Problem with WD external HD

jumanji,

I never cease to be amazed by the knowledge of folks on this site - thank you for a wonderful guide.

I was reluctant to suggest trying another PC until it could be determined that the External disk did not contain malware. But that is up to the user - I did notice that the version of Windows might make a difference too (XP or Win7)

I do have a question re: Test disk - comments made by others on your thread seem to point to various "versions" of Test disk; comments on UBCD and Parted Magic in particular. I checked your reference in post# 1 and it seems to be fairly recent, so my confusion probably stems from UBCD and Parted Magic. It seems as though much of this is Open source and has been incorporated in a number of offerings. Is one a better option than the other or is it a matter of personal preference?

This is a great disk reference and I will certainly use it when necessary.

jumanji said:

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Regain a lost drive using Test Disk - An Illustrated Guide

For other users reading: I don't mean to confuse the issue, jumanji is the go-to reference on this. Follow the instructions given in the "Regain a lost drive..." thread and ignore my question. If there is helpful information to be gained from my question, I'm fairly sure jumanji will post it here.

I also see that the WD disk utility was referenced in that thread. I've used that on my own drive with limited success - most of the times it told me everything was fine. I think the Test disk utility will provide better diagnostics and hopefully recovery.

Bill
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Bill I was just wondering too perhaps Speccy or SIW could come up with the drive info as both tend to spit out enormous lists of specs including the drive (or whatever) including details which are a mystery to me.

See pics of my data HDD one is Speccy and the other SIW - would these be of any use to find what is being looked for?

John,

I'm not sure if Speccy or SI would read the USB drive info - WD Diags or Test disk are probable better geared to this.

Eli, are you still working on your friend's drive or are you in out saving water?

Bill
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Slartybart said:

John,

I'm not sure if Speccy or SI would read the USB drive info - WD Diags or Test disk are probable better geared to this.

Eli, are you still working on your friend's drive or are you in out saving water?

Bill
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Yeah Bill you are right as you can see in pics.

Plus thanks for that jumanji tut mate that is so good

Hum jumanji is there a secret to get it to run as I have downloaded it but nothing seems to ant to run.

The other thing was that the 64bit is only available in beta version?

I'm sorry guys something came up. To update you guys, my friend decided to buy a new external HD and took the old one from me. :)

I appreciate your help guys. I've learned a lot from your suggestions.

Thanks a lot. :) am gonna mark this thread as solved.