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HI,
Thanks for your help so far. If I run Humaxcheck I get the following:
humaxcheck version 0.1W (c) xyz321
Writes to the Humax disk are disabled
Partition table: Permission denied
Thanks
Paul
paul.mac – 3 hours ago »
humaxcheck version 0.1W (c) xyz321
Writes to the Humax disk are disabled
Partition table: Permission denied
I assume you ran it with administrative privileges? It would need xyz321 to tell us exactly what that message implies. I would be tempted to use CrystalDiskInfo to see if you can retrieve the SMART data which would give us a clearer idea of the state of the hard drive. As you appear to be at a dead end the last thing to try would be humaxcheck 1: -p -w
Hi,
Yes, I was running in administrator mode.
I tried humaxcheck 1: -p -w and all I got was Partition scan: permission denied. I also downloaded and installed CrystalDiskInfo and it recognises the C: drive but nothing else.
I also tried Asoftech Data Recovery – no idea if it is any good or not, it came up in a Google search when I was researching problems with the harddrive. It only sees the C: drive.
Any other suggestions? Does this mean the drive is completely dead?
Thanks for all your help.
Paul
Hi,
I also tried all the tools reviewed on this website https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/the-best-free-file-recovery-software
with no success – didn’t expect much really but worth a try I thought. None of them even acknowledged that the drive was there.
Thanks
Paul
The filing system is different to Windows, so it won’t be recognised.
Just don’t initialise/format it with windows, or it’s asta la vista with your files.
Trev – 1 hour ago »
Just don’t initialise/format it with windows, or it’s asta la vista with your files.
No it isn’t; it damages the partition table but it can be repaired.
Hi,
As I mentioned at the start, when the drive was mounted in The Humax I could hear it running, yet when it is sitting on the bench connected via the USB to SATA lead I hear or feel nothing when I type the DOS commands. I would have at least expected to hear or feel it spinning.
Is it worth trying one of these “promise the earth” data recovery companies?
Thanks
Paul
paul.mac – 3 hours ago »
As I mentioned at the start, when the drive was mounted in The Humax I could hear it running, yet when it is sitting on the bench connected via the USB to SATA lead I hear or feel nothing when I type the DOS commands. I would have at least expected to hear or feel it spinning.
Sorry missed that and yes you should definitely be able to feel it spinning. Does the USB to SATA lead have a 12V output? A lot of them are designed for 2.5″ drives and SSDs which only need 5V.
Is it worth trying one of these “promise the earth” data recovery companies?
Depends how important the programmes are to you; they certainly won’t be cheap and I would be a bit surprised if they have much expertise in the proprietary Humax file system.
HI,
Borrowed the lead from a friend. It looks like this one
which doesn’t have a separate lead to the power connector only the large databus connector.
Thanks
Paul
paul.mac – 36 mins ago »
HI,
Borrowed the lead from a friend. It looks like this one
which doesn’t have a separate lead to the power connector only the large databus connector.
The clue is in the description; it says it is for 2.5″ drives. What you want is something like this Link to ebay which has an external 12V supply and will work with both 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives.
Thanks, I borrowed the lead, it may not have been the one in the picture, but having done some research I can see that I do indeed need the external power supply and am about to order the one you highlighted.
Hopefully that will resolve the problems I’ve been having.
Thanks for all your support. I will let you know how I get on.
Paul
paul.mac – 58 mins ago »
Hopefully that will resolve the problems I’ve been having.
Fingers crossed.
Hi,
I purchased a USB to SATA interface with external power supply and I can now read the files on the old drive. I copied these to my win 10 PC using humaxrw 1: b and then connected up the new SATA drive and copied over the files using humaxrw 1: -p *ts. I got a warning that this may corrupt the hard drive but I decided to continue. All the files copied over and when I do a humaxrw 1: -l i can see the 4 files already recorded on the new drive plus the 31 rescued files copied over. However when I return the new SATA drive to the humax there is no sign of any recorded files/programmes.
