Old Maxtor 160GB- Partition magic FAIL!!! Diskpatch fixable?

[X5nut]

If I post the log from the diskpatch demo, can you read it and determine if Diskpatch can effective repair the two partitions on the drive that have a TON of very important data to my friends' business on them?
I want to make sure that his $$ spent are worth it...need the data..

Please let me know...

Thanks!!!

Update...Figured it would be easier just to post the log file anyway.

The drive in question is DISK1 ( 129?) should be 2 partitions with data on them and one with no data.


.../000:19/LOG> ### LOG START ###
.../000:19/LOG> DISKPATCH 3.5.300
.../000:19/LOG> (C) 2000-2009 DIY DataRecovery
.../000:19/LOG> Contact info: http://HTTP://www.DIYDataRecovery.nl
.../000:19/LOG> MemFree: 73Kb
.../000:19/LOG> CommandLineParms: /sup
.../000:19/LOG> LogDate: 11-02-2009
.../000:19/CFG> FilePath="C:DPFILES\"
.../000:19/CFG> ReadRetries="32"
.../000:19/CFG> WriteRetries="32"
.../000:19/CFG> MaxReadErrors="32"
.../000:19/CFG> MaxWriteErrors="1"
.../000:19/CFG> LogEachReadError="1"
.../000:19/CFG> ReadDelay="0"
.../000:19/CFG> VfyFixedBadSect="1"
.../000:19/CFG> CleanAfterDOD="1"
.../000:19/CFG> DiskReset="1"
.../000:19/CFG> SectorSkip="1024"
.../000:19/CFG> AutoSaveState="1"
.../000:19/CFG> DumpFoundSectors="0"
.../000:19/CFG> FixFats="1"
.../000:19/CFG> MaxFatScan="51200"
.../000:19/CFG> MaxDataColEntries="256"
.../000:19/CFG> IgnoreF8FF="0"
.../000:19/CFG> DownSizeExt="1"
.../000:19/CFG> ScanSignature="55AA"
.../000:19/CFG> Rebuild="00"
.../000:19/13H> Ext13H installed test requested
.../000:19/13H> Disk found at 128
.../000:19/13H> Ext13H version: 2.1 / EDD-1.1
.../000:19/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../000:19/13H> Ext13H Support: Enhanced disk drive functions
.../000:19/13H> Drive Interface Info:
.../000:19/13H> Disk 128 X13H data : 65535/15/63 117304992/512
.../000:19/13H> Disk found at 129
.../000:19/13H> Ext13H version: 2.1 / EDD-1.1
.../000:19/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../000:19/13H> Ext13H Support: Enhanced disk drive functions
.../000:19/13H> Drive Interface Info:
.../000:19/13H> Disk 129 X13H data : 65535/15/63 320173056/512
.../000:19/13H> Ext13H tested ok
.../000:19/FDL> DiskList requested
.../000:19/FDL> Disk found at 128
.../000:19/FDL> Disk found at 129
### DISKLIST.ARRAY ###
__D_|________LBA_|___H_|__S_|__GB_|__GEO
128 | .117304992 | 240 | 63 | .55 | BIOS
129 | .320173056 | 240 | 63 | 152 | BIOS
..0 | .........0 | ..0 | .0 | ..0 | BIOS
..0 | .........0 | ..0 | .0 | ..0 | BIOS
.../000:19/IAS> AdmiSector found on disk 0 (128)
.../000:19/IAS> AdmiSector found on disk 1 (129)
.../000:19/EXE> Read/Write pattern test for disk 0 (128) successful
.../000:19/EXE> Read/Write pattern test for disk 1 (129) successful
.../000:19/WAS> AdmiSectors in use : 0+ 1+
.../000:19/KEY> DEMO/1
.../000:19/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 0 (128)
.../000:19/PFC> PQstuff signature detected on disk 1 (129)
.../000:19/PFC> UDMA driver active
.../000:20/PFC> Disk health 1-50
