AKICIDW: Fixing a cranky external hard drive

[carbonel]

I have a 3Tb external hard drive that's about half full. Unfortunately, something has gone wrong with it. When I tried to run the Windows error checking utility, it ran for quite a while, then hung.

I can see all the files, but a lot of them just return error messages or do nothing if I try to copy them. There's nothing critical if I can't recover the disk (it's mostly audiobooks and videos), but I don't have a backup.

Is there some better utility that you can recommend that will fix the drive and salvage what can be salvaged?

Comments

[tournevis]

You say that there is nothing too crucial, but if you decide otherwise, I strongly suggest getting a copy of SpinRight from GRC. It's the best recovery tool I know. https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm