There are alot of response to this thread and i didn't read them all yet yet... but if you tried multiple computers and have the same issue, my only other suggestion is to take it apart to get the actual drive out and try to put it in another enclosure.
You have a 50/50 chance of the issue just being a busted chip/transistor or something on the SATA to USB board. You may even open it up and see the problem with a disconnected piece or possibly a black spot on the board. Being something like that doesn't mean the drive isn't bad too now, but there is always that chance that the drive is fine. I've been that lucky more than once. Once you do get all of your stuff back... get some offsite storage/backup! I believe Picasa has free unlimited storage now that Google+ is out. Great place to start with your images :-) .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com -----Original Message----- From: Eric Cobb [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 9:02 AM To: cf-talk Subject: (ot) Recover Data from External Hard Drive So, this is way OT, but I'm hoping someone out there can give me some suggestions to help me figure this out. Here's my situation: I have a 500GB USB external hard drive on my home PC that I use to store pretty much everything. All of our pictures, financial documents, mp3s, code repositories, everything. I have the hard drive partitioned into 2 equal parts, and they are set up as the "F" and "G" drives on the PC. Last week, my 9 month old grabbed the cable and pulled the hard drive off of the desk. When I plugged the hard drive back in, I could no longer access any of the data on the drives. Windows is saying that the drives need to be formatted. I've tried it on 3 separate machines, and I get the same thing on each one. When I plug in the hard drive, Windows sees both the "F" and "G" partitions, but wants to format them every time I try to open them. I looked in disk manager and it shows each partition with the correct size, but it says that each one is 100% free and contains no data. It does this on Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows 7. I tried booting Knoppix to see if I could access it that way, but I can't even get Knoppix to see the USB hard drive, or if it does I don't know where to look. I used VirtualBox to boot an Ubuntu instance, but got the same results as Knoppix, either it doesn't see the USB hard drive, or if it does I don't know where to look. (now would probably be a good time to mention that I don't know squat about Linux). So, that's my predicament. Does anyone out there have any suggestions on what to try? I feel like that if I can get Knoppinx/Ubuntu to see the drive that may be my best bet, but I don't have a clue as to how to do it. (plan on doing some serious googling tonight). I appreciate any suggestions anyone may have. Thanks, Eric Cobb http://www.cfgears.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347114 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
