Yea i was gonna mention it in my next post that chkdsk in windows fails to run on this drive (have done it before with other drives). Windows doesnt recognize any partition at all. Under 'properties' in windows it shows '0mb out of 0mb' used, and it keeps asking me to format. I try to do chkdsk in the terminal and in the gui, both say 'cant run chkdsk on unpartitioned drive, would you like to format?'
In the device manager area, it lists the partition as RAW.
I ran the gparted version of chkdsk, it gives all green check marks, but theres some things in that gparted log thay may mean something, idk, got no errors, still didnt work afterward.
I realize there may be no easy fix, ive done some research and have found no solutions, except to run testdisk if chkdsk fails. But i cant get testdisk to fix it either (i did the general steps of 'analyse, fast search, deep search'. Of course i would assume 'bad drive', but somehow linux can read/write no problem, sees the partition, mounts it, etc.. And no 'bad drive' symptoms leading up to this.
But just maybe with this logfile you may see something, i certainly am not good enough to decipher the log file. I would humbly ask if you can have a glance at it with your expert eyes.
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Wed May 16 22:25:15 2018
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 8 (9200)
Compiler: GCC 4.8, Cygwin 1007.34
Compilation date: 2015-04-18T13:01:55
ext2fs lib: 1.42.8, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20120504, curses lib: ncurses 5.9
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=750156374016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=750156374016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=132158361600
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\D:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function.
filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\D:) SetFilePointer err Incorrect function.
Warning: can't get size for \\.\D:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=79999008768
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\F:)=1000203091968
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 750 GB / 698 GiB - CHS 91201 255 63, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512
Drive C: - 132 GB / 123 GiB - CHS 16067 255 63, sector size=512
Drive E: - 79 GB / 74 GiB - CHS 9725 255 63, sector size=512
Drive F: - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512
Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
test_FAT()
1 P FAT32 0 32 33 121601 57 56 1953521664
sector_size 512
cluster_size 32
reserved 92
fats 2
dir_entries 0
sectors 0
media F8
fat_length 0
secs_track 63
heads 255
hidden 2048
total_sect 1953521664
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0B
Current partition structure:
Invalid FAT boot sector
1 P FAT32 0 32 33 121601 57 56 1953521664
1 P FAT32 0 32 33 121601 57 56 1953521664
No partition is bootable
search_part()
Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
file_pread(5,16,buffer,142862462(8892/198/9)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,142862472(8892/198/19)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,769885043(47923/32/33)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,769885043(47923/32/33)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128544256(70248/160/57)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128544256(70248/160/57)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128544257(70248/160/58)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,14,buffer,1128544258(70248/160/59)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128550374(70249/3/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128550374(70249/3/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128585342(70251/48/4)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128585344(70251/48/6)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128591439(70251/144/53)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128591440(70251/144/54)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128630510(70254/0/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128630520(70254/0/11)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,5,buffer,1128630521(70254/0/12)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1128630526(70254/0/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128632446(70254/30/47)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128632446(70254/30/47)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128636416(70254/93/48)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128636418(70254/93/50)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128636424(70254/93/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,7,buffer,1128636425(70254/93/57)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1128636432(70254/94/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129302079(70295/204/53)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1129302080(70295/204/54)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129337512(70298/2/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129351231(70298/220/2)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1129351232(70298/220/3)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129377808(70300/131/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1129377808(70300/131/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129443407(70304/153/9)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1129443408(70304/153/10)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130027071(70340/237/41)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130027072(70340/237/42)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130044246(70342/0/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130053758(70342/151/16)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130053760(70342/151/18)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130102910(70345/166/28)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130102910(70345/166/28)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130124618(70347/1/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130124634(70347/1/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130124634(70347/1/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130124621(70347/1/4)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130124632(70347/1/15)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130124633(70347/1/16)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1130124634(70347/1/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130152062(70348/181/40)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130152064(70348/181/42)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130862655(70392/240/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130862655(70392/240/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130868799(70393/83/26)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130868815(70393/83/42)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130868815(70393/83/42)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130874943(70393/180/59)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130874943(70393/180/59)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
BAD_RS LBA=3096219451 9458453
file_pread(5,3,buffer,3096219451(192730/190/32)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,1,buffer,3096219451(192730/190/32)) lseek err Invalid argument
check_FAT: can't read FAT boot sector
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 01
FAT12 192730 190 32 427316 252 27 3768627992
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=3096219451, size=3768627992, end=6864847442, disk end=1953525168)
HFS+ magic value at 95663/183/9
part_size 33084
HFS 95663 183 9 95665 198 17 33084
HFS+ blocksize=2048, 16 MB / 16 MiB
file_pread(5,2,buffer,1953525760(121601/90/26)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953525760(121601/90/26)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953525759(121601/90/25)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,14,buffer,1953525761(121601/90/27)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1953525775(121601/90/41)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1953525822(121601/91/25)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,8,buffer,1953525838(121601/91/41)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,11,buffer,1953525885(121601/92/25)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,2,buffer,1953527807(121601/122/57)) lseek err Invalid argument
Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The harddisk (1000 GB / 931 GiB) seems too small! (< 3514 GB / 3273 GiB)
The following partition can't be recovered:
FAT12 192730 190 32 427316 252 27 3768627992
Results
* HFS 95663 183 9 95665 225 48 34816
HFS+ blocksize=2048, 17 MB / 17 MiB
Change partition type:
P HFS 95663 183 9 95665 225 48 34816
HFS+ blocksize=2048, 17 MB / 17 MiB
interface_write()
1 P HFS 95663 183 9 95665 225 48 34816
search_part()
Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
file_pread(5,16,buffer,627621904(39067/167/29)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,699792485(43560/17/15)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,769885043(47923/32/33)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,769885043(47923/32/33)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,769886823(47923/60/49)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128544256(70248/160/57)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128544256(70248/160/57)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128544257(70248/160/58)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128544257(70248/160/58)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,14,buffer,1128544258(70248/160/59)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128550374(70249/3/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128550374(70249/3/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128585342(70251/48/4)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128585344(70251/48/6)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128591439(70251/144/53)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128591440(70251/144/54)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128630509(70253/254/63)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128630510(70254/0/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128630511(70254/0/2)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128630520(70254/0/11)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,5,buffer,1128630521(70254/0/12)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1128630526(70254/0/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128632446(70254/30/47)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128632446(70254/30/47)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128636416(70254/93/48)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128636415(70254/93/47)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1128636418(70254/93/50)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1128636424(70254/93/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,7,buffer,1128636425(70254/93/57)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1128636432(70254/94/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129290260(70295/17/15)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129302079(70295/204/53)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1129302080(70295/204/54)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129337512(70298/2/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129341324(70298/62/49)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1129341324(70298/62/49)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129351231(70298/220/2)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1129351232(70298/220/3)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129377808(70300/131/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1129377808(70300/131/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1129443407(70304/153/9)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1129443408(70304/153/10)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130027071(70340/237/41)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130027072(70340/237/42)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130044245(70342/0/16)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130044246(70342/0/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130048058(70342/60/49)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130048058(70342/60/49)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130053758(70342/151/16)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130053760(70342/151/18)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130077382(70344/16/15)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130102910(70345/166/28)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130102910(70345/166/28)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130124618(70347/1/1)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130124634(70347/1/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130124634(70347/1/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130124621(70347/1/4)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130124632(70347/1/15)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130124633(70347/1/16)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1130124634(70347/1/17)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130152062(70348/181/40)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130152064(70348/181/42)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130157770(70349/17/15)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130157770(70349/17/15)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130862655(70392/240/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130862655(70392/240/56)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130868799(70393/83/26)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130868815(70393/83/42)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130868815(70393/83/42)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,16,buffer,1130874943(70393/180/59)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1130874943(70393/180/59)) ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
BAD_RS LBA=3096219451 9458453
file_pread(5,3,buffer,3096219451(192730/190/32)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,1,buffer,3096219451(192730/190/32)) lseek err Invalid argument
check_FAT: can't read FAT boot sector
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 01
FAT12 192730 190 32 427316 252 27 3768627992
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=3096219451, size=3768627992, end=6864847442, disk end=1953525168)
HFS+ magic value at 95663/183/9
part_size 33084
HFS 95663 183 9 95665 198 17 33084
HFS+ blocksize=2048, 16 MB / 16 MiB
file_pread(5,2,buffer,1953525760(121601/90/26)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953525760(121601/90/26)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953525759(121601/90/25)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,14,buffer,1953525761(121601/90/27)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1953525775(121601/90/41)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,3,buffer,1953525822(121601/91/25)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,8,buffer,1953525838(121601/91/41)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,11,buffer,1953525885(121601/92/25)) lseek err Invalid argument
file_pread(5,2,buffer,1953527807(121601/122/57)) lseek err Invalid argument
Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The harddisk (1000 GB / 931 GiB) seems too small! (< 3514 GB / 3273 GiB)
The following partition can't be recovered:
FAT12 192730 190 32 427316 252 27 3768627992
Results
* HFS 95663 183 9 95665 225 48 34816
HFS+ blocksize=2048, 17 MB / 17 MiB
interface_write()
1 P HFS 95663 183 9 95665 225 48 34816
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
test_FAT()
1 P FAT32 0 32 33 121601 57 56 1953521664
sector_size 512
cluster_size 32
reserved 92
fats 2
dir_entries 0
sectors 0
media F8
fat_length 0
secs_track 63
heads 255
hidden 2048
total_sect 1953521664
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0B
1 P FAT32 0 32 33 121601 57 56 1953521664
Change partition type:
1 P FAT32 0 32 33 121601 57 56 1953521664
Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
test_FAT()
1 P FAT32 0 32 33 121601 57 56 1953521664
sector_size 512
cluster_size 32
reserved 92
fats 2
dir_entries 0
sectors 0
media F8
fat_length 0
secs_track 63
heads 255
hidden 2048
total_sect 1953521664
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0B
Current partition structure:
Invalid FAT boot sector
1 P FAT32 0 32 33 121601 57 56 1953521664
1 P FAT32 0 32 33 121601 57 56 1953521664
No partition is bootable