Recover files after using HD low level format tool

[kenyte]

Hi all, this is my problem, i user cam to me whit a hitachi 750 GB external Drive, it hade some bad sectors, i tride to fis them whit hddregenerator, but no cigar, so i recoverd the data using ontrak easyrecovery i it look ok so everyting was on my hdd, the formated using hddguru low level format tool, and then repartion the drive and copied all to the external drive, but the the user cam back saying that no file could be opened, so i check mi interla HDD were the backup was and tha same it tellls me that tha file is corrupted so i tryed a software called file repair and the program tells me that the file is empty can any body help me?
thank in advanced and sorry for mi spelling my einglis is not to good

[lcoughey]

Sorry...hope you have good company insurance.

[kenyte]

mmmmm than nothing can be done?

[Cleanroom]

why would you of copied the recovered data back to a drive with known problems. Seem like a recipe for disaster.

But you should always test the data to make sure it works before letting the client know you got the data.

you are pretty much hosed. not only is the drive failing, but you overwrote all the old data with the new non-working data.

You could try and clone the bad drive and try to run a deleted file scan, but this will all depend on how big the drive is and how much you copied back over.

as other have said multiple times over HDD regenenrator is not a data recovery tool. its purpose is to help fix bad sectors without any regard for the data stored on the drive.


1. You should of made a clone of the drive first, not use HDDregenerator.
2. Recovered data from the clone
3. verified that the data was working
4. copy data back to good working drive, not the same bad one

refund his money and hope it does not get any worse. lesson learned hopefully

[Cleanroom]

ntrack didn't work, copy *garbage* (damaged files) to your drive and you 0 fill the original, making it impossible to try to recove from it again, using another (better) tool.
I guess data is gone forever now. Hope that in the future you don't do the same mistakes on ANOTHER PERSON DRIVE .......

oh, i read past the low level format....

missed that...

you are hosed...

[kenyte]

oooohhh well, i just got a back up from the CPU, yeah i know, i sliped on this one, i will take the advice for the future, and the client is not so mad since he knew the drive was bad, so in a sense it was a last hope to keep using the drive.

thanks to all

Just a doubt, how come i see the files and the size of them? but are empty? that is something that i think was my problem i saw that (but not open any files) so i got the idea that they were ok