2 TB sata external HD usb broke off

[ICIT2LOL]

Bill sorry for butting in gain but I did just a while ago have this same sort of problem with a La Cie 1TB.

I took this thing apart and inside was what looked like a small circuit board fixed to the bottom of the case with chips on it ??controller and just an ordinary SATA drive. Now I still have that drive somewhere around and I might just throw it on one of my machines and see what happens (with one of those gadgets) if I come up with anything I'll get back.

The drive by the way I just threw in a new HDD and away it went.

Mate I am no expert but will try a bit of "cracking"

 

[Slartybart]

Ready? Create a log, then post screen 2-where you select the drive, we're going to deviate from the tutorial and use the step-by-step instructions. Since your device is different from those examples, we'll probably have to jump around in response to Testdisk's output on the screen.

 

[injmalk]

next screen

 

[Slartybart]

John: Yep, it's just a drive in an enclosure, with ciruitry for Sata (or Pata/IDE)->USB interfacing.

injmalk: John brings up a valid point. Is this drive still under warranty?
I think we should continue on the Testdisk path for the moment.

Now back to the main show......

Well, you selected dev/sda - that's your 1 TB C:\ drive

I know you want this fixed, but.....

Want to try again?
One step, one screen... I'll confirm, correct, change direction, or cancel. Ok?

Bill
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[Slartybart]

   Tip

NOTE: Please remove the group of pictures from post 41. It's driving me crazy - the forum is stretched wide

Edit the post, go advanced, manage attachements, delete the images

That looks good - go ahead hit proceed.

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Intel is also good, next

 

[injmalk]

 

[Slartybart]

ok, here's where we deviate from the jumanji tut.

after you confirm Intel

Select advanced instead of analyse, post the screen

then select fat32 and post the screen

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Sorry fellas it's dead as would have been good but to see what that Testdisk would have done.

 

[injmalk]

selected intel and then advanced and got this screen

 

[Slartybart]

If you're having difficulty trying to remove the images from post 41 - forget about that.
Simply delete post 41
edit -> delete button (make sure you click the delete radio button near the "why are you deleting..." text box or it does nothing.

 

[Slartybart]

Your drive, right John?

Sorry fellas it's dead as would have been good but to see what that Testdisk would have done.

 

[Slartybart]

Well, I'm not sure Testdisk can help in this case, let me read more

 

[Slartybart]

ok, let's see what a dump tells us.

quit back to teh previous screen and select options
change dump: no to yes
ok to save

 

[Slartybart]

hmm, did you create a log this time? I'm not sure where the dump goes - or how to initiate it.

I'll keep reading - you can start over if you did NOT create a log file or wait unitl I post back.

I might have to call it quits in a bit, getting near 23:00 here.

 

[Slartybart]

Ok, no part when you selected advanced, right?
edit: thanks for "fixing" the stretched forum.

Testdisk identifies the drive correctly, but has trouble with partitioning.

I might have asked this before, but was that drive always a data drive or was it ever a boot drive?

Please reboot the machine, I'll give it a little more time tonight - I'm not sure where you are in the world, so it might even be later where you are.

 

[injmalk]

same message with no partitions available

 

[injmalk]

never a boot drive just data.. and yes selecting advanced.

 

[Slartybart]

ok.

have you booted your machine?

 

[injmalk]

yea I rebooted

 

[Slartybart]

ok, thanks

try analyse again. it might get further than 43%. I had to go back and check your screen to see what options there were - none.

the doc references a deeper scan, but not on your drive - just stop.

so try the steps again, but create a log, select the drive, select intel, and analyse

youn don't need to post every screen if you're comfortable with Testdisk now.

If the analyse gets further you should start posting the screens step-by-step.

This will probably be my last for tonight.

Testdisk forums might have something if you want to continue on your own - the same caveats apply. Careful and pay attemtion.

If you want to switch gears after analyse runs to success or failure, you might try data recovery using photorec - the response was written by the author of Testdisk and photorec.

Or you could peruse the Testdisk docs and forum for another course of action.

I'll wait til you post the results of the analyse.