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Topic: Trying to copy Win8 Partition to external hdd, got an error?

Hello guys,


I have the following error :

Copy /dev/sda5 to /dev/sdb (start at 153.54 GiB)  00:00:00    ( ERROR )
        
calibrate /dev/sda5  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
        
path: /dev/sda5
start: 2,906,112
end: 1,188,614,143
size: 1,185,708,032 (565.39 GiB)
check file system on /dev/sda5 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:00    ( ERROR )
        
ntfsresize -P -i -f -v /dev/sda5
        
ntfsresize v2012.1.15AR.5 (libntfs-3g)
Device name : /dev/sda5
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 607082504704 bytes (607083 MB)
Current device size: 607082512384 bytes (607083 MB)
Checking for bad sectors ...
Bad cluster: 0x7b4938 - 0x7b4938 (1)
Bad cluster: 0x1a00806 - 0x1a00806 (1)
Bad cluster: 0x2858c9c - 0x2858c9c (1)
Bad cluster: 0x2858cac - 0x2858cac (1)
Bad cluster: 0x2858ef3 - 0x2858ef3 (1)
Bad cluster: 0x2858f03 - 0x2858f03 (1)
Bad cluster: 0x2859001 - 0x2859001 (1)
Bad cluster: 0x2859011 - 0x2859011 (1)
Bad cluster: 0x285910f - 0x285910f (1)
Bad cluster: 0x285911f - 0x285911f (1)
ERROR: This software has detected that the disk has at least 10 bad sectors.
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* WARNING: The disk has bad sector. This means physical damage on the disk *
* surface caused by deterioration, manufacturing faults or other reason. *
* The reliability of the disk may stay stable or degrade fast. We suggest *
* making a full backup urgently by running 'ntfsclone --rescue ...' then *
* run 'chkdsk /f /r' on Windows and rebooot it TWICE! Then you can resize *
* NTFS safely by additionally using the --bad-sectors option of ntfsresize.*
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Recently my windows stopped working, and I did a diagnostic which told me the hard drive has a problem. I realized I could access my linux partition and still access my windows partition.

I am trying to copy everything to my external hard drive and as above I get an error.

2 Reply by gedakc

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Re: Trying to copy Win8 Partition to external hdd, got an error?

Thanks for providing the gparted_details.htm log file.  It appears that the drive is failing, and hence the tools used by GParted are unable to reliably work with the file system.

In such a situation you might try making an image copy of the whole drive to another drive using ddrescue.  Or you might consider backing up as many files as you can, then re-installing your OS on a new drive and then restoring your files.