Recent content by psyxologos

I think that's what it was. Anyway. Thankfully no bad sectors anywhere, so hopefully it's all good now.

Has anyone had any news on this? I have had no updates i icue and the last post on the forum that smallkube linked is from the 23rd of September...

I could not get the information I needed from the testDisk site so I just used the 'expand' option in the disk manager and at least got the disk to diplay its full capacity in Windows. I just need to copy the files in it again. Thanks for your help!

Thank you. Yes, ideally I would like to see if any of the data can be read. Then I just want to unify the drive in one, unpartitioned space.

That's where I am at the moment with the test disk..

When I said I could use the 'expand' option, I meant to do so on the partition windows can see, so to expand to what it sees as 'unallocated'. Would that work?

Thank you. At the moment I am using the test disk program you suggested. It could see thr disk as 2000GB, so the whole 2TB. How can I get the drive readable in windows? Another thought I have was to use the 'expand' functionality on disk management. Thanks again and apologies for the many questions

Thank you. It is the unallocated part that I am interested in. There were never any partitions on the disk. This was inside a Seagate expansion external HDD enclosure that developed a fault (please see first post). The unallocated space here could correspond to the disk space that actually had...

OK. I just had a look at the disk management and I can see this. How do I access the unallocated part, and why is there a partition? I never created one. Is this where the data I previously had stored is, and can I access it? Thanks again!

No, it is just a SATA. I was refering to reviews I saw. Please ignore this comment. The thing now is that I inserted the SATA in the enclosure, turned it on and I got a warning message that the disk needed formating. After doing that the system now says the disk has a capacity of 233GB, as...

Thank you. I just grabbed the Sabrent as people said it has better cooling.

Thanks. I just thought things might change now I gave more information...

Hi again everyone. OP here. I finally mastered the courage to open the bay. As you said, it is a regular 3.5' (pics attached). So I would be obliged if you could please let me know which dock/hot swap set up would you recommend, and do I need to remove anything else from the drive itself to get...

That's what I think too. I might try to pry it apart with a knife or something else thin enough to fit and strong enough to do the job. After I manage this (here's to being positive), I should be able to see the HDD which will be plugged in to a SATA cable, right? Do I just disconnect and then...

There are no screws visible. It looks l;ike there is a bottom part (flat) where the HDD probably sits, and a 'lid' section that lands on top and exnloses (covers it) it.