Hello jumanji,

Firstly, I had to Restart the Desktop in order to get ALL the drives showing, NOT a problem.

Secondly, I setup a Folder on the WORKING WD, pointed the Copy to that Folder,...

Hello jumanji,

I am Copying now . . .

BRILLIANT jumanji,

ALL the folders and files appear to be there.

So I now need to quit out of TestDisk, attach the OTHER 3 TB drive, and go through the WHOLE process again [ including...

Thanks. I am just about to start.

Hello jumanji,

A quick question before I start please.

Probably NOT, but shall I also disconnect the TWO ADDITIONAL INTERNAL DRIVES as well [ Drive D: & Drive I: ]?

Thank you, I REALLY do appreciate the effort and help you are putting into this for me. :thumbsup:

Good morning jumanji, I hope you slept well.



OK, thanks for the update.



That is EXCELLENT news. I prefer to take my time and just get what I want off first and then worry about the...

Hello walleyeblugill,


AndreTen is totally correct.

I found this which might help answer your question in more detail . . .

> How to Delete a File in Windows 10 - Option 1

I hope...

Hello walleyeblugill,



I am NOT following you, do you mean do they get deleted to the Recycle Bin ?

Thanks again Samuria,



Which ones do you recommend please ?

Thanks for the reply TV2, it is appreciated.



NOTHING done other that stated in my OP.



I am pretty sure that it is quite a bit less that 1.50 TB.

I have just spent some time looking at TestDisk & PhotoRec [ Websites & YouTube ].

A couple of the options available require that I have the same amount of FREE space [ 3 TB ] available on ANOTHER...

I have been thinking about the various options available to me BEFORE starting the recovery method itself.

Although my IDE/SATA Docking Station has an Offline Clone option, it is NOT much use to...

Thanks for taking the time on this jumanji, it is appreciated.



I did NOT create ANY EXTRA Partitions on it, I used it as is.



I will read that in a little while, thanks.

Hello jdUnionngarden,

To be honest, there is NO real benefit in removing Registry Keys / Entries as far as performance is concerned. If however, you are having problems, then this might be one...

If this does involve encryption, then taking it out of the enclosure is probably NOT going to work as far as seeing or retrieving the data etc.

The reason I did this was because while it was in...

Hello MaloK, thank you for the reply and detailed explanation, it is appreciated.

If I can get my files back, I will certainly consider converting the drive to GPT / NTFS, hopefully WITHOUT loss...

Thanks for the reply jumanji,



It has been running perfectly for a couple of years attached to my Desktop !

It is a . . .

WD Elements Basic Storage 3TB External HDD
SATA/64MB...

Thanks for the reply Samuria,



I never physically setup ANY Partitions as it is purely used for data, films, series, photos, videos, etc.

Which one do you recommend please?

MiniTool...

It is similar to this docking station . . .

373208

:ditto:

I have a serious problem.

I have TWO 3 TB WD External Hard Drives attached to my Desktop, and until a couple of days ago, they BOTH worked perfectly.

One of my 3 TB WD External Hard Drives has...

Hello Gwaihir,

I don't know if this is what you want, but this is what I use . . .

> How to use CMD script and VBScript to Control Windows Update in Windows 10

I hope this helps.

Hello Steve C,



Does this help ? . . .



PowerShell Get-wmiObject Win32_UserAccount ^| Sort-Object -Property Caption ^| Format-Table -Autosize ^
@{L='User Account';E={$_.Caption}}, ^

Hello Steve C,

For a bit more in depth information, Copy & Paste the following command into a CMD Prompt and press Enter.



PowerShell Get-wmiObject Win32_UserAccount ^| Sort-Object...