Number of read retries

[AJRussell]

Greetings,

I just started using the DIY DataRecover to recover the partition tables that were wiped out by a third-party back-up utility designed to recover a partition from a back-up file. That utility messed up the hard disk causing all of my partitions to disappear.
I was able to start using the DIY DataRecover boot CD, which had recovered the partitions and it was in the read-only scan function when it froze after scanning the first partition at about 66%. It stayed there for ten minutes with no keyboard access; there was no hard disk activity.

So I restarted the utility, now after I put the license code, it starts to do its start up checks and hangs at the "number or read retries" point. I have tried to restart a couple of times, but I do not want to scramble the hard drive again.

Please advise,

Stewart J. Miller

[Tom]

This sounds like a potential FreeDOS incompatibility problem. Try this distribution, it has Win98 DOS boot files.
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/downloads/Demo/DiskPatch_Setup_w98dos.exe
Uninstall your current version first.

Also, it might be a hardware problem, so run the disk health check and see if that tells you something.
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_smartcheck.htm