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    Misplaced Data
    « on: July 26, 2013, 01:19:58 PM »
    We have a NAS Drive that the enclosure had failed an the drive is still good. I attached it to another unit to add space an see the contents of that drive so I can move it off to another unit. It shows the drive as partitioned off but, none of them are active. I have the choice to make it a dynamic drive but, worried that the data will go with it.  Maxtor ST3500630AS 500 GB Shared Drive II
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    Re: Misplaced Data
    « Reply #1 on: July 26, 2013, 05:46:17 PM »
    Why would you wanna switch it to dynamic if your goal is data retrieval ? ?
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      Re: Misplaced Data
      « Reply #2 on: July 30, 2013, 08:54:12 AM »
      thought that it would of reactived the partitons
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      Re: Misplaced Data
      « Reply #3 on: July 30, 2013, 04:14:59 PM »
      Hi

      The nas box you took the drive from was running embedded Linux. So the drive was setup in a format that isn't read by windows. You would need a Linux boot cd like Parted magic to view the files or Paragon disk manager which will also file browse the nas drive.

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      Re: Misplaced Data
      « Reply #4 on: July 30, 2013, 06:20:15 PM »
      Quote from: Lisa_maree on July 30, 2013, 04:14:59 PM
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      The nas box you took the drive from was running embedded Linux. So the drive was setup in a format that isn't read by windows. You would need a Linux boot cd like Parted magic to view the files or Paragon disk manager which will also file browse the nas drive.

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      Why are you assuming it was running Linux / ?
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        Re: Misplaced Data
        « Reply #5 on: July 31, 2013, 09:42:25 AM »
        When the drive was attached to a windows 2000
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        Re: Misplaced Data
        « Reply #6 on: July 31, 2013, 11:32:35 AM »
        Quote from: patio on July 30, 2013, 06:20:15 PM
        Why are you assuming it was running Linux / ?

        Most NAS boxes are really small servers typically running Linux on an ARM processor. I have a Seagate NAS which runs Arch Linux, however the disk file system is NTFS. NAS boxes can run all sorts of file systems - FAT32, ext3 and ext4, reiserFS, etc.
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        Re: Misplaced Data
        « Reply #7 on: July 31, 2013, 02:30:19 PM »
        Hi

        The Maxtor ST3500630AS 500 GB Shared Drive II as was first said, does run embedded linux so it's not an assumption. The drive is in HFS format. Therefore not supported by windows without additional software.
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        Re: Misplaced Data
        « Reply #8 on: July 31, 2013, 03:56:13 PM »
        Good to know.
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