So I have a very interesting problem. I have a 3TB Buffalo External Hard Drive that seems to have crapped out on me. I plugged it in, and Windows wouldn't detect it, but the drive was spinning. I decided to take the drive out of the case and put in my PC to try and fix it. It's listed in My Computer, but it's listed as unformatted, so I can't get to my data.
I ran across TestDisk online, and decided to try and see if this would fix it. After running a deep scan, it found one partition. I selected the partition and tried to go in and see my files, but the file system is listed as damaged, and I can't determine if this is the partition I'm looking for. So I ran a boot sector repair, and that didn't work either. Both the original and backup boot sectors are bad.
To recap:
RAW Partition
Damaged File System
Both Boot Sectors Damaged
Anyone have any suggestions? I'd at least like to be able to save the data off of it so I can send the drive back into Buffalo for a replacement.
I ran across TestDisk online, and decided to try and see if this would fix it. After running a deep scan, it found one partition. I selected the partition and tried to go in and see my files, but the file system is listed as damaged, and I can't determine if this is the partition I'm looking for. So I ran a boot sector repair, and that didn't work either. Both the original and backup boot sectors are bad.
To recap:
RAW Partition
Damaged File System
Both Boot Sectors Damaged
Anyone have any suggestions? I'd at least like to be able to save the data off of it so I can send the drive back into Buffalo for a replacement.
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