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danutz1991

Post subject: Problems with a hdd i see only .dat files

Posted: March 27th, 2018, 7:44

Joined: March 27th, 2018, 7:37
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Location: Romania

Hi, I have a problem with an old hdd it seems that it show's only .dat files and all the folders are dirXXXX , anyone has any idea how can i recover my data from it, and also when i plug it takes like 40 sec to connect and there are some wired sounds inside until connects. thank you

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labtech

Post subject: Re: Problems with a hdd i see only .dat files

Posted: March 27th, 2018, 10:22

Joined: August 18th, 2010, 17:35
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Location: Massachusetts, USA

How do you think it got like that? And what should have the file structure been like?

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abolibibelot

Post subject: Re: Problems with a hdd i see only .dat files

Posted: April 2nd, 2018, 1:17

Joined: November 22nd, 2017, 21:47
Posts: 309
Location: France

What kind of partition is this ? Was this drive used inside a computer, or inside a standalone video recorder ?
What do those .dat files look like if you open them with an hexadecimal editor ? (HxD is a good free one.)
Did you check the SMART informations, in an effort to untangle the wiredness ?

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Amarbir[CDR-Labs]

Post subject: Re: Problems with a hdd i see only .dat files

Posted: April 2nd, 2018, 6:15

Joined: August 15th, 2006, 3:01
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Location: CDRLabs @ Chandigarh [ India ]

danutz1991 wrote:

Sir ,
is this hdd in a cctv ?

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