3TB ext Mac seagate drive went bad
Posted: 22 Dec 2014, 03:11
Hello. Thanks for the help in advance.
Drive having problems...is Seagate 3TB external backup drive
Used on older iMacs 2007 intel, then MacBook Late 2011 i7-2.8 model, and now iMac 2008 intel
Purchased as a PC drive - but never used on PC
Immediately formatted with macs - disc utility with 1 partition, GUID, Mac OS extended
Started to notice a problem because the light on the original casing (power supply) started to get dimmer but 4 weeks ago it was functional, then dim light and occasionally disconnecting from iMac after a short time.
Then 3 weeks ago became no longer able to recognizable to any computer.
So I opened the external drive box and connected it to a new / good/ steady power source, and a SATA controller (SABRENT product)
Imac still can't read it(or find it probably )....but TESTDISK can find it. I will attach the log file that is ridiculously long.
20 gb in length...sorry....uploading seems to be failing...so I'll post the topic, then attempt again...
Kindly post your suggestions on how to get this log file to you. Ridiculous length.
Also, Ideas on what software will do a "raw" drive backup? As in, its only 3 tb in length, but I used an app by the name of "EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard"......it found 4-5 TB of files!!...I transferred those found files to a 5 tb hard drive....absolutely NOT ONE of the files worked.....for reasons Most people will understand why... But an actual scan of the hard drive should max out at the physical limit of the hard drive, correct??
Test disk finds one large partition - which is correct
But then scanned (on the old iMac) for 3 days straight - finding a million plus unrecoverable partitions...
wow...
And the answer after wards is that occasionally the 3tb hard drive will show up as having 1 partition for like 650gb...the rest of the drive is blank, but the test disk at first finds a 3tb partition, and deep analysis finds 10000 or millions of partitions (hence the 20 gb log file)..
now what? I ran test disk, made sure I was admin, analyze, simple, then deeper scan, then ?? now what?
Will try to upload the log if your forum allows such a large attachment.
Drive having problems...is Seagate 3TB external backup drive
Used on older iMacs 2007 intel, then MacBook Late 2011 i7-2.8 model, and now iMac 2008 intel
Purchased as a PC drive - but never used on PC
Immediately formatted with macs - disc utility with 1 partition, GUID, Mac OS extended
Started to notice a problem because the light on the original casing (power supply) started to get dimmer but 4 weeks ago it was functional, then dim light and occasionally disconnecting from iMac after a short time.
Then 3 weeks ago became no longer able to recognizable to any computer.
So I opened the external drive box and connected it to a new / good/ steady power source, and a SATA controller (SABRENT product)
Imac still can't read it(or find it probably )....but TESTDISK can find it. I will attach the log file that is ridiculously long.
20 gb in length...sorry....uploading seems to be failing...so I'll post the topic, then attempt again...
Kindly post your suggestions on how to get this log file to you. Ridiculous length.
Also, Ideas on what software will do a "raw" drive backup? As in, its only 3 tb in length, but I used an app by the name of "EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard"......it found 4-5 TB of files!!...I transferred those found files to a 5 tb hard drive....absolutely NOT ONE of the files worked.....for reasons Most people will understand why... But an actual scan of the hard drive should max out at the physical limit of the hard drive, correct??
Test disk finds one large partition - which is correct
But then scanned (on the old iMac) for 3 days straight - finding a million plus unrecoverable partitions...
wow...
And the answer after wards is that occasionally the 3tb hard drive will show up as having 1 partition for like 650gb...the rest of the drive is blank, but the test disk at first finds a 3tb partition, and deep analysis finds 10000 or millions of partitions (hence the 20 gb log file)..
now what? I ran test disk, made sure I was admin, analyze, simple, then deeper scan, then ?? now what?
Will try to upload the log if your forum allows such a large attachment.