Spinrite is snake oil that does not recover data. I wrote a blog about it quite some time ago - http://www.recoveryforce.com/spinrite-a-data-recovery-program/.
Deepspar has a great youtube video explaining why read ignoring ECC does not work any more on pretty much any current hard drive...
I'm not sure you fully understand what I'm seeing. A drive can't remap a sector when it is powered off. Let's say that you get sick and land yourself in the hospital for 2 months and your computer is powered on during that time. Don't you think it reasonable that your data on your computer...
I've been conversing with a technician at Ace Labs (the makers of PC3000) and they have found this too. Apparently, they setup 8 EVOs 4 months in advance for data recovery training and when training day came, 3 of 8 lost the root catalog and files were corrupted. 2 months later, they were up...
I just finished a data recovery project from a 750GB EVO and have learned a lot about these drives in doing so.
The TLC NAND starts dropping bits within days or weeks of data being written to the sectors. So, after time, the drive starts to slow down when having to rely heavily on ECC to read...
I don't have a lot of data recovery contacts in India. But, there is one lab that I do assist remotely, from time to time, that might be able to help.
http://www.alphacomputer.co.in
As I've never been there, nor know the them any more than a few remote support sessions, use them at your...
The sata connection is the same, but I doubt that most laptops are designed to supply the extra power needed by 3.5" drives, let alone have the physica space to hold the larger device.
Sorry, but not a DIY case. Hopefully it is just a firmware issue, but likely caused by media damage.
When seeking a local pro, it should cost less than $500, assuming the heads aren't toast. With PC3000 and some knowledge of Seagate drives, it shouldn't be too hard.
If you let me know where...
If either the RAID unit or the desktop drive had much use following the deletions, the odds of recovery get lower with the amount of usage.
As already advised, get a clone, scan with a program like R-Studio and copy recovered files to a drive other than the source.
Just as Western Digital had significant issues with PCBs when they transitioned from a marvel chipset to the currently used ROYL chipset, there are always learning curves. Over the past year, I have found that not all Seagate DM issues are as bad as they look, but can very quickly become a...
This 3TB Seagate DM series drive is the worst of the lot. The heads ride so close to the platters that even the slightest bump will result in disastrous results.
If you value the data at all, now is the best time to seek professional data recovery assistance. These drives fail fast and hard...
I'd be happy to take a look at this remotely, if you'd like. It could be something as simple as a damaged MBR, but could imply that the SSD just failed physically.
Not sure what you mean there. The data is automatically encrypted when written to the platters, but is decrypted by the built-in USB bridge. So, unless there is a password set on the drive, the drive should appear as unencrypted when connected to a system via the USB connection.
That said...
This is a WD Passport with a USB only interface (I assume). Unless the drive is prompting for a password, there is no encryption issues for the OP, should they want to clone the drive. If they were to move the ROM to a SATA PCB and then try to access the drive, bypassing the USB bridge, they...
1. RAID Controller issue
2. Multiple drive failure
3. Corrupt file system
Those are a few. If you value your data, you should get a full sector-by-sector clone of each drive before you try anything further. At this point, the chances of recovery are high, and cheap, but I simple mistake could...
I see a lot of passports here for recovery. Here is a list of causes of the symptoms you are getting:
1. Media damage
2. Firmware damage
3. Head damage
The challenge is that these drives are USB only interfaces with the built in USB bridge encrypting your data on the fly, as it get...
This is a common issue with newer western digital drives. The firmware has an issues that causes slow response which is triggered by bad sectors. During the data recovery process, we can clear the logs that are causing the slow reading symptoms, but it doesn't do anything to prevent it from...
Keep doing what you are doing...it will be dead.
Send it to someone who can. The main reason why professional data recovery labs can do a much better job recovering data is because of how good we are at cloning drives. At least 80% of the work we do on every data recovery project is cloning...
It seems to me that it could be a physical issue with the drive. If your data is of any value to you, it may be time to seek the assistance of a data recovery professional.
At the very least, your first step is to get a full sector-by-sector clone of the drive to a known healthy drive. If you...
This could be an issue with the file system, NAND memory or controller. I recommend starting by trying to get a full sector-by-sector clone or image of the thumb drive and then try to see if you can scan and find your files with R-Studio. If you do find files, recover them to a separate...
You can convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS without losing any data, but I still recommend having a full backup before you do. It is a built-in windows application at the command line. Type "convert /?" at the dos prompt to see how to use it.
The more data that is on the drive, the slower the...
I've yet to get a Seagate with a USB only interface, but it is entirely possible that this is a new Seagate branded Samsung with USB only. I imagine that it will be just a matter of time before I get one of these in for recovery.
As far as I'm concerned, anything larger than 0 should be replaced...especially in an environment where critical data is being stored on that drive. At the very least, make sure that your data is fully backed up every day.
I, too, have recovered hundreds of RAIDs without the original RAID controller or system. It is so frustrating to see poor advice posted in threads like this and then to see people argue with experts when they try to correct their misconceptions.
I never heard of SERT Data Recovery before this forum thread, but based on his/her posts get a strong sense that they know what they are talking about. So, it certainly adds to their credibility vs any other lab where we just have a website to reference.
I also can see the argument that when...
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