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cyclic redundancy check - help please

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ddanj

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My 1 year old 80gb hd has just died on me. I was copying some files from it, to my other hard drive, and suddenly it game a "
data error (cyclic redundancy check)" error. So I restarted the computer, and scandisk automatically ran on the drive, and detected a crapload of bad clusters. Then when I'm in Wndows, I can't even open the drive - it asks if I want to format it.

I ran Maxtor's diagnostic utility -PowerMax, and it gave an 8 character error, I called up Maxtor and they said that it means the drive is dead. They are willing to send me a refurbished unit for free, when I return this drive to them.

Keep in mind, this was my BACKUP hard drive - I recently formatted my main one.

The problem is, I have a very VERY important school project in there - an operating system memory and process managment simulation - 3 thousand lines of C++ code that took a long time and effort to complete and make work. So I have a couple of questions:

1. Is there anyway I can get it back?
2. Does anyone have any experience with this particular fault?
3. Does anyone have any programs they recommend that might work for recovery?
4. How can I prepare for such a catastrophic failure, without loss of pertinant data?
5. What hard drives do you guys recommend? (Seagate is out now i guess, since maxtor bought them out :/ )

thank you,

-ddanj
 
1. use your windows disk to get to the repair console.

2. At the C:\> prompt, type Chkdsk /r, then press Enter.

3. when its done, type exit.

4. dont buy maxtors. ever.
 
1 & 3) I believe there is a program called getdataback or something like that. It's popped up on this forum a couple of times, quick search should find that info. BUT if the sectors the data on are fried, it's gone, you might only get a partial recovery if any.

2.) Harddrives go bad. It happens.

4.) Backup important stuff daily to something that is not mechanical, layer your protections as much as possible, back it up to cd, dvd, send a copy to your email address like gmail, print it out if it's text or code, chisel a lot of ones and zeros on a large stone in the back yard etc....just don't rely on a backup *harddrive* they are mechanical and will always fail sometime.

5.) 80 gb is a pretty old drive, even if you bought it brand new in box who knows how long that set on a shelf. I'm fairly sure they don't even manufacturer the smaller drives like that any more, I could be wrong. There is no right answer to the best drive. If you ask on a forum someone will have a bad story for EVERY drive manufacturer out there be it maxtor, seagate, WD etc.
 
codegrinder said:
4. dont buy maxtors. ever.
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All generalizations are false.

Try GetDataBack, then if need be you can ship it to a recovery company and get it all back at a few hundred dollars' cost.

 
unhappy_mage said:
All generalizations are false.
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to some people i suppose, i've had 4 go bad my self. The company i work for, all 400 of our Dell Gx270's have Maxtors in them, all but 100 have failed.
 
Sure, and I have 20 out of a shipment 30 Western Digital drives sitting in my basement, dead. Everyone has a catastrophically bad experience with hard drives to relate, about a different brand :p It usually comes down to two things: power supply quality and temperature. Give the drives good power and keep them cool, and any manufacturer's drives will work fine. Shipping them in foam helps, too ;)

 
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