I will write my steps down but I think I am making a mistake somewhere. >no log >select my hard drive >intel >analysis Here is where i get a "Partition: Read Error" I then hit enter to do a quick search and it ask me if the partition was created with Vista. From here, i cannot do anything, I cannot type y or n it just seems unresponsive. I am missing something?
Mike On Aug 30, 8:40 am, Anvesh Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
