Method and system for identifying and recovering a file damaged by a hard drive failure
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1. A method for identifying and recovering a file damaged by a hard drive failure, the method comprising:
- monitoring event logs;
mapping at least one failing sector to at least one corresponding corrupted file if a hard drive failure is detected;
for each corrupted file, providing a selection of remedial procedures to a user;
receiving a selected remedial procedure from the user; and
performing a selected remedial procedure based on the at least one corrupted file, wherein the selection comprises;
restoring at least one corrupted file from a backup file;
resetting at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file; and
restoring at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file.
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Abstract
A method and system for identifying and recovering a file damaged by a hard drive failure. The method includes monitoring event logs, mapping at least one failing sector to at least one corresponding corrupted file if a hard drive failure is detected, and performing a selected remedial procedure based on the at least one corrupted file. According to the method and system disclosed herein, the user is quickly informed of the corrupted file and is given choices for remedial procedures.
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1. A method for identifying and recovering a file damaged by a hard drive failure, the method comprising:
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monitoring event logs; mapping at least one failing sector to at least one corresponding corrupted file if a hard drive failure is detected; for each corrupted file, providing a selection of remedial procedures to a user; receiving a selected remedial procedure from the user; and performing a selected remedial procedure based on the at least one corrupted file, wherein the selection comprises; restoring at least one corrupted file from a backup file; resetting at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file; and restoring at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable storage medium containing program instructions for identifying and recovering a file damaged by a hard drive failure, the program instructions which when executed by a computer system cause the computer system to execute a method comprising:
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monitoring event logs; mapping at least one failing sector to at least one corresponding corrupted file if a hard drive failure is detected; for each corrupted file, providing a selection of remedial procedures to a user; and receiving a selected remedial procedure from the user; and performing a selected remedial procedure based on the at least one corrupted file, wherein the selection comprises; restoring at least one corrupted file from a backup file; resetting at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file; and restoring at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for identifying and recovering a file damaged by a hard drive failure, the system comprising:
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a processor; an operating system operatively coupled to the processor; and a recovery application operatively coupled to the operating system, wherein the recovery application comprises program instructions for; monitoring event logs; mapping at least one failing sector to at least one corresponding corrupted file if a hard drive failure is detected; for each corrupted file, providing a selection of remedial procedures to a user; receiving a selected remedial procedure from the user; and performing a selected remedial procedure based on the at least one corrupted file, wherein the selection comprises; restoring at least one corrupted file from a backup file; resetting at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file; and restoring at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for identifying and recovering a file damaged by a hard drive failure, the method comprising:
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monitoring event logs; mapping at least one failing sector to at least one corresponding corrupted file if a hard drive failure is detected; and performing a selected remedial procedure based on the at least one corrupted file, wherein the selected remedial procedure comprises one of; restoring at least one corrupted file from a backup file; resetting at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file; and restoring at least one failing sector corresponding to the corrupted file.
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