Question Need Help Triple HDD Crash all files gone? All Hardrives say (Disk structure is corrupted and unreadable)

[bladem2127]

All the SMART reports are clean.

$Volume 01 on Disks 1 and 2 are showing EBCxx in the Indicators column of DMDE. This means that the NTFS file systems are damaged.

Disk 3 (ExtGameStr) appears to have an intact file system (EBCF). If you d-click the ExtGameStr volume and expand the $Root, you should see your file/folder tree. You can r-click your files and Recover them to another drive.

Ok that wont be too hard, what do i do about my other 2 drives with the EBCxx Error?

 

[fzabkar]

I would clone them and then run data recovery software against the clones. Do this via SATA, not USB.

These are the tools the pros use:

https://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3208

If your drives start to stumble, then clone them with HDDSuperClone or OpenSuperCLone (both open source):

https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecoverysoftware/wiki/hddsuperclone_guide/

BTW, the free version of DMDE is limited to 4000 files of any size from any one folder per click. The standard version (unlimited) costs US$20.

You could try running CHKDSK in read-only mode (not repair mode). If it runs, it should tell you which metafiles are damaged. Running CHKDSK in repair mode is dangerous when your drive has serious problems. That's because Microsoft cares more about the integrity of the file system and will often sacrifice your files to this end.

 

[bladem2127]

I would clone them and then run data recovery software against the clones. Do this via SATA, not USB.

These are the tools the pros use:

https://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3208

If your drives start to stumble, then clone them with HDDSuperClone or OpenSuperCLone (both open source):

https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecoverysoftware/wiki/hddsuperclone_guide/

BTW, the free version of DMDE is limited to 4000 files of any size from any one folder per click. The standard version (unlimited) costs US$20.

You could try running CHKDSK in read-only mode (not repair mode). If it runs, it should tell you which metafiles are damaged. Running CHKDSK in repair mode is dangerous when your drive has serious problems. That's because Microsoft cares more about the integrity of the file system and will often sacrifice your files to this end.

Alright ill do my best to follow through on that, atm though I have no money for anymore HDD's as that was all my hard drives. It's going to be months before I can get enough money scraped together in order to attempt a clone \n/ recovery.

Also If I try running CHKDSK in read only mode and find which metafiles are damaged what should I do? Would it be possible to fix the metafiles and save all the data without a recovery method or is finding and repairing the metafiles almost as dangerous as recovery software can be?

 

[fzabkar]

It depends on the type of damage. Can you upload a log file for each CHKDSK run?

Can you identify which JMicron chip is inside your dock? Its ID might be reported in Device Manager.

 

[bladem2127]

It depends on the type of damage. Can you upload a log file for each CHKDSK run?

Can you identify which JMicron chip is inside your dock? Its ID might be reported in Device Manager.

https://imgur.com/a/vICULie

View: https://imgur.com/a/vICULie


F looks to still exist, just has permission issues, that I don't understand. The other 2 still look bad.

I can't identify the JMicron chip in my dock, I'd have to take it apart.

EDIT: If I have to use a recovery program, its gonna take a month or so to get the hardware, so if I'm screwed I guess I'm screwed. If no more solutions get posted, ill probably revisit this post when I get new HDD/s

 

[fzabkar]

Volume F: can be repaired by CHKDSK. The $Bitmap metafile keeps a record of which clusters are in use or free. It appears to be inconsistent. I would run CHKDSK in repair mode on this volume.

Volume E: needs data recovery software. You could try a full scan with DMDE, but if the drive starts to report bad sectors, I would stop and clone it.

 

[bladem2127]

Volume F: can be repaired by CHKDSK. The $Bitmap metafile keeps a record of which clusters are in use or free. It appears to be inconsistent. I would run CHKDSK in repair mode on this volume.

Volume E: needs data recovery software. You could try a full scan with DMDE, but if the drive starts to report bad sectors, I would stop and clone it.

I ran a full scan and this is what it showed on DMDE

https://imgur.com/HX1EqAZ

View: https://imgur.com/HX1EqAZ

https://imgur.com/tm1tdEn

View: https://imgur.com/tm1tdEn

https://imgur.com/LRnFTyT

View: https://imgur.com/LRnFTyT

https://imgur.com/WjFvyeZ

View: https://imgur.com/WjFvyeZ

 

[fzabkar]

Your "WjFvyeZ.png" screenshot finds a promising NTFS volume at LBA 32768. This is consistent with the partition that was displayed under the Partitions tab for the 6TB drive. I would d-click "NTFS 1" and recover the files to another drive.

The 4TB HDD should have a full sized NTFS volume starting at LBA 264192.