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Recover data from drive with bad sectors
@rclarke250: I checked out the links you posted. Unfortunally most of them where links to software for recovering deleted files. In my case, I had a problem with bad sectors and were unable to mount the drive in windows to even access the data partially. Thus, the problem is now solved (at...- DaddaP
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Recover data from drive with bad sectors
Thank you very much rclarke250, for your fast reply! I will look at the links you posted as soon as I get the opportunity and post feedback in this thread! And yes, we have been discussing a future backup plan for her. In my opinion you should always have 3 copies of the data that is vital to...- DaddaP
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Recover data from drive with bad sectors
Hi! I'm trying to help a friend having problems with her portable hard drive. The drive wouldn’t mount up through the USB connection so I took it out from it's case and tried to mount it in Windows as a regular internal hard drive but Windows Disk manager it wouldn't even detect it. Now, I've...- DaddaP
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