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Old March 17th, 2010, 02:52 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert
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On 3/16/2010 1:23 PM, Orland, Kathleen wrote:
Looks like you may have some bad sectors on the drive your PST is on.

from a command prompt: chkdsk -r

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265


Ignore this suggestion.

Running CHKDSK -r on a failing drive is an irreversible process that you
can't control. It can result in a permanent data loss.
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Old March 17th, 2010, 02:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
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On 3/16/2010 6:05 AM, GJ wrote:
Hi,

Thanks for trying to help.

Unlocker says that the file is not locked at all. And I am not able to copy
it and instead get the error msg "Cannot read from source file or disk".

USB Drive is working perfectly fine since this problem started (1 day back).
All other files, including other .pst, are working just fine.

Is there anything else I could try?

Thanks once again.

More likely than not, the issue is in fact with your drive.

At this stage, you need to clone the drive while the files are in use. I
can assist you with correcting this problem safely.
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Old March 17th, 2010, 03:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert"
wrote in message
...

Running CHKDSK -r on a failing drive is an irreversible process that you
can't control. It can result in a permanent data loss.


If the disk is developing bad sectors, this is no more dangerous and won't
lead to any more data loss than the failing disk itself. In cases like this,
SpinRite from http://www.grc.com/ might be handy. I have no ties to that
company or product, but I've seen plenty of evidence that it can really save a
failing disk.
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Old March 17th, 2010, 03:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert
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On 3/16/2010 7:35 PM, Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert"
wrote in message
...

Running CHKDSK -r on a failing drive is an irreversible process that
you can't control. It can result in a permanent data loss.


If the disk is developing bad sectors, this is no more dangerous and
won't lead to any more data loss than the failing disk itself. In cases
like this, SpinRite from http://www.grc.com/ might be handy. I have no
ties to that company or product, but I've seen plenty of evidence that
it can really save a failing disk.


Please don't use the SpinRite product. It has been analyzed by experts
in data recovery industry. It does nothing useful and subjects drive to
extreme stress.

Brian, no offense but I run a data recovery company. I've seen damage
caused by both products.

There is still an opportunity to get a copy of this data safely. CHKDSK
is irreversible, uncontrollable, and is designed to throw away data it
does not understand.
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Old March 17th, 2010, 04:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert"
wrote in message
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Please don't use the SpinRite product. It has been analyzed by experts in
data recovery industry. It does nothing useful and subjects drive to extreme
stress.

Brian, no offense but I run a data recovery company. I've seen damage caused
by both products.


Nonsense. It's not the product that causes the damage. Please post your
findings to the forums at grc.com and tell the thousands of people whose data
has been saved by SpinRite that they shouldn't have used it. See what they
say.
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Old March 17th, 2010, 05:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert"
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Brian, no offense but I run a data recovery company. I've seen damage caused
by both products.


And hence, your advice is suspect (in this instance) since you have a vested
interest in selling your service instead of helping people use tools that will
allow them to avoid using your services.
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