HDD turned RAW

[Game_Hustla]

Hi I'm facing one iffy hdd, a seagate 4TB HDD GPT formated to a single NTFS that became RAW while copying some files from a dieing desktop 500 WD black in external dock connected to a USB3.

I used multible programs such as 'R-Studio' and 'GetDataBack simple' both after scaning the RAW drive wrongly reported over 10 parttions with different typs FAT12 FAT32 NTFS even linux partions and wrong size 1.6 something TB

[Electronics Wizardy]

Do you care about the data, send it do a data recovery service

 

Or get a new one or reformat it.

[NinjaJc01]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Do you care about the data, send it do a data recovery service

 

Or get a new one or reformat it.

Or RMA if it's new enough.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, NinjaJc01 said:

Or RMA if it's new enough.

Data recovery first. They won't give your data back.

[NinjaJc01]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Data recovery first. They won't give your data back.

I was thinking I ought to write that, but if the OP complains enough, seagate might pay for the data recovery.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, NinjaJc01 said:

I was thinking I ought to write that, but if the OP complains enough, seagate might pay for the data recovery.

They have a thing where you can pay extra for that when you buy it. I dought they will give it away, but segate surprise me.

[NinjaJc01]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

They have a thing where you can pay extra for that when you buy it. I dought they will give it away, but segate surprise me.

The last thing they want is an even worse reputation. If the OP makes enough of a fuss, they should do it.

[Game_Hustla]

11 minutes ago, NinjaJc01 said:

Or RMA if it's new enough.

 

12 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Do you care about the data, send it do a data recovery service

 

Or get a new one or reformat it.

the drive reported healthy (I think) so no RMA needed, I read on some site while researching that if you use a usb3 to copy data to internal drive (which what I did) it might corrupt it, secondly I live in africa so no data recovery centers, here my only option is to send it a broad but only if I have to

[Captain_WD]

9 hours ago, Game_Hustla said:

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Hello

 

Do you have the raw values from the S.M.A.R.T statuses of both drives? Check that or post it here so you know if and what is wrong with both drives. 

As @Electronics Wizardy suggested, if the data is important your safest bet would be to turn to a data recovery company. Have in mind that their services can be costly. 

 

Post back if you have any questions! 

 

Captain_WD.

[Game_Hustla]

51 minutes ago, Captain_WD said:

Hello

 

Do you have the raw values from the S.M.A.R.T statuses of both drives? Check that or post it here so you know if and what is wrong with both drives. 

Hi the WD is unfortunately dead (it spins then have 2 small clicks then it spins again and repeat), I'm scaning the seagate as I'm writing this with TestDisk 7.0 when it finshs I will post S.M.A.R.T

[Game_Hustla]

9 hours ago, Captain_WD said:

Do you have the raw values from the S.M.A.R.T statuses of both drives? Check that or post it here so you know if and what is wrong with both drives. 

 

[Captain_WD]

19 hours ago, Game_Hustla said:

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The drive may have some issues. I'd try testing it with the manufacturer's tool and check with their support. 

 

Captain_WD.

[Game_Hustla]

Ok I gave up on recovering my data, but I think I've discovered why my data was corrupted in the first place:

I scanned my other drive (a 3TB WD green) and it also gave an overlapping partition error and that 70-90% of the data on it was corrupted, so I formated the seagate and proceeded to copy data to it and formated the WD and it only had 768GB U WOT M8.

I installed "MiniTool Partition Wizard" and it showed the same problem AND that my seagate is ONLY 1.6TB and free space is NEGATIVE 58% (not this sh*t again), I searched teh internet only to discover that the SATA drivers are NOT installed properly (I'm using Win7) I installed Intel RST and now Winblows show the correct size of the drives.

And before you ask I formated the drives on my older rig (R.I.P my Q9650 you were a magnificent beast).