Hard drive failure issue, unable to copy data

[AK-Preacher]

 Greetings!

I've been having issues with an old hard drive that I've had since 2009, I backed up important data on it in the past, but few days back had to use it temporarily to keep some personal photos off my phone until I get my external HDD from a friend who borrowed it and now it seems my hard drive is holding my data hostage, I was able to save most of it but 67 GB remains stuck on it.

Hard drive: Western Digital
1 TB
NTFS
SATA 2.5, 3.0 Gb/s

I ran Gsmart Control and got the following results on attributes (avoiding other stress on drive to prolong its life):




-I am unable to copy files, copy dialogue box remains open and not responding for a while and when I cancel it takes 3-10 mins to cancel.

-I can explore folder contents but cannot move or copy the files, in some instances can even rename or delete files only.

I've done extensive research on this and cannot find a definite answer on how to resolve my issue, I'd like to get my data safely (or at least most of it) of the drive and let it self destruct peacefully.

Please let me know if I can provide more information.

Thank you very much in advance.
 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Try using ddrescue to make a image of the drive, then copy the files from the image. DDrescue is made for failing hdds, so its designed for the delays.

 

 

[Kilrah]

If the data is really important send it to a data recovery company instead of risking further damage during the time you try to ddrescue it.

[AK-Preacher]

Thank you @Electronics Wizardyand @Kilrah, I will attempt to run ddrescue, but as far as data recovery companies, we do not have those in our country, sadly.

[Electronics Wizardy]

4 minutes ago, AK-Preacher said:

Thank you @Electronics Wizardyand @Kilrah, I will attempt to run ddrescue, but as far as data recovery companies, we do not have those in our country, sadly.

Can you ship the hdd to another country to data recovery?

[AK-Preacher]

21 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Can you ship the hdd to another country to data recovery?

I am looking into it, might as well do so to have a chance at getting the data back.

Thank you for your help.