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by benchang
02 Jul 2014, 07:00
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBook
Replies: 7
Views: 5044

Re: Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBoo

Yes, the files appear in List. However nothing appears in Windows.

Something has gone wrong with the WD Studio. Previously it appears as a drive with just 3 partitions in Windows. Now there is an additional CD Drive called WD Unlocker and a 100MB system reserved, in addition to the original 3 ...
by benchang
01 Jul 2014, 18:08
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBook
Replies: 7
Views: 5044

Re: Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBoo

The WD External Drive is behaving erratically. I worry that the enclosure USB interface may be failing. Tried using the Firewire800 port via hybrid cable to my PC's IEEE 1349a port and different things appear under Disk Management.

In any case, I ejected the WD Drive, rebooted and connected the ...
by benchang
01 Jul 2014, 17:29
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBook
Replies: 7
Views: 5044

Re: Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBoo

I have gone to option Advanced, and there is only this screen;

There are further options for Type or Image Creation or Quit, but no Boot option. Is this the screen you wish to see?
by benchang
01 Jul 2014, 15:22
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBook
Replies: 7
Views: 5044

Re: Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBoo

Thank you very much for your kind suggestion.

I actually tried that on my own a few hours ago after noticing that the partitions had no drive letters. I assigned the first partition a drive letter. Then Windows offered to format the drive which I declined, obviously. Since it did not seem to help ...
by benchang
01 Jul 2014, 08:21
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBook
Replies: 7
Views: 5044

Perfect Partition recovery but no files seen on WD MyBook

In a fit of insanity I dismantled my 2TB WD My Book Studio External Hard Drive with Firewire800 and USB 2.0 and attached it to the the SATA cable in my desktop computer. I did this because I wanted to rapidly transfer 1.5TB to another drive for backup - the USB2.0 interface was slow and the ...