I figured i might as well see what happens when i try to run the tests from my sisters laptop (the PC that the drive in question connects to usually) Test Error Code: 11-Cable Test::Read diagnostics sector error! Test Error Code: 06-Quick Test on drive 4 did not complete! Status code = 04 (Unknown failed test element), Failure Checkpoint = 96 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 4! I hadn't thought of that ty scout321x, this isn't looking good here are the test results (from my desktop): Im assuming those pictures are unrecoverable.Īlso is there a way to find out what caused all those bad sectors? (id like to be sure its user error and not the drive that is a dud) There are 46 files (all pictures) in that log.Įven after the scandisk i was unable to copy some of the files.Īlthough i could view them with Vista default picture viewer: I searched every sub-folder on the drive and could not find the alleged 'found' folder. (there is only 25 GB of Data on it but the scan took over 5 hrs). I decided to back up the data and format the drive, as soon as i plugged to my desktop i got a message saying that the drive needs to be scanned. ) that was corrupted and needed to be deleted, to my surprise there was none. Then i thought it might be one of the hidden files (desktop.ini, autobat.ini. My Sister Owns a WD passport 500 GB external HD, which she uses as data disk since her laptop HD is only 40GB.Ī few days ago she noticed, the drives icon is missing (in my computer):ġst thought was to check for viruses, neither AVG free nor Panda online scan found anything.

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