Hi all,
Thanks for reading and any assistance.
So, I've got a win 7, 2.5" SATA HDD that I've trying to recover data from.
When you plug it into the enclosure, it takes awhile for it to be recognized. The recovery partition is recognized first and is accessible. The primary partition will eventually show up but is not accessible in that when you go to access it, whether in disk Management or just through the GUI in Windows explorer and it will just hang for over three hours (longest I've waited).
However, I was able to see that it is RAW format.
So even trying to use testdisk, it will just stall on waiting.
So it seems to me that it has some bad sectors but I cannot run any chkdsk to attempt a repair since it is in RAW.
I did try it on a usb Linux distro and it read! I was able to access and see all the files but unfortunately was not prepared and only had one USB port available so I could not transfer anything. When I got my USB splitter out, of course it would not work again.
Oh, and it was from a dropped laptop but the HDD shows no signs of damage other than the issue I've outlined.
Again, thanks for reading and any assistance.
Thanks for reading and any assistance.
So, I've got a win 7, 2.5" SATA HDD that I've trying to recover data from.
When you plug it into the enclosure, it takes awhile for it to be recognized. The recovery partition is recognized first and is accessible. The primary partition will eventually show up but is not accessible in that when you go to access it, whether in disk Management or just through the GUI in Windows explorer and it will just hang for over three hours (longest I've waited).
However, I was able to see that it is RAW format.
So even trying to use testdisk, it will just stall on waiting.
So it seems to me that it has some bad sectors but I cannot run any chkdsk to attempt a repair since it is in RAW.
I did try it on a usb Linux distro and it read! I was able to access and see all the files but unfortunately was not prepared and only had one USB port available so I could not transfer anything. When I got my USB splitter out, of course it would not work again.
Oh, and it was from a dropped laptop but the HDD shows no signs of damage other than the issue I've outlined.
Again, thanks for reading and any assistance.