Data Recovery

[stuart.mccollum]

Hi Guys,
I have an external drive that wouldn't let me copy two video files of it onto another drive. I tried multiple computers and cables and concluded it was a damaged drive. I could open the files and watch them right through, I just couldn't copy them onto another drive as a backup.

Stupidly I ran First Aid via Disk utility and this failed causing the drive to not show up at all when plugged in. I used EaseUS Recovery and can see the files are all still in place, however when I try to recover the two files that wouldn't copy in the first place, the process fails.

Its not a great solution, however, if I am able to watch the files I can simply record them to an external recorder again, the problem is I need the drive to show up on my computer to allow me to do this.

Am I right in thinking if I recover the partition using some software that the files will appear?

 

[Fishrrman]

My guess (and it's only "a guess"):

It might not be a "corrupted drive".
Instead, it is "corrupted FILES".

The finder won't copy a corrupted file.

If the files can be played, but not copied, I'd try this:
- You'll need something like Handbrake (which I believe is still free)
- Open the problem file in handbrake
- What I would try next is to "convert" the file into another format
- That is, if it's a "mov" file, I'd try to convert it to "avi" (or something like that)
- Then, I'd see if Handbrake could "extract" the video from the file, and convert/write it to a NEW file.
- Then, I'd try copying the new file to some other location.

Yes, it's "work".
But it may be the only thing that... "works".

 

[aznboi91]

@stuart.mccollum did you try using any data recovery software? like stellar pheonix?