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please point me in the right direction

December 22nd, 2009, 15:32

Hello forum, I'm very much a newbie so please bear with me. I had a 1 TB HDD in a D-Link DNS-323 NAS which I then put into my Windows 7 machine. I believe the drive is formatted via Linux; because of this it wasn't recognized by my Windows computer. In order for it to become recognized I changed it from a simple drive to a dynamic drive; now I'm fully unable to access the data on it. Can anyone recommend a fix for this?

Re: please point me in the right direction

December 22nd, 2009, 16:43

lenick wrote:Hello forum, I'm very much a newbie so please bear with me. I had a 1 TB HDD in a D-Link DNS-323 NAS which I then put into my Windows 7 machine. I believe the drive is formatted via Linux; because of this it wasn't recognized by my Windows computer. In order for it to become recognized I changed it from a simple drive to a dynamic drive; now I'm fully unable to access the data on it. Can anyone recommend a fix for this?


You have made a big problem from a little spot with this movement. :|

The general problem is, you don't know the original FS type and in this way, you don't know wich program can help you....
In this case, i can suggest to you 1+2 thing:

1. and most important get another one 1TB empty drive, and MAKE A RAW SECTOR COPY before you do anything!!!

2a, try download various linux fs-supported recovery programs, and try to find what you can. (you have about 10% chance for success)
2b, seek for professional help. (>99% for success.)

Regards,
Janos
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