Jump to content

How to recover data from corrupted hard drive?

StayIced04
By StayIced04
in Troubleshooting
 Share
Posted
Hi everyone, I have a very old Samsung Laptop and recently It started behaving abnormally, I was not letting me access my Folders and stuff in C drive and was asking for Admin permission and when Today I tried to bootup the Laptop, It doesn't boot up. 

 

Laptop had a Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 (Legit)  Antivirus so I don't think it was Virus but OS gone haywire, I then plugged my Laptop's HDD in my PC and scanned for Viruses (I have Kaspersky Pure 3.0 in my PC) and no viruses were found... 

 

I can access all the files I want in my Laptops HDD except for C drive and I have alot of Important Downloads and Docs in my C drive. When I try to access it It says I don't have the permission and I will have to go to security tab to gain access, When I'm done provding my PC the Full control and When I hit apply It says 

 

" The file on this directory is corrupt or unreadable " :/ 

 

I have a lot of Important Data on that Drive, Anyone have any Idea how to recover it? I don't think It's physical damage to drive but as I said, Software gone Haywire. 

 

Thanks in Advance :) 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

 

Hi everyone, I have a very old Samsung Laptop and recently It started behaving abnormally, I was not letting me access my Folders and stuff in C drive and was asking for Admin permission and when Today I tried to bootup the Laptop, It doesn't boot up. 
 
Laptop had a Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 (Legit)  Antivirus so I don't think it was Virus but OS gone haywire, I then plugged my Laptop's HDD in my PC and scanned for Viruses (I have Kaspersky Pure 3.0 in my PC) and no viruses were found... 
 
I can access all the files I want in my Laptops HDD except for C drive and I have alot of Important Downloads and Docs in my C drive. When I try to access it It says I don't have the permission and I will have to go to security tab to gain access, When I'm done provding my PC the Full control and When I hit apply It says 
 
" The file on this directory is corrupt or unreadable " :/ 
 
I have a lot of Important Data on that Drive, Anyone have any Idea how to recover it? I don't think It's physical damage to drive but as I said, Software gone Haywire. 
 
Thanks in Advance :)

 

You could try running Recuva.  Usually works for recovering files.

QUOTE ME OR I PROBABLY WON'T SEE YOUR RESPONSE 

My Setup:

 

Desktop

Spoiler

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15  Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz  GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory)  Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500  PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2  Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional  Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B

 

Main Laptop:

Spoiler

Laptop: Sager NP 8678-S  CPU: Intel Core i7 6820HK @ 2.7GHz  RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz  GPU: GTX 980m 8GB  Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB Samsung 850 Pro + 1TB 7200RPM HGST HDD  OS: Windows 10 Pro  Chassis: Clevo P670RG  Audio: HyperX Cloud II Gunmetal, Audio Technica ATH-M50s, JBL Creature II

 

Thinkpad T420:

Spoiler

CPU: i5 2520M  RAM: 8GB DDR3  Storage: 275GB Crucial MX30

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I would first try checking it out with a Linux LiveCD (I like Ubuntu because it has a good search feature) to get around Windows permissions that you are having trouble with. This might be enough to get back most of your data, but if not then you should try Recuva as suggested above, or a program called photorec. photorec is all command line driven, but will probably be more successful than Recuva.

While in that Linux LiveCD you could also check out ddrescue and testdisk, both of which are good command line recovery programs.

 

Failing these you may want to look into UBCD4Win (specifically BartPE and other recovery tools), Hiren's Boot CD and RIP Linux (Recovery Is Possible Linux, conveniently included on Hiren's).

 

Best of luck :)

"PSU brands are meaningless, look up the OEM."

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Wow, sounds like the drive is failing. Do not run anything like chkdsk because it will probably cause more wear and failure. I would take AnnoyedShelf's suggestion and download and run Recuva and get what I needed before the drive is totally toast.

                  Did I help you to fix your problem or at least did offer somewhat valuable advice? Consider giving my post a "informative" or "thumbs up".

SYSTEM 2: Modded G3 case with Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2L, Intel E8600 (O.C to 4.2GHz.), 4GB GSkill PC8500, Nvidia 8800GTS (512M), Cooling provided by Scythe Big Shrunkin, HDD 1 = OSX 10.9.5, HDD 2 = Windows 7 Pro X64. (Placed 3rd in MacMod  of the year 2012) (For info see:  http://insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285641-and-the-winner-for-macmod-of-2012-is/

LAPTOP: Inspiron 1720, Modded BIOS, X9000 Core 2 extreme OC'ed and undervolted to 3.4GHz (windows only) , 6GB DDR2 800, 8600M GT, 1920x1200 Glossy display, Sigmatel Audio, 2 Kingston HyperX 120GB drives (1 with Windows 7 x64 pro & 1 with OSX 10.9.5) X9000 Processor World Record Holder since 02/2013 on Geekbench 2 : http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/search?dir=desc&q=x9000&sort=score

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

Thanks everyone above but It seems the problem is now solved. I re-installed the HDD in my Laptop thinking to install a Fresh OS in another Drive so I can boot from Laptop and backup my Important files present in another drive and now Windows is running self diagnostics and now Repairing Disk Error, Let's see how it goes :) I'll keep you guys posted and once again thanks for helping :) 

P.S - Recuva didn't helped. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

Any idea why this happens in the first place? Or my HDD is dying? This laptop is about 3-4 years old though. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Any idea why this happens in the first place? Or my HDD is dying? This laptop is about 3-4 years old though. 

Your HDD may be dying. You can check out the SMART data from the drive if it supports it with CrystalDiskInfo:

http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html

 

Direct link to the smallest portable version:

http://osdn.jp/projects/crystaldiskinfo/downloads/62506/CrystalDiskInfo6_3_2.zip/?use_mirror=jaist

"PSU brands are meaningless, look up the OEM."

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

Your HDD may be dying. You can check out the SMART data from the drive if it supports it with CrystalDiskInfo:

http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html

 

Direct link to the smallest portable version:

http://osdn.jp/projects/crystaldiskinfo/downloads/62506/CrystalDiskInfo6_3_2.zip/?use_mirror=jaist

 

Thanks :) I'll check my HDD with it once I get it all booted up :) 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
  • 4 weeks later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Troubleshooting

×