Hi everyone,
I've also got a problem with a samsung s2 portable 1tb usb2.0 external hard drive but with a slight twist.
When I connect it to my laptops, (Windows 7 SP1 & Windows XP) I get the Windows error message asking me if I'd like to reformat the HD. It was just a little over half full when it stopped working. Now for the twist, if I connect it to my DVD player via usb I get access to the files, most of which are video or music...and they work! All that is except one folder, the most recently used one.
Here are some test results.
HHDScan
HDDScan S.M.A.R.T. Report
All green lights excpet yelow triangle in the folowing:
191 G-sense error rate 100 100 00000000-004E 000
197 Current Pending Sector Count 086 086 00000000-06E0 000
199 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 100 100 00000000-0001 000
Verify report: approx 603 bad blocks
Read report: approx 450 bad blocks
Are these numbers high?
Sample from read report
Block start at 200960 time 83ms
Bad block found, start LBA : 215552
Block start at 215808 time 260ms
Bad block found, start LBA : 217856
Block start at 218112 time 226ms
Bad block found, start LBA : 222976
Bad block found, start LBA : 225280
Bad block found, start LBA : 227584
Bad block found, start LBA : 229888
Bad block found, start LBA : 232192
Bad block found, start LBA : 237056
Block start at 237312 time 261ms
Bad block found, start LBA : 239360
Block start at 239616 time 261ms
TestDisk
Couldn't find any partitions and dumped a 31Gb txt file onto by c drive. Not sure what else to do with this app if there is anything else worth doing.
A friend mentioned that I might be able to view the drive with linux - how does that work?
Any advice as to what steps I can take greatly appreciated. I'm not a techie so please be patient
Any more info needed, please shout.
Cheers
vj
I've also got a problem with a samsung s2 portable 1tb usb2.0 external hard drive but with a slight twist.
When I connect it to my laptops, (Windows 7 SP1 & Windows XP) I get the Windows error message asking me if I'd like to reformat the HD. It was just a little over half full when it stopped working. Now for the twist, if I connect it to my DVD player via usb I get access to the files, most of which are video or music...and they work! All that is except one folder, the most recently used one.
Here are some test results.
HHDScan
HDDScan S.M.A.R.T. Report
All green lights excpet yelow triangle in the folowing:
191 G-sense error rate 100 100 00000000-004E 000
197 Current Pending Sector Count 086 086 00000000-06E0 000
199 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 100 100 00000000-0001 000
Verify report: approx 603 bad blocks
Read report: approx 450 bad blocks
Are these numbers high?
Sample from read report
Block start at 200960 time 83ms
Bad block found, start LBA : 215552
Block start at 215808 time 260ms
Bad block found, start LBA : 217856
Block start at 218112 time 226ms
Bad block found, start LBA : 222976
Bad block found, start LBA : 225280
Bad block found, start LBA : 227584
Bad block found, start LBA : 229888
Bad block found, start LBA : 232192
Bad block found, start LBA : 237056
Block start at 237312 time 261ms
Bad block found, start LBA : 239360
Block start at 239616 time 261ms
TestDisk
Couldn't find any partitions and dumped a 31Gb txt file onto by c drive. Not sure what else to do with this app if there is anything else worth doing.
A friend mentioned that I might be able to view the drive with linux - how does that work?
Any advice as to what steps I can take greatly appreciated. I'm not a techie so please be patient
Any more info needed, please shout.
Cheers
vj