[Ham-Computers] error performing inpage operation on hard drive

[Jim Hill]

Hi Jonathan:
If you don't receive some easier ideas, you might try GetDataBack, 
which Aaron uses at work for bad hard drives.  You can use the free 
evaluation version, which allows you to view the repaired files, but 
not copy them.   I'm not sure what the view options should display, 
as it didn't repair any of my files I checked.  However, you can open 
the documents with the application that created them (Word, for 
example), and maybe save using Word.  It would be a slow process 
without the paid version, as you would need to process each file 
individually.  However the price, around $70, isn't bad for this type 
application.  Aside from it not helping me, the only complaint is 
separate applications are required for NTFS and FAT32 (plus Apple, 
etc) and I needed the FAT32 version.

Should you decide to try it out, I have some detailed notes I could 
send you.  I'm getting forgetful, so these notes will be handy if I 
decide to use it next year.

Jim



At 09:30 AM 7/29/2008, you wrote:
>I have an external USB 320GB SATA hard drive split into two
>partitions... the first one is where all my programs are installed and
>the 2nd one is where all my data is stored (this was my main drive
>until my motherboard and power supply went in my other computer hence
>why it's in a usb enclosure)... wellll i just my computer off last
>night before i went to work and when i came in this morning about 7AM
>and turned everything on I can see the first partition fine and when i
>try to open the first partition I get the following error: Error
>Performing Inpage Operation. another thing i notice is that the drive
>label is now changed to Local Disk.  Any ideas how i can get my data
>back before I have reformat the drive and loose it all?  I tried
>reading some info on google but it made me more confused... i read
>something to the effect that I need to hook it up to a linux machine
>and extract the data that way.
>
>Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jonathan
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