Physical drives are tangible media, such as:
| DRIVES | REMARKS | |
|---|---|---|
|
Hard drive | IDE, SATA, SCSI, any capacity |
|
SSD | SATA, internal, any capacity |
|
USB Drive | USB, USB-2, USB-3, USB-C, any capacity |
|
Floppy | 3.5", 5.25", Zip, Jaz drive, any capacity |
|
SD Card | Standard and Micro SD, SDHC, SDXC, Memory Sticks |
|
Flash drive | Flash drives, Thumb drives |
They have specific names:
| Name | Alternate Name*) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DISK0 | HD128 | 1st physical drive |
| DISK1 | HD129 | 2nd physical drive |
| : | : | more physical drives |
| FD0 | 1st diskette drive | |
| FD1 | 2nd diskette drive | |
| *) The alternate drive names HD128, HD129, etc. originate from the BIOS interrupt 13h in the early days of computing. The number of the first drive was 128, therefore the name HD128. Other programs from Runtime Software still use the alternate notation. Virtual Images in GetDataBack also do. | ||
These drives are all shown in GetDataBack's first screen, Select Drive. If a drive is not shown, check its cabling, or try on a different machine.
If a physical drive is reporting read errors, consider to stop working with the corrupted drive until you make a disk image. (Every try to access data can increase corruption) After successfully creating an image, you can use the image file as an input for GetDataBack.
See also: Drives, Logical drive, Image, Virtual Image, Create image