unreadable disk

Similar Questions

• How can I encrypt a drive where cs diskutil convert reports 'a problem', let the unreadable disk?

  I try to encrypt my Time Machine backup volume, but diskutil refuses and leaves the disc unreadable (but fixable using Linux).  How can I proceed?

  It is a disc of TB USB3 Western Digital Elements 107 3.

  It has one HFS partition + and works very well.

  diskutil verifyDisk and diskutil verifyVolume don't report any problems.  I also used Alsoft DiskWarrior to repair inconsistencies, without problems.

  If I try to convert the volume, diskutil report 'a problem', like this:

      rb@Silverbird$ /usr/sbin/diskutil cs convert /Volumes/RB3TB1/
      Started CoreStorage operation on disk4s2 RB3TB1
      Resizing disk to fit Core Storage headers
      Creating Core Storage Logical Volume Group
      Attempting to unmount disk4s2
      Switching disk4s2 to Core Storage
      Waiting for Logical Volume to appear
      Mounting Logical Volume
      A problem occurred; undoing all changes
      Switching partition from Core Storage type to original type
      Undoing creation of Logical Volume Group
      Reclaiming space formerly used by Core Storage metadata
      Error: -69842: Couldn't mount disk
  

  This leaves the unreadable disk.  diskutil cs list shows the drive as a basic storage volume that is "online" and "reversible" but it may not be mounted or acted on, nor can the physical volume of the parent.  Disk utility crashes at startup when the drive is connected.  diskutil repairDisk on volume of parent reports:

      Repairing the partition map might erase disk4s1, proceed? (y/N) y
      Started partition map repair on disk4
      Checking prerequisites
      Problems were encountered during repair of the partition map
      Error: -69808: Some information was unavailable during an internal lookup
  

  In fact, all access to the disc seems to be broken at this point.

      rb@Silverbird$ sudo /usr/sbin/gpt show /dev/disk4
      gpt show: unable to open device '/dev/disk4': Input/output error
  

  You cannot read the device using hexdump.  The kernel seems mightily confused.

  I was able to recover the disc mounting Linux using the utility 'gdisk' to change the partition type to AF02 (storage of carrots) to AF00 (HFS +).  After that, diskutil checks the disk so the volume as OK.

  I think that Apple has a bug where diskutil fails to return the partition type.

  But this me no bugs more closely to encrypt my backup volume.

  Anyone have any idea what might be the 'problem' and how do I proceed?

      rb@Silverbird$ /usr/sbin/diskutil info /Volumes/RB3TB1
        Device Identifier:        disk5s2
        Device Node:              /dev/disk5s2
        Whole:                    No
        Part of Whole:            disk5
        Device / Media Name:      RB3TB1
   
        Volume Name:              RB3TB1
   
        Mounted:                  Yes
        Mount Point:              /Volumes/RB3TB1
   
        File System Personality:  Journaled HFS+
        Type (Bundle):            hfs
        Name (User Visible):      Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
        Journal:                  Journal size 229376 KB at offset 0x8f07408000
        Owners:                   Enabled
   
        Partition Type:           Apple_HFS
        OS Can Be Installed:      Yes
        Media Type:               Generic
        Protocol:                 USB
        SMART Status:             Not Supported
        Volume UUID:              F096E831-F27D-3433-9BBE-6B65F4F69FA5
        Disk / Partition UUID:    FE09034E-6AA0-4490-82A1-1F7E894ACD91
   
        Total Size:               3.0 TB (3000110108672 Bytes) (exactly 5859590056 512-Byte-Units)
        Volume Free Space:        78.1 GB (78142939136 Bytes) (exactly 152622928 512-Byte-Units)
        Device Block Size:        4096 Bytes
        Allocation Block Size:    4096 Bytes
   
        Read-Only Media:          No
        Read-Only Volume:         No
   
        Device Location:          External
        Removable Media:          No
  

  The disk contains files of about 732000000, according to the disk utility (in reality the directory entries).

  This is OS X 10.11.2, day, based on a new install of OS X 10.11 last month.

  Hello RPTB1,.

  Thank you for using communities of Apple Support.

  I see that you are wanting to encrypt your Time Machine backup disk. I see you are trying to do through Terminal or Unix command line, have you tried to use it through the Time Machine configuration and preferences? Take a look at this article and see how it works for you.

  OS X El Capitan: choose a backup drive, then set the encryption options

  Best regards.

• RESOLVED - SSD: unreadable disk? The format?

