External HD NTFS -> Raw Mmmmmm

ZMan · 04 Mar 2016

jumanji said:

Never mind. Let it take its own time. Do not abort check Disk for any reason. That can make matters worse. If it aborts by itself it is OK - we have no control over it - but note down any error message it throws out when aborting by itself and post.

I shall be peeping into Seven Forums atleast ten times during my day time, and I shall catch you whenever you post.

It finish with no error are display box. I was trying to get some files off it to make sure it alright but I'm having problems reading the data are copying stuff. At this point how would you like to move forward?

whs · 04 Mar 2016

Try a live Linux CD. Those are not quite as fuzzy as Windows.

ZMan · 04 Mar 2016

whs said:

Try a live Linux CD. Those are not quite as fuzzy as Windows.

Sorry, can't assist in this issue. Windows Only.

whs · 04 Mar 2016

What's wrong with a live Linux. Here is my version of an emergency kit:

Emergency Kit - save your files from a dead OS

jumanji · 04 Mar 2016

Please post a screenshot of Windows Disk Management and Partition Wizard as requested in my post #6 for the record..

What exactly is the problem you face when trying to copy? Can you elaborate?

And yes, as whs proposed trying to copy with Live Linux is the next step.

He proposed his baby but I shall propose my baby. You have the choice to pick up the baby you like or think you will be comfortable with. :)

Download Lucid Puppy (Ubuntu Compatible Build) 5.2.8 ISO from Long-Term-Supported WaryPuppy (LTS)

Read this post Is there any way of saving a completely unrecognisable hard drive? and create a Live Lucid Puppy pendrive. ( Back up all data in the pendrive beforehand for you will lose it all when Rufus formats the pendrive during the process of creating the Lucid Puppy pendrive.)

Boot from the Lucid Puppy pendrive and check whether you can recover the data.

[Go to the topic Recovering files from the non-bootable Internal Drive: in this thread Lucid Puppy way to recover files from a non-bootable computer on how-to. In your case it will be your external drive.]

ZMan · 05 Mar 2016

Alright got this posted. Problem is I can't access folders are data below the first folder level of the drive.

jumanji · 05 Mar 2016

1. How is it your 3TB external drive G: is not seen in Partition Wizard? That is very strange.( Earlier it was seen as a GPT drive)

2. Make sure that the 3TB external drive is plugged in, Run PW again and check. Report if it is not seen.( I haven't come across such a situation where the drive shows up in WDM but does not show in Partition Wizard.). If the drive is seen then post a screenshot.

( I may have to get into sector level and examine your drive but shall defer it for now.)

3. From what you have said, I understand that you can explore the drive, see two folders there but unable to open the folders. Is that right? In such a case, do you get any error message? If there is one post the error message verbatim.

All this is not going to stop our previous plan of trying to recover the drive with Live Linux. So go ahead with it as per my previous post #15 after answering the above questions.

ZMan · 05 Mar 2016

It is plug in as you see the window open in the screenshot above. No errors but I can get in to the folders like in the screenshot. Alright I try to get get Live Linux.

jumanji · 05 Mar 2016

No Sir, I do not want you to open My Computer at all and select/click on Drive G:. Reboot your computer.

Just plug in your drive, straightaway launch PW (Start > All Programs > Partition Wizard )and post a screenshot. Let me see whether that makes a difference.

( Many a time, after seeing the drives in Windows Disk Management, when I open another program to look at the drive to perform an action, I get a message that the drive is already locked by another program (even though I had closed WDM before running that program). I have to reboot to release the drive and straightaway run the other program to access the drive.)

ZMan · 05 Mar 2016

It went back to GPT as you can see.