When to give up on a 300+ hours remaining scan?

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gephoto
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When to give up on a 300+ hours remaining scan?

#1 Post by gephoto »

I have a 9tb raid 5 that had its directory damaged. I've been able to get it to the state where I can copy off a fair amount, though with some file corruption. Tormented by directories of photos that have vanished so I started a photorec session.

I'm on Pass 3 now and it estimates it will take another 300+ hours! Wondering if I should give up? I need to move the set up and power down the disks. Can it resume when I get to my new location? On each subsequent pass is it finding new data, or does it have diminishing results?

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Re: When to give up on a 300+ hours remaining scan?

#2 Post by gephoto »

Its now up to 668 hours remaining.

Is there any way I can relocate my computer and hard drives to a new location and resume the scan where I paused it?

Garrett

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Re: When to give up on a 300+ hours remaining scan?

#3 Post by gephoto »

Its on pass 6 now. 1200 hours to go. Recoveries have slowed down considerably. Should I abort?

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Re: When to give up on a 300+ hours remaining scan?

#4 Post by cgrenier »

Yes, you should abort. You are probably using an old version of PhotoRec. It's better and faster to use latest 7.1-WIP version.

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Re: When to give up on a 300+ hours remaining scan?

#5 Post by gephoto »

Pass 8, 1,328 hours to go. Does the scan ever end?

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Re: When to give up on a 300+ hours remaining scan?

#6 Post by gephoto »

I am using 7.1-WIP. April 2018.

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