  Hello

  Just painfully, I installed a new Samsung 850 evo 500 GB SSD on my imac 2011 Mid 27 "

  I tried to install Yosemite top when I saw that the Setup program does not recognize that the HARD disk BUT disk utility is

  What should I do? Should I format it? or something is wrong internally?

  Thanks in advance

  

  The SSD is a naked drive. You must prep. it until you can use it.

  Install El Capitan from scratch

  Restart the computer. Immediately after that the chime hold down the command and R until the Apple logo appears. When the Utility Menu appears:

  1. Select utility disc in the Menu Utility, then click on the button continue.
  2. When loading disk utility, select the volume (entered into withdrawal, usually Macintosh HD) in the list to one side.
  3. Click Delete in the main window of disk utility. A panel will fall.
  4. Define the type of Format Mac OS extended (journaled).
  5. Click apply, then wait for the done button to activate and click on it.
  6. Quit disk utility and re-enter the Utility Menu.
  7. Select reinstall OS X and click on the continue button.

  

• How to fix unreadable disk

  im confused on what to do, I bought a new game and it does not work it says that the disc cannot be read and I tried all my other games and they work fine what can I do about it? It makes no sense just to have the console repaired and there are no scratches on the disc

  Hello

  1. which version of the Windows operating system is installed on your computer?

  2 are you facing the question with all discs?

  3. the drive worked very well in this computer before?

  4. is the drive of the manufacturer of the game?

  I suggest you to use the disc in another computer and see if it helps.

  And also check if you can get the download of the game.

  If the Microsoft Fixit did not help, then it would be best to contact the manufacturer of game disc to get help.

  Hope the information is useful.

• Please can someone me re-install Photoshop Elements 8? I seem to have an unreadable disk.

  I recently had to replace the hard drive on my Mac. Since this change, I was not able to pull up my Photoshop Elements 8. He gave me a warning saying something about the serial number is not valid. I contacted Adobe once before, but their line was too high and that they were too busy and asked me to come another time back. In the meantime I uninstalled photoshop elements from my computer hoping to re - install and fix the problem. The problem now is that my installation disc is not recognized by my computer. Is it because it must be installed on a computer, or could there be a problem with my drive? I need this program for my Home Business and I'd appreciate any help you can offer.

  Hello

  Please find the direct link to download Photoshop Elements 8: http://prodesigntools.com/direct-download-links-for-lightroom-3-and-photoshop-elements-8.h tml . Please follow the very important instructions before downloading.

  Kind regards

  Romit Sinha

• Cannot eject disk HARD of Portable Buffoli

  Ejection (TurboPC) USB mass storage device problem

  "WIndows can't stop your 'Generic Volume' device because it is a program.

  always use it. Close all programs that might be using the device, and
  then try again later. »
  
  
  I received this message every time that click "safely remove hardware and Eject Media". The Task Manager show no program that is currently running.
  What should I do now? How to eject this material properly?

  This happens from time to time and there is a safe way is to stop the PC then remove the USB cable. You can just pull the USB cable anyway, and 99 times out of 100 it will not hurt but when it hurts you can end up with an unreadable disk. Sometimes if you wait 10 minutes and try again it will allow you to remove the disc.

• [WS10] Feedback SLES gets corrupted disk

  Does turn a SLES 11 guest in Workstation 9 no problem almost year-round.  After the upgrade to WS 10 guest suspended on startup. I had to reboot the client and upon restart initrd reported the error:

  Error 16: Inconsistent filesystem Structure

  The virtual machine has been roasted.  So I created a new virtual machine within WS10.  SLES 11 SP2 installation went well, but on reboot, the Hung guest.  He hung so badly that the comment process will not re-start and that he could not be killed.  I had to reboot my entire army.  The virtual machine is restarted, I got the same error: "incompatible file system structure.

  The client is running 3.0.38 - 0.5

  The virtual computer is configured with 64 GB of RAM, 16 processors and a single 1 TB virtual disk (not allocated in advance).

  WS10 itself is pretty grumpy and open hangs for a while open settings, by clicking on restart, etc..

  The host is Windows 7 64 bit, 256 GB of RAM, 2 x E5-2670 (total of 16 cores, 32 processors with hyperthreading).

  I was wondering if it is a known problem with VMware, or I have a new problem

  Thank you

  Dave

  A virtual machine with this record is IMHO a ticket to the problems. I wouldn't like that of any useful data in a virtual machine.
  Too much RAM and CPU using a vmdk more in addition to the other side.

