Errr - have you tried doing this Mac to Mac?
Loads of resources out there telling you how to do it, can't find any links right now - but I'm sure you could find some, if not, PM me and I will try to help you through it.
It does sound like the drive might be f***ed though - a Winders box should see the physical device.
@ beetle, the blocker is showing up in the eject devices or the device manager, ive tried unpluggging and plugging doesnt seem to be any change
@michael the drive is a fujitso 120gb model # is MHW2120BH
THANKS
@ NIGEL the drive in question has been removed from a mac before i received it also i don't really have access to a mac.
@beetle my apologies i meant to post , the blocker is NOT showing up at all either in device manager or the eject box
@ beetle, the blocker is showing up in the eject devices or the device manager, ive tried unpluggging and plugging doesnt seem to be any change
@michael the drive is a fujitso 120gb model # is MHW2120BH
THANKS
So, the blocker doesn't seem to passing the drive over to Windows…
Have you tried to take the blocker out of the loop? I believe that you said it doesn't have to be forensically sound and I am starting to suspect the hardware combination you are using may be the issue. If you are worried about the data being touched by Windows, don't - Windows will only see it as a non-formatted drive. When you hook it up without the blocker check the local storage snap-in, it should show that the drive has a GPT partitioning scheme. If that doesn't work I know that the Helix 1.9 and 2.0 kernels will see the drive.
All the indications are that the drive is dead. A Mac drive has sectors exactly like any other drive. It is still a phyiscal drive
Assuming that your blocker and imaging works with another drive, then your Fujistu drive is dead.
Consult a hardware repair company, software on it's own will not work
@mscotgrove i see your point, what was puzzling me was the drive was spinning up, my experience with broken drives they make strange clicing noises or don't spin up at all. Anyway thank you for your advice it has been much appreciated
I would check the following
1) check if the physical devices is visible in the Windows device manager
2) test an alternative sata drive to ensure that your write blacker or usb adapter is not the cause of the problem.
3)If you are not concerned about the forensic acquisition but only trying to recover the data for a client, then connect the drive directly to a SATA port on your Motherboard and see if the drive shows up in the BIOS.
If it does not then your drive is suffering from malfunctions and needs to be send of to a data recovery lab.
I was having the same problem, had a drive out of an iMac that I was trying to image with a Vista machine, downloaded and installed MacDrive, was able to see the drive with windows and FTK imager.
They have a short free trial period, but it worked.
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