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SpeedGP

Post subject: CHKDSK after raw copy?

Posted: February 9th, 2017, 15:48

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Location: Portland Oregon

So noob question....

I cloned a seagate 1tb drive to a similar seagate 1tb drive and everything looked like it went pretty smooth. What is the typical next step? Chkdsk the drive to try and repair some of the damaged/missing sectors? Straight to data recovery with GetDataBack/EasyRecovery/Easeus? Surface test?

Thanks!

James

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: CHKDSK after raw copy?

Posted: February 9th, 2017, 16:04

Joined: November 29th, 2006, 10:08
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Don't run chkdsk!

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SpeedGP

Post subject: Re: CHKDSK after raw copy?

Posted: February 9th, 2017, 16:20

Joined: February 9th, 2017, 15:45
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Don't Chkdsk the non-faulty disk? What is the reasoning behind this? Is there a better tool or strategy?

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rogfanther

Post subject: Re: CHKDSK after raw copy?

Posted: February 9th, 2017, 17:53

Joined: October 16th, 2013, 13:21
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What tool did you use to make the cloning ?
How many sectors weren´t cloned ?

If all went well, you do not need to check the image, just recover files from it.

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SpeedGP

Post subject: Re: CHKDSK after raw copy?

Posted: February 9th, 2017, 18:00

Joined: February 9th, 2017, 15:45
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Location: Portland Oregon

I used HDDGuru's Raw Copy Tool. It finished but I accidentally rebooted before I copied the log. There were only about 5 lines of bad sectors listed near the end of cloning.

So do you just use Windows to recover the files, unstoppable copier, or something else?

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mr_spokk

Post subject: Re: CHKDSK after raw copy?

Posted: February 9th, 2017, 18:20

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Run R-Studio on the clone.

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: CHKDSK after raw copy?

Posted: February 10th, 2017, 3:35

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SpeedGP wrote:

Don't Chkdsk the non-faulty disk? What is the reasoning behind this? Is there a better tool or strategy?

Thanks

Chkdsk is a poor utility, it can often make matters worse. There is no need to run it, and it's advisable not to let it try!

Simply use a recovery software such as getdataback, reclaime or rstudio to scan your clone and copy the data to another drive.

Good luck!

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SpeedGP

Post subject: Re: CHKDSK after raw copy?

Posted: February 10th, 2017, 3:38

Joined: February 9th, 2017, 15:45
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Location: Portland Oregon

Thanks!

I used Unstoppable Copier and got 99% of the data off! Now for the nitty gritty. Thanks for the advice it helped a ton!

James

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