Lost My E Drive


Is your "E Drive" a Seagate 4TB USB SSD? There seems to be a history of failures for this particular drive. Personal experience. Another forum member (forgot the user name) has documented a technique to adapt to a SATA to USB connection which does work for some drives.
I have had several of the Seagate 2 TB USB Drives and two of the 4TB Drives. Both 4 TB drives failed.
 

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Ghot said:
Yes, we know you filled out your computer specs. That's a GOOD thing and we do know where to look.
So I "rewarded" you with ten points. That's also a GOOD thing. :-)
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Okay, I get it now, LOL! I thought you were asking me to give you my PC's specs. 👌😉😂
 

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MachineLanguage said:
Is your "E Drive" a Seagate 4TB USB SSD? There seems to be a history of failures for this particular drive. Personal experience. Another forum member (forgot the user name) has documented a technique to adapt to a SATA to USB connection which does work for some drives.
I have had several of the Seagate 2 TB USB Drives and two of the 4TB Drives. Both 4 TB drives failed.
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No, it is a Western Digital My Passport 4 TB SSD connected via USB. I have a 2 TB Seagate inside my box that I bought way back in the 2000s that is still working just Jim Dandy, but another that may have croaked. It is in an external enclosure, so I'm not sure if it is the enclosure interface that died or the Seagate drive. It also is from the 2000s.
 

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    Asus TUF Gaming X570 Plus
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    32 Gigs
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    Nvidia Gigabyte 3600Ti
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    Onboard sound from video card
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    52 inch HDTV
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    Kingston 3000 NVME M.2 1 GB
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    EVGA 750 Watt
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Froggie said:
Hasleo has a FREE DATA recovery solution (never used it). See HERE for details...
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I'm afraid the Hasleo software has recovery limitations as well. It will only restore 2 GBs of data. Sigh. 🤣😂🤔🙄🤨
 

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    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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    Asus TUF Gaming X570 Plus
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    32 Gigs
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    Nvidia Gigabyte 3600Ti
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    Onboard sound from video card
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    52 inch HDTV
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    1920x1080p
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    Kingston 3000 NVME M.2 1 GB
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    EVGA 750 Watt
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ToddSauve said:
Okay, I get it now
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Which external drives models do you have? I checked online and can't find any Seagate 4TB USB SSDs. I can find Seagate 4TB USB HDDs.. Did you put drives in enclosures you bought or did your drives have their own enclosures?

BTW, is your graphics card actually an Nvidia 3060Ti? I have one of those also.

I have a number of external Seagate and Western Digital USB HDDs. Most are 3.5" but one is 2.5".

I only have two external USB SSDs:
  • Western Digital Elements SE 2TB NVME/USB SSD
  • Samsung T7 Shield 4TB NVME/USB SSD
I also have several external enclosures:
  • 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDDs and 2.5" SATA SSDs
  • M.2 SATA/NVME SSDs
I have various HDDs ane SSDs I can put in these.
 

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    Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (26200.6901)
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    ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WiFi II
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    Samsung G50D IPS 27"
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MisterEd said:
Which external drives models do you have? I checked online and can't find any Seagate 4TB USB SSDs. I can find Seagate 4TB USB HDDs.. Did you put drives in enclosures you bought or did your drives have their own enclosures?

BTW, is your graphics card actually an Nvidia 3060Ti? I have one of those also.

I have a number of external Seagate and Western Digital USB HDDs. Most are 3.5" but one is 2.5".

I only have two external USB SSDs:
  • Western Digital Elements SE 2TB NVME/USB SSD
  • Samsung T7 Shield 4TB NVME/USB SSD
I also have several external enclosures:
  • 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDDs and 2.5" SATA SSDs
  • M.2 SATA/NVME SSDs
I have various HDDs ane SSDs I can put in these.
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That was my mistake. My Western Digital My Passport 4 TB is a spinning hard drive, not an SSD. It is a 2.5 inch drive that came in its own enclosure. I have a Seagate 2 TB hard drive in an external case but either the drive croaked or the external case stopped working. It is connected via a PCIE cable to a connector card in one of the motherboard slots. I should figure out if the drive is still good and if so mount it internally. These Seagate 2 TB 7200 rpm drives are very long lasting indeed! Yes, my Nvidia 3600 Ti is a Gigabyte Eagle OC 2 fan model which I chose because it was small enough to fit in my case, which the 3 fan models won't do.
 

