I ask for help because I have read and attempted and this is beyond my knowledge.
I have files on a 320GB Rocstor Rocport 9cx external HDD that are inaccessible.
Attempting to be as direct as possible, here is what I know or have tried to do.
-I tried cloning the drive using clonezilla unsuccessfully.
-Windows 7 recognizes the drive but says I need to format before using.
-Linux Mint states that not all of my data is available to access and issues this statement:
Sorry, could not display all the contents of "Rocstor": Error when getting information for file '/media/mint/Rocstor/$RECYCLE.BIN': Input/output error
-Gparted shows the data as msft data with 44GB used out of the total 320GB
-I have tried to use testdisk but haven't executed any real command besides quick analyze because I don't want to do something irreversible
But Testdisk does say something about incorrect FAT32/16 sector size, I am not sure because it is only displayed for a second or two.
I can post some screen shots and or answer any question about what Testdisk shows.
-I have taken the drive out of the enclosure and it is currently in one of the hdd bays on my laptop (7811FX)
-I have yet to use Photorec or to be honest I dont remember I have been recovering files from more than one hdd because my original drive with all my stuff fell victim to ransomware
and my backup of all my stuff I tripped over the usb cord while it was in the process of backing up what I had lost and it is beyond repair. This drive that has some of my things
is my last hope but not surprisngly I hook it up and its inaccessible. I know that I'm cursed, I have accepted this already.
I have available to me:
Windows 7
Linux Mint
Windows XP
Testdisk, Photorec, Recuva
Seatools for windows
Clonezilla
Specifically I am looking to get back .chk files that were recently on the drive but now unaccessible. I think at some point I am going to have to repair or write a partition but I don't know how to do that
Also the $Recycle.bin error worries me. If you can help that would be cool.'
Could you please help me recover files from HDD.
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Re: Could you please help me recover files from HDD.
You should clone the damaged disk to a new empty disk using ddrescue.
Once its' done, remove the original disk and try to recover your data from the clone.
Once its' done, remove the original disk and try to recover your data from the clone.
Re: Could you please help me recover files from HDD.
OK I will do that and post later today. thanks for reply