Seagate 2tb GoFlex Desktop External HD
Posted: 09 Sep 2012, 02:27
Thank you in advance for the wealth of knowledge and info I have already gained after stumbling onto your programs & website during a frantic google search to retrieve the data from my hard drive. I have an HP Pavilion Desktop running Window 7 Home Premium 64-bit. The Hard Drive has its own power source and is operating utilizing an usb 3.0 port via a PCI express card I installed on the computer (I have several external hard drives running on the 3.0 and have never had any problems). Everything was operating as normal and after a system re-boot I noticed one of my external hard drives was not showing up. I tried everything to get the hard drive to reappear but to no avail. Although it will not show up in “my computer”, it does show up in disk management saying I need to initialize the disk before I can access it; which of course is not an option considering that would erase all the data (the disk is about 2/3 full).
My main objective is to retrieve as much of my data off of the disk as possible. I have already purchased another 2tb disk and have it standing-by to copy any retrievable files to if the disk itself is not repairable. I found, downloaded & began running your program 2 days ago. I understand that there is quite a bit of information on a 2tb disk and have no problem being patient and letting things run as they need to; but want to make sure I am headed in the right direction. The program appears to be running through the analyse cylinder phase and so far is at 716/243200 & 00% with a read error (see screen shot). My first question is should I just let the program continue to run (which I have no problem with) realizing it might take a week or two to get through all the data? My other question is concerning whether I should limit my activity on my computer while the program is running (is it OK to let the program run in the background while I run other programs or download files or would that activity interfere with the program)? My last question concerns my other external hard drives…I disconnected all of my additional hard drives before I started running your program. Would it be OK to reconnect those hard drives and utilize them while the program is running or could that interfere with the process? And lastly, what happens to the program’s progress if for some reason I were to loose power (say a thunderstorm) or a necessary reboot after an automatic windows update or an automatic virus protection software update? I can turn those features off if needed and realize the chances of one of those things happening increases over time. Again, I have no problem with being patient and letting things run if that means the possible rescuing of my data. I just wanted to make sure I am headed in the right direction. Again, Thank
you.
My main objective is to retrieve as much of my data off of the disk as possible. I have already purchased another 2tb disk and have it standing-by to copy any retrievable files to if the disk itself is not repairable. I found, downloaded & began running your program 2 days ago. I understand that there is quite a bit of information on a 2tb disk and have no problem being patient and letting things run as they need to; but want to make sure I am headed in the right direction. The program appears to be running through the analyse cylinder phase and so far is at 716/243200 & 00% with a read error (see screen shot). My first question is should I just let the program continue to run (which I have no problem with) realizing it might take a week or two to get through all the data? My other question is concerning whether I should limit my activity on my computer while the program is running (is it OK to let the program run in the background while I run other programs or download files or would that activity interfere with the program)? My last question concerns my other external hard drives…I disconnected all of my additional hard drives before I started running your program. Would it be OK to reconnect those hard drives and utilize them while the program is running or could that interfere with the process? And lastly, what happens to the program’s progress if for some reason I were to loose power (say a thunderstorm) or a necessary reboot after an automatic windows update or an automatic virus protection software update? I can turn those features off if needed and realize the chances of one of those things happening increases over time. Again, I have no problem with being patient and letting things run if that means the possible rescuing of my data. I just wanted to make sure I am headed in the right direction. Again, Thank
you.