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Answer» O.K wise guys ! Here's the score:
My HDD has gone on strike the 4th time now ! I've reinstalled Windows XP about the sixth time now (actually lost count ). Why ? I don't have the slightest idea ! I just work with Windows and BAMMMM ! Blue screen-->restart-->all fine...hmm... :-?...Next morning I turn on the PC: "beep beep beep" or "boop" or NOTHING !
Well I check the BIOS: the previous 3 times it was a Seagate ST3200021A (200GB), HDD that magically gained [highlight]2-10 TB of HDD space[/highlight][/b], then losing all data systems leaving me no other option 2 format the HDD (ONCE MORE) and reinstall Windows
This time it's my Maxtor 6L300R0 (300GB). Not magically gaining 2-10 TB..no ! This time it wasn't sumthing magical ! It was mysterious and annoying ! About 3 days ago all of a sudden Windows starts hanging up VERY often, making me restart the computer over and over again (I think the reset button really is abit smoother now).So I let Windows CHKDSK for 12:00 full hours only ending up with another blue screen : "HDD error". I could only get till the Windows selection screen. Nothing worked then, no safe mode, no nothing.
I reinstalled Windows on my "magical" 200GB HDD REFORMATTING ca. 200GB of Stargate videos [smiley=cry.gif] Well now I've got a clean, "bug-free" Windows...yeah right ! [smiley=angry.gif]
Well I started scanning it with Runtime GetDataBack and it didin't find ANY NTFS partitions (I had 4 NTFS partitions). I started scanning with HDDscan. Didn't scan till the end because about 2 min after the start I only had BAD SECTORS and that 4 about 50 min --> I quit.
Does anybody know how regain data on these kind of mysterious HDDs ? If u want more info, tell me what u want ! I'll gratefully send it ! I've heard of MUCH MUCH worse cases, FLOODS,fires, 10 m drops... and nearly all data was regained Now my case would be peanuts compared 2 that.
1.I never dropped my HDD or dropped sumthing on it..well...I dropped a pencil :-/
2.I never kicked my HDD in fustration
3.My last Virus scan (b4 the incedent) was about 2-3 weeks ago
4.I scanned my HDD with CHKDSK.
5.I defraged my HDD also about 3 weeks ago
Summary:
HDD: Maxtor Maxtor 6L300R0 (300GB)
New OS: Windows XP SP1
Old OS: Windows XP SP2
Problem:
after HDDscan (no complete) only BAD SECTORS after 2min or 1024 LBAs
300GB of data lost within 2 hours !
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[size=48]!!!!!!!HELP!!!!!!![/size]BIOS problem mabey? and btw, you dont need all of the insane formatting man, plain text is fine... if this has done it with two hard drives then it cant be the hard drives, its probably just your BIOS, try updating itBios update ? again ? WHY THAT [email protected] thing !... O.K I'll try that again. But how do I get all the data back ?that i am not SURE of... i havnt done much with data recovery tools, i think somone on these forums should know... they seem to have answers for almost every thing else...You might try a look around here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+data+recovery
Are these IDE drives you're haing problems with? Is this a legitimate version of Windows? If so, why no SP2 loaded? What are the specifics on the motherboard and any BIOS activities prior to this? Have you deleted ALL partitions before adjusting them and formatting?Alright I'll try out the tools GX1_Man !
I scanned my Pc with Everest Home Edition, the results r in a txt file in the zip file.that is alot of reading... i think i'll just leave the reading to you GX1u wanted details u got em I didn't get answers to the questions I asked though.
Quote I didn't get answers to the questions I asked though.
Quote from: GX1_ManAre these IDE drives you're haing problems with? Is this a legitimate version of Windows? If so, why no SP2 loaded? What are the specifics on the motherboard and any BIOS activities prior to this? Have you deleted ALL partitions before adjusting them and formatting?
1.yeah both IDE drives
2.yeah legit version it's and OEM after all
3.SP2 ? I just reinstalled windows
4.BIOS activities ? *points at first post*
5.Reinstalled Windows on my 200GB HDD (Seagate) my 300GB HDD (Maxtor) is the 1 with probs.
P.S
Thanx 4 the toolz ! I'll try em out 2morrow though *yawns* it's getting l8....I hope 1 of em works Let us know.
I tried DIY Diskpatch, GetDataBack, R-Studio,Restorer 2000 and RecoverMyFiles:
all negative !
DIY get stuck on 1%,GetDataBack scans but doesn't recognize any filesystems and the last 3 all failed at even recognizing the Maxtor HDD :-? *censored* knows why :-?
Anybody know how 2 repair the HDD and recover the files ? I'll sure try and get more apps, but it would be nice if sum1 knows a specific program 2 solve this problem.
Thanx in advance guys ^^Sometimes the voodoo doesn't work. That's why a good and frequent backup is recommended. The problem is how do u wanna backup more than 200GB of data ? Well what does that 200 GIG contain? Probably not frequently accessed data files, so the next most likely bet is downloaded music or video files. They make DVD's and CD's for that!
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