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by mudrat
26 Nov 2020, 19:29
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: wrong disk size reported
Replies: 5
Views: 3608

Re: wrong disk size reported

OK, newbie mistake. MUST RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR!

Now things look better.

Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 320 GB / 298 GiB - CHS 38913 255 63, sector size=512 - HITACHI HTS723232A7A364, S/N:E3834563JPKW6N, FW:EC2ZB70B
Disk /dev/sdb - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 7600 255 63, sector size=4096 - WDC WD50 ...
by mudrat
25 Nov 2020, 16:02
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: wrong disk size reported
Replies: 5
Views: 3608

Re: wrong disk size reported

I agree, very strange, no listing at all of my laptop drives.
by mudrat
25 Nov 2020, 12:42
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: wrong disk size reported
Replies: 5
Views: 3608

Re: wrong disk size reported

That is the full log file.

It is powered by a separate power supply, not through the USB bus.
by mudrat
23 Nov 2020, 03:23
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: wrong disk size reported
Replies: 5
Views: 3608

wrong disk size reported

First time using testdisk.

Trying to recover data from friends laptop HD, a WD5000BPVX. This is a 500GB drive. Their laptop died due to system board failure.

Connected to my laptop (running W10) with a SATA to USB adapter.

My laptop does not recognise drive correctly, says unformatted and ...