  If you really need the RAM and the CPU you should also give a preallouee vmdk virtual machine.

  One little mistake with a drive can increasingly do all the unreadable disk.
  Préallouée record on the other side are also stable and forgiving error like a physical machine on hard drives ordinary.

  I use vmdk growing with a dimension nominal superior say 200 GB only for test VMs.
  For virtual machines with VMDK preallouees only valid data should be used

• A whole bunch of questions of FileVault

  I say 'heap' because I imagine that there are more implicit questions here I have the knowledge to ask directly. These are questions that occur to a user technical and casual. My hope is that, responded well, they will help others better understand these systems and benefit from. If the answers are in the Help Mac or OS X user Guides, they are opaque to my reading.

  I need more guidance and specifications about the use of FileVault for a typical house with a single user desktop.

  For example:

  (1) is FileVault the contents of my hard drive unreadable to hackers who could access through malicious software?

  (2) if I am connected to my computer, FileVault protects the content of near people who might have the expertise necessary to break my account via bluetooth or wireless or bluetooth devices?

  (3) FileVault does the content of my unreadable disk as CrashPlan online backup services? Encryption the same from a backup disk with a bootable copy of my hard drive with software such as SuperDuper will work?

  (4) how FileVault does not affect files such as Photos or those created with something like Pages when they are stored in iCloud?

  (5) FileVault has any effect on files and programs on my iMac, phone and iPad?

  I ask these questions because I'd like to think that I could store a list of accounts with their passwords on my computer - not to mention other files that I prefer to think as safe - for easy access and editing, but I don't know enough about the security of my computer when it is connected to the internet connected logged in/out, asleep or in use, etc., to move forward. So, I continue to laboriously keep a long list of accounts and their passwords to date on paper. When the instructions and the appropriate parameters are written for software such as FileVault, I need the authors to anticipate these questions of non-technical, occasional users and to provide more details. Thanks for listening.

  1 physical access, yes it is protected. Maybe the malware... I don't know how well it would hold against Ransomware.

  2. does not like that... If your wifi is WPA2-AES encrypted with a long password (10 characters or more), you're pretty well off.
  Bluetooth/Wifi is not some pipes of insecurity leaking data to the computer, it can be used to transfer files when it is configured correctly, but the range is so short and limited bandwidth is not really a medium easy/fast to hack into a computer. Clear it if you do not use, it goes the same for wifi, you can still use ethernet connected instead.

  3. I don't know, maybe? -Contact Crashplan and see.

  4. I guess they are encrypted locally on the computer.
  5. probably not, works of ecosystem Apple pretty much any type of encryption is running,

  To answer your question in its entirety, everything you really need a password manager - 1Password, KeyPass Dashlane, IronKey, etc. do some research and see what is best for you.

  Insofar as keep your Mac, safe, simple is the best.

  Do not open attachments from unknown/no unsolicited senders.

  Do not install MacKeeper (or anything else as a mac program speed)

  Don't fall for the ads or the support system sites indicating that your computer has a virus, call 888-FixNow! (Support tech crook)

• Satellite A200 PSAF6A - HARD drive is not recognized. No recovery of product

  The drive HARD in my Toshiba Satellite A200 PSAF6A-0US01N is not recognized in the machine or any other computer, so I can't run any windows/toshiba repair.

  I know that readers have a factory reset hidden on the disc and press 0 to the power upward, but with the unreadable disk, how can I repair my installation of Windows Vista?

  Hello

  If the HARD drive is not recognized by the BIOS or other laptops, then I would say that your HARD drive is defective.
  In this case, you need to replace the HARD drive.
  In this case, you will not be able to start the recovery procedure from the HARD drive because it works badly as he has already said

  Are you from the Australia? If you need a recovery disk, I recommend contacting the local Toshiba ASP to get this drive

• HP mini 110 cannot use recovery discs - BIOS insists the hard drive test failed. Drive works on another computer.

  My niece has a HP mini 110 that does not have a day. Do a check of the hard drive in the bios, it failed (7 on playback). I though I should get a new one so I ordered another. While waiting for that to happen, I had access to a usb SATA bridge and the opperating system was beyond repair and the unreadable disk from HP mini, I decided to try to repair the disk. So I reformatted the old disk using my desktop computer. Windows had no problem with the drive and it seems to work very well.

  I also had to order the recovery disks (intro to windows 7).

