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OWC TB External HD Failing w/ a TM Backup - Can the data be salvaged?
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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1804458" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Thanks <strong>Jake</strong> - your suggestions did help and I agree w/ deleting TM backups, so not tried. I was able to reformat using Ex-Fat, then returned to HFS+ w/o a problem; next I wanted to do a 'secure erase' and picked the 3rd level in Disk Utility - well, after 3 hrs the bar graft was not even a third done on the first pass and the HD was very hot - had to force quit Disk Utility - the drive no longer mounted and DriveDx showed the same results as in my OP - first question, can I safely recycle the HD (e.g. drop off at Best Buy)? Second question, OWC still has not responded to my emails, so will wait another few days. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1804458, member: 234411"] Thanks [B]Jake[/B] - your suggestions did help and I agree w/ deleting TM backups, so not tried. I was able to reformat using Ex-Fat, then returned to HFS+ w/o a problem; next I wanted to do a 'secure erase' and picked the 3rd level in Disk Utility - well, after 3 hrs the bar graft was not even a third done on the first pass and the HD was very hot - had to force quit Disk Utility - the drive no longer mounted and DriveDx showed the same results as in my OP - first question, can I safely recycle the HD (e.g. drop off at Best Buy)? Second question, OWC still has not responded to my emails, so will wait another few days. Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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