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Dear all, I have a HDD which has suffered platter damaged on one surface. After imaging, the output is corrupted and the plist needs to be rebuilt. Can anyone help and are there any tools that we can use to automate/simplify this otherwise manual process?

anyone there?

Can my HDD be saved? Right now it is imaged out but they are having difficulties extracting the data. Can anyone help or recommend someone?

what about if i were to pass the raw dump image together with the original disk? Would it help

sorry to bring my thread up again as I have some queries to check with you brothers here. The DR firm managed to image my drive but the result is in raw data form and is not readable as the files are all messed up. They said they are unable to read the data properly. Is there any...

what about video files that are 1-2gb large?

is it tedious to rebuild the file structures from scratch Nenu?

No it wasnt, Nenu but it was scratched, and the scratched occurred in the firmware area

Dear bros, the recovery centre mentioned that despite it having a scratched platter, they were able to image the HDD but is unable to decipher the data. They said they needed to find an algorithm to translate the data so that it can all be accessed. What can be done?

i would like to ask you guys if it is possible for a HDD to be imaged, and then find that the files are all messed up with no way of reading it? What steps would be needed to make it readable?

what do you suggest spartacus?

what are some of the software available out there to translate the data? Will it be successful?

What are the chances of a good recovery with software?

after a successful imaging, is there a chance that the data is unreadable due to system area damage? Are there any algorithms or software that can decipher it?

What basically happened was that I sent my HDD to a company in Australia, they managed to refurbish the platter, and did a head swap to read parts of the platter that was not damaged. Apparently there are 2 platters in total (4 surfaces) and one of the surface had a very small scratch on the...

Currently the hdd is about 75% imaged and will likely take another week or so. I am also concerned about my video files, mostly around 1-2gb large. May I know if there is a chance that it is unrecoverable? Probably due to the scratch being on crucial system area?

I know the HDD will never be 100% imaged as there is a scratch on the platter, but will we be able to image fully, the undamaged parts of the platters and recover what is left of it? If so, what will determine the recoverable % of the whole HDD?

can I ask if it is normal that a damaged platter media takes a long time to clone/image?

Thank you for the replies, in such a scenario, what are the chances or rather the % of data that is likely recoverable? There are a total of 4 surfaces, and a small scratch was found on one of the surfaces. Will video files be usable?

If the system area is scratched or corrupted, wouldn't it make the entire drive unrecoverable? Or would it not?

my drive had a my drive had around 300 GB free out of 2tb

where will the system area (critical area) of the HDD be stored at? I am hoping that wont be the area that is scratched

Dea Dear Spartacus, is it using a polishing tool to refurbish the scratched parts and then recover from the good parts? It was a small scratch on the outer rim of the HDD. What % of data is usually recoverable in this case?

I have gotten the diagnosis back, it was a damaged platter..

Hi Spartacus, the evaluation was free and I am considering to bring to other recovery centres. My computer cannot detect the drive. What do you think of CBL Tech?

Dear Grim, I have no idea what techniques they used. I left it with them for close to a week for an evaluation. After which, they said that the data was unrecoverable and asked me to get the hdd back.

I just got back my drive from Kroll ontrack who said the data is unrecoverable but did not offer anymore explanation or details as to why it was unrecoverable. It is very strange and i am terribly upset after losing all my treasured family photos. Why..

any other feedback sirs?

No I didn't, why? I am thinking of approaching Kroll, but am unsure if my platters are scratched

Thank you for the replies mates, hope to hear more opinions. I am at my wit's end here.

Dear friends, really need your advice. I have a 2TB barracuda internal HDD which is experiencing clicking problems. It clicks for about 10 seconds after boot up and then stops clicking. There are no grinding sounds. HDD is undetectable in Bios and windows does not boot up. It happened 2 days...