HDD was working fine then all the sudden this happens....

Coltrix4996 · Sep 16, 2016

I have used every possible partitions recovery but wont work, its been working fine and one day
i went into the file explorer and it keep on freezing then finally the 2 partitions disappeared, i am devastated about this because it has all my wedding picture, kids pictures etc it can not be replaced and i don't have 400 bucks laying around to pay a professional HDD recovery place
i am posing a screen shot of what it says in partition manager any help will be appreciated

thanks

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bailojustin · Sep 16, 2016

most likely manual recovery will not be possible, Especially if files were fragmented. Most programs can recover all your files, but any that are fragmented, will not be able to be recovered unless you have the drive saver clone to a new one and then defrag.

USAFRet · Sep 16, 2016

(assuming this is Disk 1)

1. Stop messing with it.
2. What specific tools have you used, and how?

Kurz · Sep 16, 2016

GetDataBack 4.2 something works wonders.

Coltrix4996 · Sep 16, 2016

well i take that back i just tired minitool power data recovery and its finding my partations now, when i go to damaged partitions recovery it freezes my whole computer but its farther than any other software has done so far... god my wife is gonna flip..... i guess its one drive for me from now on out lol

USAFRet · Sep 16, 2016

Coltrix4996 :

Assuming this finds entire files, what drive will you restore them to?
Not Disk 1...

Kurz · Sep 16, 2016

If you can buy a Sata to USB adapter, you may be able to perform the data recovery.

Coltrix4996 · Sep 16, 2016

lol na bought a 1 tb external drive still in the package.... hoping i can get it back,

sata to usb??? how would that fix a bad hhd or partition?

USAFRet · Sep 16, 2016

Coltrix4996 :

No, that is to connect a new drive to maybe possible kinda restore those files to.

Solandri · Sep 16, 2016

Sorry for your loss. If your photos and video are that important, you should stop messing with the drive. Put it in a safe place, and begin saving up money so you can send it to a data recovery service. Unless there's some sort of liquid or biological contamination of the drive, any recoverable data should still be recoverable even after years.

Edit: After you've saved up the money, try plugging in the drive one last time. My friend's photo drive with his firstborn's baby pics died and he was depressed for a few months. Then when he bought a new external backup drive, he tried the "dead" drive again because why not. It worked long enough for him to get 90% of his photos and videos off of it, before dying again.

For future reference:

■A gmail account gets you unlimited storage of photos up to 2048x2048 resolution (anything bigger goes into your 15GB cap). Google Photos can be set up to automatically downsize any larger photos before it sends it to your Google Drive folder. It'll also give you free unlimited storage of videos up to 1080p and 15 minutes (they may have dropped the 15 min limit).
https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6193313?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
■If you have an Amazon Prime account, it includes unlimited cloud storage of photos of any size.
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/primephotos
■If you subscribe to Office 365, it includes 1TB of cloud storage on Onedrive.
https://products.office.com/en-us/office-365-personal

In addition, 16GB USB flash drives have come down in price to about $5-$12. 32GB about twice that. Flash drives are much more robust than external HDDs - they frequently even survive going through the washing machine. Everyone should be backing up their irreplaceable photos either or both of these (cloud or USB flash drives). Personally I prefer SD cards because they have a write-protect switch (no risk of plugging in your backup USB flash drive into a TV to show off the pictures, and have the TV munge up the filesystem making it unreadable). But I know those are so small many people lose them.

Someone Somewhere · Sep 16, 2016

Could you post the SMART data? That will (likely) determine if it's a hardware or software issue.

Kurz · Sep 17, 2016

The Sata to USB adapter may allow data recover

USAFRet · Sep 17, 2016

Solandri :

Flash drives...aka USB sticks(?) are much more robust than external HDD's?
"Personally I prefer SD cards because..."

Can you possibly provide some documentation on this?
Because I've never heard anyone who is involved with any data retention, on a personal or corporate level, use or recommend SD cards or USB sticks for long term data retention and backups.

Something...anything?

The fact that they may live through a washing machine cycle is irrelevant.

I can think of few worse places to hold a 'backup' of critical data.

Coltrix4996 · Sep 17, 2016

10/4 downloaded the program will get back to you tomorrow with the results thanks for everyone's input and help

Solandri · Sep 18, 2016

USAFRet :

They are more physically robust. Can drop them, drive a car over them, get them wet, etc.

In a server environment where the backups are secured in a safely designed place in a systematic fashion, longevity of the media is the dominant factor. For home use however, you have to consider all possible failure modes. House catching on fire with firemen spraying water everywhere, 2 year old toddler finding the media and deciding to use it as a pacifier, dog using it as a chew toy, 5 year old using it as a hammer, etc. That's why airliners went from recording black box data on magnetic media to solid state media.

Convenience is also a factor, as a home user is much more likely to use a more convenient backup media. It's not like you're paying IT staff to lug around tapes or external drives to perform backups. I also strongly encourage people to keep their backup on flash media off-site, which usually means taking it to work and leaving it in a drawer there, bringing it home once a month for the monthly backup. That's more likely to happen with a flash drive than with an external HDD.

While information on flash media degrades more quickly than magnetic media, storage sizes (of both media and files) are increasing quickly enough to force upgrades every 5-10 years, which is around how long you should expect data written to it to last. I am not suggesting someone backup to a flash drive, then toss it into their safety deposit box expecting the data to still be there after 30 years.

USAFRet · Sep 18, 2016

An SSD drive vs spinning HDD, yes.
A commodity $15 USB stick or SD card? No.

Sorry, but I'll pass on that recommendation to use SD cards for my backups.

But we've gone far afield of the OP's original situation.

Someone Somewhere · Sep 19, 2016

Bit rot on cheap flash happens a lot faster than "5-10 years".

Sure, airliners use solid state media. It's not bottom of the barrel four-bit-per-cell good for <100 write cycles - and the more bits per cell, the faster bit rot sets in. Exponentially faster.

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