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    Hello Bbsing!   
      
   15 Aug 19 20:39, you wrote to me:   
      
      
    BB> USB thumb drives, that get to hot ... can crush the onboard memory   
    BB> chips, and controller.   
      
   Never had that happen with USB thumb drives... but heat is bad for any   
   electronics period.   
      
    BB> If your drive was part of a lvm volume group, you may be missing the   
      
   Nope.   
      
   Standard USB external HD (not a SSD! I don't use or trust that garbage)   
      
    BB> other part of that volume that is preventing you from seeing all the   
    BB> data. IF not then what I attempt to write below may help.   
      
   I can SEE THE PARTIOTION in test disk... it just comes up with the Message   
   "Can't mount drive.... " if I plug it in and try to access it like normal use.   
      
    BB> I'm not sure there is a recovery. USB ssd type drives (non-spinner   
    BB> drives), have a write limit, eventually they just break. Now I've not   
    BB> broke a internal or MR2 type ssd yet, but plenty of USB thumb drives,   
    BB> and micro ssd drives, and often times this is earlier than expected   
    BB> end of life so they are still under warranty.   
      
   This is why I don't use SSD unreliable and write limited.   
      
    BB> If your computer is reporting a different size of the drive than   
      
   Just can't access the drive if I plug it in...   
      
    BB> Here is what I usually do to test if the disk is broke, the easy way.   
      
    BB> Caveat, must use linux,   
      
   Caveat, I don't use any thingBUT LINUX. OK, Z/vm, z/os, s3xx, :) ;) :) but   
   other crap? nope. :)   
      
    BB> the drive wasn't part of an lvm volume group:   
      
   Nope, don't use'm too risky.   
      
      
    BB> find the device of the disk. This is usually known when plugging it   
    BB> into the computer, then do the following:   
      
   You can see that below.   
      
    BB> NOTE!!! dd can wipe out all data on your drive if used incorrectly.   
    BB> NOTE(2) dd can take a long long time to read a 4TB drive.   
      
      
   dd is too dangerous for use for exactly #1, and #2.   
      
      
    BB> For spinner drives .. there is a different process, you can use dd,   
    BB> but other methods work depending on the partitions and format type.   
      
   What info for real drives? ie:   
   9339387.713615] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 6   
   [9339387.714581] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache   
   [9339387.714706] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT   
   driverbyte=DRIVER_OK   
   [9339395.976052] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci_hcd   
   [9339396.186116] scsi8 : usb-storage 1-3:1.0   
   [9339397.184886] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access Seagate BUP BK    
   0109 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6   
   [9339397.186602] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0   
      
   I guess I am more interested in:   
      
   1) What acn be done via testdisk to use its internal backup/recovery   
   options.... BEFORE I DO   
      
   2) Reset the info, likely the partition info, so that plugging it in and   
   selecing to open in file manager or mounting it other ways works   
      
   I have HUGE RISK AVERSION. Meaning that measure 40x then review, measure 50x   
   more, review.. backup backup backup.. try it...   
      
   So I'd like to use testdisk to suck out the data I can to say either another   
   4TB drive I attach to the box and then I can review what I've recovered and go   
   from there.. then test out the steps to recover the disk.. ie: do the x,y,z in   
   testdisk to reset it and then see if it is mountable...   
      
   I just can seem to find a GOOD STEP BY STEP EXPLAIN it in full for testdisk ,   
   that after I am at the point, below, do, x,y,z to reset things so the drive is   
   mountable...   
      
   Here is some info from testdisk... I have a box with 7.xx testdisk, but where   
   this golded is at is another box, and I quickly attached and ran this to see   
   ... Which based on looking via the testdisk file browser the STUFF IS STILL   
   THERE, the partition table is fubar'd and needs to be reset????   
      
   testdisk.log   
   :~$ cat testdisk.log |more   
      
      
   Wed Aug 14 19:37:32 2019   
   Command line: TestDisk   
      
   TestDisk 6.13, Data Recovery Utility, November 2011   
   Christophe GRENIER    
   http://www.cgsecurity.org   
   OS: Linux, kernel 3.2.0-79-generic-pae (#115-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 12 14:33:25   
   UTC 2015) i686   
   Compiler: GCC 4.6   
   Compilation date: 2012-02-05T07:16:54   
   ext2fs lib: 1.42, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: none   
   /dev/sda: LBA, DCO support   
   /dev/sda: size 156301488 sectors   
   /dev/sda: user_max 156301488 sectors   
   /dev/sda: dco 160086528 sectors   
   Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/mapper/control - 0 B - CHS 1 1 1, sector   
   size=512   
   Hard disk list   
   Disk /dev/sda - 80 GB / 74 GiB - CHS 9729 255 63, sector size=512 - Maxtor   
   6Y080L0, S/N:Y286W68E, FW:YAR41BW0   
   Disk /dev/sdb - 4000 GB / 3726 GiB - CHS 486401 255 63, sector size=512 -   
   Seagate BUP BK, FW:0109   
      
   Partition table type (auto): EFI GPT   
   Disk /dev/sdb - 4000 GB / 3726 GiB - Seagate BUP BK   
   Partition table type: EFI GPT   
      
   Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 4000 GB / 3726 GiB - CHS 486401 255 63   
   hdr_size=92   
   hdr_lba_self=1   
   hdr_lba_alt=7814037166 (expected 7814037166)   
   hdr_lba_start=34   
   hdr_lba_end=7814037133   
   hdr_lba_table=2   
   hdr_entries=128   
   hdr_entsz=128   
   check_part_gpt failed for partition   
    1 P MS Reserved 34 262177 262144 [Microsoft   
   reserved partition]   
   Current partition structure:   
   No FAT, NTFS, ext2, JFS, Reiser, cramfs or XFS marker   
    1 P MS Reserved 34 262177 262144 [Microsoft   
   reserved partition]   
    1 P MS Reserved 34 262177 262144 [Microsoft   
   reserved partition]   
    2 P MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Basic data   
   partition] [Seagate Backup Plus Drive]   
      
   search_part()   
   Disk /dev/sdb - 4000 GB / 3726 GiB - CHS 486401 255 63   
   NTFS at 16/113/34   
   filesystem size 7813771264   
   sectors_per_cluster 8   
   mft_lcn 786432   
   mftmirr_lcn 2   
   clusters_per_mft_record -10   
   clusters_per_index_record 1   
    MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Seagate Backup   
   Plus Drive]   
    NTFS, 4000 GB / 3725 GiB   
   Search for partition aborted   
      
   Results   
    P MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Seagate Backup   
   Plus Drive]   
    NTFS, 4000 GB / 3725 GiB   
      
   interface_write()   
    1 P MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Seagate Backup   
   Plus Drive]   
   simulate write!   
      
   Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 4000 GB / 3726 GiB - CHS 486401 255 63   
   hdr_size=92   
   hdr_lba_self=1   
   hdr_lba_alt=7814037166 (expected 7814037166)   
   hdr_lba_start=34   
   hdr_lba_end=7814037133   
   hdr_lba_table=2   
   hdr_entries=128   
   hdr_entsz=128   
   check_part_gpt failed for partition   
    1 P MS Reserved 34 262177 262144 [Microsoft   
   reserved partition]   
   Current partition structure:   
   No FAT, NTFS, ext2, JFS, Reiser, cramfs or XFS marker   
    1 P MS Reserved 34 262177 262144 [Microsoft   
   reserved partition]   
    1 P MS Reserved 34 262177 262144 [Microsoft   
   reserved partition]   
    2 P MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Basic data   
   partition] [Seagate Backup Plus Drive]   
      
   search_part()   
   Disk /dev/sdb - 4000 GB / 3726 GiB - CHS 486401 255 63   
   NTFS at 16/113/34   
   filesystem size 7813771264   
   sectors_per_cluster 8   
   mft_lcn 786432   
   mftmirr_lcn 2   
   clusters_per_mft_record -10   
   clusters_per_index_record 1   
    MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Seagate Backup   
   Plus Drive]   
    NTFS, 4000 GB / 3725 GiB   
      
   Results   
    P MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Seagate Backup   
   Plus Drive]   
    NTFS, 4000 GB / 3725 GiB   
   ntfs_device_testdisk_io_ioctl() unimplemented   
   ntfs_device_testdisk_io_ioctl() unimplemented   
   NTFS filesystem need to be repaired.   
      
      
   dir_partition inode=5   
    P MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Seagate Backup   
   Plus Drive]   
    NTFS, 4000 GB / 3725 GiB   
   Directory /   
    5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 11-Aug-2019 09:01 .   
    5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 11-Aug-2019 09:01 ..   
    35 -r--r--r-- 0 0 386470 19-Sep-2018 04:00 .VolumeIcon.icns   
    36 -r--r--r-- 0 0 194586 19-Sep-2018 04:00 .VolumeIcon.ico   
    37 -r--r--r-- 0 0 4096 19-Sep-2018 04:00 ._   
    38 -r--r--r-- 0 0 33 19-Sep-2018 04:00 Autorun.inf   
    89 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 12-Aug-2019 22:05 Grabbed_Photos   
    384686 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 5-Jun-2019 07:19 PossImages   
    41 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 17-Dec-2018 00:07 Seagate   
    86 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 11-Aug-2019 10:33 seed   
    87 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 11-Aug-2019 19:30 seed_imagesets   
    88 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 12-Aug-2019 06:00 Smxxty   
    43 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 17-Dec-2018 00:07 Start_Here_Mac.app   
    39 -r--r--r-- 0 0 18033016 19-Sep-2018 04:01 Start_Here_Win.exe   
    84 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 17-Dec-2018 00:16 System Volume   
   Information   
    1422010 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 11-Aug-2019 09:02 testssh   
    40 -r--r--r-- 0 0 1172289 19-Sep-2018 04:00 Warranty.pdf   
      
   dir_partition inode=384686   
    P MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Seagate Backup   
   Plus Drive]   
    NTFS, 4000 GB / 3725 GiB   
   Directory /PossImages   
    384686 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 5-Jun-2019 07:19 .   
    5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 11-Aug-2019 09:01 ..   
    893834 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 12-Aug-2019 09:42 SxxyBacks   
    651926 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 1-May-2019 11:38 SxxyBacks050119   
    384688 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 5-Jun-2019 07:17 SxxBacks060519   
      
   dir_partition inode=893834   
    P MS Data 264192 7814035455 7813771264 [Seagate Backup   
   Plus Drive]   
    NTFS, 4000 GB / 3725 GiB   
   ntfs_readdir   
      
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