Also it will be better if you use its command line version than GUI cause its better.
On 8/30/09, Anvesh Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: > Testdisk will not remove your data on your hard disk. Then when you > run you have to choose no log, then select the external drive and > press intel, then select the partitions you want to restore(If your > partition isn't listed then do a deep search. After that you can > choose the option write to write the master boot record. It will also > ask in one step whether your partition was done in vista you should > select no if it is formatted under XP. Then after writing master boot > record it will ask you to restart and then you will have your files > back. > > On 8/30/09, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Testdisk will not let me write the MBR code, it just gives me an error >> tell me that it cannot write to the disk. >> >> On Aug 28, 3:10 pm, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Anvesh, >>> >>> Will testdisk erase the existing data on the hard drive? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On Aug 26, 9:34 am, Anvesh Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > In case you want to get your file system back in case if your FAT >>> > table has some problem then you can use testdisk utility which I have >>> > used many times to save my self whenever my external disk showed no >>> > sign of access. Just google testdisk and you will find it. >>> >>> > On 8/25/09, Liz Fenton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > > I had the a problem with my WD Mybook. Turned out that heat was the >>> > > problem. >>> > > So, I dismantled the case, took the drive out, connected it via >>> > > SATA cable >>> > > to a a USB port and transferred the files onto another drive. The >>> > > clue >>> > > was >>> > > the "delayed write failure" message I got on trying to access the >>> > > drive. >>> >>> > > Liz Fenton >>> >>> > > --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > > From: Mike Retif <[email protected]> >>> > > Subject: [computer-tech-support: 6933] Re: WD MyBook Problem >>> > > To: "Computer Tech Support" <[email protected]> >>> > > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 8:42 PM >>> >>> > > I now got it to show up on Vista and it list the drive as not >>> > > initialized and unallocated. >>> >>> > > On Aug 24, 8:39 pm, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >> In XP, the disk does not show up at all in disk management (control >>> > >> panel>admin tools>computer management>disk management) but it will >>> > >> show up on some different recovery software and WD diagnostics >>> > >> program. >>> >>> > >> In vista, i do not remember what it said but when i connect it now, >>> > >> disk management does not see it (but i can still safely remove it). >>> > >> The only option I had when it did show up was to initialize the >>> > >> disk, >>> > >> which it could not do because of an I/O error. >>> >>> > >> On Aug 24, 10:05 am, The KwikOne <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > >> > It sounds like possibly your partition table may have gotten >>> > >> > corrupted. When you say on XP it does not show up, do you mean in >>> > >> > disk >>> > >> > management, or where? Also, on Vista what indications does disk >>> > >> > management give, unallocated partition, unformatted partition or >>> > >> > what? >>> >>> > >> > On Aug 23, 5:56 pm, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > >> > > I have a 320gb MyBook and I am having a problem connecting it >>> > >> > > to >>> > >> > > my >>> > >> > > computer. I am not sure what happened but when I went to >>> > >> > > transfer >>> > >> > > some files, the drive disappeared off of My Computer. The >>> > >> > > drive >>> > >> > > does >>> > >> > > shows up on the connected devices and I can safely remove it >>> > >> > > but >>> > >> > > cannot open it. I have looked at the cables and power and >>> > >> > > everything >>> > >> > > looks good. >>> >>> > >> > > On my computer with 64bit vista, I can see the drive using disk >>> > >> > > management. It asks me to initialize (i was hesitant to do so) >>> > >> > > and I >>> > >> > > get an I/O error. On my computer with XP, the drive does not >>> > >> > > even >>> > >> > > show up. >>> >>> > >> > > I should have been backing up the files better but that did not >>> > >> > > happen. I really do not want to format the drive until I can >>> > >> > > get >>> > >> > > my >>> > >> > > files off. >>> >>> > >> > > Any input or thoughts would be appreciated because most of the >>> > >> > > files >>> > >> > > are irreplaceable. >>> >>> > >> > > Mike >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
