@Cross2031 Ok, if you get the READ ERROR the MBR is corrupted. And there is atm no simple way to recover it without losing the data.
Did you closed the Active drive editor before? Its for sure locks the drive. Close it and replug the drive.
Did you closed the Active drive editor before? Its for sure locks the drive. Close it and replug the drive.
I tried what you said, and it’s the same as before, got a READ ERROR
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Tried this too, but the option to make a volume is grayed out/not available
I think the drive is dead or faulty. it might still be under warranty as per its serial number.
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You might try Aomei partition Assistent it also has additional features to check the drive for errors. It includes also option to repair the MBR. But close the other applications before, Win disk manager and Active drive editor.
You might try Aomei partition Assistent it also has additional features to check the drive for errors. It includes also option to repair the MBR. But close the other applications before, Win disk manager and Active drive editor.
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It's very funny how a guy (Cross2031) ask for help, you give him the info, and he does something else and has a complaints on errors......Try what I told you! In that case, use low level format tool I told you.
If it doesn't work....THEN you can put you drive in the garbage!
If it doesn't work....THEN you can put you drive in the garbage!
@mrmagicm Step by step, now if the issue persist you can go deeper and use such mentioned tools and also including reading smart values. You are not running direkt everytime a drive high level check with such tools, when a drive cannot be recognized. When the normal way dont work then you can think there is something other wrong with the drive.
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In case you’re wondering, I am currently scanning the drive as we speak, only problem is that the scan is going incredibly slow, and it’s estimated to be finished bymonday, though seeing as how this may fix the issue, I will let it scan til it’s done.
It’s the 500GB model; and before all this it worked quite well; Hopefully this clears up some things
In case you’re wondering, I am currently scanning the drive as we speak, only problem is that the scan is going incredibly slow, and it’s estimated to be finished by
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The drive I got is this thing I bought a while back:
It’s the 500GB model; and before all this it worked quite well; Hopefully this clears up some things
Isn't this about saving/restoring the data, not completely deleting it? So no, do not overwrite the drive with zeros. Reading out SMART values might reveal something through.
//EDIT: Also overwriting the drive with zeros is not a low-level format.
//EDIT: Also overwriting the drive with zeros is not a low-level format.
@V10lator The data on the drive is not important to him told us. Primary is getting his drive again ready to use.
But i will still check for solutions to recover the drive with its data, it will not be last time a error happens by hidding the drive and the MBR gets corrupted.
@Cross2031 Yes, thats why we recommend using Western Digital drives for specific reasons. Even the refurbished in the WD Store are worth to be used.
//EDIT: For S.M.A.R.T values, inside Aomei Partition Assistans check under properties or get Chrystal disk info.
But i will still check for solutions to recover the drive with its data, it will not be last time a error happens by hidding the drive and the MBR gets corrupted.
@Cross2031 Yes, thats why we recommend using Western Digital drives for specific reasons. Even the refurbished in the WD Store are worth to be used.
//EDIT: For S.M.A.R.T values, inside Aomei Partition Assistans check under properties or get Chrystal disk info.
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Ah, okay. Still I would suggest looking at SMART values (no need to interrupt the test/scan for this, one should be able to do both in parallel).
//EDIT: BTW, I guess the scan is a surface scan? If so really no need to do that, SMART also contains self-tests defined by the manufacturer. These self-tests are most likely better and faster than a surface scan.
//EDIT: BTW, I guess the scan is a surface scan? If so really no need to do that, SMART also contains self-tests defined by the manufacturer. These self-tests are most likely better and faster than a surface scan.
@V10lator I`ve tested a bit around and Testdisk uses Backup Bootsektor and Superblocks to restore the partition table in the boot sektor. And it work fine for restore a corrupted MBR. For testing (tested multiple times) i`ve changed the MBR Signature to hide the drive and removed the partition table information be writing zeros into it with a ghex. Then i run Testdisk without log and searched for lost partitions but didnt show some. Then i wrote the Testdisk MBR to drive and searched for the partitions and all appeared. The MBR was restored!
So yes, there must exist somewhere a FAT32-Backup-Bootsektor.
NTFS is using Backup-Boot-Superblock, if iam correct its located in the beginning / first sector of a partition.
On Linux ext2/ext3-Backup-Superblock are stored at specific blocks which can be located by dumpe2fs.
So yes, there must exist somewhere a FAT32-Backup-Bootsektor.
NTFS is using Backup-Boot-Superblock, if iam correct its located in the beginning / first sector of a partition.
On Linux ext2/ext3-Backup-Superblock are stored at specific blocks which can be located by dumpe2fs.
Source: Advanced find Superblock
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