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Recent content by Lani

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    Solved Run chkdsk /f BEFORE running chkdsk /r on exernal hard drive?

    Thank you so much for your time and expertise. I'm very grateful for that! Please consider this thread concluded. I'm a new member and, if there is a specific step to be taken to mark a thread as concluded, I could not find it in either the FAQ or the Term and Rules.
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    Solved Run chkdsk /f BEFORE running chkdsk /r on exernal hard drive?

    I do appreciate your help and am happy to pay you for your time. Do you have a PayPal account? The Recuva scan is complete: [D:] FAT32, 233 GG, Cluster size: 32768; Found 2,388 files. Although >2,300 files were found, most are listed as Unrecoverable due to being overwritten. I don't know...
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    Solved Run chkdsk /f BEFORE running chkdsk /r on exernal hard drive?

    Sorry, I spoke too quickly...The process is now on Step 2 of 3: Analyazing Damage
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    Solved Run chkdsk /f BEFORE running chkdsk /r on exernal hard drive?

    ...the name of the youtube video is "How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Files Using Recuva in 2021," so I assumed it would provide step-by-step instructions from Recuva--not a competitor's sales pitch...
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    Solved Run chkdsk /f BEFORE running chkdsk /r on exernal hard drive?

    I'm running Recuva now, having selected the Deep Scan option. It's showing >124,000 files found at 78% progress. I've been watching youtube videos while waiting, and one stated that "Recuva has a negative effect on the quality of file recovery," but, of course, they are a competitor selling an...
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    Solved Run chkdsk /f BEFORE running chkdsk /r on exernal hard drive?

    Oh no! Well, I'll learned my lesson the hard way :cry:. Thank you for providing the link--I'm reviewing that information now. At this point, it's not entirely clear to me which are alterative solutions and which are multiple steps within the same solution. For example, the video at that...
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    Solved Run chkdsk /f BEFORE running chkdsk /r on exernal hard drive?

    Thank you! It is a Samsung S2 portable USB external hard drive, driver date is 2006; connected to SSD Dell laptop via 4-port USB hub. Optical drive is external.
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    Solved Run chkdsk /f BEFORE running chkdsk /r on exernal hard drive?

    Thanks for your response! Sounds complicated, but I'll read through it! By the way, I'm now seeing the following message on my screen: You need to format the disk in drive D: before you can use it--Do you want to format it? Please tell me that this doesn't mean that all of my data on that...
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    Solved Run chkdsk /f BEFORE running chkdsk /r on exernal hard drive?

    My windows 10 laptop recognizes my external hard drive but cannot access it. Error message: D:\ is not accessible; The paramter is incorrect. From what I've read online, chkdsk r/ may take hours or days. Would it be wise to run chkdsk /f first, and see if that corrects the problem? Then...
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