HDD is not detected in testdisk

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Marshal
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HDD is not detected in testdisk

#1 Post by Marshal »

Hi all, I'm using Asus laptop with 1 TB Toshiba hdd with windows 10 install, Few days ago it stop working and I wasn't able to boot up. I tried reinstalling windows using media tool but it showing my hdd filesystem is raw. So, I boot up from my ubuntu liveUSB and use testdisk to recover the partition, but it wont show in testdisk. Below is log for testdisk,


Tue Jun 1 15:03:22 2021
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 7.1, Data Recovery Utility, July 2019
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
https://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Linux, kernel 5.8.0-43-generic (#49~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 5 09:57:56 UTC 2021) x86_64
Compiler: GCC 9.2
ext2fs lib: 1.45.5, ntfs lib: libntfs-3g, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: none, curses lib: ncurses 6.1
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/sdb - 0 B - CHS 1 255 63, sector size=512 - ATA TOSHIBA MQ04ABF1
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/mapper/control - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop6 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/loop7 - 0 B - 0 sectors, sector size=512
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 30 GB / 28 GiB - CHS 29340 64 32, sector size=512 - SanDisk Cruzer Blade, FW:1.00
Disk /dev/loop0 - 2109 MB / 2012 MiB - 4120632 sectors (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/loop1 - 58 MB / 55 MiB - 113592 sectors (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/loop2 - 229 MB / 218 MiB - 448496 sectors (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/loop3 - 53 MB / 51 MiB - 104536 sectors (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/loop4 - 32 MB / 31 MiB - 63664 sectors (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/loop5 - 67 MB / 64 MiB - 132648 sectors (RO), sector size=512


TestDisk exited normally.

Also, in the Disks utility, It shows the hard disks has no volume and in gparted it only detects my USB. But, my bios showing my hdd.

Please help me, If recovery is not possible, i'm ready to wipe the drive but at least get it working as I cant install any OS in it.

recuperation
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Re: HDD is not detected in testdisk

#2 Post by recuperation »

Testdisk sees your harddisk, but cannot retrieve the size information from your driven.
You might consider contacting a professional recovery service.

Does the drive show up in the BIOS?
Are you able to run smartmontools from your your Ubuntu live USB stick?

How to extract SMART parameters:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10910

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