[ILUG] Recovering data from a corrupt hard drive

[Patrick O'Connor]

The best solution I have used is Restorer2000 (not free and runs on windows)
but it has recovered corrupted and deleted partitions for me many a time
where all others fail.


On 04/10/06, James Galvin <james.galvin at gcd.ie> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm having some trouble recovering data off a corrupt ntfs hard drive.
> I can mount the drive and browse folders and get some of the data, but
> some of the important data I need (including Outlook.pst) cannot be
> copied over.
>
> I tried using dd_rhelp to get an image of the hard drive, but when I
> attempt to mount that with "mount -o loop -t ntfs hda1_rescue.img
> mountdir" it tells me there is a bad superblock on /dev/loop1, and I get
> the following output from dmesg:
>
> [4817414.003000] NTFS-fs error (device loop1): ntfs_attr_find(): Inode
> is corrupt.  Run chkdsk.
> [4817414.004000] NTFS-fs error (device loop1): ntfs_read_inode_mount():
> Failed to lookup attribute list attribute. You should run chkdsk.
> [4817414.004000] NTFS-fs error (device loop1): ntfs_read_inode_mount():
> Failed. Marking inode as bad.
> [4817414.004000] NTFS-fs error (device loop1): ntfs_fill_super(): Failed
> to load essential metadata.
>
> At the moment I'm writing the image to a spare hard drive in the hope
> that I might have more luck.  Any ideas on where to go from here?
>
> Thanks,
> James
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