External Hard Drive failure (Solved)

hi,

have external hard drive ntfs won't mount appears in disk utility after time connected.
have paragon ntfs read it.





can't read on both mac , windows. (doesn't mount can't chkdsk)

have tried data rescue try fix gives me error:

http://www.prosofteng.com/docs/data-rescue-3-users-guide/pages/drivefailure.htm



diskwarrior freezes when connect drive.

drive gone?
it's not worth pay fixed, there else do?

thanks.


solution

sort of solved it...
did because files not important.

still had option format drive disk utility, did , able use data rescue scan deleted files, witch didn't because take 400 hours (the drive slow fail)

recovering files.

hope helps important files.

 

i noticed if external enclosure cannot support required power drive, it'll cause same errors. have external hard drive require little bit more power 1 of enclosures can handle , every time plug in, gives error similar yours. however, if plug enclosure, works fine.

 

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