CHKDSK after raw copy?

[SpeedGP]

So noob question....

I cloned a seagate 1tb drive to a similar seagate 1tb drive and everything looked like it went pretty smooth. What is the typical next step? Chkdsk the drive to try and repair some of the damaged/missing sectors? Straight to data recovery with GetDataBack/EasyRecovery/Easeus? Surface test?

Thanks!


James

[pcimage]

Don't run chkdsk!

[SpeedGP]

Don't Chkdsk the non-faulty disk? What is the reasoning behind this? Is there a better tool or strategy?

Thanks

[rogfanther]

What tool did you use to make the cloning ?
How many sectors weren´t cloned ?

If all went well, you do not need to check the image, just recover files from it.

[SpeedGP]

I used HDDGuru's Raw Copy Tool. It finished but I accidentally rebooted before I copied the log. There were only about 5 lines of bad sectors listed near the end of cloning.

So do you just use Windows to recover the files, unstoppable copier, or something else?

[mr_spokk]

Run R-Studio on the clone.

[pcimage]

Don't Chkdsk the non-faulty disk? What is the reasoning behind this? Is there a better tool or strategy?

Thanks

Chkdsk is a poor utility, it can often make matters worse. There is no need to run it, and it's advisable not to let it try!

Simply use a recovery software such as getdataback, reclaime or rstudio to scan your clone and copy the data to another drive.

Good luck!

[SpeedGP]

Thanks!

I used Unstoppable Copier and got 99% of the data off! Now for the nitty gritty. Thanks for the advice it helped a ton!

James