TestDisk doesn't detect my hdd. Please help if you can.
Posted: 07 Aug 2012, 18:14
Hi!
I've been trying to recover data from a problematic 2TB Western Digital My Book Studio external hdd. I have removed it from the casing and connected it to my computer using a SATA/IDE to USB adapter. I run Mac OSX 10.6.8.
I've tried using blacklisted_site, Data Rescue 3 and Diskwarrior to no avail. Data Rescue 3 'sees' the attached drive, but cannot detect any files at all using the Scan or Deep Scan functions. Diskwarrior cannot even detect the drive. (The disk does not show up on the Finder desktop.)
After browsing through the Diskwarrior FAQ page, I found out that the drive's partition may be damaged. TestDisk was my next option and seemed promising.
However, it doesn't detect the drive. I read somewhere that it might be an encryption issue? Would someone please help? I'm willing to try all stated solutions.
Thanks in advance.
I've been trying to recover data from a problematic 2TB Western Digital My Book Studio external hdd. I have removed it from the casing and connected it to my computer using a SATA/IDE to USB adapter. I run Mac OSX 10.6.8.
I've tried using blacklisted_site, Data Rescue 3 and Diskwarrior to no avail. Data Rescue 3 'sees' the attached drive, but cannot detect any files at all using the Scan or Deep Scan functions. Diskwarrior cannot even detect the drive. (The disk does not show up on the Finder desktop.)
After browsing through the Diskwarrior FAQ page, I found out that the drive's partition may be damaged. TestDisk was my next option and seemed promising.
However, it doesn't detect the drive. I read somewhere that it might be an encryption issue? Would someone please help? I'm willing to try all stated solutions.
Thanks in advance.