Clutching at straws …
I'm wondering if perhaps the drive has been set up as an HPA with a maximum address of 0 ?
I don't know if this would cause the symptoms that you are experiencing or if you have looked at this as a possiblity allready, or indeed even if it is possible …
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Can you verify that there is other activity on the port(s) other than a spin up (for example on pins 2,3,5,6 on the SATA port, 3,4,5,6 on firewire, and on 1 for USB)?
What happened to the original system where this device was connected to?
Maybe you can look at that (or image of it) for clues.
Being that he cannot get the drive to be recognized even as a physical device limits his options. I have no idea how one would check for an HPA if they cannot get their system to recognize the device.
I see what you are saying -) I've no idea, but I was wondering if Windows might have a bit of a hissy fit if it sees a device with no addressable sectors …
Greetings,
I recently removed a hard drive from a MacBook, imaged it with FTK Imager, and went to examine it. There was a 200MB partition and then all zeros. FTK couldn't see anything. I was quite concerned since I knew the drive had valid data when I started.
I connected the firewire write blocker to another Mac et viola! - there were valid partitions.
Take a look at it with a Mac, or X-Ways will see HFS partitions on Windows. FTK 2.0 will, but it isn't out yet.
-David
David,
So…just out of curiosity, how does this pertain to the My Book? I use the WD externals all the time…
Harlan
David,
So…just out of curiosity, how does this pertain to the My Book? I use the WD externals all the time…
Harlan
Greetings,
If the disk did come from a Mac, or has a HFS partition for it for some other reason, then my comment applies - it might be worth looking at it with a Mac, or some other tool that you know will read a HFS partition because I encountered similar problems with a disk I knew came from a Mac.
-David
David,
I was referring to the subject line of the post…is this a WD MyBook external HDD you're referring to (as in the subject line) or a MacBook HDD?
Thanks,
Harlan
Good evening,
The drive *I* was having problems with was a 120GB Seagate laptop drive removed from a MacBook Pro.
The original poster is talking about a Western Digital My Book Pro drive but doesn't say what it was originally attached to.
-David