Serious query for any tech heads out there.
TL/DR: Seeking a good freeware HD repair tool.
I have a 5T external HD that's less than a year old and is now giving me this error:
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It's an Easystore, and I have a 1T from the same manufacturer that's at least four years old that hasn't given me any problems whatsoever. Got the 5T to consolidate some other, older externals. It's only porn stuff, but it has personal caps and rare shares from "The Cappening" in 2015/2016 ish (if you were there and heard of Krystal Palace on volafile, that was my room until it got murdered). I can probably find and resave most of the studio based stuff I've collected (though it would be a pain in the ass), but not my original caps or the rares.
Been trying to see if I can find a freeware disc repair/recovery tool that works decently, but so far it's just "recovery" stuff that would require me to spend about two days to scan the one drive, then transfer any found files to a new one. What I'd prefer to be able to do is see if I can repair the structure. I don't use it often, except to save stuff over, and it's beyond my how it could have been corrupted in the conditions I have here.
If anyone has a recommendations, I'd appreciate it. Not exactly the kind of thing you want to take to Best Buy and see if the Geek Squad can do something with it, and things have moved beyond my skills - I learned to program in Cobal for fucks sake, so I'm a little on the old side and a lot of this shit has passed me by.