damaged WD5000 ext HDD
Posted: 20 May 2018, 05:20
Hi all, new to CGS and forums. Long story, have been at this on and off for a while now. -in retrospect..big mistake... i exchanged manually the 1 Tb HDD of my WD for a 500G one, put the 1tb into a security DVDR. didnt do anything special, just undid casings, handled carefully, exchanged ,plug-n-play. ever since have had problem, cant access the HDD in the WD box. DVDR seem fine!. am running from a USB. have checked the USB's and cabling. win wont recognise the HDD fully, even though i can get it to show in devices as functioning ok. shows in 'devices' list but not in 'computer' list. good chance corruption due to incorrect removal process unplugging the USB as well.
tried WD's software , SEA tool, and thru computer using disc mgt. disc showed as unallocated etc.. win disc mgt allows for change to MBR or GUID. tried to fix it back to MBR, kept getting cyclical redundancy! no easy cure here.will accept doing it to GUID and ends up with simple disc 1, RAW,( unformatted). wants to format b4 use. from here cant seem to get anywhere. when HDD unplugged and re-used, i find its gone back to unallocated!! not holding the previous setting.
looks like badly corrupted drive, no partititon, . have tried CMD as administrator, CHKDSK...wouldnt do as said RAW. populate volume doesn't do anything.
Currently.... Found your software ( cgs) and tried. seems to go.... recognises the ext HDD, analyses, search finds a 1/2 dozen read errors. chose linux and a 50% split ( 335G, 312G) disc (start-finish) . went for FAT 32.
all seems to go ok. funny thing is, still cant seem to use HDD even though it looks like i have a nice 1/2 partiton and FAT 32 all set up.
i think i have followed correct process, but maybe HDD too far gone if your system relies on recovering settings.
am open for suggestions. i dont care about recovering any old data, only to get the HDD usable for store... i have logs. running out of options except to donate it to anyone who likes a challenge!
Thanks,
MG
tried WD's software , SEA tool, and thru computer using disc mgt. disc showed as unallocated etc.. win disc mgt allows for change to MBR or GUID. tried to fix it back to MBR, kept getting cyclical redundancy! no easy cure here.will accept doing it to GUID and ends up with simple disc 1, RAW,( unformatted). wants to format b4 use. from here cant seem to get anywhere. when HDD unplugged and re-used, i find its gone back to unallocated!! not holding the previous setting.
looks like badly corrupted drive, no partititon, . have tried CMD as administrator, CHKDSK...wouldnt do as said RAW. populate volume doesn't do anything.
Currently.... Found your software ( cgs) and tried. seems to go.... recognises the ext HDD, analyses, search finds a 1/2 dozen read errors. chose linux and a 50% split ( 335G, 312G) disc (start-finish) . went for FAT 32.
all seems to go ok. funny thing is, still cant seem to use HDD even though it looks like i have a nice 1/2 partiton and FAT 32 all set up.
i think i have followed correct process, but maybe HDD too far gone if your system relies on recovering settings.
am open for suggestions. i dont care about recovering any old data, only to get the HDD usable for store... i have logs. running out of options except to donate it to anyone who likes a challenge!
Thanks,
MG