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    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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    Asus TUF Gaming X570 Plus
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    32 Gigs
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    Nvidia Gigabyte 3600Ti
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    Onboard sound from video card
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    52 inch HDTV
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    1920x1080p
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    Kingston 3000 NVME M.2 1 GB
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    EVGA 750 Watt
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    Lian Li
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    Stock Ryzen cooler and numerous fans on the case
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    Logitech wireless
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i use EaseUS but there are number of options. more than likely, you'll have to pay for one to get the best results if the files/data is of import:

Disk Drill Data Recovery
.https://www.cleverfiles.com/data-recovery-software.html

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard
.https://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Data-Recovery-Wizard-Free/3000-2248_4-75184619.html

TestDisk Data Recovery
.https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

Recuva
.https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva

R-Studio
.https://www.r-studio.com/

Disk Digger
.https://diskdigger.org/features

Windows File Recovery
.https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/windows-file-recovery/9N26S50LN705
 

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ToddSauve said:
That was my mistake. My Western Digital My Passport 4 TB is a spinning hard drive, not an SSD. It is a 2.5 inch drive that came in its own enclosure. I have a Seagate 2 TB hard drive in an external case but either the drive croaked or the external case stopped working. It is connected via a PCIE cable to a connector card in one of the motherboard slots. I should figure out if the drive is still good and if so mount it internally. These Seagate 2 TB 7200 rpm drives are very long lasting indeed! Yes, my Nvidia 3600 Ti is a Gigabyte Eagle OC 2 fan model which I chose because it was small enough to fit in my case, which the 3 fan models won't do.
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I still don't understand what kind of external drive you have. External drives are connected using an USB cable to the computer.

Here are some of my external drives:

1 External Drives.webp
Here are some of my external drive enclosures that I have used with spare drives I have:

2 External Enclosures.webp
I don't understand what kind of PCIe connector card you have. The only PCIe card for a drive I have used is for a M.2 NVME SSD.

3 Internal M.2 SSDs.webp

Again there is no Nvidia 3600 Ti GPU. Based on your description you must have a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EAGLE OC 8G (rev. 2.0). I have an ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3060 Ti V2 GAMING OC GPU.
 
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    AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon 680M GPU (486MB RAM)
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    Crucial DDR5-4800 (2400MHz) 32GB (2 x 16GB)
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    NVIDIA RTX 3060 Laptop (6GB RAM)
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    n/a
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    15.6-inch
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    1920x1080 300Hz
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    2 x Samsung 990 Evo Plus (2TB M.2 NVME SSD)
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    n/a
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    Wireless Mouse M510
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    2100Mbps/300Mbps
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    Firefox
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    Malwarebytes
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    Custom build
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    AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
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    ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WiFi II
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    G.SKILL Flare X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4
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    ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX3060TI-08G-V2-GAMING (RTX 3060-Ti, 8GB RAM)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung G50D IPS 27"
    Screen Resolution
    1440p/180Hz
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    SAMSUNG 990 EVO Plus (2TB] M.2 NVME SSD
    SAMSUNG 990 EVO Plus (4TB) M.2 NVME SSD
    PSU
    Corsair RM750x (750 watts)
    Case
    Cooler Master MasterCase 5
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    Scythe Mugen 6
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    Logitech K520 (MK540 keyboard/mouse combo)
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    Logitech M310 (MK540 keyboard/mouse combo)
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    2100 Mbps down / 300 Mbps up
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I assume you had not password-protected the drive at any point prior to the experiments? Because that encrypts the data.
 

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    GA-A320M-S2H
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    Intel 760p 256GB NVMe M.2
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    Gash Seagate ST31608
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    2006-vintage no-name
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    Acer Aspire 2006
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    Air (fan-assist)
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    HP SK-2885
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    32 mbps
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    HP 255 G8
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    Ryzen 5 3500U
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    8 GB
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    on-board
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    16"
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    1920x1080
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    Samsung SSD 512GB Nvme
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    FF + Edge
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    MS Defender
MisterEd said:
I still don't understand what kind of external drive you have. External drives are connected using an USB cable to the computer.

Here are some of my external drives:

View attachment 142315
Here are some of my external drive enclosures that I have used with spare drives I have:

View attachment 142316
I don't understand what kind of PCIe connector card you have. The only PCIe card for a drive I have used is for a M.2 NVME SSD.

