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Phage · 01-22-2005, 09:48 PM

I have a Maxtor DiamondMax 16 250GB ATA/133 HDD which as I mentioned in my other thread (HD Access = Performance Loss?) stopped working recently. It is formatted in the standard XP NTFS, and when I run chkdsk on it Stage 1 reports:
File record segment # is unreadable.
where # is 6672 through 7251.

I have tried running chkdsk using /f and /r several times, and when using /r it will get to the second stage and say:
Correcting error in index $I30 for file 38.
and then I will get my command prompt back. In another case I got a whole string of:
Inserting an index entry into index $O of file 25.
after which it reported some unreadable segments and then deleted an index entry in $I30 of file 38 before quitting with an unspecified error.

What I would like is to fix the disk; I don't care if all the data cannot be recovered, several gigs would be acceptable losses but I really don't want to reformat the whole 250GB. Even failing that I would like the disk to be returned to usable form, as the worst case would be that the drive itself is shot.

So what are your suggestions for recovery?

01-22-2005, 09:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Phage Insane	HD Recovery Tips I have a Maxtor DiamondMax 16 250GB ATA/133 HDD which as I mentioned in my other thread (HD Access = Performance Loss?) stopped working recently. It is formatted in the standard XP NTFS, and when I run chkdsk on it Stage 1 reports: File record segment # is unreadable. where # is 6672 through 7251. I have tried running chkdsk using /f and /r several times, and when using /r it will get to the second stage and say: Correcting error in index $I30 for file 38. and then I will get my command prompt back. In another case I got a whole string of: Inserting an index entry into index $O of file 25. after which it reported some unreadable segments and then deleted an index entry in $I30 of file 38 before quitting with an unspecified error. What I would like is to fix the disk; I don't care if all the data cannot be recovered, several gigs would be acceptable losses but I really don't want to reformat the whole 250GB. Even failing that I would like the disk to be returned to usable form, as the worst case would be that the drive itself is shot. So what are your suggestions for recovery?