2 TB external HD does not mount any more. How to save it's data?

[Jason Sauders]

I'm with Liam. Gddrescue has really shined for our uses, both at my place
of work in IT as well as at home where I do tech work on the side. It's my
go-to tool to recover a problematic drive in literally all cases. Worth a
shot.

-J

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Bas G. Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Oh, the drive is an external USB drive? Smart info often doesn't work on
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> > those drives.
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> Yes, it is.
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> > There is a small chance the drive is ok, but the USB electronics in the
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> > external enclosure have gone bad. Since it sounds like it's out of
> warranty,
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> > I would open the case and remove the drive itself and attach it directly
> to
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> > a desktop computer to see if the data can be salvaged.
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> I see no possibility to open the drive, unless I would damage it. However,
> it is possible that it is a USB electronics problem - the drive is about 5
> years old - it possibly has been plugged in too long.
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> > However, if gparted can see the drive, theres a good chance the drive is
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> > dead.
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> GParted does see the drive - it mentions 'input-output errors'.
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> When clicking at 'skip' or 'cancel', it mentions an 'unallocated space'.
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