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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:15 AM, 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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> 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
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> > I would open the case and remove the drive itself and attach it directly
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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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You may need to damage the enclosure -- they are often designed to remain
closed forever.  That need not damage the drive inside the enclosure, and
that drive is likely to be SATA, possibly IDE.

Indeed, I am reusing an enclosure that was sacrificed to access it's drive,
populating it with a different similar drive.  In this case, it was the
actual drive that was bad.  Some glue fixed the enclosure.

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Kevin O'Gorman
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