Seagate 2TB Unallocated, Unknown, Not Initialized

OK. With the original WD cable, plug it into your PC and run Partition Recovery Wizard as indicated in my post # 16 and post the screenshot. Close PW and do not do anything else till I examine the screenshot and tell you the next step.

"But it shows up as bad disk - I remember you said if Bad disk there's no hope.."

Hope or no hope we shall try our best. In data recovery nothing is certain till it becomes certain That till hasn't come yet.

Do it at your own time. I won't go missing :) especially when I am into the thread.

jumanji said:

OK. With the original WD cable, plug it into your PC and run Partition Recovery Wizard as indicated in my post # 16 and post the screenshot. Close PW and do not do anything else till I examine the screenshot and tell you the next step.

"But it shows up as bad disk - I remember you said if Bad disk there's no hope.."

Hope or no hope we shall try our best. In data recovery nothing is certain till it becomes certain That till hasn't come yet.

Do it at your own time. I won't go missing :) especially when I am into the thread.

Ok I'm running it now. Is it correct to look like this?

And just curious will this minitool damage the HDD any further? As it takes long to run, I wonder if it does anything. Just to be safe. I'm so paranoid nowadays.

also to mention that hard disk is blinking white light when doing this - is it ok?

PW only scans the drive. Does not write anything to it. So don't worry. I am much more paranoid than you when dealing with data recovery.

Did it complete the scan? Scan percentage shows 0%. Also it did not find the partition start point at sector 2048.

Current status.... is it ok?

should I still continue..?

No need. Click on cancel and close PW.

I have to plan my next strategy now. Will take sometime. You can look for my post tom morning by 10:00hrs ( my time) or later.

Before you go to sleep post a Windows Disk Management screenshot again. This time of course with the WD original cable. Just want to confirm it is the same as before.

Yes same. the previous screenshot on Disk Management was already using the ori cable.

OK, We shall now try TestDisk and see what it shows. Follow the process in my post#6 here WD Elements being read as RAW // Contents readable through app - Windows 7 Help Forums

If at any time you get a screen different from what is posted there or you have any doubts on how to proceed further, stop,take that screenshot, close TestDisk and ask for clarification. Do not try to experiment on your own. ( You can close TestDisk anytime by clicking on the X in the top right of the Title bar.)

jumanji said:

OK, We shall now try TestDisk and see what it shows. Follow the process in my post#6 here WD Elements being read as RAW // Contents readable through app - Windows 7 Help Forums

If at any time you get a screen different from what is posted there or you have any doubts on how to proceed further, stop,take that screenshot, close TestDisk and ask for clarification. Do not try to experiment on your own. ( You can close TestDisk anytime by clicking on the X in the top right of the Title bar.)

Very, very good post you have done in that thread.:):):)
The same program I used in my thread I linked to in post three.
The program is very good and the best part is that it works for all operating systems.. and is available as bootable usb/dvd

I throw in these links if he wants to read more about TestDisk.
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk