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Hello,
I am trying to recover files on my Western Digital external hard drive. TestDisk stops at the same point "Partition: Read error"
The log file is below. I dont know how to paste an image here to show you a screen shot.

I'd be grateful for any help


Tue Nov 19 18:14:31 2013
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 6.14, Data Recovery Utility, July 2013
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 7 (7601) SP1
Compiler: GCC 4.7, Cygwin 1007.17
Compilation date: 2013-07-30T14:08:52
ext2fs lib: 1.42.2, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20120504
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=320072933376
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdc)=1000170586112
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=320072933376
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\PhysicalDrive1) GetFileSize err Incorrect function.

filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\PhysicalDrive1) SetFilePointer err Incorrect function.

Warning: can't get size for \\.\PhysicalDrive1
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive2)=1000170586112
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=107268276224
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=212697350144
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\E:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function.

filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\E:) SetFilePointer err Incorrect function.

Warning: can't get size for \\.\E:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\F:)=0
Warning: can't get size for \\.\F:
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 320 GB / 298 GiB - CHS 38913 255 63, sector size=512 - TOSHIBA MK3276GSX, S/N:9 T2CLZHTE, FW:GS00
Disk /dev/sdc - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121597 255 63, sector size=512 - WD My Passport 0740, S/N:WX81CC105751, FW:1007

Partition table type default to Intel
Disk /dev/sdc - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - WD My Passport 0740
Partition table type: Intel

Analyse Disk /dev/sdc - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121597 255 63
Current partition structure:

Partition: Read error

Does your disk made strange noises ? It's probably a hardware problem, you need to contact a data recovery company.

No noises at all.

Try PhotoRec. If after a few minutes it has recovered some files, try to clone your disk using gnu ddrescue
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Damaged_Hard_Disk
If it's not the case, my previous advice to contact a data recovery company still hold.