Hello All-
I have a similar problem. I have a 500GB HDD that TestDisk can't read from it and reports "Read Error". The Disk we are trying to repair is a WD Scorpio 500GB 2.5" Disk (Model # WD5000BEVT-75ZAT0) that started to fail under windows 7. It still powers up and spins. What is strange is that the OS thinks it is a 2GB drive, not a 500 GB one.
Since the disk is reporting the wrong size, is there a way to manually enter the disk parameters and have that re-written back to the disk so that it shows the correct size, and thereby enable it to be properly read and rescue files? But I'm not sure how to read all of that or what values to enter.
I checked the hardware using Fiona's suggestion for Crystal Disk, but it came back as "health Status = Good", in addition, that software saw the disc as a 1GB volume rather than the 500GB volume that it is. (TestDisk sees it as a 2GB HDD, as does the OS) But we know this HDD has previous issues as when it crashed it made a clicking sound. (but it doesn't do that anymore)
See below for log files.
I would really appreciate any help and hints for the next step to take.
Thanks
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BEGIN LOG FILES
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(Note: using the PPC Mac Version of Test Disk to read a NTFS formatted drive)
Test Disk Log file is below.
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <
grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Darwin, kernel 8.11.0 (Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24
Compiler: GCC 4.0
Compilation date: 2015-04-18T13:01:30
ext2fs lib: 1.42.8, ntfs lib: libntfs-3g, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: none, curses lib: ncurses 5.2
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/disk0 - 160 GB / 149 GiB - 312581808 sectors (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/disk2 - 2199 GB / 2048 GiB - 4294967296 sectors, sector size=512
Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 160 GB / 149 GiB - 312581808 sectors (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/rdisk2 - 2199 GB / 2048 GiB - 4294967296 sectors, sector size=512
Partition table type default to Mac
Disk /dev/rdisk2 - 2199 GB / 2048 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
Analyse Disk /dev/rdisk2 - 2199 GB / 2048 GiB - 4294967296 sectors
Current partition structure:
Partition: Read error
SIGHUP detected! TestDisk has been killed.
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Crystal Disk Log:
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(1) WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0
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Model : WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0
Firmware : 01.00A01
Serial Number : WD-WCAV59031472
Disk Size : 1000.2 GB (8.4/137.4/1000.2/1000.2)
Buffer Size : 32767 KB
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 1953525168
Rotation Rate : Unknown
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ----
Transfer Mode : SATA/300
Power On Hours : 7059 hours
Power On Count : 1752 count
Temperature : 30 C (86 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : 80FEh [ON]