Elements 1 TB - folders gone except for AVG folder - 600GB missing

[Danand]

Elements - I:\ drive - 600+GB of files disappeared. Disk management say drive is healthy and files are there, but only folder that shows up is AVG hidden folder.  This happened once before but corrected itself.  Drive appears to be spinning up a storm, but no access.

[kevol30]

Hello,

You can try the chkdsk command.

More information here :

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/termsc/p/chkdsk.htm

https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx?mfr=true

Don’t use your drive before you find again your data, they could be overwrited…

If really needed, the best recovery software I found is “Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional”. It’s expensive but very efficient (and TPB is your friend if you have little money :p)

[Danand]

Just as last time I rebooted, when I woke up this morning the folders are all back - about 12 hours later. Subfolder windows  are slow to populate but eventually do and the drive is once again available to the network. I suspect, as before, the drive will remain available until the next reboot, then I’ll have to wait another half a day for the drive to show up. Drive is still spinning though.

Mostly used for backups, I’ll take advantage of the fact that is up and copy off those folders that are not backups of other drives.

I’m not saying I don’t need to run chkdsk but is it possible the USB components of the Elements is failing? Also, This issue could seem to coincide with the latest AVG program update. Hard to tell as this machine rarely reboots.

[Danand]

DLG test fails

Shows

Test Option:	QUICK TEST
Model Number:	WD Ext HDD 1021
Unit Serial Number:	[Edited]
Firmware Number:	2002
Capacity:	1000.20 GB
SMART Status:	PASS
Test Result:	FAIL
Test Error Code:	06-Quick Test on drive 7 did not complete! Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 97 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 7!
Test Time:	20:02:04, July 08, 2012

[Danand]

Check disk results

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)…
File record segment 138376 is unreadable.
File record segment 144960 is unreadable.
File record segment 146540 is unreadable.
File record segment 148236 is unreadable.
File record segment 167316 is unreadable.
File record segment 170676 is unreadable.
File record segment 176456 is unreadable.
File record segment 176476 is unreadable.
File record segment 176477 is unreadable.
File record segment 176478 is unreadable.
File record segment 176479 is unreadable.
File record segment 181436 is unreadable.
File record segment 181437 is unreadable.
File record segment 181438 is unreadable.
File record segment 181439 is unreadable.
File record segment 183128 is unreadable.
File record segment 183129 is unreadable.
File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)…
Correcting error in index $I30 for file 5.
Correcting error in index $I30 for file 5.
Sorting index $I30 in file 5.
Correcting error in index $O for file 25.
Correcting error in index $O for file 25.
Correcting error in index $O for file 25.
An unspecified error occurred.

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