…I cannot access this drive, at all. I've run a considerable amount of recovery programs at it- in the original enclosure, in another Essentials WD enclosure, bare & attached SATA to both MS & Linux….
Testdisk via Linux Mint sees it as:
Disk /dev/sdd - 2199 GB / 2048 GiB - CHS 2097152 64 32
It is a 1TB WD Essentials desktop drive.
Any ideas? Besides, "it's cactus", I mean?
Not mine, btw- it's for friend…
Any uber-smart data reclaimers here?
Ta!
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.13.0-37-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: [No Information Found]
Serial Number: [No Information Found]
Firmware Version: [No Information Found]
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: [No Information Found]
Local Time is: Wed Mar 11 19:36:19 2015 AWST
SMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 82-83 don't show if SMART supported.
SMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 85-87 don't show if SMART is enabled.
SMART support is: Unknown - Try option -s with argument 'on' to enable it.
Not sure how to:
"Try option -s with argument 'on' to enable it."
?
Sure you got the correct device?
Use the appropriate SMART passthrough: http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices
If you have it connected directly to a SATA controller, omit the -d sat, that'll give you the correct information.
I've already placed it back into it's enclosure. Running smartmon now, I get:
smartctl -d sat -i /dev/sdd
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.13.0-37-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
Smartctl open device: /dev/sdd [SAT] failed: Permission denied
The weird thing is that it's still reporting itself as a 2TB hdd when it's actually a 1TB?? The reason I removed it from it's own enclosure was because I happen to have a 1TB Elements (that's what this is, not Essentials) & thought I'd give it a go attaching it to that enclosure's usb to see if it changed anything— nada. It even still says it's 2TB!!
Now, I plugged it back into Mint & Gparted says this:
http://i.imgur.com/Kuc6HVL.png
I'm perplexed?
I do have a recent Hirens- I'll give it a go. Ta!
Try 121601 255 63 [512] for geometry in testdisk.
When/where does this option appear? WHat steps, if you can?
Ta!
Where did you find this geometry to try, btw? I'm interested…
:)
Take it you figured out how to use custom geometry? (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Menu_Geometry)
You should at least be able to discover the existing partitions. I have a WD 1TB Green and suspect similar models share the same values. Google also confirmed these values for others with varying models of WD 1TB drives.
Yeah, I did. I used your figures, but even then, I get "read error" when I fire it up. The geometry change doesn't "stick" (I thought it might) on a retry after shutting off terminal…tried a few more times, same thing. It doesn't see any partition/data…I may have to accept defeat.
Thanks everyone!
try smartctl -d sat -i /dev/sdd to get some more detailed info?
e.g.:
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [mips-linux-3.10.49] (localbuild)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital My Passport (USB, AF)
Device Model: WDC WD20NMVW-11W68S0
Serial Number: _____________________
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee __________
Firmware Version: 01.01A01
User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5200 rpm
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 3.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Wed Mar 11 21:58:11 2015 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled