Converted Internal drive to External: Now it won't read it

Cask · 21st July 2012, 7:00 AM

Hey guys
I have a 3TB WD Green that was originally an external drive
I'm on holiday, so I took the internal drive out and put it back in its original case but now my laptop (it was previously in a desktop drive) won't see it properly

Disk Management sees the drive as unallocated and so do a few other applications - but EaseUS Partition Master sees it as having 500gb left (which is about right)

Herp...what do?

the3coopers · 21st July 2012, 9:54 AM

Sounds like whatever you put the dribve into (eg: a NAS) has formatted it to a non-Windows filesystem

Thus the partition is there, and so is the data, but Windows cannot see it unless you use a corresponding driver.

What did you use it for when it was outside of it's original case?

the3coopers · 21st July 2012, 9:57 AM

Actually - your first post is a bit confusing. How did you put the desktop drive into the laptop?

What internal drive did you "took the internal drive out and put it back in its original case"?

What do you mean by "it was previously in a desktop drive"?

Could you re-word... don't worry about the lamptop, just talk about the drive itself. Is there only one drive? Or have you taken the 3TB out and are putting a different drive back into the enclosure?

Cask · 21st July 2012, 4:13 PM

apologies, I'll clarify:

It was once an external drive
It was my storage drive within my home PC for a good few months
I put it back into the external casing - USB 2.0
Now it cannot be recognized

So, the drive is connected via USB and is from my home PC containing my music, movies etc.

Cask · 21st July 2012, 10:54 PM

fixed - it must have been something to do with the partition MBR as Testdisk managed to clear things up (not sure what I did but all is as usual)

thanks anyway

the3coopers · 21st July 2012, 11:55 PM

Just last month I had a problem with a HDD from my NAS that nothing could read due to a variety of errors. I downloaded TestDisk and it fixed my drive enough for me to get EXT2FS to mount and read it.

Must be some voodoo magic kind of stuff, I reckon.

Cask · 22nd July 2012, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the3coopers

Just last month I had a problem with a HDD from my NAS that nothing could read due to a variety of errors. I downloaded TestDisk and it fixed my drive enough for me to get EXT2FS to mount and read it.

Must be some voodoo magic kind of stuff, I reckon.

Yes! It has actually fixed a few of my worries now. All bow!

21st July 2012, 7:00 AM	#1
Cask Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Castle Hill, Sydney Posts: 679	Converted Internal drive to External: Now it won't read it Hey guys I have a 3TB WD Green that was originally an external drive I'm on holiday, so I took the internal drive out and put it back in its original case but now my laptop (it was previously in a desktop drive) won't see it properly Disk Management sees the drive as unallocated and so do a few other applications - but EaseUS Partition Master sees it as having 500gb left (which is about right) Herp...what do? __________________ X79S-UP5-WiFi \| i7 3820 @ 4.5GHz (water) \| 64GB RAM \| Pentax K-x \| Canon 60D (ML) \| OCAU Pentax Users \| WordMean \| Personal Website \| Trades

21st July 2012, 4:13 PM	#4
Cask Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Castle Hill, Sydney Posts: 679	apologies, I'll clarify: It was once an external drive It was my storage drive within my home PC for a good few months I put it back into the external casing - USB 2.0 Now it cannot be recognized So, the drive is connected via USB and is from my home PC containing my music, movies etc. __________________ X79S-UP5-WiFi \| i7 3820 @ 4.5GHz (water) \| 64GB RAM \| Pentax K-x \| Canon 60D (ML) \| OCAU Pentax Users \| WordMean \| Personal Website \| Trades

21st July 2012, 10:54 PM	#5
Cask Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Castle Hill, Sydney Posts: 679	fixed - it must have been something to do with the partition MBR as Testdisk managed to clear things up (not sure what I did but all is as usual) thanks anyway __________________ X79S-UP5-WiFi \| i7 3820 @ 4.5GHz (water) \| 64GB RAM \| Pentax K-x \| Canon 60D (ML) \| OCAU Pentax Users \| WordMean \| Personal Website \| Trades

21st July 2012, 9:54 AM	#2
the3coopers Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Sydney 2151 Posts: 700	Sounds like whatever you put the dribve into (eg: a NAS) has formatted it to a non-Windows filesystem Thus the partition is there, and so is the data, but Windows cannot see it unless you use a corresponding driver. What did you use it for when it was outside of it's original case?

21st July 2012, 9:57 AM	#3
the3coopers Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Sydney 2151 Posts: 700	Actually - your first post is a bit confusing. How did you put the desktop drive into the laptop? What internal drive did you "took the internal drive out and put it back in its original case"? What do you mean by "it was previously in a desktop drive"? Could you re-word... don't worry about the lamptop, just talk about the drive itself. Is there only one drive? Or have you taken the 3TB out and are putting a different drive back into the enclosure?

21st July 2012, 11:55 PM	#6
the3coopers Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Sydney 2151 Posts: 700	Just last month I had a problem with a HDD from my NAS that nothing could read due to a variety of errors. I downloaded TestDisk and it fixed my drive enough for me to get EXT2FS to mount and read it. Must be some voodoo magic kind of stuff, I reckon.