I wouldn't really mind redoing the scan, and if I were to, it would be with other software for sure, especially since there's cheaper, better options. I just would if possible like to possibly transfer the scan I performed with SRS to another drive. Seagate support claimed this wasn't possible.
If it helps, here are screens of the SRS folder:
https://i.gyazo.com/3174e4b273f64ba9470 ... b0acf0.pnghttps://i.gyazo.com/cc58a301785c34f13b8 ... 11b716.pngThis is a previous thread describing my issues in further detail. Since the drive is still sitting there, it hasn't changed much. No clicks though. And never did a S.M.A.R.T. attributes screen capture, but I'm not familiar with that.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=35145I'm not concerned that SRS or other recovery software won't be able to recover the data- again, it's just being sure right now if the SRS scan can transfer the data. If I do this from another hard drive, or a clean format of this drive, I would just like to have that scan and be able to check it as a measure of certainty/reassurance.
I could scan from this drive as it stands, but I'm not 100% if that's the best idea given the state it's in. It seems to be fine now though, and a lot of that was tied to a very bad habit I've had of having too many tabs open at once, I think. Though it might be risky on even a clean format, since this drive is pretty old- I actually got it in mid 2012 (it hasn't be continuously in use that entire time though.) I imagine it should be able to handle a day or so of scanning and data transfer, but it does make me wonder.
Really don't know much about cloning, and I'd probably be most comfortable just using recovery software. I'm still not sure what to go with though. Most likely not SRS (price, unable to retain modification dates and possibly folder/file structure), and as I said, I've been leaning towards R-Studio, especially since SRS, I've been told, is basically a scaled back version of it. How does it truly compare though, along with Restorer 2000? And what about Ubuntu Live CD?