Xternal Hdd WDC Element

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SanyLoonies
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Xternal Hdd WDC Element

#1 Post by SanyLoonies »

Can i ask some question for any one?? :)

Actualy this urgent for me, so last 1 hour my external hdd (WD element 2 TB) going down. n yes it's have full off my data (work, collage, collection *rare like anime) for last 4 years (My country is good realy bad internet connection) :mad: :angrysmil. so i try to over look if usb connector got bad so i try another cable from other external hdd. still not work to, so my last try to try with another device (laptop) n it's same result.

For now i try to scan it with "test disk" from front page to see what happening to my beloved hdd.

this ss from disk management from windows
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n still prosessing from software

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Please, any help is appreciated,i'm so lost on this n this killing me deep. I apologize if this is in any way my word so confusing, I tried my best to get right to the point with the problem i'm having.
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Fiona
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Re: Xternal Hdd WDC Element

#2 Post by Fiona »

Did you remove your disk from its enclosure?
WD disks often hardware encryptetd, so that not even the user did notice it.
To have a successful diagnose, you should leave it into its case.
Some infos;
http://forum.cgsecurity.org/phpBB3/repa ... ypted#p814
A symptom could be not initialized like your disk is!
Sry for that question but I'd like to exclude anything wrong!

Fiona
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SanyLoonies
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Re: Xternal Hdd WDC Element

#3 Post by SanyLoonies »

Fiona wrote:Did you remove your disk from its enclosure?
WD disks often hardware encryptetd, so that not even the user did notice it.
To have a successful diagnose, you should leave it into its case.
Some infos;
http://forum.cgsecurity.org/phpBB3/repa ... ypted#p814
A symptom could be not initialized like your disk is!
Sry for that question but I'd like to exclude anything wrong!

Fiona
Thanks for respond my Q's Fiona :D

No, i haven't open the enclosure yet.
so, whether it applies only to the external hard drive wd ato any type of hard drive?
now for the future, whether to be reformatted before use, or let it just like that? (This makes me curious as well)

file_pread (5,11, buffer, 158 (0/2/33)) ReadFile The media is write protected.
file_pread (5.2, buffer, 2080 (0/33/2)) ReadFile The media is write protected.
file_pread (5.2, buffer, 51 (0/0/52)) ReadFile The media is write protected.
file_pread (5.2, buffer, 98 (0/1/36)) ReadFile The media is write protected.
file_pread (5.2, buffer, 119 (0/1/57)) ReadFile The media is write protected.

This is part of the log that I got, and btw the log that I get about 1.6 GB n this not 1.6 GB log, i repeat again in few second to get this ... OMG! owh btw my hard drive is NTFS format

tonight I might try to open enclosurenya to be tested to the computer directly
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