Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/ 2008-08-29T15:05:27-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-08-19T19:16:13-05:00 Meg Schulz http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#543383 John M you SAVED my life! My portable hard drive has all my powerpoints, worksheets, tests,...for school. Every digital picture of my family and all my personal music. I would have had to have been locked up in some institution if I could not have recovered my STUFF! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!<br /> <br /> P.S. The guy at Seagate had no clue what to do! text/html 2008-08-19T02:59:58-05:00 Saeed G http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#543344 My 250gb WD hard drive was acting up in some generic external USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure so I just picked up a Rocketfish external HD enclosure (also USB 2.0) from <a href="/action/r/http://www.ebay.com/">eBay</a> for about $15.<br /> <br /> I plugged it in and received the same error.<br /> <br /> Came across this thread and the <b>CHKDSK /r utility worked for me!!!!!!!!</b><br /> <br /> I absolutely had to register to these forums just to say thank you to all who contributed and to let you know that this thread is still helping save hard drives!!!!!!!!!!! <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"> text/html 2008-08-16T18:24:27-05:00 kohadr XYZ http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#543194 35 years ago I was in the process of learning MS DOS and from time to time I still use it.<br /> <br /> Just recently my hard drive wouldn't load windows completely and it kept resetting as in a loop.<br /> <br /> The first I did was use the chkdsk /f /r command and after a couple of hours later, my HD was working again.<br /> <br /> It's nice to see that what I learned in the 1970s still works today.<br /> <br /> Cheers. text/html 2008-08-13T12:17:35-05:00 kalyani kasireddy http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#542893 I am also getting the same error like &quot;Can't copy somepage :error performing inpage operation&quot;.<br /> <br /> This error i am getting when iam copying files from my CD to System.It is not copying and saying error like &quot;Can't copy somepage :error performing inpage operation&quot;.<br /> <br /> what's the problem? please help me.If anyone help me no i am really thanksfull to those people.Because i am getting any data from My CD.In that very useful files are there.plz help me text/html 2008-06-06T04:21:58-05:00 Genelle Simoes D'Silva http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#537509 Thank you so much! all the posters! i had the same error message.<br /> And I did the ChkDsk thing<br /> <br /> chkdsk e:/r <br /> worked like a dream!!<br /> <br /> Thank you - saved all my wedding photos!<br /> text/html 2008-05-12T17:05:09-05:00 Brian Fallon http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#535824 Will miracles never cease<br /> Tried chkdsk g: /r ...fixed my g drive which was an extended partition on my WDC 200 GB <br /> Smart drive said impending failure and had to hit F1 to finish boot to WinXP. g drive not accessible &quot;inpage error&quot; as above. Drive now passes WD diagnostic test but i backed up all my data. Previous to all this the drive would make wierd buzzing sound and would blue screen. i was getting blue screened to death and thought it was a heat or memory issue. fixed heat problem and replaced memory with no help. i think blue screens finally took their toll on the drive. i have been running the computer for 24 hours without a blue screen which i have not been able to do for 6 months. My WinXP install is now 3 years old and running quite well. <br /> Thank you all text/html 2008-05-11T22:23:55-05:00 east bay http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#535758 Just about 1 week ago, my fujitsu laptop got the &quot;blue screen of death&quot; and my laptop would not load past the logo loading stage, would not go into any type of SAFE mode, and I was just unable to fix it through bios or any other way.<br /> <br /> So I decided to remove the Hitachi IDE HDD from my laptop and purchased a 2.5&quot; external enclosure. In attempt to recover the data, i received &quot;Error Performing Inpage Operation&quot;<br /> i thought it was due to the enclosure, so i brought it back to Fry's and had a tech take a look at the HDD. He told me that it would cost $150 to do a &quot;possible&quot; recovery (he was unsure if he were able to retrieve the data). <br /> <br /> So i decided to purchase a different 2.5&quot; external enclosure (i-rocks). Pluged it into another laptop (my sony &amp; my dell) and received &quot;Error Performing Inpage Operation&quot; I attempted to use Magic Partition 8 Pro, but it was unsuccessful in recovering the data.<br /> <br /> So I looked through many google searches, until i found another program which was recommended (<b>GetDataback for NTFS</b>). <br /> <br /> This program is CURRENTLY RECOVERING MY HDD as I am typing. <br /> <br /> Basically, i created an image file with GetDataBack for NTFS of the Hitachi IDE HDD into my 500GB Western Digital HDD. Then, i used the same program to load the image and index the files. From there, i was able to copy all the files indexed (all to the my external 500GB HD). <br /> <br /> From the look of things, my pictures, music, movies, documents have either been recovered or recovering right now (5/11/08 3:20PM West Coast Time).<br /> <br /> My suggestion, give GetDataBack for NTFS a try! It works text/html 2008-05-08T10:41:23-05:00 Ghana Shyam Rai http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#535430 <b>If you have &quot;Error Performing Inpage Operation&quot; ..its 100% usefull command..<br /> 1. Start &gt; Run &gt; type in cmd then click OK to get a command prompt.<br /> 2. Type in chkdsk e: /r (replace e: with the drive letter of your external hard drive).<br /> <br /> This won't do any harm, it will fix errors on the disk and try to recover data from bad sectors. It might not solve the problem but it's worth a try.<br /> <br /> Best Wishes<br /> GS[b]</b> text/html 2008-05-08T10:28:02-05:00 Ghana Shyam Rai http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#535429 If you have &quot;Error Performing Inpage Operation&quot; ..its 100% usefull command..