Hi Guys,

I successfully imaged a 2.5" Seagate to a .img file using getdataback 3.03 (FAT32)

Shortly after that, the drive squealed on me, to be honest sounds like the platter got scratched,
I have send the HD off for professional diagnosis.

anyhoo, the .img I have of the drive, I can mount it in getdataback 3.03 and scan for files.

It does find loads of files & directories, but when I try and open some of the files they are corrupted or incomplete .jpg's for example.

This would tell me that the files & drive is fragmented ????

Can anyone recommend any other goods software that might recover files from this .img of the HD?

winhex ???

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

It is pretty hard to tell u what the exact problem is from the distance. I would surely inspect the file system structures directly and see what method to use to restore the data. The programs are good as far as U know what they can do and what they cannot. Sometimes it is needed to correct some structures manually before use any program. So U may try some progs, winhex is good as well, if U are familiar with file systems, but it is possible that U will need the services of a pro with that image file too.

regards,
pepe

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