- Jul 31, 2014
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Alright, so I'll try cover this briefly.
Firstly, my setup:
120 GB SSD (OS)
1TB HDD
Win 8.1
I had a "Explorer.exe Unknown Hard Error" which resulted in me installing a fresh copy of Windows. The issue seemed to have resolved, however my 1TB storage HDD was at 100% active time constantly, with 0 read or write. I looked at resource monitor and it doesn't even show the disk doing anything in there. Plus no noticeable sound from the HDD itself.
If I try open the HDD, it will just crash the PC and I'll eventually have to just shut it down. It is extremely slow to do anything in relation to the HDD(This includes booting, right clicking and opening proerties, etc) I've also disabled "Windows Search", "Superfetch." and "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" in services, which is apparently a common issue in 8.1 for 100% active time.
I also ran chkdsk with no errors and so forth. So I finally noticed viva Disk Management that my HDD is a RAW file system, yet healthy.
TL;TR: I hear you can recover files from this, I decided to install the free version of Recuva, but this seems to only view deleted files (It did show my deleted files when scanned).
Any storage/recovery experts that can guide me through this for my particular scenario? The content on this HDD is extremely important to me and I will be greatly appreciative for any advice.
Firstly, my setup:
120 GB SSD (OS)
1TB HDD
Win 8.1
I had a "Explorer.exe Unknown Hard Error" which resulted in me installing a fresh copy of Windows. The issue seemed to have resolved, however my 1TB storage HDD was at 100% active time constantly, with 0 read or write. I looked at resource monitor and it doesn't even show the disk doing anything in there. Plus no noticeable sound from the HDD itself.
If I try open the HDD, it will just crash the PC and I'll eventually have to just shut it down. It is extremely slow to do anything in relation to the HDD(This includes booting, right clicking and opening proerties, etc) I've also disabled "Windows Search", "Superfetch." and "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" in services, which is apparently a common issue in 8.1 for 100% active time.
I also ran chkdsk with no errors and so forth. So I finally noticed viva Disk Management that my HDD is a RAW file system, yet healthy.
TL;TR: I hear you can recover files from this, I decided to install the free version of Recuva, but this seems to only view deleted files (It did show my deleted files when scanned).
Any storage/recovery experts that can guide me through this for my particular scenario? The content on this HDD is extremely important to me and I will be greatly appreciative for any advice.
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