.../000:21/PFC> Partition State backup not found on disk 0 (128)
.../000:21/PFC> Partition State backup not found on disk 1 (129)
.../000:21/PFC> No Repair date found on disk 0 (128)
.../000:21/PFC> No Repair date found on disk 1 (129)
.../000:30/CSD> Start CheckDisk for disk 1 (129)
.../000:30/CSD> CheckDisk complete, ReadErrors 0
.../000:30/USD> Disk 1 (129) selected
.../000:30/GSC> No geo change detected for disk 1 (129)
.../000:30/WAS> AdmiSectors in use : 0+ 1+
129/000:30/USD> MBR for disk 1 (129)
129/000:30/LOG> SectorDump requested at 0 (0 0 1)
###
000   33 C0 8E D0 BC 00 7C FB 50 07 50 1F FC BE 1B 7C  |  3???.|?P.P.??.|
016   BF 1B 06 50 57 B9 E5 01 F3 A4 CB BD BE 07 B1 04  |  ?..PW??.?.?.
032   38 6E 00 7C 09 75 13 83 C5 10 E2 F4 CD 18 8B F5  |  8n.|.u.??..??
048   83 C6 10 49 74 19 38 2C 74 F6 A0 B5 07 B4 07 8B  |  ??.It.8,t? ?.?.?
064   F0 AC 3C 00 74 FC BB 07 00 B4 0E CD 10 EB F2 88  |  ??<.t??..?.?.
080   4E 10 E8 46 00 73 2A FE 46 10 80 7E 04 0B 74 0B  |  N.?F.s*?F.?~..t.
096   80 7E 04 0C 74 05 A0 B6 07 75 D2 80 46 02 06 83  |  ?~..t. ?.u?F..?
112   46 08 06 83 56 0A 00 E8 21 00 73 05 A0 B6 07 EB  |  F..?V..?!.s. ?.?
128   BC 81 3E FE 7D 55 AA 74 0B 80 7E 10 00 74 C8 A0  |  ??>?}U?t.?~..t? 
144   B7 07 EB A9 8B FC 1E 57 8B F5 CB BF 05 00 8A 56  |  ?.??.W???..?V
160   00 B4 08 CD 13 72 23 8A C1 24 3F 98 8A DE 8A FC  |  .?.?.r#??$??
176   43 F7 E3 8B D1 86 D6 B1 06 D2 EE 42 F7 E2 39 56  |  C??.??B??9V
192   0A 77 23 72 05 39 46 08 73 1C B8 01 02 BB 00 7C  |  .w#r.9F.s.?..?.|
208   8B 4E 02 8B 56 00 CD 13 73 51 4F 74 4E 32 E4 8A  |  ?N.?V.?.sQOtN2??
224   56 00 CD 13 EB E4 8A 56 00 60 BB AA 55 B4 41 CD  |  V.?.???V.`??U?A?
240   13 72 36 81 FB 55 AA 75 30 F6 C1 01 74 2B 61 60  |  .r6??U?u0??.t+a`
256   6A 00 6A 00 FF 76 0A FF 76 08 6A 00 68 00 7C 6A  |  j.j..v..v.j.h.|j
272   01 6A 10 B4 42 8B F4 CD 13 61 61 73 0E 4F 74 0B  |  .j.?B???.aas.Ot.
288   32 E4 8A 56 00 CD 13 EB D6 61 F9 C3 49 6E 76 61  |  2??V.?.??a??Inva
304   6C 69 64 20 70 61 72 74 69 74 69 6F 6E 20 74 61  |  lid partition ta
320   62 6C 65 00 45 72 72 6F 72 20 6C 6F 61 64 69 6E  |  ble.Error loadin
336   67 20 6F 70 65 72 61 74 69 6E 67 20 73 79 73 74  |  g operating syst
352   65 6D 00 4D 69 73 73 69 6E 67 20 6F 70 65 72 61  |  em.Missing opera
368   74 69 6E 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6D 00 00 00 00 00  |  ting system.....
384   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |  ................
400   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |  ................
416   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |  ................
432   00 00 00 00 00 2C 44 63 79 44 76 FC 00 00 80 01  |  .....,DcyDv?..?.
448   01 00 07 FE FF FF 3F 00 00 00 1B 0A 95 06 00 00  |  ...?..?.....?...
464   C1 FF 0F FE FF FF 87 F5 7F 03 12 49 95 0F 00 00  |  ?..?..??..I?...
480   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |  ................
496   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA  |  ..............U?
###
129/000:30/VEC> Start Verify EPBR Chain for disk 1 (129)