View attachment 142318

Again there is no Nvidia 3600 Ti GPU. Based on your description you must have a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EAGLE OC 8G (rev. 2.0). I have an ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3060 Ti V2 GAMING OC GPU.
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It looks like this, though it is an older model from about 5 years ago. 1755285630840.webp

The PCI cable looks like this: 1755285551947.webp

My other external drive, the Seagate 2 TB, is in a quite old AZIO external case connected to an old (2000s) add in card with an access input that sticks out the back of the case via an old external PCI cable (like above) and then to one of the slots on my Asus X570 motherboard . It ran just as fast as the internal Seagate because they are the same models. Yes, if you read my previous post I stated that my Nvidia 3600 Ti is a Gigabyte Eagle OC.
 
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  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF Gaming X570 Plus
    Memory
    32 Gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Gigabyte 3600Ti
    Sound Card
    Onboard sound from video card
    Monitor(s) Displays
    52 inch HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Kingston 3000 NVME M.2 1 GB
    PSU
    EVGA 750 Watt
    Case
    Lian Li
    Cooling
    Stock Ryzen cooler and numerous fans on the case
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    20 MBs
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
mngerhold said:
I assume you had not password-protected the drive at any point prior to the experiments? Because that encrypts the data.
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No, no passwords or encryption. After spending 20 hours using recovery software I aborted that and just formatted the drive, reassigned its original E drive letter and set the back up programs to deliver their information to it. That was a much faster procedure after all was said and done, LOL!
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF Gaming X570 Plus
    Memory
    32 Gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Gigabyte 3600Ti
    Sound Card
    Onboard sound from video card
    Monitor(s) Displays
    52 inch HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Kingston 3000 NVME M.2 1 GB
    PSU
    EVGA 750 Watt
    Case
    Lian Li
    Cooling
    Stock Ryzen cooler and numerous fans on the case
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    20 MBs
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
ToddSauve said:
It looks like this, though it is an older model from about 5 years ago. View attachment 142409

The PCI cable looks like this: View attachment 142408

My other external drive, the Seagate 2 TB, is in a quite old AZIO external case connected to an old (2000s) add in card with an access input that sticks out the back of the case via an old external PCI cable (like above) and then to one of the slots on my Asus X570 motherboard . It ran just as fast as the internal Seagate because they are the same models. Yes, if you read my previous post I stated that my Nvidia 3600 Ti is a Gigabyte Eagle OC.
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That 2nd picture looks like no ext drive cable I've ever seen... it looks exactly like a DisplayPort monitor cable.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10, Linux MINT (Guests 7, 11, ZorinOS)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Z2 G5 Workstation
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-10700
    Motherboard
    HP Model# 8751
    Memory
    32gB (DDR4)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel UHD Graphics 630
    Sound Card
    Realtek basic audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    32" (Viewsonic) UHD
    Screen Resolution
    3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    2-NvME (mainboard), 1-NvME (PCIe), 1-SATA3 SSD
i had good results using testdrive recently..Best for recovering lost partitions and boot sectors.

Source: CGI testdisk
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5
    CPU
    12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1215U
    Motherboard
    LENOVO (LNVNB161216)
    Memory
    793.6 MB Free (5.6 GB Total)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics (2.0 GB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio(SST)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech M220
    Internet Speed
    Varies
    Browser
    Microsoft edge (main), Firefox, Opera, Brave
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Anti virus plus
ToddSauve said:
My Western Digital My Passport 4 TB is a spinning hard drive
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Aged, and life extinct (or heading thereto). I would suspect the Linux experience was unfortunately co-incidental, thus confusing the issue for troubleshooting

If not already suggested/done, test in another computer.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 2xH2 (latest update ... forever anal)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Slim S01
    CPU
    Intel i5-12400
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT730
    Sound Card
    OOBE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 32"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    512GB KIOXIA NVMe
    1TB SATA SSD
    PSU
    OOBE
    Case
    OOBE
    Cooling
    OOBE
    Keyboard
    BT
    Mouse
    BT
    Browser
    Brave FFox Chrome Opera
    Antivirus
    KIS
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 2xH2 (latest update ... 4ever anal)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion 15
    CPU
    i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Iris Xe Graphics
    Hard Drives
    Samsung NVMe 512GB
    + numerous/multiple SSD Type C USB enclosures
    Internet Speed
    NBN FTTN 50
    Browser
    Brave
    Antivirus
    KIS
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