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Anyone? cgrenier?

ok....here is the log

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Fri Apr 15 10:49:09 2016
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 7 (7601) SP1 ...

ok so....with the log option turned on...

i get to the drive select screen (where i chose Drive I:) but i see there's a duplicate up top...donno if thats correct

http://i67.tinypic.com/348rpma.jpg



and then i get to the partition select screen....where i chose the 1.8 TB
if its not the correct ...

ok i figured out why there is no log file...because i chose No Log to begin with...i'll run the process again with the log on

will update shortly

ok...i ran the WD software...and i attached the results



i still am unable to find the logs from TestDisk...i dont know where they might have been saved (if even created)

ok,

after the Rebuid BS was run...it takes me back to the same screen with the same options as before i ran it. I have attached a pic so you can see for yourself

http://i68.tinypic.com/2u8jmev.jpg

The only thing i can see is the fact it says it needs to have a valid ntfs bs in order for the ...

OK i did as u said...

here's the pic of what it looks like before i run the RebuildBS




I will update again once the rebuild completes...as it takes a LONG LONG time at 2 TB

So from what i understood, after the analisys (where i am at now - visible in the pic) u want me to change the type to none first...then follow the steps u lined out in your second sentence?

Hello,

I need a little bit of help and after pending a good 12 hours today trying to go through forums and google to try and fix this issue i have caved and decided to ask the smarter people for help.

I have a WD caviar black (less than 1.5 yo) external hdd.
This morning i woke up to find it ...