If your PC or portable media device will not start, freezes or crashes then it likely that the disk has errors. DriveRestore Professional will analyze a drive for errors, diagnose what the problems are and automatically repair them.
A computer disk includes a Master Boot Record (MBR). The MBR is located in sector 0 of the physical disk and contains important information regarding system start-up. It also contains up to four entries describing volume locations, file system types, etc. If the Master Boor Record (MBR) becomes corrupted, then the PC may no longer boot, drives can become inaccessible, etc.
DriveRestore Professional will repair:
• Corrupted partitions.
• Virus damaged file systems.
• Corrupted MBRs - Disk Boot failure.
• Invalid media errors.
• Invalid drive specification errors.
DriveRestore Professional will repair:
• Corrupted partitions.
• Virus damaged file systems.
• Corrupted MBRs - Disk Boot failure.
• Invalid media errors.
• Invalid drive specification errors.
• A Corrupted MFT (corrupted Master File Table).
• Corrupted Boot Sectors and corrupted partition tables.
A disk may also include an Extended Partition (EP). An Extended Partition replaces one of the primary partitions and was introduced to enable the physical disk to be divided into more than four logical drives. The EP boot sector retains information about how many partitions there are within the Extended Partition, where they are located, etc. If an extended partition becomes corrupted then drives may no longer be accessible.
DriveRestore Professional will analyze the Master boot record, partition tables, Extended partition boot sector, Active partitions, system areas, etc., for errors and automatically repair them. DriveRestore Professional will also surface scan the PC drives for physical damage.
DriveRestore Professional will analyze the Master boot record, partition tables, Extended partition boot sector, Active partitions, system areas, etc., for errors and automatically repair them. DriveRestore Professional will also surface scan the PC drives for physical damage.
When a drive repair is made, only the partition table or boot sector is modified, thereby ensuring the integrity of the drive and its file data.
PC Recovery is as simple as 1, 2, 3.
The faulty PC hard disk must be connected as a secondary hard disk to a healthy computer. Install the software on the healthy computer.
Step 1:
Select a drive to diagnose
Select the drive to diagnose by selecting from the drive selection window. Drives are listed as “Logical Drives”, “Removable Drives” and “Physical Drives”.
Step 2:
Select the diagnostic type and analyze the drive
DriveRestore Professional includes two drive diagnostic scan type options.
Boot Sector Analysis
This is the fastest diagnostic mode and will identify the majority of drive errors.
A boot sector analysis will diagnose the boot (0) sector for system area errors e.g. valid MBR values, valid Partition values, valid file system, etc. This is a very fast diagnostic type and will only take a few seconds to complete.
Drive Diagnostics
This is an extensive diagnostic type. Drive diagnostics will scan the entire drive, including a surface scan. Depending on the drive size this may take a long time to complete. An approximate time to completion is displayed on the progress bar.
Drive Diagnostics is the most comprehensive diagnostic type. Drive Diagnostics will scan the entire drive for errors including; Bad blocks (physical disk damage), valid MBR values, valid Partition values, a valid file system, “Active” partition status, valid drive parameters, valid partition table, etc. In addition (if selected in Manual Options), it will also detect and display deleted partitions and overlapping partitions that a Lost Drive Scan will not otherwise detect.
Step 3:
Review the diagnostic results and repair the drive
When a drive analysis completes, the computers drive health will be displayed. The number and severity of the errors determine the drive health status. The overall drive health status is ranked as Excellent, Good, Moderate and Poor.
Repairing the drive
When the analysis phase completes, the errors will be displayed. All errors are automatically selected (ticked) for repair, these may be un-ticked or ticked as required. If the user is non-technical then it is recommended that all automatically selected errors should be repaired. The Wizard will guide the user through the repair process.
Select “Automated Recovery” to repair the drive.
Boot Sector Analysis
This is the fastest diagnostic mode and will identify the majority of drive errors.
A boot sector analysis will diagnose the boot (0) sector for system area errors e.g. valid MBR values, valid Partition values, valid file system, etc. This is a very fast diagnostic type and will only take a few seconds to complete.
Drive Diagnostics
This is an extensive diagnostic type. Drive diagnostics will scan the entire drive, including a surface scan. Depending on the drive size this may take a long time to complete. An approximate time to completion is displayed on the progress bar.
Drive Diagnostics is the most comprehensive diagnostic type. Drive Diagnostics will scan the entire drive for errors including; Bad blocks (physical disk damage), valid MBR values, valid Partition values, a valid file system, “Active” partition status, valid drive parameters, valid partition table, etc. In addition (if selected in Manual Options), it will also detect and display deleted partitions and overlapping partitions that a Lost Drive Scan will not otherwise detect.
Step 3:
Review the diagnostic results and repair the drive
When a drive analysis completes, the computers drive health will be displayed. The number and severity of the errors determine the drive health status. The overall drive health status is ranked as Excellent, Good, Moderate and Poor.
Repairing the drive
When the analysis phase completes, the errors will be displayed. All errors are automatically selected (ticked) for repair, these may be un-ticked or ticked as required. If the user is non-technical then it is recommended that all automatically selected errors should be repaired. The Wizard will guide the user through the repair process.
Select “Automated Recovery” to repair the drive.
