Maxtor drive corrupted

thecremeegg · 9 Dec 2008 at 01:04

One of my hard drives is seemingly corrupted, when I click on it in my computer it says "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable"

This is obviously not good, is there any way I can go about getting it so I can copy stuff off it?

I've downloaded Seatools but dont really understand how it works

Cheers

Craig321 · 9 Dec 2008 at 01:07

Try Right Click C: > Properties > Tools > Check Now > Check both boxes > Start

thecremeegg · 9 Dec 2008 at 01:12

I'll have to reboot for that yea? I just ran a generic test with Seatools that it failed....thats not good is it?

I'll run that error checking in a bit

Cheers

SMN · 9 Dec 2008 at 12:25

Stick it as slave in a seperate Windows XP install and try and rip off the data through that? If not dump it in a linux box, install NTFS-3G and mount via that?

Extreme way to fix would be buy an exact replacement, model, make etc and take the controller PCB from the new one and use it to replace the broken one in your old HDD. This will buy you enough functionality to grab your data.

bledd · 9 Dec 2008 at 12:40

backup backup backup

why do people only try and backup when their hard drive is goosed, it baffles me

SMN · 9 Dec 2008 at 13:06

With 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1's for ~ £70 it would be rude not to.

AHarvey · 9 Dec 2008 at 13:44

goto start menu > run > chkdsk c: /r

where c: is the drive in question.

Just had to do this on my knackered maxtor that wouldn't even read. Worked a treat and managed to save everything!

thecremeegg · 9 Dec 2008 at 18:29

bledd. said:
backup backup backup

why do people only try and backup when their hard drive is goosed, it baffles me

Because the stuff on it isnt overly important, and I cant afford to buy twice as many hard drives as I have so I can back each one up.

I ran chkdsk but it fails at 10%. The drive has always been a slave drive, used for storage of tv shows and the like so that avenue is exhausted

Looking increasingly like all is lost on it. At least its still in warranty so will get a free replacement

SMN · 9 Dec 2008 at 18:47

Theres a piece of software called HDTunePro you can use - its free for 31 days or so. Is a much better drive health checker than CHKDSK.

bobbydigital · 9 Dec 2008 at 19:21

I use getdataback and filescavenger for data recovery. Filescavenger is faster and also does a good job, but if all else fails getdataback can normally get everything unless the drive is past it.