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by Jayce
02 Jun 2017, 18:56
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: External HDD - Seagate backup plus, no partition info.
Replies: 3
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Re: External HDD - Seagate backup plus, no partition info.

Hi, just as a followup rather than leave a a thread with no resolution, the I believe the disk suffered further mechanical issues (likely similar to the first), it makes a few read sounds then spins down. I'm reasonably sure it's a professional recovery job at this point.

Many thanks for the time ...
by Jayce
07 May 2017, 16:20
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: External HDD - Seagate backup plus, no partition info.
Replies: 3
Views: 2418

Re: External HDD - Seagate backup plus, no partition info.

Many thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to try that as soon as I can. Also thanks for taking time to reply, greatly appreciated.

By attaching via the USB caddy again, I did manage to get windows to see the disk; although CrystalDisk was unable to report any information.

Running qPhotoRec on the ...
by Jayce
07 May 2017, 12:37
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: External HDD - Seagate backup plus, no partition info.
Replies: 3
Views: 2418

External HDD - Seagate backup plus, no partition info.

Hi all, I've tried quite a few Testdisk guides/other forum posts, but at this point I'm out of ideas, I suspect the disk is probably too far gone, but I thought I'd ask in case anyone has any further advice/steps to try.

Background: A friend has a 1TB Seagate backup plus that had stopped working ...