  In any case try to reinstall using the recovery via the DVD USB drive disks. It kept coming back with error 17 - I found a hard drive error. I also tried to install with a Windows XP installation disc and it was more explicit hard drive it said it had NOT installed it - or "it does not match the sheet material for unity" (or words to that effect)

  To get the new hard drive - the same problem. Even if both of these drives operate as USB connected to my main desktop drives. SO my conclusion is that the BIOS start inspect the hard drive, check the configuration of the formatting. that is the size and the partitions etc. and when they do not correspond to the idea of BIOS of good care he rejects the hard drive and finds it is not installed.  Or maybe to do some files on the hard drive of base. Whatever it is, the bios concludes that there is no hard drive and will always return a "failed" to the hard drive of the bios test.

  Any ideas on that? I need to know exactly which partitions are expected by the bios. Does anyone have these specs, or maybe you have a mini HP and can examine your hard disk and tell me the amounts of partition and the size?

  Unless I can get the bios to recognize the hard drive, I don't see how I can reinstall the operating system on it. Any help is appreciated.

  Thank you

  _______________________
  When it comes to fix computers the longest word in the English language is "JUST"... as in "you do just that and it will work" :-)
  _______________________

  HI David

  Well, I hope this is my last post here. I had already printed a return address for the recovery disks, being returned to the Netherlands. Just for the beggar of cast iron, however, I decided to try just once more would like to think that now that there is a kind of operating system on the hard drive it might work. But unfortunately still; no joy.

  All this time I would be considered may not be something wrong with the external hard drive because it was no problem to start the installation of XP. So I was just wondering maybe it does not receive enough power (it is a slimline portable DVD player that gets its power from a second usb) so I made a DVD player external adhock using an IDE hard drive enclosure (which has its own power supply and an old internal DVD burner I had put aside.

  To my surprise and joy; the HP mini started the recovery process. I am now watching reformat the windows partition and copy the files needed to restore the hard disk.

  So anyone with a similar problem to the HP mini not recognize the recovery disks is my advice; try an another external DVD drive, preferably one with its own supply of.

  Thanks for all your help and patience David.

• An incident/XP Recovery

  I am trying to retrieve files from a crashed hard drive and my attempts have been unsucessfull so far.  IT has worked until one day I tried to start and was greeted by a message simply stating there is a problem with my hard drive.  My first assumption was, 'maybe just repair windows will work' when I try, it says that the current partition is not compatible with windows. so my next guess was, take a second hard drive, reformat and install windows and reconnect the other hard drive as a slave, or a secondary hard drive. Maybe I could navigate on it and explore it to find my data.  When I navigate to it, it's fine poster icon. right next to my C: drive (current), there is another (forgot the letter, E I think.) but clicking on it, it says "this disc is not formatted, you want to reformatt it now?" obviously, since I'm trying to RECOVER the data, not to erase the disc, I click on no.  Can what methods I use to recover data lost, or better still, to restore the hard drive to the way it was without having to find and retrieve data inside?

  Perhaps this should be obvious, but when you run the disk hard origonal as main, before passing, security modes do not work, nor did the previous known working configuration. (not sure of the exact wording)

  in fact, I think I can find the answer. I found a software removal program that just might do the trick.  Although he has not said exactly what I was looking for in his description (no surprise, it is probably difficult cover all of its capabilities in a brief description) I was looking through the evidence and ran across someone who says, and I quote: "thank you for an excellent product and a reasonable price. Recovered 100% of the data corrupted, unreadable disk-"drive E: is not formatted. Would you like to format it now? "Words... which is pretty much exactly what I described earlier.  so I downloaded and tested on my USB key.  has found files I completely forgot (removed with reformatting). Although I have no need of them, I chose to get back them to test if it actually worked. He did, now the real thing I guess.

  Thanks for the suggestions so.

  [EDIT] oh, just in case that someone asks, the site for this program i:

  http://www.EASEUS.com/landing/file-recovery-software.htm?gclid=COnMvtSQwqECFUp75QodKl872w

  I know that I'm probably not the first person to post with this problem.

• Error 0 X 80070571 cannot save disc images

  original title: OX80070571

  I can't send pictures on disks. A blank disc does not "Format". However, I can "make movie" with Windows Media. The code that came, structure of the OX80070571 unreadable disk ERROR. I also tried to do a full backup on DVD and got to 5. disc when it is interrupted. (I understand that it is a separate issue).

