Hi,
I have a Seagate 3T external hard disk that got slower over time. Trying to fix it I think I accidentally deleted the partition. Possibly the disc also has fault sectors.
Testdisk detect de correct size:
Note: it take few minutes to change between screens!
It show "Partition: read error" but allow me to make a quick search:
But few minutes later:
Any help is welcome!
"Read error at..." trying to recover a lost partition
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Re: "Read error at..." trying to recover a lost partition
There are bad sectors. You should clone the disk usng ddrescue to a new empty disk as described in https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf
Once it's done, remove the original disk and try to recover your data from the clone.
Once it's done, remove the original disk and try to recover your data from the clone.