Recovering portion(s) of file with CRC (cyclic redundancy check) errors in Robocopy

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Published on 2010-06-15T16:27:59Z Indexed on 2010/06/15 16:33 UTC
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Is it possible to recover portions of files with CRC errors? If so, how?

I have a partially damaged hard drive (2.5" SATA) that I have partially recovered using Spinrite 6.0 (took 2 weeks to run!). I have been successful in getting many of the files off of the drive using Robocopy . /V /S /E /COPY:DAT /R:1 /W:0, but some of the files get to +/- 90% in Robocopy and then fail with a CRC Data Error (cyclic redundancy check). I am wondering if it is possible to recover the first 90% of the file and try to recover it in a text editor.

1.0%
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91.0%
91.1%
2010/06/14 18:21:13 ERROR 23 (0x00000017) Copying File F:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{GUID}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Mailbox Folder.dbx Data error (cyclic redundancy check).

Thanks in advance!

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