acronis image corrupt, hdd damaged

[gmcpaul]

Hi!

Got a searios problem =>
i made an image of an "dying" hdd.
during the imaging progress, the harddisk had an headcrash, so i got an corrupted .tib file.

i cant mount/explore the image, and verify doesnt work at all... :(
is there a way to help me out and repair this image
help...:-[

[seekforever]

Have you sucessfully validated and mounted/explored images on that PC before? If not, try the tib files on another PC.

AFAIK, there is no way to fix up a bad tib file. You would might have better luck trying to run data recovery tools on the HD if it runs at all.

[gmcpaul]

nope file didnt verify. => drive died during the backup progress => and the whole system where the backup was made freezed and crashed.
=> so the .tib file was written but not finished...

i guess there is no way to recover the data but to send the drive to an recovery lab...

[Mark_Phelps]

If the drive does spin up, you can try using GetDataBack to recover some files. I've used that repeatedly on corrupted volumes.

But if it doesn't spin up, you're right -- sending it off to a recovery service is the only solution. Be prepared to spend MAJOR bucks, though!!