  I could find nothing useful about this specific error message (some information on what this means, but nothing useful about how to fix it). And the problem of full backup can be linked (it just may be that manifests the problem in a different way.)  Are you using the same disc types (do not use a CD + RW in a device not designed for these discs or something like that)?  You can't send photos to discs, but you can send data on disks?  Consult the following articles and see if any of them help you:

  Your CD or DVD drive cannot read or write media - A Mr Fixit
  http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cd_dvd_drive_problems - A Mr. Fixit

  When you insert a CD or a DVD, Windows Vista may not recognize the disc
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/939052

  Hardware devices not detected or not working - A Mr Fixit
  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/hardware_device_problems

  Your CD or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060 - a Mr Fixit

  The CD drive or the DVD drive does not work as expected on a computer that you upgraded to Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929461

  Drive CD - R or CD - RW Drive is not recognized as a recordable device
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/316529/

  I hope this helps.  If this isn't the case, I would try to exchange the drive for someone else that you know works very well (perhaps a friend's computer or another computer, you have) and see if the problem goes away.  Try the drive in another computer, and then see if the problem starts happening there.  Pretty much, which will restrict the cause to the computer or the drive.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Black screen with cursor when connecting Windows 7. Reinstall the drivers doesn't help not.

  I have a Windows 7 Pro machine that boots to a black screen with a cursor instead of the login prompt, but if I press some keys like enter and tab that I will get a few blue squares where probably windows are appearing.

  I can boot into safe mode and log in. I can then disable or uninstall the video card and the boot into normal windows. But if I install the Intel to the HD3000 integrated video drivers, the black screen will be there waiting for me when I reboot.

  I tried with and without external monitors connected.

  I tried to uninstall the drivers in the menu programs and features (also selection to completely remove the drivers), and I uninstalled them through Device Manager. I then reboot before installing the Intel drivers again. I tried the version on the site Web of Panasonic, as well as the latest version of the Intel Web site. Results have been the same every time.

  Are there left behind somewhere that I could try to remove registry keys? Perhaps a more thorough removal method? Something more creative? All ideas welcome!

  System Specs:

  Panasonic Toughbook CF53 (A)

  Windows 7 Pro 32 bit

  Intel CPU 2520 M w / HD 3000 integrated video

  4 GB OF RAM

  This system has been restored to a standard corporate image, unfortunately is no longer near factory that she'll get. System Restore will not be an option because he has never been in a working state. Startup Repair was not an option due to disk full corporate encryption that seems to make the unreadable disk at this time here. I tried but it fails and I can't find the drivers to be used in the environment of recovery for this BeCrypt Disk Encryption.

  Hi Brian,.

  According to the information that you, as you can start your computer in safe mode without problem, then the problem is probably with the supplied driver. Since the installation of the driver is causing the problem to occur, one possible cause is a driver you want to install is not compatible with the system. We suggest that you contact the manufacturer of your computer for help on installing the correct driver for your PC.

  Kind regards.

• Stick on labels

  Really are they not a good thing?  They add so much thick disk that some players just can't handle the extra thickness so that it work/game in a disk drive also a reader of cd of House or car?   The labelled discs I speak of are completely without lumps/bubbles/and are perfectly centered / No. overhang/etc... I have and sometimes use lightscribe - but find that they are difficult to read.

  Overall... they are NOT recommended due to the extra thickness?

  Really are they not a good thing?  They add so much thick disk that some players just can't handle the extra thickness to make reading/work well

  in a disk drive car or a home elsewhere dvd/cd player?  Overall... they are NOT recommended due to the extra thickness?

  ============================================
  The following opinions are based on my personal experience... YMMV.

  AFAIK... it isn't the thickness which poses problem.

  If not perfectly centered they cause vibrations to be unbalanced.

  Labels can peel off and block your player.

  Over time... the glue can stick like a leech in the disc and cause the unreadable disk.

  If you want to add labels to your home made CD/DVD... focus on a LightScribe burner.

  Just an example... a friend gave me a DVD with a paper label which would not play in my player.
  I used Goo Gone to take off the label and once the DVD was clean... He played it perfectly.

  Volunteer - MS - MVP - Digital Media Experience J - Notice_This is not tech support_I'm volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - * proceed at your own risk *.

• My Seagate Expansion drive is no longer recognized by my Windows 7 laptop. I went through all the checks I can think of, but nothing helps...

  It has worked before and has a lot of my family photos.  I downloaded some pictures on it several times...

  What exactly happens when you connect? Is no device detected a unreadable disk?
  Other USB storage devices are correctly recognized?
  If possible, try it on another computer would be useful to see if the problem is with the drive or your PC.