Originally Posted by
dono
ARRAGH! That is very bad advice; the last thing you ever want to do with a bad drive is to run chkdsk - that will only make things worse! Typically, the system will delete all affected files. (Google for "chkdsk deleted files")
To recover files, you want Spinrite, there is nothing else even close. It's sole function is to recover the data from bad sectors, so that you can get those files copied off onto a new drive that is not failing. I work in IT, and trust me, this is the ticket to repairing bad hard drives so files can be copied, and for checking to see the health of your good drives.
Sorry, but I had to create an account to say this, lest others get their files deleted trying to fix hard drives!
Cheers,
...Dono
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