Hi,
I ran WD digital lifeguard diagnostics on my 1tb hard drive and was told there were too many bad sectors.
Does this mean it is not possible to recover the data ?
thanks
This is result of the diagnostic test;
Version:1.0 StartHTML:000000286 EndHTML:000001342 StartFragment:000000415 EndFragment:000001294 StartSelection:000000415 EndSelection:000001284 SourceURL:file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Western%20Digital%20Corporation/Data%20Lifeguard%20Diagnostic%20for%20Windows/WinDlg.htm
| Test Option: | EXTENDED TEST |
|---|---|
| Model Number: | WD My Passport 0748 |
| Unit Serial Number: | WX81A9231837 |
| Firmware Number: | 1019 |
| Capacity: | 1000.17 GB |
| SMART Status: | PASS |
| Test Result: | FAIL |
| Test Error Code: | 08-Too many bad sectors detected. |
| Test Time: | 21:35:05, February 05, 2019 |
any ideas ?
Bad sector hard drive recovery is only possible upto some extent.
You need to leverage third party hard drive recovery software ( use Imaging option, kind of feature in most of these days software )
Hope it works!