129/000:30/VEC> Listing current partitions on disk:
129/000:30/VEC>     NTFS (P)    (no name)          63   110430747      (53 Gb)
129/000:30/VEC> Extended starts at 58717575 (3883 105 1)
129/000:30/VEC> Partition Table info for sector 0 (0 0 1)
129/000:30/LOG> PartListDump requested at 0 (0 0 1)
### _ACT_|_TYPE_|__START--C/H/S_|__END----C/H/S_|__LBA-start_|_LBA-length
..1 .128 | ..07 | ....0...1...1 | .1023.254..63 | ........63 | .110430747
..2 ...0 | ..0F | .1023...0...1 | .1023.254..63 | ..58717575 | .261441810
..3 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..4 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
129/000:30/VEC> 55AA sig Ok
129/000:30/VEC> Partition Table info for sector 58717575 (3883 105 1)
129/000:30/LOG> PartListDump requested at 58717575 (3883 105 1)
### _ACT_|_TYPE_|__START--C/H/S_|__END----C/H/S_|__LBA-start_|_LBA-length
..1 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..2 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..3 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..4 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
129/000:30/VEC> 55AA sig not found
129/000:30/LOG> Boot sector dump requested at 63 (0 1 1)
### BootSectorDump for BStype NTFS
...........Jump Code (hex): EB5290
............OEM Name (txt): NTFS
....Bytes per Sector (dec): 512
.Sectors per Cluster (dec): 8
....Reserved Sectors (dec): 0
..............Unused (hex): 0000000000
....Media Descriptor (hex): F8
..............Unused (hex): 0000
...Sectors per Track (dec): 63
.....Heads per Track (dec): 255
......Hidden Sectors (dec): 63
..............Unused (hex): 00000000
.............Unknown (hex): 00800080
.......Total Sectors (dec): 58717511
........MFT Location (dec): 262144
.MFT Mirror Location (dec): 576327
....Clusters per FRS (dec): 246
.Clusters/Indx Block (dec): 1
...........Volume ID (hex): 88FC1BEDFC1BD472
........Volume Label (txt): (no name)
............Checksum (hex): 00000000
....Sector Signature (hex): AA55
129/000:30/VEC> BS and BBS equal
129/000:30/VEC> Verify EPBR Chain completed
129/000:31/USD> Select disk completed
129/000:34/SCN> DiskScan requested, ScanType is 3
129/000:34/SCN> from 0 (0 0 1) to 320173055 (21175 111 63), 320173056 sectors
129/000:34/SCN> Starting QuickScan (pre-vista) at 63 (0 1 1)
129/000:34/SCN> Next QuickScan location at 58717575 (3883 105 1)
129/000:34/SCN> Next QuickScan location at 110430736 (7303 148 53)
129/000:35/SCN> Next QuickScan location at 320159385 (21174 135 1)
129/000:35/SCN> Next QuickScan location at 0 (0 0 1)
129/000:36/SCN> QuickScan finished
129/000:36/SCN> Starting SmartScan (pre-vista) at 0 (0 0 1) (JMP=15120, RNG=63)
129/008:36/SCN> SmartScan finished
129/008:36/SCN> DiskScan completed
129/008:36/SCN> ReadErrors for disk 1 (129): 0
129/008:47/LOG> DataCollection items found: 8 / 1
### DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY, FULL ###
SEQ_|___D_|________LOC_|____TYPE_|__COM_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|__PL_|_F
