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HDD recovery problems, not visible in Testdisk or GParted
Hello forums!
Got a bit of a problem with a WD 2TB HDD. Ever since I moved my computer to my new place I haven't been able to access this drive. It shows in file manager as 'DATA' mounted at sdb1 which would be correct but it seems to always be busy, can't do anything with it. It won't show up in Testdisk or GParted. I managed to unmount it via terminal and still nothing. Originally I was able to view it in Knoppix but the partition table was messed up. I had tried restoring it with Testdisk to no avail. Eventually it stopped showing up in Testdisk and GParted at which point I gave up (A few months ago).
Now I just want my drive back, I've given up on recovering the data (although that would be fantastic) I just can't make do with my little 500 GB backup drive anymore, those 2 TBs would really come in handy. The drive shows in BIOS as well, just not useable from knoppix. It shows in Windows as a drive but has no info. It does have correct information in Knoppix regarding size and gives a believable reading for free space from what I remember.
Does anyone have any clue as to what the problem could be or what I could do to remedy it? I'm sure there's a command result I should be posting but I'm fairly new to Linux, especially Knoppix so treat me as a noob ![Very Happy](images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Let me know if any additional information is required.
Thanks in advance!
System specs:
Asus P6t6 WS mobo
Core i7 920
6 GB Mushkin 1600Mhz RAM
Saphire Radeon HD 4870 2GB
Intel 80 GB SDD (Reserved for Windows and Ubuntu)
WD 500 GB HDD
WD 2 TB HDD (WD20EADS-00R) -Drive in question
Running Knoppix from 1 GB usb stick, kernel version 2.6.36.1
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... first of all open a console and tell us the output from
and from
You can also try (don't post it)
and have a look at all the lines "Config Status:"
Perhaps the drive is physically damaged.
Greetings Werner * http://www.wp-schulz.de/knoppix/summary.html
Own Rescue-CD with Knoppix (Knoppix V6.4.4 remaster)
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blkid returns:
Code:
/dev/loop0: UUID="389f6935-7d64-40ab-b57f-82f18e1a200b" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/cloop0: LABEL="KNOPPIX_FS" TYPE="iso9660"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="Windows" UUID="5327842A1B02EB54" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="908a7b0b-3d0d-4706-9a65-99ec28298cb8" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Data" UUID="EA4C906C4C903573" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="New Volume" UUID="989851F09851CCFE" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdd1: LABEL="PENDRIVE" UUID="08FF-2B38" TYPE="vfat"
fdsisk -l returns:
Code:
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x001a7501
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 5104 40992768 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 9328 9729 3229065 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 9328 9729 3229033+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd7976d0b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 60801 488384001 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdd: 1000 MB, 1000341504 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3816 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 3816 976880 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Nothing in there about the disk...
ran hwinfo --disk and the info regarding sdb is:
Code:
55: IDE 200.0: 10600 Disk
[Created at block.243]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_WDC_WD20EADS_00R
Unique ID: WZeP.M7rkuYeOTfF
Parent ID: w7Y8.tYR4Y_IlQjE
SysFS ID: /class/block/sdb
SysFS BusID: 2:0:0:0
SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0
Hardware Class: disk
Model: "WDC WD20EADS-00R"
Vendor: "WDC"
Device: "WD20EADS-00R"
Revision: "01.0"
Driver: "ahci", "sd"
Driver Modules: "ahci"
Device File: /dev/sdb
Device Number: block 8:16-8:31
Drive status: no medium
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #24 (SATA controller)
using --partition got this:
Code:
59: None 00.0: 11300 Partition
[Created at block.412]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_EA4C906C4C903573
Unique ID: h4pj.SE1wIdpsiiC
Parent ID: WZeP.M7rkuYeOTfF
SysFS ID: /class/block/sdb/sdb1
Hardware Class: partition
Model: "Partition"
Device File: /dev/sdb1
Device Files: /dev/sdb1, /dev/block/8:17, /dev/disk/by-uuid/EA4C906C4C903573, /dev/disk/by-label/Data
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #58 (Disk)
Any clue what this could mean?
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... have you already formatted
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Data" UUID="EA4C906C4C903573" TYPE="ntfs"
with Windows-Tools? This will take a very long time!
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I believe I used Gparted before it stopped working. I remember using Testdisk to try to restore the partitions but it never worked out.
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... with GParted you can create a partition and select NTFS formatting. But it isn't really NTFS formatting; you have to do this with Windows tools.
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It was probably formatted with Windows then. The drive has always been NTFS.
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