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- 28 Sep 2021, 09:54
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Unexpected geometry for 3TB disks
- Replies: 7
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Re: Unexpected geometry for 3TB disks
Are there other specialty you might want to add?
I have never seen a 5'' disk. Which partitioning scheme did you use or did this disk had a sector size at its interface beyond the typical 512 bytes?
My mistake, it's a 3.5" drive. I connected it to a more modern motherboard and now it detects ...
- 27 Sep 2021, 20:02
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Unexpected geometry for 3TB disks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3471
Re: Unexpected geometry for 3TB disks
Your explanation does not disclose if your disk drive has been working correctly with that old hardware and operating system before.
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To which system has your disk been connected before you the detected the error?
Again, did you purchase it in an external housing?
The disk is 5 inch OEM ...
- 27 Sep 2021, 16:31
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Unexpected geometry for 3TB disks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3471
Re: Unexpected geometry for 3TB disks
Thanks for your prompt reply
Have you removed the 3TB out of its original housing?
How did you physically connect it to your computer?
All disks are connected to the same motherboard for about year or so. So all my tests are on the same computer. The disk in question is not system so I can boot ...
Have you removed the 3TB out of its original housing?
How did you physically connect it to your computer?
All disks are connected to the same motherboard for about year or so. So all my tests are on the same computer. The disk in question is not system so I can boot ...
- 27 Sep 2021, 09:48
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Unexpected geometry for 3TB disks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3471
Unexpected geometry for 3TB disks
Hi,
a ntfs/gpt/3TB disk unexpectedly became raw and I tried to use testdisk to recover the partition.
But the auto-detected geometry for the disk at the testdisk start-up looks suspicious
What Computer management shows:
Disk 0: C: 931.51 GB NTFS (MBR Partition)
Disk 1: D: 2794.39 GB NTFS (GPT ...
a ntfs/gpt/3TB disk unexpectedly became raw and I tried to use testdisk to recover the partition.
But the auto-detected geometry for the disk at the testdisk start-up looks suspicious
What Computer management shows:
Disk 0: C: 931.51 GB NTFS (MBR Partition)
Disk 1: D: 2794.39 GB NTFS (GPT ...