HDD help

[Speedster]

MILs laptop landed on my desk as it wouldn't boot up. It's an oldish Asus with HDD. I've removed the HDD to try salvage the data but am struggling to access it. I've put it in an enclosure but when I plug it into a Windows machine the machine gets really slow until it eventually registers the disk, and then it disconnects a few moments later. Running chkdsk in the few moments the disk is visible returns the error that the disk is RAW. I tried copying the data across on my Mac, but that doesn't work either as it disconnects almost as soon as it starts to copy. I've tried EaseUS too but these also fail as they don't even pick up the disk.

Any ideas to help me please the MIL?

P.s. I only need to salvage the data as the disk itself will be replaced by an SSD.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

send to data recovery, drive is fsked

 

[ponder]

Connect it to a data interface and try again.

 

[Speedster]

Connect it to a data interface and try again.

What do you mean by a data interface?

 

[My_King]

Do you perhaps have another enclosure?

Perhaps put in back in the laptop, boot to Linux, and try salvage from there. else do what @eg2505 said

 

[ponder]

What do you mean by a data interface?

Damn autocorrect, SATA. Not via USB adapter. Try using a Linux liveimage booted to read the drive.

 

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[Speedster]

Popping the USB enclosure to my Mac the disk seems readable. I've told it to rsync to a second external. It's building file list now - will keep you updated.

If this doesn't work I'll try the same from a Linux box.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

could try the Freezer trick, as a hail mary that might just work.

 

[Rickster]

PartedMagic FTWWWWWWW

 

[Speedster]

PartedMagic FTWWWWWWW

It needs to see the drive to be able to work and I can't get windows to pick up the drive long enough. I see EaseUS has a Mac version, perhaps I can give that a go. Waiting to see if this rsync works first though.

 

[Rickster]

It needs to see the drive to be able to work and I can't get windows to pick up the drive long enough. I see EaseUS has a Mac version, perhaps I can give that a go. Waiting to see if this rsync works first though.

That is why you use Linux, windows has too many failsafes.

 

[psivius]

Glad you able to recover the data using an alternative OS.

The filesystem is probably corrupt. If you can get it to register with a drive letter assigned on the Windows machine again then run a chkdsk x: /f on the drive from the command prompt (x is your drive letter). Also check the health of the drive with HDD Sentinel or Crystal Disk to confirm whether you can continue to use the drive.

 

[Speedster]

rsync on the mac is working. Whoop whoop.

Once I've got all the data I need off I'll just do a fresh format on the whole thing.