Hacking Is my HDD dead?

[Samwix]

Hi,

I can't access to my External HDD (with Y-Cable) data anymore... I don't know how it happened. I changed the external case.

The LED still turns on but my games don't show up and where I go into Data Settings, it shows an error message...

How could I recover my data?

Thanks!

 

[H1B1Esquire]

Is it possible you turned a game off while it was saving? Other than that, I've had SSB4 corrupt itself and it affected other games. If it's possible, add another game and see what happens.

As for recovery, I took it as a loss and re-installed on a new drive.

 

[Samwix]

Is it possible you turned a game off while it was saving? Other than that, I've had SSB4 corrupt itself and it affected other games. If it's possible, add another game and see what happens.

As for recovery, I took it as a loss and re-installed on a new drive.

Dammit... I think I'm gonna sell my Wii U... Isn't there anyway to clone my data?

It is not even recognized when I plug it when the Wii U is on

 

[H1B1Esquire]

It is not even recognized when I plug it when the Wii U is on

I wouldn't do that--that can corrupt data. I wouldn't say losing all of your data is a reason to sell your Wii U when HDDs do die. You can try to plug another HDD or flash in while your problematic HDD is plugged in and see what happens.

 

[Samwix]

I wouldn't do that--that can corrupt data. I wouldn't say losing all of your data is a reason to sell your Wii U when HDDs do die. You can try to plug another HDD or flash in while your problematic HDD is plugged in and see what happens.

I don't wanna restart everything
I tried another USB Drive and it worked so I guess my HDD is dead

EDIT: ok so I'll try Ftpiiu everywhere to recover my saves, which version should I use? 0.4u2 says "can be used specifically with cbhc 1.2 or newer" but I don't use cbhc nor haxchi..

 

[H1B1Esquire]

You could try to use your dying HDD until you get a lucky strike and copy all the saves to internal or flash drive. Or just look at like "it was inevitable and good thing it happened now, rather than later."

Alternatively, maybe someone might be able to fix it? Maybe the manufacturer will help you out? I called iecko about their 4gb flash drive and they told me I could have an 8gb to replace the other. I didn't get the data from the 4gb, but the call was worth it.

 

[Samwix]

I don't think it would happen someday hahaha... I don't care about the HDD, just the data... Ftpiiu everywhere cant read my HDD so I think it's dead

 

[H1B1Esquire]

Well, you could go for a lucky strike (10% chance it'll read long enough to get the saves) or try for a repair.

 

[sarkwalvein]

If you changed your external case that can very well be the problem.
Not all external cases (aka USB to SATA adapters) work well with the Wii U.
It is not an HDD problem, but an incompatibility problem of the USB-SATA adapter on the case circuitry.

Try with another case or adapter.
I've experienced this before.

 

[Samwix]

If you changed your external case that can very well be the problem.
Not all external cases (aka USB to SATA adapters) work well with the Wii U.
It is not an HDD problem, but an incompatibility problem of the USB-SATA adapter on the case circuitry.

Try with another case or adapter.
I've experienced this before.

it is the same model as the one which used to work

 

[sarkwalvein]

it is the same model as the one which used to work

Yet they could have used a different adapter.
Normally those cases are made to be used on a PC, so no one cares if they change chip A for the new variant chip A1, that is still compatible with a PC but not with a Wii U (they probably didn't even notice).

 

[Engezerstorung]

your hdd isnt dead, its because you changed case, i have done the same thing:
i was previously using a hard drive dock and then i switched to a case, my drive wasnt recognized by the wiiU anymore, and it didnt even asked me to format
so by luck i was having another hard drive of same size, so i plugged back my wiiU drive in the dock instead of the case, and then i plugged the other hard drive into the case, and copied everything on it

basically i think that the encryption of the hard drive is based both on the hard drive model and on the casing, so if you change the drive or the case it wont work anymore

 

[Samwix]

Yet they could have used a different adapter.
Normally those cases are made to be uses on a PC, so no one cares if they change chip A for the new variant chip A1, that is still compatible with a PC but not with a Wii U (they probably didn't even noticed).

i don't know, the old one stopped to work so i thought it was a case problem (it worked during like 5 months)

your hdd isnt dead, its because you changed case, i have done the same thing:
i was previously using a hard drive dock and then i switched to a case, my drive wasnt recognized by the wiiU anymore, and it didnt even asked me to format
so by luck i was having another hard drive of same size, so i plugged back my wiiU drive in the dock instead of the case, and then i plugged the other hard drive into the case, and copied everything on it

basically i think that the encryption of the hard drive is based both on the hard drive model and on the casing, so if you change the drive or the case it wont work anymore

i changed the case because i was thinking the problem came from there

 

[Engezerstorung]

oh sorry, i misunderstood, i thought that your problem come after changing your case

well, is your hard drive is seen on a computer? (even if empty and stuff) because i think someone have made a tool that allow to read the datas on it (but read only) if you have some backup info of your wiiU
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-wfs-fuse-mount-wii-u-usb-drives-on-linux-and-mlc-dumps.478835/
maybe the wiiU cant read it but you will be able to in linux

 

[Samwix]

oh sorry, i misunderstood, i thought that your problem come after changing your case

well, is your hard drive is seen on a computer? (even if empty and stuff) because i think someone have made a tool that allow to read the datas on it (but read only) if you have some backup info of your wiiU
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-wfs-fuse-mount-wii-u-usb-drives-on-linux-and-mlc-dumps.478835/
maybe the wiiU cant read it but you will be able to in linux

yeah my computer detects it but it doesn't tell me to format (it does with another Wii U pendrive I tested), I'll try this thanks!!

 

[Samwix]

I made an image of the HDD then formatted it and tried to restore with USBIT and HDD Raw Copy Tool and it didn't work
Though, once formatted by windows, my hard drive is recgonized by the Wii U and I can format it.

 

[sp3off]

I made an image of the HDD then formatted it and tried to restore with USBIT and HDD Raw Copy Tool and it didn't work
Though, once formatted by windows, my hard drive is recgonized by the Wii U and I can format it.

Format your Harddrive using the Wii U.
(but then idk if we can reinject the integrity of the dumped WFS into the HDD)

 

[Samwix]

Format your Harddrive using the Wii U.
(but then idk if we can reinject the integrity of the dumped WFS into the HDD)

thanks but I already tried this (I made like 3 backup-restore) and it didn't work, I'm doing a 4th one with another tool

so I found something about decrypting my USB using OTP and SEEPROM files on my PC! Is there a safe way to get these ones?

 

[sp3off]

thanks but I already tried this (I made like 3 backup-restore) and it didn't work, I'm doing a 4th one with another tool

so I found something about decrypting my USB using OTP and SEEPROM files on my PC! Is there a safe way to get these ones?

"decrypting" Nope, you can inject but you cannot recover any data from it. If you are talking about WFS Block Injector of course.

 

[Samwix]

"decrypting" Nope, you can inject but you cannot recover any data from it. If you are talking about WFS Block Injector of course.

Uh, really? Why is there a "Dump USB device" function then?
I saw there are two versions: wfs-extractor and wfs-file-inject so that's kinda weird if you can't dump data from USB...

Look at this thread though!