I had to attempt to recover a PST file from a hard disk that had massive numbers of bad blocks. How to copy the file off though? A straight file copy wouldn't work... it just kept giving me CRC errors because the 2.84GB email archive file sat across some of the bad blocks.
I knew if I could get most of the file, I'd probably be able to use the repair tool to recover most of what was in the archive.
JFileRecovery came to the rescue, recovering all but 19MB of the email archive. One of the best parts was that I didn't even need to install anything! It runs as a Java applet straight off the web page.
This one's definitely going in my bookmarks.
About Me
- Sean Bradley
- Australia
- I am a computing professional who has worked in the industry for over 30 years and had an interest in computing for over 30. I'm mostly keeping this infrequently updated blog to start recording things I've had to relearn because I forgot them over a decade ago! If anyone else finds this useful then I'm glad I could help you.
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