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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. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Try Exchange Online http://bit.ly/free-exchange-trial Please vote "helpful" if I helped you |
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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. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Try Exchange Online http://bit.ly/free-exchange-trial Please vote "helpful" if I helped you |
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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. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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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. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Try Exchange Online http://bit.ly/free-exchange-trial Please vote "helpful" if I helped you |
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"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert"
wrote in message ... 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. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert"
wrote in message ... 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. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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