I have a external Toshiba 3TB that fell onto the floor.
TOSHIBA
DWC 130 3TB
P/N: HDWC130XK3J1
FAC: PF
DC+12v ... 2.0A 04/15
The drive hit on the side where the SS USB cable plugs in. It bent the metal on the plug. I was able to bend it back. So I plugged it back in. The drive seemed to be working fine. It was working ok for a few days.
Then the drive was clicking, it was just on. The drive was not be utilized. The pattern was something like this:
click..............20secs later.... click..............20secs later....
click..............20secs later.... click..............20secs later....
click..............20secs later.... click..............20secs later....
Windows 10 then wanted to play "hide n seek". Windows notifies that the drive is added, then it leaves, comes back, etc.
I tried to scan it, and Windows 10 froze/crash. The only way to unfeeze Windows 10 was to restart or unplug the USB from the Hard Drive.
I removed the hard drive from the enclosure, sealed it inside ziplocks and put it in the freezer overnight. The next day I tried a drive dock. Windows10 seen my hard drive. When I try to access it, I get this message:
You need to format the disk in drive E: before you can use it.
Do you want to format it?
[Format disk][Cancel]
So I downloaded ISOs and burned Linux Live DVDs for:
Ubuntu
Zorin
Peppermint
LinuxMint (Cinnamon, Mate, Xfce)
Mageia (Gnome, Plasma, Xfce)
I booted the Ubuntu and it did see the external hard drive.
Zorin & Mageia Gnome both showed my hard drive as this:
375 GB Partition 1 / unknown
2.6TB Free Space
Partition Type: HPFS/NTFS (Bootable)
Contents: Unknown
LinuxMint Xfce also showed my hard drive but with this difference:
Partition Type: HPFS/exFAT/NTFS (Bootable)
LinuxMint Mate seen my Toshiba Hard Drive but listed it as: unknown size/type/volume?
While the others didn't help at all. Well I couldn't find what I needed.
I seen options for repartitions, fix partition, clone partition, copy partition, etc. If I could move it to another external hard drive it would be great. But the very least I would like to be able to see the files on it.
How do I go about getting Linux to be able to recognize the partition and read it?
What steps do I take?
The hard drive is being shown as RAW.
How do I save the information on this hard drive?
TOSHIBA
DWC 130 3TB
P/N: HDWC130XK3J1
FAC: PF
DC+12v ... 2.0A 04/15
The drive hit on the side where the SS USB cable plugs in. It bent the metal on the plug. I was able to bend it back. So I plugged it back in. The drive seemed to be working fine. It was working ok for a few days.
Then the drive was clicking, it was just on. The drive was not be utilized. The pattern was something like this:
click..............20secs later.... click..............20secs later....
click..............20secs later.... click..............20secs later....
click..............20secs later.... click..............20secs later....
Windows 10 then wanted to play "hide n seek". Windows notifies that the drive is added, then it leaves, comes back, etc.
I tried to scan it, and Windows 10 froze/crash. The only way to unfeeze Windows 10 was to restart or unplug the USB from the Hard Drive.
I removed the hard drive from the enclosure, sealed it inside ziplocks and put it in the freezer overnight. The next day I tried a drive dock. Windows10 seen my hard drive. When I try to access it, I get this message:
You need to format the disk in drive E: before you can use it.
Do you want to format it?
[Format disk][Cancel]
So I downloaded ISOs and burned Linux Live DVDs for:
Ubuntu
Zorin
Peppermint
LinuxMint (Cinnamon, Mate, Xfce)
Mageia (Gnome, Plasma, Xfce)
I booted the Ubuntu and it did see the external hard drive.
Zorin & Mageia Gnome both showed my hard drive as this:
375 GB Partition 1 / unknown
2.6TB Free Space
Partition Type: HPFS/NTFS (Bootable)
Contents: Unknown
LinuxMint Xfce also showed my hard drive but with this difference:
Partition Type: HPFS/exFAT/NTFS (Bootable)
LinuxMint Mate seen my Toshiba Hard Drive but listed it as: unknown size/type/volume?
While the others didn't help at all. Well I couldn't find what I needed.
I seen options for repartitions, fix partition, clone partition, copy partition, etc. If I could move it to another external hard drive it would be great. But the very least I would like to be able to see the files on it.
How do I go about getting Linux to be able to recognize the partition and read it?
What steps do I take?
The hard drive is being shown as RAW.
How do I save the information on this hard drive?