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by Donedin
28 Sep 2021, 09:54
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Unexpected geometry for 3TB disks
Replies: 7
Views: 3471

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 ...
by Donedin
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 ...
by Donedin
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 ...
by Donedin
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 ...