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Using programmes like Microsoft CHKDSK and ScanDisk can result in more problems with your drive. Also, if you attempt to extract your data the progress bar may indicate that it will take several hours or days. In these cases the time is allowed for the system to make multiple attempts to read...

If you have bad sectors in your hard disk, running a program such as Microsoft CHKDSK or ScanDisk and performing excessive attempts to read the disk can make matters worse. Your best chance of successful recovery of your data is to take your drive to a data recovery specialist and allow them to...