is my last option or just give up on my files ?
thank you in advance.
1. Testdisk reported " Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged"
2. Attempted to rebuild BS after 1 week it got stuck and did not move. I had to exit
1. Per Crystal disk info the drive is critical.
2. I attempted to recover my files with Photorec, UFS explorer pro, Magi parition,EaseUS, Recover it, disk drill, Minitool power data recovery,active Undelete, DD rescue GUI windows, and the only one that showed promise was hetman Partition recovery. Found the files extracted but are corrupt and unable to read them. I have spent now a month straight trying to get the files back with no success.
3. I realized that I have bad disk possibly logical.
4. My last attempt I am using HDD Regenerator to fixed sectors ( I realize this is temporary fix and just need to get access to the files to copy). So far 36 hours into it and and so far found almost 2500 sectors that have been fix..but it looks like I will be waiting a for a month before it finishes.
I do not want to spend $1000.00 dollars to recover 300mb of pdf files. is not worth the money. and send the drives to the LAB. They explained to me that they would have to change parts from a donor drive and attempt to revive the drive and try to get the files out. It may take 20 days for them.
Question for the PROS here. ?
when the sectors are corrupted in this way its a hardware issue correct on this case?
By replacing the heads from a donor drive I can potentially get the drive to react or recover just enough time to get my files correct ?
I was thinking buying a donor hard drive and do the job myself would be way cheaper then $1000.00
Please let me know if this is my last option or just give up on my files ?
thank you in advance.