Lost Volume on WD Cavier Green 3TB previously divided into two disks
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Snarkticon
October 15, 2014 12:28:59 PM
My 3TB WD drive was originally divided into two "disks" on my old machine, similar to this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/cambot/3tb_zpsa6...
When that computer's motherboard died last week, I swapped the 3TB to a new computer, and the new computer sees the 746GB "disk" as RAW and doesn't see the 2TB "disk" at all ... I've tried to recover the partitions or the data using TestDisk with no luck ... can anyone help?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/cambot/3tb_zpsa6...
When that computer's motherboard died last week, I swapped the 3TB to a new computer, and the new computer sees the 746GB "disk" as RAW and doesn't see the 2TB "disk" at all ... I've tried to recover the partitions or the data using TestDisk with no luck ... can anyone help?
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Snarkticon
October 15, 2014 1:23:37 PM
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You didnt by chance use the Western Digital DDO utility on the old pc to access the drive?
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1101/~/...
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1101/~/...
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Snarkticon
October 15, 2014 5:21:13 PM
I don't remember what program I used to split the drive (it was over two years ago). I didn't have to use any special software to access the data on either drive once it was split - it worked just like normal in Windows Explorer.
Do you think that might be something I can install now to help access the drive?
Do you think that might be something I can install now to help access the drive?
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Snarkticon
October 15, 2014 6:13:06 PM
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Snarkticon
October 16, 2014 8:02:42 AM
I just wanted to update this with the solution I found. I use a program called "Zero Assumption Recovery" that does exactly what it says. It was able to scan the physical drive sector by sector and retrieved all the files on both virtual "disks" because it ignored the fact that they even existed.
For anyone who has a similar problem, here is the link to the program. The full version is not free, but it's worth EVERY cent. http://www.z-a-recovery.com/
For anyone who has a similar problem, here is the link to the program. The full version is not free, but it's worth EVERY cent. http://www.z-a-recovery.com/
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October 17, 2014 5:35:04 AM
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