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Stop immediately and duplicate your dying drive as long as this is possible or engage a professional recovery service.
How come you said your SMART data is OK?
I tinted the relevant lines below.
Now you know why I was asking for a proof.

Oeps!!! :oops: Thanks for pointing it out.

I have ...

You did not deliver a proof. From experience I know that I cannot rely on oral statements.


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Mon Jun 29 11:40:45 2020
Command line: TestDisk /log

TestDisk 7.1, Data Recovery Utility, July 2019
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
https://www.cgsecurity.org ...

As for the SMART status I don't believe you.



Sorry if my documentation is bad. I am a newbee and learning day by day. But thanks so far for your help and efforts.


As for the SMART status I don't believe you.

Why not?


Regarding the docking station you did not even mention the model of ...

Hi all,

I have a WD 1 GB external harddrive which is not starting up anymore in windows.


Unsufficient description!
If your disk is not rotating anymore you need professional assistance.


Hearing the sound of the drive when it is connected and feeling it is spinning. Not sure if there is ...

Thanks for your reply.

It seems that the search did find a partition at 16%. It is moving als a bit faster now then the last two days, but still very slow.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vHxzBTTbk1szaL_pUSu3sVuUdWE-z6H_d0RykRdueddo9bBAd4YeqXky32q9p1IQzVPnaQ18ywzGgaYX76F1vbdJvDpJ5qSqquyvTfCC_3 ...

Hi all,

I have a WD 1 GB external harddrive which is not starting up anymore in windows.

After reading and watching YouTube I learned that the testdisk tool might help. Followed the initial steps:
- reading harddisk - ok
- looking for errors - no errors
- look for partitions - no partition
- do ...