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Recover filesystem or header? Confused src & dst in RawCopy

July 14th, 2012, 13:03

Hi.

I have a faulty HDD that I was trying to recover any data I can from.
I have a portable 320GB Toshiba drive, and my main faulty HDD WD 160GB.

I booted with Hirens on USB and ran RawCopy.
By mistake, I made the Toshiba the source and the WD the dest. (The Toshiba was empty, just formatted)
After a few seconds I realized my mistake and cancelled the operation.
Now, my WD is appearing as if it does not have any partitions.

Is there a way to recover from this? I'm sure most of the data is still on the drive.

Please help !!!! Very important files on this drive.

Thanks

Re: Recover filesystem or header? Confused src & dst in RawC

July 14th, 2012, 13:21

Why is the HDD faulty? Symptoms? Reports?

Re: Recover filesystem or header? Confused src & dst in RawC

July 14th, 2012, 13:24

labtech wrote:Why is the HDD faulty? Symptoms? Reports?


I heard some strange noises from it.
Windows started booting but could never finish.

I was able to view the files after booting from USB, but most efforts of copying the data from it crashed.

Then I tried using RawCopy and messed it up even more

Re: Recover filesystem or header? Confused src & dst in RawC

July 14th, 2012, 13:27

Mhhh, probably has developed some sort of internal mechanical failure, in addition to sector reading issues.

If the data is important, perhaps the best course of action is professional help.
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