[geeks] ntfs repair advice/help needed

[Phil Stracchino]

On 05/30/14 16:19, Sandwich Maker wrote:
> problem #1: a machine whose hd is starting to throw bad blocks.  one
> or more have landed in windows files and now it won't boot.  i have
> backups but none recent, so getting it backup-able is desireable.  i
> don't have a windows disk to try repair mode with; it came preloaded.
> 
> problem #2: the backup drive also is unhealthy.  i can see the ntfs
> part on another windows pc but i can't go into any of the directories
> or look at files and one directory is missing, and it doesn't show up
> as properly mounted, so i can't unmount prior to removing.  i think
> this is more of a software issue though, as i can look at files on a
> mac, which mounts ntfs read-only, and i successfully backed the mac
> up to the hfs part on the drive.
> 
> i looked for tools and found...  too many.  anyone have any experience
> and/or recommendations to help separate the wheat from the chaff?
> 
> i'm also in the market for an external drive enclosure, 3.5" pata with
> usb 2 and firewire.  the one i have - from a company that shockingly
> has vanished from the internet - has gone tango uniform.  any help in
> locating a replacement is appreciated.

I sould suggest booting the machine from a current Linux sysresccd,
which can mount NTFS read-write, and manually copying off all of the data.

What version of Windows is this?



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