- Apr 24, 2013
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Specs: Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.140706-1506)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/15/13 10:55:41 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8156MB RAM
Page File: 4450MB used, 11861MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
So Tuesday night I shut down my PC normally, and to my knowledge without and system updates. I tried booting it Wednesday and it would hang at the Loading Windows Screen. It wouldn't enter startup repair, and wouldn't boot into safe mode. Eventually I pulled out my Windows 7 install disk and tried doing a startup repair from there, no dice. As a last ditch effort, I tried loading a system image and was successful, however the image was from the 9th of November. While I understood this would delete some files, when I finally booted into Windows, most of my C: contents and S: drive (used for Windows backup) contents was there, however my G: drive (Used for Steam, Music, Videos etc) was completely wiped clean. Recuva and testdisk is able to recover some files, but Recuva eventually hangs after beginning the recovery process and testdisk is only able to find limited stuff (barely anything). The files I am able to find with Recuva are listed in excellent condition, which indicated to me that the partition was simply marked as clean when in reality all the data is still there. I tried to recover the partition with AOMEI Partition Assistant, but it also hangs. Thankfully a majority of the data on this drive was backed up in some way, but some was not. If anyone has ideas as to how I could recover this drive, I'd appreciate the input.
Screencap of CrystalDiskInfo: http://imgur.com/pGCNepY
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/15/13 10:55:41 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8156MB RAM
Page File: 4450MB used, 11861MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
So Tuesday night I shut down my PC normally, and to my knowledge without and system updates. I tried booting it Wednesday and it would hang at the Loading Windows Screen. It wouldn't enter startup repair, and wouldn't boot into safe mode. Eventually I pulled out my Windows 7 install disk and tried doing a startup repair from there, no dice. As a last ditch effort, I tried loading a system image and was successful, however the image was from the 9th of November. While I understood this would delete some files, when I finally booted into Windows, most of my C: contents and S: drive (used for Windows backup) contents was there, however my G: drive (Used for Steam, Music, Videos etc) was completely wiped clean. Recuva and testdisk is able to recover some files, but Recuva eventually hangs after beginning the recovery process and testdisk is only able to find limited stuff (barely anything). The files I am able to find with Recuva are listed in excellent condition, which indicated to me that the partition was simply marked as clean when in reality all the data is still there. I tried to recover the partition with AOMEI Partition Assistant, but it also hangs. Thankfully a majority of the data on this drive was backed up in some way, but some was not. If anyone has ideas as to how I could recover this drive, I'd appreciate the input.
Screencap of CrystalDiskInfo: http://imgur.com/pGCNepY
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