On the old SATA drive I got this output from humaxcheck 1: -l
humaxcheck version 0.10W (c) xyz321
Writes to the Humax disk are disabled
PARTITION 0
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2.elu : OK, Contig. size: 539648
1.av : Buf Contig. size: 10876928 Alloc fat 7896000, dir 7896000
2.av : OK, Frag: 4, size: 1585955840
3.elu : OK, Contig. size: 537088
3.av : OK, Frag: 2, size: 661651968
4.elu : OK, Contig. size: 546304
4.av : OK, Frag: 4, size: 1518207488
6.elu : OK, Frag: 2, size: 545792
5.elu : OK, Contig. size: 538624
5.av : OK, Frag: 4, size: 1066324480
6.av : OK, Frag: 5, size: 1688431616
8.elu : OK, Contig. size: 529920
7.elu : OK, Contig. size: 539648
7.av : OK, Frag: 5, size: 824478208
8.av : OK, Frag: 3, size: 994492928
9.elu : OK, Contig. size: 807936
9.av : OK, Frag: 6, size: 2193961472
10.elu : OK, Contig. size: 134656
10.av : OK, Contig. size: 25863680
11.elu : OK, Contig. size: 1259008
11.av : Err Frag: 7, size: 4601467904 Alloc fat 5524192, dir 8987904
Allocation error: (fat blocks allocated != sizea)
File End error
Warning – File size error
12.elu : OK, Contig. size: 268800
12.av : OK, Contig. size: 51578368
14.elu : OK, Contig. size: 541696
13.elu : OK, Contig. size: 559104
13.av : OK, Frag: 5, size: 1509850112
14.av : OK, Frag: 7, size: 1626354176
15.elu : OK, Frag: 2, size: 401920
15.av : OK, Frag: 3, size: 1053797888
17.elu : OK, Contig. size: 282624
16.elu : OK, Contig. size: 268800
16.av : OK, Contig. size: 700649472
17.av : OK, Frag: 2, size: 712578048
19.elu : OK, Contig. size: 262656
19.av : OK, Contig. size: 50361856
20.elu : OK, Contig. size: 93696
20.av : OK, Contig. size: 194797568
22.elu : OK, Contig. size: 530432
21.elu : OK, Contig. size: 643584
21.av : OK, Frag: 12, size: 1512044544
22.av : OK, Frag: 5, size: 1131572736
25.elu : OK, Contig. size: 218112
24.elu : OK, Contig. size: 536576
24.av : OK, Frag: 4, size: 1368562176
25.av : OK, Contig. size: 41824256
26.elu : OK, Contig. size: 256512
26.av : OK, Frag: 2, size: 539661312
27.elu : OK, Contig. size: 544256
27.av : OK, Frag: 4, size: 1527937536
29.elu : OK, Frag: 2, size: 398848
28.elu : Err Contig. size: 537600 Alloc fat 752, dir 1504
Allocation error: (fat blocks allocated != sizea)
File End error
Warning – File size error
Improper file termination in FAT: ffffffff
28.av : OK, Contig. size: 0
29.av : OK, Contig. size: 76428288
31.elu : Err Contig. size: 559104 Alloc fat 752, dir 1504
Allocation error: (fat blocks allocated != sizea)
File End error
Warning – File size error
Improper file termination in FAT: ffffffff
23.elu : OK, Frag: 2, size: 577024
23.av : OK, Frag: 21, size: 1642644480
0.av : Buf Frag: 43, size: 1279242240 Alloc fat 7896000, dir 7896000
37.elu : Err Contig. size: 573952 Alloc fat 752, dir 1504
Allocation error: (fat blocks allocated != sizea)
File End error
Warning – File size error
Improper file termination in FAT: ffffffff
39.elu : OK, Contig. size: 534016
39.av : OK, Frag: 11, size: 1378829824
43.elu : OK, Contig. size: 269312
43.av : OK, Frag: 8, size: 712595456
41.elu : OK, Frag: 2, size: 537088
41.av : OK, Frag: 14, size: 1503624192
59.elu : OK, Contig. size: 306176
59.av : OK, Contig. size: 854698496
60.elu : OK, Contig. size: 203264
60.av : OK, Frag: 7, size: 493314560
268092 blocks allocated in orphan chains taking up 103221854208 bytes
Humax calculated free space count: 19638149120 bytes
Total free space count incorrect
Actual free space based on allocated blocks: 16330407936 bytes
PARTITION 1
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_RL_BACKUP_ : OK, Contig. size: 9125
_RECORD_LIST_ : OK, Contig. size: 9429
epgsave.dat : OK, Frag: 7, size: 8228096
_SEL_LIST_ : OK, Contig. size: 2
4.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
3.epg : OK, Contig. size: 668
2.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
15.epg : OK, Contig. size: 668
5.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
8.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
16.epg : OK, Contig. size: 668
7.epg : OK, Contig. size: 668
41.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
11.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
9.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
6.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
10.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
19.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
13.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
17.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
20.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
25.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
22.epg : OK, Contig. size: 668
ncdinfo.txt : OK, Contig. size: 360
12.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
26.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
14.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
23.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1332
21.epg : OK, Contig. size: 668
24.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
27.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
29.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
28.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1664
43.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
39.epg : OK, Contig. size: 668
59.epg : OK, Contig. size: 1000
60.epg : OK, Contig. size: 668
Humax calculated free space count: 259145728 bytes
PARTITION 2
===========
Image : OK, Contig. size: 131072
MP3 : OK, Contig. size: 131072
Humax calculated free space count: 32964608 bytes
Have I missed doing something?
Thanks
Paul
paul.mac – 20 mins ago »
I purchased a USB to SATA interface with external power supply and I can now read the files on the old drive.
Good.
I copied these to my win 10 PC using humaxrw 1: b and then connected up the new SATA drive and copied over the files using humaxrw 1: -p *ts. I got a warning that this may corrupt the hard drive but I decided to continue. All the files copied over and when I do a humaxrw 1: -l i can see the 4 files already recorded on the new drive plus the 31 rescued files copied over.
Can I just check that you have copied over both the .ts files and the supporting files for each recording?
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