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File copy bit by bit
2010-09-06, 11:13 PM #1
I hate to be a pain and ask this kind of question, but is there such thing as a bit by bit file copying program? I have a large volume of data I need to get off a failing hard drive and over the years there has been some data corruption in previous copies from drive to drive in Windows.
2010-09-06, 11:26 PM #2
What do you think Windows does when it copies files? If the result is corrupted it's because the source is corrupted.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2010-09-06, 11:36 PM #3
Well I can guarantee you that was not the case in the last copy I made on multiple pieces of data. Maybe it has something to do with the failing hard drive? The damn thing shuts down mid-session at least once a day :(

If there is no such program, that simple answer would suffice.
2010-09-07, 12:05 AM #4
Nah, here at Massassi we need to rub your fail in.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-09-07, 12:40 AM #5
AnyReader might work... it's meant to pull data from damaged drives and discs

but it's not free and the trial has a pretty small limit on how much data it will copy
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2010-09-07, 9:00 AM #6
There are various data recovery tools out there, you could look around for those.

Try the freezer trick.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

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