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by rthurlow
02 Sep 2021, 17:41
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: testdisk sees partition and files, but writes a partition that Win10 doesn't like
Replies: 4
Views: 3165

Re: testdisk sees partition and files, but writes a partition that Win10 doesn't like

@recuperation, you're exactly right. I put the drive back in the Expansion Desk case and re-ran testdisk, and after rewriting the partition table and rebooting, Windows 10 shows all of my files. I will do more tests on the integrity of the drive, but I'm very happy to see my files back. Thank you ...
by rthurlow
31 Aug 2021, 23:15
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: testdisk sees partition and files, but writes a partition that Win10 doesn't like
Replies: 4
Views: 3165

Re: testdisk sees partition and files, but writes a partition that Win10 doesn't like

The 3TB drive is an HDD, a Western Digital WD30EURX. It was purchased as a bare drive, and was in an external USB 3.0 case when I noticed the problem, and I moved it inside my Dell to troubleshoot it and have been working on it in there. The external case is a Seagate Desktop Expansion Drive whose ...
by rthurlow
31 Aug 2021, 18:44
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: testdisk sees partition and files, but writes a partition that Win10 doesn't like
Replies: 4
Views: 3165

testdisk sees partition and files, but writes a partition that Win10 doesn't like

Hi folks,

I tried to use a 3Tb drive in a USB3.0 external case from Windows 10 yesterday, and it was not mounted. Per the Disk Management tool, the partition table had been changed - instead of the full drive, I had a
2048 Gb partition and some unused space. I don't recall whether I had used MBR or ...