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by betasweater
01 Dec 2017, 10:52
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: WD My Passport failed
Replies: 5
Views: 4799

Re: WD My Passport failed

Well tried the analyse option, and after 2 days, nothing... Any advice on how to proceed?
by betasweater
28 Nov 2017, 08:53
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: WD My Passport failed
Replies: 5
Views: 4799

Re: WD My Passport failed

So I'm going ahead with the "Analyse" option and here's what I get.
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Should I continue on to "Quick Search" or abort?
by betasweater
28 Nov 2017, 07:49
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: WD My Passport failed
Replies: 5
Views: 4799

Re: WD My Passport failed

Ok so I've just tried restarting Testdisk and plugging in the hard drive once again.
After selecting "rdisk1" this is the screen I get.

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Why does it say the media is write protected?? It would be pointless to proceed from this point on, right?

Should I ...
by betasweater
27 Nov 2017, 15:28
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: WD My Passport failed
Replies: 5
Views: 4799

WD My Passport failed

Okay, so I've got a 2TB WD My Passport which is just about 3 years old and it appears to have lost the filesystem. I'm currently on a Mac and I think it was unplugged rather carelessly. Needless to say, the next time it was plugged in it asked to be "initialized" and unfortunately that's exactly ...