<br /> 1. Start &gt; Run &gt; type in cmd then click OK to get a command prompt.<br /> 2. Type in chkdsk e: /r (replace e: with the drive letter of your external hard drive).<br /> <br /> This won't do any harm, it will fix errors on the disk and try to recover data from bad sectors. It might not solve the problem but it's worth a try.<br /> <br /> Best Wishes<br /> GS text/html 2008-05-08T09:16:31-05:00 D M http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#535424 Mine still gets to the 100% last part of step 5 of 5 and finishes with &quot;unable to backup the bad clusters file, operation aborted.&quot; <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile16.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":/" title=":/"> I'm using 93GB of 100GB which is probably why. text/html 2008-04-27T01:27:20-05:00 David Phan http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#534592 I want to start off by saying that <b>CHKDSK WORKS!!!!!!!!</b> But for me the problem wasn't solved as straightforward as it was for other. <br /> Secondly I want to thank <b>John M</b> and <b>Candyce Akers</b> for telling all of us how to solve this problem. And thanks to everyone else who participate in this post and reaffirming the effectiveness of chkdsk.<br /> <br /> Now let me tell you about my situation. A few weeks ago I was using my computer( hewlet t packard Windows XP) and I remember it was making this funny sound. And it made this sound like maybe 4 or 5 times on various occasions. Then boom a few weeks ago I turn on the computer and it says I'm missing a BIOS file and it would never load up the Windows screen . So the other day i try opening it with an external USB but it takes forever for it to give a response. And while its attempting to open it hardly makes a noise (it's almost silent) in the external enclosure. Normally you could hear something when you are opening a drive. Finally after a few minutes it reads &quot;f:/ Error Performing In page Operation.&quot;<br /> <br /> So after reading the posts on this GREAT SITE. I first tried &lt;chkdsk f: /r&gt; (&quot;f&quot; being the drive of my external USB )<br /> <br /> I did so by 1. Going to Start &gt; then Run &gt; the I typed in cmd then click OK .<br /> 2. Then at the command prompt I typed in chkdsk f: /r <br /> I did that twice but it would never get past stage 1 of the 5 stages. At most it went up to 30 percent. <br /> <br /> Then I read the post by Candyce Akers I tried the &lt;chkdsk f:/f&gt; ( I don't what the difference between this method and the other chkdsk but there is a difference)<br /> Anyhow I also did this twice and it would never get past the 2nd of the 3 stages.<br /> <br /> SO .... I gave it a rest last night. <br /> And I tried again this morning.<br /> <br /> I started by doing &lt;chkdsk f:/f&gt; once . Again it wouldn't go to the 3rd stage<br /> I immediately followed it with &lt;chkdsk f: /r&gt;. And I don't know what happened but this time there was a change. First it went through the five stages and then it went up to 100 percent<br /> After a long 3 hours it stated the following <br /> &quot; Windows replaced bad clusters&quot; (it said this numerous times during the process.. it didnt say this in any of my previous attempts )<br /> &quot;Free space verification complete&quot;<br /> &quot;Correcting errors in master file&quot;<br /> &quot;Windows has made correction to file system&quot;<br /> <br /> And it WORKED!!!!!! I was able to recover almost all my files . Except for 2 or 3 photos. My harddrive is a maxtor and it is 50 gigs big. I was able to recover about all 4 gigs of photos and documents. The rest of my hard drive was filled with programs that was also recovered but was not my main concern.<br /> <br /> SO TO SURMISE<br /> 1. I did chkdsk f: /r at the command prompt. (f being whatever your broken drive is)<br /> 2. Then I did chkdsk f: /r at the command prompt for a second time.<br /> 3. I did chkdsk f:/f<br /> 3. I tried chkdsk f:/f again<br /> 4. I slept <br /> 5. I tried chkdsk f:/f for a third time<br /> 6. I finished it off with chkdsk f: /r<br /> 7. I backed up my files . THE END . <br /> <br /> text/html 2008-04-19T05:45:46-05:00 rishi seth http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#533978 God bless You ... chkdsk got me my data back!!! You beauty!!! text/html 2008-03-21T00:03:40-05:00 Evan Winograd http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#531825 I ran chkdsk i: /r (for my I: drive of course) and 2 hours later, I had 168 GB of data again <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"><br /> <br /> Thank you very much for the help...it turns out theres nothing too important on the hard drive, but not knowing what I lost would have bothered me for a loooong time <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"><br /> <br /> Thanks again!<br /> ~Evan<br /> <br /> text/html 2008-03-14T17:12:38-05:00 Andrea Logan http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#531423 chkdsk still would not work for me, but this did!!!<br /> <br /> I downloaded knoppix (a live boot CD) and hooked up my unusable HD in a usb enclosure, and also hooked up another external HD. Insert the knoppix DVD, turn off the computer, hook up both exterand HD &amp; turn on the computer<br /> <br /> Using knoppix I was able to access all my files <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile3.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":D" title=":D"> text/html 2008-03-14T09:52:13-05:00 D M http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/47189/?l=1#531409 I went to Computer Management and decided to try and Explore my troubled drive. I got the original error &quot;windows was unable to save all the data for the file E:\Mft. The data was lost...&quot; and so on, then a small window pops up saying &quot;E:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.&quot; So... there are many warnings, but no conclusions. The drive is also listed as 100% free, which is false because it is only about 3% free (3GB left out of 100). The total 500GB is partitioned into three 100GB partitions and one 200GB partition. Sorry if I'm chain-posting or anything, I'm just trying to provide as much specific information as possible.