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I had (Still have it, but I don't think I am going to get it to format) a 2TB drive with all our music on it, as well as the documents and settings folders for all users. The backup I had set up for CrashPlan didn't back any of it up after it went south so I had to get it back or lose it. I don't blame CrashPlan - it did exactly what it was supposed to. The problem was actually Second Copy not being able to copy the files to the correct locations where CrashPlan looks for them. If I had caught the problem earlier I would been much better off.
The drive in question starting running really slow. That's when it came to my attention. I ran chkdsk with various switches and Scan Disk. None of it helped.
Off to the Internet in search of a solution. Ran across a number of programs recommended on forums and none worked. Finally I found TestDisk mentioned and quite a long list of users saying it worked for their problem, which happened to be my problem.
Oh, I forgot to say what it was. Two partitions: one 600GB and one 1400GB. Both displayed as RAW in Disk Management in Windows 10.
I decided to try TestDisk and went through the step-by-step the creator has on one of the pages. And going through it is mandatory as it's not overly friendly. It's DOS (is that what it is now?) and some of the letter choices for finding the right partition and copying files can be confusing. For instance, when yu have hightlighted files you use c to copy the one under the cursor and C to copy all marked files. I think I said that right. The letter a is not used to copy all because it's for highlighting all files.
You need to have a second drive with enough space to copy the files to. Choosing the correct one (I had 5 available) can also be confusing - well it was until I slowed down and read the entire screen. The drive letters are listed, but they are not prominent.
It recovered approximated 65k files from one partition and 75k files from the other with 0 fails. Zero!
This is going to be a staple in my toolbox. And I am going to send him a donation. He earned it.
This page describes what it will recover, what operating systems it supports, and what file systems it can handle. It also has links to documentation. When you go to the download page it has a blurb from the author.
Last edited by Tek_Freek; 10-12-2016 at 06:06 PM..
I too I have used TestDisk to retrieve data where the partition data was lost. It was something to do with a Raid 1 external device, I can't remember if it was a Iomega NAS or usb. Normally I'd use Krollontrack.
I gave up on partitioning drives around 1998. The gain just didn't seem worth it. I'm curious why you partitioned?
(Being pedantic, I doubt it was "DOS." IIRC, DOS 6.22 couldn't handle a drive anywhere near that large. Command line, perhaps, or it might have its own direct read capability. )
Good reminder Tek! I found version 5.x in my utilities folder for that app but never used it for some reason.
I think I totally forgotten what it was after I downloaded it years back.
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Originally Posted by harry chickpea
I gave up on partitioning drives around 1998. The gain just didn't seem worth it. I'm curious why you partitioned?
(Being pedantic, I doubt it was "DOS." IIRC, DOS 6.22 couldn't handle a drive anywhere near that large. Command line, perhaps, or it might have its own direct read capability. )
I typically create 2 paritions. One for the OS (C) and one for my user profile, and data. If OS craps out, I can format and re-install it onto C without any personal data loss. I makes sense for my usage/needs but I have to agree, for most (novice) users, it probably is unnecessary.
I agree, it may have a DOS looking interface but I doubt it is running some version of DOS. Not even the later, integrated into Windows versions.
"I typically create 2 paritions. One for the OS (C) and one for my user profile, and data. If OS craps out, I can format and re-install it onto C without any personal data loss. I makes sense for my usage/needs but I have to agree, for most (novice) users, it probably is unnecessary."
I guess that makes sense. I used to have more issues with the drive itself failing than having to reload the OS. Luck of the draw, I guess.
I've been using Second Copy to copy the files to be backed up by CrashPlan. It now goes to a new 2TB drive (Not partitioned).
I appreciate the backup program you mention. I keep looking at other ways to backup the client computers to the server as the utility built into Windows Home Server seems to fail more often than work. Got it bookmarked.
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Originally Posted by harry chickpea
I gave up on partitioning drives around 1998. The gain just didn't seem worth it. I'm curious why you partitioned?
(Being pedantic, I doubt it was "DOS." IIRC, DOS 6.22 couldn't handle a drive anywhere near that large. Command line, perhaps, or it might have its own direct read capability. )
I didn't partition the new 2TB drive. Seemed silly in retrospect. Command Line. I had to stop and think about the screen I saw while using the utility.
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Originally Posted by TurcoLoco
Good reminder Tek! I found version 5.x in my utilities folder for that app but never used it for some reason.
I think I totally forgotten what it was after I downloaded it years back.
I typically create 2 paritions. One for the OS (C) and one for my user profile, and data. If OS craps out, I can format and re-install it onto C without any personal data loss. I makes sense for my usage/needs but I have to agree, for most (novice) users, it probably is unnecessary.
I agree, it may have a DOS looking interface but I doubt it is running some version of DOS. Not even the later, integrated into Windows versions.
Command Line. I had to stop and think about the screen I saw while using the utility.
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