- Sep 1, 2002
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Backstory: 4 TB drive is backed up but was removed from the server for a trip. Connected to Win 7 laptop through a dock and Windows wanted to format the drive (no partition found). Need some options. Here is where I am at ATM:
Web searches seems to indicate that Test Disk was the best option here. They had a nice little tutorial on their site at https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step.
The problem is this is going to take FOREVER. After running for 8 hours it is at 10%. If this wasn't GPT I could probably just run fixmbr and be done with it. For GPT, I am not finding anything nearly as simple and fast.
BTW, I do have reason to believe the drive my be on its way out. But I would like the drive to hang on for the next couple days, and Toshiba's full drive test, like test disk, takes hours.
Web searches seems to indicate that Test Disk was the best option here. They had a nice little tutorial on their site at https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step.
The problem is this is going to take FOREVER. After running for 8 hours it is at 10%. If this wasn't GPT I could probably just run fixmbr and be done with it. For GPT, I am not finding anything nearly as simple and fast.
BTW, I do have reason to believe the drive my be on its way out. But I would like the drive to hang on for the next couple days, and Toshiba's full drive test, like test disk, takes hours.