Recovery

maklabouhlel · 22 Sep 2016 at 19:44

Hi. I need some help please. I've been given a hard drive with Windows 7 on it to recover a large file/folder. The file is called c:fpd26.

I've connected the drive to my Windows 10 machine but I'm unable to copy it. The folder is part of a program. Is there any way to achieve this?

AHarvey · 22 Sep 2016 at 20:02

What do you mean by recover? is the drive dead? having issues? corrupted?
are you getting an error message when trying to copy it?

What program was it a part of? is it a plan folder where you can see the contents? any encryption etc.

maklabouhlel · 22 Sep 2016 at 20:47

AHarvey said:
What do you mean by recover? is the drive dead? having issues? corrupted?
are you getting an error message when trying to copy it?

What program was it a part of? is it a plan folder where you can see the contents? any encryption etc.

Many thanks. The program is called Track-it. He could no longer boot from the drive due to malware corruption so wanted to copy this folder c:fpd26 before he reinstalls windows and erases it. The folder is about 12gb. It copies until 500mb then is stuck forever on a particlar file. I can see the contents fully.

AHarvey · 22 Sep 2016 at 21:18

I'd create a folder on the new drive called fpd26 and open it.

Open the original file and start copying folders from inside it to the original, see what can be recovered that way. It may be just a single file that is causing the issue. This way you can filter it down to what's not copying over.

Keep a track of what you've done.

Philtor · 23 Sep 2016 at 08:43

Have you taken ownership of the file/folder first?

bledd · 23 Sep 2016 at 08:54

Philtor said:
Have you taken ownership of the file/folder first?

This..

What is the error

'Unable to copy it' isn't too clear

maklabouhlel · 23 Sep 2016 at 10:19

bledd said:
This..

What is the error

'Unable to copy it' isn't too clear

maklabouhlel said:
Many thanks. The program is called Track-it. He could no longer boot from the drive due to malware corruption so wanted to copy this folder c:fpd26 before he reinstalls windows and erases it. The folder is about 12gb. It copies until 500mb then is stuck forever on a particlar file. I can see the contents fully.

Philtor said:
Have you taken ownership of the file/folder first?

Many thanks. I took ownership but still no luck. I think there is a read error due to corruption. I managed to copy the folder over using a live ubuntu usb stick but had to skip over the corrupted file.

KIA · 23 Sep 2016 at 18:12

I was going to recommend Ubuntu.

Is the drive bad or is there file system damage?

DDRescue may be useful.

Draeger · 23 Sep 2016 at 18:26

Might be worth giving Unstoppable Copier a go:-

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29

maklabouhlel · 23 Sep 2016 at 19:17

What I eventually did was make an Acronis image, though I did have to ignore some "cannot read" parts. Then I did a recovery with that image. This time I managed to copy the troubling file. Thanks guys.

maklabouhlel · 23 Sep 2016 at 19:18

KIA said:
I was going to recommend Ubuntu.

Is the drive bad or is there file system damage?

DDRescue may be useful.

Hd tune shows a couple of C5 errors.

Draeger · 23 Sep 2016 at 19:26

maklabouhlel said:
What I eventually did was make an Acronis image, though I did have to ignore some "cannot read" parts. Then I did a recovery with that image. This time I managed to copy the troubling file. Thanks guys.

RESULT!! Nice one.

maklabouhlel · 23 Sep 2016 at 19:33

Draeger said:
RESULT!! Nice one.

Let's say it was educational.