001 | 129 | ........63 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ........63 | ..58717512 | PRI | .
002 | 129 | ..58717567 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ..58717567 | ..51713169 | PRI | .
003 | 129 | .110430809 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ..51713298 | ..58717512 | PRI | .
004 | 129 | .110430810 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | .110430873 | .209728512 | LOG | .
005 | 129 | .320159384 | ...NTFS | .BBS | .110430873 | .209728512 | PRI | .
006 | 129 | .........0 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | ........63 | .110430747 | PRI | .
007 | 129 | .........0 | ....EXT | PTE2 | ..58717575 | .261441810 | PRI | .
008 | 129 | ........63 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ........63 | ..58717512 | PRI | I
129/008:47/LOG> DataCollection items found: 8 / 1
### DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY, CLEANED ###
SEQ_|___D_|________LOC_|____TYPE_|__COM_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|__PL
001 | 129 | ........63 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ........63 | ..58717512 | PRI
002 | 129 | ..58717567 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ..58717567 | ..51713169 | PRI
003 | 129 | .110430809 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ..51713298 | ..58717512 | PRI
004 | 129 | .110430810 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | .110430873 | .209728512 | LOG
005 | 129 | .320159384 | ...NTFS | .BBS | .110430873 | .209728512 | PRI
006 | 129 | .........0 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | ........63 | .110430747 | PRI
007 | 129 | .........0 | ....EXT | PTE2 | ..58717575 | .261441810 | PRI
129/008:47/LOG> PartList items created: 6
### PARTLIST.ARRAY ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|_PTE_|__BS_|_BBS_|F8FF_|___S_|___L_|__PL_|_C_|___R
001 | ...NTFS | ..6 | ... | ... | ..0 | ..6 | ..6 | ..6 | 1 | ...
002 | ...NTFS | ... | ..1 | ... | ..0 | ..1 | ..1 | ..1 | 1 | ..B
003 | ...NTFS | ... | ... | ..3 | ..0 | ..3 | ..3 | ..3 | 1 | ..B
004 | ...NTFS | ... | ..2 | ... | ..0 | ..2 | ..2 | ..2 | 1 | ..B
005 | ...NTFS | ..4 | ... | ... | ..0 | ..4 | ..4 | ..4 | 1 | ...
006 | ...NTFS | ... | ... | ..5 | ..0 | ..5 | ..5 | ..5 | 1 | ..B
### PARTLIST.ARRAY.INTERPRETED ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|________END_|__PL_|___R_|___A
001 | ...NTFS | ........63 | .110430747 | .110430809 | PRI | ... | ..X
002 | ...NTFS | ........63 | ..58717512 | ..58717574 | PRI | ..B | ..X
003 | ...NTFS | ..51713298 | ..58717512 | .110430809 | PRI | ..B | ..X
004 | ...NTFS | ..58717567 | ..51713169 | .110430735 | PRI | ..B | ..?
005 | ...NTFS | .110430873 | .209728512 | .320159384 | LOG | ... | ..X
006 | ...NTFS | .110430873 | .209728512 | .320159384 | PRI | ..B | ..X
129/008:47/SST> SaveState requested for disk 1 (129)
129/008:47/WAS> AdmiSectors in use : 0+ 1+
129/008:48/SST> SaveState completed for disk 1 (129)
129/008:48/EXE> Analysis complete
129/008:52/LOG> RunTime: 008:52
129/008:52/LOG> ### CLOSE LOG ###

