Hard drive crashed during backup

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I was using ATI 10 to back up a hard drive I was replacing when the hard drive stopped working. It looks like I got almost all of my data in 10 .tib files but I can't open them. My guess ithat ATI 10 did not close the last file. I get a message that the "last" file is not the last and file and that the backup is corrupted. Any suggestions?

Tue, 10/13/2009 - 01:13
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Is the drive completely dead?

What build of TI 10 are you using?

What size is the last TIB file?

Were you splitting the image or was the backup drive formatted as FAT32 (4GB filesize limit)?

Unfortunately, there's probably not anything you can do. If either the first or last split is damaged or corrupt, the data in it is not able to be recovered.

Tue, 10/13/2009 - 01:43
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Hi MudCrab,
The backup data is on a working drive. The original drive will turn on but won't read and is making a "tinking" noise.

I don't have access to the build number right now but I bought it in March/April 2007.

Based on the cumulative size of the files, it crashed after almost all of the data was backed up. There are 9 4GB files and the 10th file is ~2G. I had about 45GB of data.

I am hoping there is a way to close out the .tib files to make them readable.
Thanks for your help,
Dennis

Tue, 10/13/2009 - 14:36
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Boot with a BartPE cd and see if you can at least save your documents and any other data files to an external drive.

Tue, 10/13/2009 - 21:20
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It would be nice if Acronis would create a tool to work with corrupt images. Aside from trying to open the image with a newer version of TI, I can't really think of anything (and I don't even think that would work).

If the drive isn't completely dead, you might try connecting different power and interface cables, turning it over, standing it on its side, etc. and see if it will function in a different position. I've seen a drive act "bad" before that had a bad power connector on the cable and also one with a bad SATA connector.

Was the drive showing signs of going bad or was this an upgrade replacement?

Wed, 10/14/2009 - 01:45
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I've tried it in a USB housing and was not able to read anything. The drive showed no signs of going bad. I was replacing it with a drive with more capacity.

Wed, 10/14/2009 - 09:24