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by hardya
27 Jul 2016, 12:13
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: cannot see errors when running testdisk - but drive not booting and not visible in an enclosure
Replies: 0
Views: 975

cannot see errors when running testdisk - but drive not booting and not visible in an enclosure

I have a Toshiba Satellite L850D-12P Laptop with a HDD Hitachi HTS547575A9E384(S1).

The drive won't boot in the laptop.

If I remove the drive to an enclosure, as an external drive on another machine (Sony Vaio VGN-NW20EF) drivers automatically successfully install, but the drive cannot be seen at ...
by hardya
03 Mar 2014, 09:18
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: quick search very slow with errors
Replies: 2
Views: 4454

Re: quick search very slow with errors

I resolved the speed issue. Stupidly I had the drive in a USB enclosure. When accessed directly it was a lot faster.

What I'd be interested in now is a precise meaning of the

. Read error at n/1/1 (lba=<some large number>)

Could it mean there were physical read errors or CRC errors but that it ...
by hardya
18 Feb 2014, 18:55
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: quick search very slow with errors
Replies: 2
Views: 4454

quick search very slow with errors

I have a HDD which responds in windows saying it needs formatting

I ran partedmagic from a boot cd but could not manage to mount the drive

I started testdisk and ran quick search but it is very very slow like at cuirrent speed may take > 100 hours to complete.

Also EVERY change of n to the ...