[Tom]

3 things:

It would have been nice if you described symptoms and the situation, as we request in our much read sticky posts.

The disk health is low, so look at that. Run a disk health check (check the walkthroughs in the DiskPatch manual). Post the resulting log file.

It seems that not all partitions are in the partition table, so it is to be expected that currently not all partitions are accesible. This in itself can be fixed by DiskPatch, but i can't say if that will make the partitions accessible again; we don't have enough information to make that guess, so you'll have to try.
If the disk health turns out te be bad, you may need to clone the disk before attempting repairs.

[X5nut]

Tom,
The underlying issue was a failed Norton Partition Magic merge of the C: partition and an adjacent smaller partition to increase the size of C: for the pruposes of creating more capacity and to continue to use the drive. The poor health of the drive was unknown at that time, and we believe that was the root cause of the failure.
I ran a SMART check and posted here...
I am off to work ( its early am here in Florida!!) so I will check back later as to what the next steps should be.. I have a partitioned 500Gb drive into two segments that I can use to clone the entire disk to in order to repair the partitons, but I am unlcear as to how that can be achieved. I have never cloned a bad drive before...A little insight would be very helpful..

Regards,


Detected Controllers

  Disk Controller 1
    Device Vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8086
    Device ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 24CB
    Device  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel ICH4 IDE Controller
    Device Location . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bus 0, Device 31, Function 1
    Device Ports  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : A800-A807, A400-A403, A000-A007, 9800-9803, 9400-940F

Physical Disk Information - Disk: #0

  Hard Disk Summary
    Hard Disk Number  . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
    Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : IDE/ATA
    Connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : PM
    Hard Disk Model ID  . . . . . . . . . . : SAMSUNG SV0602H
    Hard Disk Revision  . . . . . . . . . . : RH100-11
    Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . : 0526J1CW704973
    Hard Disk Total Size  . . . . . . . . . : 61976 MB
    Current Temperature:  . . . . . . . . . : ?
    Power on time . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2003 days, 2 hours, 51 minutes
    Health: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 100 %
    Performance:  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 100 %

  ATA Information
    Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . : 17475
    Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
    Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 117304992
    ATA Revision  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6
    Bytes Per Sector  . . . . . . . . . . . : 554
    Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2048 KB
    Multiple Sectors  . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Error Correction Bytes  . . . . . . . . : 4
    Unformatted Capacity  . . . . . . . . . : 61976 MB
    Maximum PIO Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
    Maximum Multiword DMA Mode  . . . . . . : 2
    Maximum UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 100 MB/s (5)
    Active UDMA Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . : 100 MB/s (5)
    Minimum multiword DMA transfer time . . : 120 ns
    Recommended multiword DMA transfer time : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO transfer time without IORDY : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO transfer time with IORDY  . : 120 ns
    ATA Control Byte  . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid

  Acoustic Management Configuration
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . : Disabled
    Current Acoustic Level  . . . . . . . . : Default (00h)
    Recommended Acoustic Level  . . . . . . : Min performance and volume (80h)

  EIDE Properties
    Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    S.M.A.R.T.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    48-bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Device Configuration Overlay  . . . . . : Not Supported
    IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Read/Write DMA Queue  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    64-bit World Wide ID  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Long Physical Sectors (1) . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Long Logical Sectors  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    NV Cache Feature  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported

  S.M.A.R.T. Details
    Off-line data collection  . . . . . . . : Never started
    Self test execution status  . . . . . . : Succesfully completed
    Total time to complete off-line data ...: 1920 seconds
    Execute off-line immediate  . . . . . . : Supported
    Abort/restart off-line by host  . . . . : Not Supported
    Off-line read scanning  . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Extended Self-test  . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Conveyance self-test  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Selective self-test . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Save data before/after power saving mode: Supported
    Enable/Disable attribute autosave . . . : Supported
    Error logging capability  . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short self-test estimated time  . . . . : 1 minutes
    Extended self-test estimated time . . . : 32 minutes

  Security Mode
    Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Security Erase  . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Security Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : 34 minutes
    Security Enhanced Erase Feature . . . . : Supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Time  . . . . . : 34 minutes
    Security Enabled  . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Locked . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Counter Expired  . . . . . . . : No
    Security Level  . . . . . . . . . . . . : High

  Serial ATA Features
    S-ATA Compliance  . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps) . . . : Not Supported
    S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps)  . . . : Not Supported
    Receipt Of Power Management Requests ...: Not Supported
    PHY Event Counters  . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS: Not Supported
    DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization  . : Not Supported
    Device Initiating Interface Power Man...: Not Supported
    In-Order Data Delivery  . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Asynchronous Notification . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Software Settings Preservation  . . . . : Not Supported
    Native Command Queuing  . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Queue Length  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported

  S.M.A.R.T.
    1  : Raw Read Error Rate            Threshold=0   Value=100 Worst=100 Data=0000000002D5 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate, Statistical
    4  : Start/Stop Count               Threshold=0   Value=99  Worst=99  Data=0000000003F6 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
    5  : Reallocated Sectors Count      Threshold=9   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK                        Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical
    7  : Seek Error Rate                Threshold=51  Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK                        Flags=Error-rate, Statistical, Critical
    8  : Seek Time Performance          Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Performance
    9  : Power-On Time Count            Threshold=0   Value=91  Worst=91  Data=000000580716 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
    12 : Drive Power Cycle Count        Threshold=0   Value=100 Worst=100 Data=0000000001FE Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
    194: HDD Temperature                Threshold=0   Value=157 Worst=106 Data=000000000141 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Statistical
    197: Current Pending Sector Count   Threshold=9   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK                        Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical
    198: Off-Line Uncorrectable Sect... Threshold=9   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK                        Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Critical
    199: Ultra ATA CRC Error Count      Threshold=0   Value=100 Worst=100 Data=000000000001 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate, Statistical
    200: Write Error Rate               Threshold=51  Value=100 Worst=100 Data=000000000000 Status=OK                        Flags=Error-rate, Statistical, Critical
    201: Soft Read Error Rate           Threshold=51  Value=100 Worst=100 Data=000000000000 Status=OK                        Flags=Error-rate, Statistical, Critical

