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All of a sudden I wasn't able to access my storage drive. I opened disk management and saw this:

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I tried to initialize it but I get the error: "a device which does not exist was specified" 

I don't really care for the disk itself, but it had some data I'd like to recover from it. Is there anyway possible?

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what is that drive?

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5 minutes ago, mahyar said:

what is that drive?

It was a 2TB Star(something) drive from Hitachi. HDD not SSD. It's an internal drive that I used for storage

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1 minute ago, Wufflez said:

It was a 2TB Star(something) drive from Hitachi. HDD not SSD. It's an internal drive that I used for storage

can you make a bootable linux usb and use that for diagnosing? 

windows is very bad with problematic disks

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1 minute ago, mahyar said:

can you make a bootable linux usb and use that for diagnosing? 

windows is very bad with problematic disks

I'd be willing to do that. Where can I get the download?

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1 minute ago, Wufflez said:

I'd be willing to do that. Where can I get the download?

www.ubuntu.com

download 20.04 desktop version 

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1 minute ago, mahyar said:

www.ubuntu.com

download 20.04 desktop version 

What size usb do I need?

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What size usb do I need?

even a 4gb one will work but i suggest a 8gb

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4 minutes ago, mahyar said:

even a 4gb one will work but i suggest a 8gb

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Jeez what is this download speed? Check back on me later please if you could?

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43 minutes ago, Wufflez said:

s there anyway possible?

I have had lots of luck putting failing/messed up drives in an external hd bay (usb) and I usually am able to get them to work, or at the very least access them enough to run a program like r-studio on them to get the data off.

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1 minute ago, Wufflez said:

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Jeez what is this download speed? Check back on me later please if you could?

mine is worse 

and im here for another 10 to  12 hours

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Download as torrent, it'll be a lot faster (supposing it's not your connection that's slow obviously).

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2 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Download as torrent, it'll be a lot faster (supposing it's not your connection that's slow obviously).

Yeah not my bandwidth (115mbps down). I'll be patient. Still need to pick out a new drive. Happen to know if RAM on ssd is important if it's just being used for storage?

 

 

8 minutes ago, mahyar said:

mine is worse 

and im here for another 10 to  12 hours

What would be the next steps to try once I boot into ubuntu?

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Yeah not my bandwidth (115mbps down). I'll be patient. Still need to pick out a new drive. Happen to know if RAM on ssd is important if it's just being used for storage?

 

 

What would be the next steps to try once I boot into ubuntu?

a menu will pop up select "try ubuntu" then you should open up a terminal

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1 hour ago, mahyar said:

a menu will pop up select "try ubuntu" then you should open up a terminal

Had a lot of other issues come up. Finally flashing the usb drive with ubuntu. I'll have to pick this up tomorrow since it's getting really late here. Will you be around tomorrow too?

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1 minute ago, Wufflez said:

Had a lot of other issues come up. Finally flashing the usb drive with ubuntu. I'll have to pick this up tomorrow since it's getting really late here. Will you be around tomorrow too?

what time? (in UTC)

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Just now, mahyar said:

what time? (in UTC)

It's what, 10am for you? I'll probably be around 8pm or sooner if it's convenient for you

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2 minutes ago, Wufflez said:

It's what, 10am for you? I'll probably be around 8pm or sooner if it's convenient for you

im active in forum between 

6:30 AM UTC till 8:30 PM UTC

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Just now, mahyar said:

im active in forum between 

6:30 AM UTC till 8:30 PM UTC

Okay, I'll try to be on sooner then. I really appreciate your help!

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That error could indicate that the drive connection might have come loose or the cable might have gone bad. Have you cracked the case open and checked the cables are in fully? Might also be worth trying it in a different SATA port and/or trying a new SATA data cable.

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13 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

That error could indicate that the drive connection might have come loose or the cable might have gone bad. Have you cracked the case open and checked the cables are in fully? Might also be worth trying it in a different SATA port and/or trying a new SATA data cable.

I just tried this, reseated the power cables, and exchanged the SATA cable and tried a new port but no luck

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19 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

That error could indicate that the drive connection might have come loose or the cable might have gone bad. Have you cracked the case open and checked the cables are in fully? Might also be worth trying it in a different SATA port and/or trying a new SATA data cable.

I was able to install an ssd with the original port and cable, so that kind of rules that out.

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19 hours ago, mahyar said:

im active in forum between 

6:30 AM UTC till 8:30 PM UTC

I'm sorry I missed you. I'd still like to see if the data on the drive is still recoverable. I have Ubuntu ready to boot into. Once I boot into it, what would the next step be to take? image.png.ebd1bba35a72a09fb7410b59bb2c84a9.png

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47 minutes ago, Wufflez said:

I'm sorry I missed you. I'd still like to see if the data on the drive is still recoverable. I have Ubuntu ready to boot into. Once I boot into it, what would the next step be to take? image.png.ebd1bba35a72a09fb7410b59bb2c84a9.png

sorry for delay

after booting up ubuntu open up a terminal and type:

sudo lsblk

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33 minutes ago, mahyar said:

sorry for delay

after booting up ubuntu open up a terminal and type:

sudo lsblk

Here's what came up:
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sda must be the new ssd that I installed (not the broken drive)

nvme0n1 is my OS drive

...I don't see the affected 2TB drive listed

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