![]() “SpinRite attempts to recover data from hard disks with damaged portions that may not be readable via the operating system. Whether or not you get your data back, please, please learn from this experience and begin backing up right now. ![]() I hope I’m wrong, but the scenario you outline all too often ends with “…and then I lost everything.” You see, based on what you’ve told me, I don’t think you’re getting your data back. It’s something I preach about and write about often, specifically because of stories like yours. I have lots of different articles on how to back up - the links below only touch the tip of the iceberg. If you’d had a backup of your data taken prior to the hard drive’s imminent failure, you would simply replace the drive, recover the data from backup, and get on with your life. You must prepare, and preparation is simple: back up. Oh, you can go for years without experiencing it, but then suddenly you see “ Hard disk failure is imminent”, or worse. It’s never been necessary, and you can probably guess why. ![]() I have no recommendations, as it’s never been worth it me. Perhaps it’s worth it, depending on what you’re about to lose otherwise. It can be very expensive.Īnd once again, there’s no guarantee your data will be recovered. ![]() I say “worth money” because that’s exactly what it’s going to take to have such a service examine the disk and do what they can. If the data on the hard drive is important enough - meaning it’s worth money to you - your next option would be a data recovery service. If SpinRite can’t do the trick or it’s simply too intimidating (it is kinda geeky), your options are few. There’s no guarantee your data will be recovered.īut that’s where I’d go first.Depending on the size of and damage to your drive, SpinRite can take a very long time.(But they’ll refund if it fails to recover your data.) You’ll need to be able to boot from SpinRite’s CD image.SpinRite hasn’t been updated in ages, but it’s apparently still working well.In your shoes, I would see if I could get SpinRite to run on this hard drive and possibly recover the contents of the damaged sectors. In a situation like this, where preserving and recovering the contents of an entire hard drive is the goal, my mind turns to SpinRite. That means moving the drive to another system and seeing what tools you can run or what data you can recover is less likely to be effective. In addition, when Windows’ built-in encryption is used, it really needs to be your copy of Windows that decrypts the file. Encrypted files, on the other hand, are often all or nothing. With unencrypted files, partial recovery can still be valuable. The fact that some of the files are encrypted complicates matters. I’ll talk more about that in a moment, but for now our focus is on getting what we can off the drive. I’m going to assume you’re reaching out for data recovery help because there’s important data on that drive that isn’t backed up elsewhere. There is no guarantee you’ll be warned.Īll that means is that you need to take this message very seriously as soon as you see it. More commonly, drives simply fail in some fashion without notice. ![]() Honestly, you’re lucky you got a warning at all. In this case, “fail” can mean anything from “you might lose a few files” to “the entire drive will stop working.” This message means exactly what it says: the diagnostic and status circuitry and/or firmware on your drive has detected that the hard drive is about to fail - soon. I’ll run down what I suspect is happening, what I would do in your situation, and additional options you might have.Īnd, of course, I’ll review how you could have prevented this in the first place. I’m sorry to say it’s very possible that you are S.O.L.: Severely Out of Luck. ![]()
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