Physical Disk Information - Disk: #1

  Hard Disk Summary
    Hard Disk Number  . . . . . . . . . . . : 1
    Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : IDE/ATA
    Connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : PS
    Hard Disk Model ID  . . . . . . . . . . : Maxtor 6Y160L0
    Hard Disk Revision  . . . . . . . . . . : YAR41VW0
    Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . : Y60L62HE
    Hard Disk Total Size  . . . . . . . . . : 156335 MB
    Current Temperature:  . . . . . . . . . : 41 ?C (106 ?F)
    Power on time . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1814 days, 18 hours, 18 minutes
    Health: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 13 %
    Performance:  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 92 %

  ATA Information
    Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . : 17475
    Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
    Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 320173056
    ATA Revision  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 7
    Bytes Per Sector  . . . . . . . . . . . : 512
    Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2048 KB
    Multiple Sectors  . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Error Correction Bytes  . . . . . . . . : 57
    Unformatted Capacity  . . . . . . . . . : 156334 MB
    Maximum PIO Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
    Maximum Multiword DMA Mode  . . . . . . : 2
    Maximum UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 133 MB/s (6)
    Active UDMA Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . : 100 MB/s (5)
    Minimum multiword DMA transfer time . . : 120 ns
    Recommended multiword DMA transfer time : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO transfer time without IORDY : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO transfer time with IORDY  . : 120 ns
    ATA Control Byte  . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid

  Acoustic Management Configuration
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . : Enabled
    Current Acoustic Level  . . . . . . . . : Max performance and volume (FEh)
    Recommended Acoustic Level  . . . . . . : Balanced performance and volume (C0h)

  EIDE Properties
    Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    S.M.A.R.T.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . : Supported
    Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    48-bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Device Configuration Overlay  . . . . . : Supported
    IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Read/Write DMA Queue  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    64-bit World Wide ID  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Long Physical Sectors (1) . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Long Logical Sectors  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    NV Cache Feature  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported

  S.M.A.R.T. Details
    Off-line data collection  . . . . . . . : Aborted by interrupting command from host
    Self test execution status  . . . . . . : Succesfully completed
    Total time to complete off-line data ...: 303 seconds
    Execute off-line immediate  . . . . . . : Supported
    Abort/restart off-line by host  . . . . : Not Supported
    Off-line read scanning  . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Extended Self-test  . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Conveyance self-test  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Selective self-test . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Save data before/after power saving mode: Supported

[Tom]

The underlying issue was a failed Norton Partition Magic merge of the C: partition and an adjacent smaller partition to increase the size of C: for the pruposes of creating more capacity and to continue to use the drive.

Now see, THAT is relevant info and changes the picture quite a bit. Failed partition merges are a good recipe for disaster. In fact, i think even starting one is... Anyway, usually an interrupted merge (depending on how far the operation got) means end of story. You could try that diskpatch repair to see if volumes become accessible again, but that's not guaranteed. To top it off we don't see the interesting bit of the health log, we're missing the SMART section. Please try that again, or make sure to only post the portion of that health log that is relevant to the problem disk.

Options:
1. repair the partition table using DiskPatch and try to access the volume. If that doesn't work:
2. use iRecover to lift data from the damaged volumes. In this case repairing won't happen.

Whether the disk needs to be cloned or not i can't really tell now, we'll need to see the complete health log first.

If you decide to jump in and perform that repair with DiskPatch, make sure to read our refund policy first. We try to cater for this sort of situation by having a flexible refund policy, but it's still good to make sure you've read it before going ahead.

[X5nut]

Tom,
since the drive is nearly dead, I'm not concernd about fixng, just getting as much of the data back as I can...Would iRecover be a better option in this case to get the data from the two important partitions rather than trying to clone and repair? Data= business back up 

I will post the health log as soon as i figure out how to get that from the demo..I must be missing that piece, but i will re-readthe notes on the site to get it right..

Appreciate the insight.

Regards...

