Inncorrect media size - how to fix?

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kmll
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Joined: 25 Jun 2016, 12:03

Inncorrect media size - how to fix?

#1 Post by kmll »

I have run photorec to recover some lost files but I get the wrong size of the disk I want to recover. I have tried photorec on two different machines but both of them show the wrong size. Can I please ask anyone to advise how I can fix the disk size issue so that I can progress restoring the files?

kmll
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Re: Inncorrect media size - how to fix?

#2 Post by kmll »

This is how the tool report the disk. It should be 3TB..

kmll
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Re: Inncorrect media size - how to fix?

#3 Post by kmll »

I tested on yet another machine, this time a windows 8. The previous machines were windows 7. The result were the same. WD30 shows 801 GB whilst the real value is 3TB. I have checked the WD site and there were no firmware updates as far as I can see (WD Red WD30EFRX 64MB 3TB 5400RPM).

Does this mean that I am stuck and that I will not be able to recover using Photorec?

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