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TestDisk - rebuild NTFS partition on dead WD Elements [from macos]
I have a 5TB WD Elements external USB disk, which was formatted as a single 5TB NTFS partition without about 4TB of files. It's not a bootable disk. It stopped mounting, so I pulled it apart and ...
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WD External Drive Stopped Working - Are there any Non-Destructive Diagnostic Options? What's the Best Course Of Action?
I'm having problems with my Western Digital My Passport 4TB External Drive.
This model, specifically: WDBYFT004BBK-0A
I was in the process of cross-backing-up data between my live setup (laptop), my ...
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ddrescue 0% recovered - is the external hard drive dead?
I assume my external exFAT hard drive is dead. There are many questions about ddrescue but typically the poster manages to recover something. I just want an analysis of my results.
ddrescue shows:
I ...
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How to recover lost data through transfer?
I have made a terrible mistake when transferring photos from a microSD card to an external HDD.
I connect the microSD card and the external HDD to my iPad. I could see all the photos from SD card. I ...
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Can I recover accidently deleted files on an SSD External Drive running Windows 10 Home?
I accidently deleted files from a WD external SSD hard drive. Running OS is Windows 10. I have scanned the drive with two separate on-line file recovery (Stellar & Recoverit) packages and both ...
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WD 4 TB My Passport Portable Makes Clicking Sound. After falling not getting detected. Clicks 16 times then rotation stops
Issue: My 4TB WD Passport Drive fell from the desk and since then makes clicking noise.
Video of the issue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cfWMObC...
Video of Clicking: https://www.youtube.com/...
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Recover data from USB turned bootable [duplicate]
I was trying to downgrade from Windows 11 to Windows 10. I installed the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft and connected a portable external hard drive that I use to save my files, not knowing the ...
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Make an external hard drive unbootable and recover old data
I stored important data such as pictures, software, and backup of my websites in an external hard drive (2TB). When downloading and running Windows 11 setup I mistakenly made this drive bootable.
Is ...
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Recover data from broken wd hard disk by replacing the head
I have a broken wd hard disk, see this link for the detail status:
How to use dd to backup "WD My Passport" on Ubuntu
Because it is not allowed to ask more than one question in the same post,...
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restore data on external disk after windows repair
Here is an issue my friend faced:
He has an external hard drive NTFS formatted. First he was putting photos to it using MacBook. Then he was putting photos using Ubuntu laptop. Then he moved to a ...
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Convert MBR 3TB External HDD to SATA Internal without backing up on a 2nd drive
Hello I've been researching this for a bit and haven't found anything substantial:
So I have a WD 3TB External HDD, I'm trying to convert it to a SATA drive without losing the data.
Here's some ...
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drive failing, dd back failed at 33%, can I partially recover?
An external hard drive had trouble mounting after bootup. So I began to clone it using dd.This was quite a while ago, and so I don't recall the exact parameters. Something rather standard for a ...
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“Bad message” when trying to access a directory on external hard drive
I'm running a media server using a Raspberry Pi 4 with an external hard drive connected via USB 3.0.
One issue I've been seeing for a while is "Bad message" returned when I try to ls or stat ...
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External disk fatal hardware error [duplicate]
I am trying to get access to my external hard drive and hopefully the data on it. However, my disk is not being recognized by the computer. I have tried opening Windows disk manager and it immediately ...
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Data Recovery on external Hard Drive using Recuva
Have an external 1TB portable hard drive which had contents of around 5000 photos stored on it. One day plugged it in to find nothing there.
Apologies in advance for knowing nothing about data ...
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