[Tom]

If the disk is indeed dying and the data is important, you have only one course of action: clone the disk first, then use iRecover on the clone.

[X5nut]

any suggested software for cloning this damaged disk? Not a process I have had to experience yet...

[Tom]

DiskPatch is one of the best (and most affordable) cloners out there, but the choice is obviously yours.
You seem to have developed the idea now that cloning is the only way to go but that has not been my suggestion (although it's always a good idea). We still haven't seen the report i asked for and my suggestions were based on what we've seen sofar (which isn't a lot). So did you find out anything more then? What's the reason you are now sure you want to clone the disk?

If you decide to go ahead with the cloning, make sure to read the manual part that explains the procedure.

[X5nut]

Hello Tom..
I would send you that report, but I seem to be unable to generate the report you are asking for ..
I did a SMART report, and I did a analysis report ( initially), so I'm not sure what other report you are referring to..
Guide me as to where to find it / run it, and I'll send it right away.. My position for wanting to clone is the 12% health of the drive more than anything else..

UPDATE:

I went in again and re-read the manual, and apparently i must have done something wrong the first time I ran the SMART report, as I re ran the report, and got a completely different output... user error...

See report below. this is the disk with the issues...


Detected Controllers

  Disk Controller 1
    Device Vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8086
    Device ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 24CB
    Device  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel ICH4 IDE Controller
    Device Location . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bus 0, Device 31, Function 1
    Device Ports  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : A800-A807, A400-A403, A000-A007, 9800-9803, 9400-940F

Physical Disk Information - Disk: #1

  Hard Disk Summary
    Hard Disk Number  . . . . . . . . . . . : 1
    Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : IDE/ATA
    Connection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : PS
    Hard Disk Model ID  . . . . . . . . . . : Maxtor 6Y160L0
    Hard Disk Revision  . . . . . . . . . . : YAR41VW0
    Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . : Y60L62HE
    Hard Disk Total Size  . . . . . . . . . : 156335 MB
    Current Temperature:  . . . . . . . . . : 40 ?C (104 ?F)
    Power on time . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1815 days, 2 hours, 21 minutes
    Health: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 13 %
    Performance:  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 92 %

  ATA Information
    Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . : 17475
    Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
    Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 320173056
    ATA Revision  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 7
    Bytes Per Sector  . . . . . . . . . . . : 512
    Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2048 KB
    Multiple Sectors  . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Error Correction Bytes  . . . . . . . . : 57
    Unformatted Capacity  . . . . . . . . . : 156334 MB
    Maximum PIO Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
    Maximum Multiword DMA Mode  . . . . . . : 2
    Maximum UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 133 MB/s (6)
    Active UDMA Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . : 100 MB/s (5)
    Minimum multiword DMA transfer time . . : 120 ns
    Recommended multiword DMA transfer time : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO transfer time without IORDY : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO transfer time with IORDY  . : 120 ns
    ATA Control Byte  . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid

  Acoustic Management Configuration
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . : Enabled
    Current Acoustic Level  . . . . . . . . : Max performance and volume (FEh)
    Recommended Acoustic Level  . . . . . . : Balanced performance and volume (C0h)

  EIDE Properties
    Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    S.M.A.R.T.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . : Supported
    Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    48-bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Device Configuration Overlay  . . . . . : Supported
    IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Read/Write DMA Queue  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    64-bit World Wide ID  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Long Physical Sectors (1) . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Long Logical Sectors  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    NV Cache Feature  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported

  S.M.A.R.T. Details
    Off-line data collection  . . . . . . . : Aborted by interrupting command from host
    Self test execution status  . . . . . . : Succesfully completed
    Total time to complete off-line data ...: 303 seconds
    Execute off-line immediate  . . . . . . : Supported
    Abort/restart off-line by host  . . . . : Not Supported
    Off-line read scanning  . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Extended Self-test  . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Conveyance self-test  . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Selective self-test . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Save data before/after power saving mode: Supported
    Enable/Disable attribute autosave . . . : Supported
    Error logging capability  . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short self-test estimated time  . . . . : 2 minutes
    Extended self-test estimated time . . . : 73 minutes

  Security Mode
    Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Security Erase  . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Security Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Feature . . . . : Not Supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Time  . . . . . : Not Supported
    Security Enabled  . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Locked . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Counter Expired  . . . . . . . : No
    Security Level  . . . . . . . . . . . . : High

