External HD problem

[matiaspolanco]

Hi:

For years i have a Macally PHR-100AC FireWire/USB 2.0 3.5-Inch ATA Hard Drive Enclosure, with no problem until i connected to a PC, hang out, i unplugged and then problem began.
My Macbook recognize it, but says this:
DISK REPAIR:

The Disk "Firewire was not repairable by this computer. It is beaing made available to you with limited functionality. You must back up your data and reformat the disk ASAP:".

Well, the thing is that i dont see any data, i double click the disk and it seems like its nothing there. (with File Info it look like i have something more than 180Gb data used)

With DISK UTILITY, First Aid, i try to Verify Disk and this error appear:

"Filesystem verify or repair failed"

Down in red:

"Invalid node structure
Invalid node structure
Volume check failed
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed"

I try diskwarrior but does want to do nothing with the firewire....

Any comments???

Thanks a lot!!

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

If you used the drive with a PC, chances are the drive is NTFS formatted. Back up your data to another drive and reformat to HFS+ Journaled. Or... install MacFUSE or NTFS3G to enable the your Mac to read/write to NTFS. Read capability is standard with OS X, but write is not.

 

[jodelli]

Did you use the 'Safely Eject' windows feature when you unplugged from the PC?
http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/06/24/how-to-eject-a-usb-drive-when-windows-doesnt-want
Not using it can scramble the drive, same as not using software Eject to remove a USB drive from a Mac.

Try plugging it into the same PC and see if you can back the data up.

 

[matiaspolanco]

Well. the PC that i connect it it is more than 1000 kms away from here!!!!, i think i should go to an expert on data recovery and try that no?

thanks

Did you use the 'Safely Eject' windows feature when you unplugged from the PC?
http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/06/24/how-to-eject-a-usb-drive-when-windows-doesnt-want
Not using it can scramble the drive, same as not using software Eject to remove a USB drive from a Mac.

Try plugging it into the same PC and see if you can back the data up.

 

[jodelli]

Well. the PC that i connect it it is more than 1000 kms away from here!!!!, i think i should go to an expert on data recovery and try that no?

thanks

You probably already have tried this, but if it were mine I would try it on one or more of the other computers around here.
These include OSX, Linux, and even an XP computer in another room.

If that's been done or if that option's not available to you or if none of them recognize the drive format or data you could try that.

 

[matiaspolanco]

Resolve!!! Thanks everyone!!!

Data Rescue II did the job perfectly !!!!
I just used this software and i access ALL the info at my external HD. Then, i just copy the files to another HD and that's it!!!.

Great app Data Rescue II !!!!

matias