  Serial ATA Features
    S-ATA Compliance  . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps) . . . : Not Supported
    S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps)  . . . : Not Supported
    Receipt Of Power Management Requests ...: Not Supported
    PHY Event Counters  . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS: Not Supported
    DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization  . : Not Supported
    Device Initiating Interface Power Man...: Not Supported
    In-Order Data Delivery  . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Asynchronous Notification . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Software Settings Preservation  . . . . : Not Supported
    Native Command Queuing  . . . . . . . . : Not Supported
    Queue Length  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not Supported

  S.M.A.R.T.
    3  : Spin Up Time                   Threshold=63  Value=179 Worst=177 Data=000000006297 Status=OK                        Flags=Self Preserving, Performance, Statistical, Critical
    4  : Start/Stop Count               Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=00000000049F Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
    5  : Reallocated Sectors Count      Threshold=63  Value=173 Worst=173 Data=00000000032B Status=OK                        Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical
    6  : Read Channel Margin            Threshold=100 Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK                        Flags=Critical
    7  : Seek Error Rate                Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate, Statistical
    8  : Seek Time Performance          Threshold=187 Value=253 Worst=245 Data=00000000AE68 Status=OK                        Flags=Self Preserving, Performance, Statistical, Critical
    9  : Power-On Time Count            Threshold=0   Value=134 Worst=134 Data=00000000E1ED Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
    10 : Spin Retry Count               Threshold=157 Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000000 Status=OK                        Flags=Self Preserving, Error-rate, Statistical, Critical
    11 : Drive Calibration Retry Count  Threshold=223 Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000000 Status=OK                        Flags=Self Preserving, Error-rate, Statistical, Critical
    12 : Drive Power Cycle Count        Threshold=0   Value=251 Worst=251 Data=00000000049D Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
    192: Power off Retract Cycle        Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
    193: Load/Unload Cycle Count        Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
    194: HDD Temperature                Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000028 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
    195: Hardware ECC Recovered         Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000312 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate, Statistical
    196: Reallocation Event Count       Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate
    197: Current Pending Sector Count   Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate
    198: Off-Line Uncorrectable Sect... Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate
    199: Ultra ATA CRC Error Count      Threshold=0   Value=199 Worst=199 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate
    200: Write Error Rate               Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate, Statistical
    201: Soft Read Error Rate           Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=252 Data=00000000000B Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate, Statistical
    202: Data Address Mark Errors       Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate, Statistical
    203: Run Out Cancel                 Threshold=180 Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000001 Status=OK                        Flags=Error-rate, Statistical, Critical
    204: Soft ECC Correction            Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate, Statistical
    205: Thermal Asperity Rate          Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Error-rate, Statistical
    207: Spin High Current              Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Error-rate, Statistical
    208: Spin Buzz                      Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=252 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Error-rate, Statistical
    209: Offline Seek Performance       Threshold=0   Value=205 Worst=201 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Self Preserving, Performance
    99 : Vendor-specific                Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Performance
    100: Vendor-specific                Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Performance
    101: Vendor-specific                Threshold=0   Value=253 Worst=253 Data=000000000000 Status=OK (Always passing)       Flags=Performance

[Tom]

Yes, that 12% (13% in the report) would be a very good indicator that cloning is needed. I'd say get started as quickly as possible, that is, if you want to clone. If you have backups you may just simply ditch the disk and replace it, then reinstall everything.

[X5nut]

no backups...just what was on the disk and the 2 partitions... So is my best option here to do cloning and then iRecover or you think the drive will handle the iRecover process?
How do you go about cloning a disk that doesnt show all the partitions? sector based cloning?

[Tom]

It's not wise to run iRecover (or anything anymore) on this drive, if recovery is hi-priority, which it seems to be because there are no backups. Clone the disk ASAP.
Cloning is (always) done on a sector by sector basis, so what's on the source disk is of no concern: everything (hopefully) is copied.
Clone the disk, then run iRecover on the cloned disk (the result disk).

Again i would like to say: read the manual, at least the clone part. The manual is well written and explains everything you've asked sofar. Also, the walkthroughs are very handy, they include step-by-step explanations and screenshots. Take a look, it'll help you get underway.