Windows 10: My 4TB external Seagate HDD suddenly became RAW mid repair-bde for another external HDD

Discus and support My 4TB external Seagate HDD suddenly became RAW mid repair-bde for another external HDD in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hi, sorry for the quite long post as the issue is quite complex. I was trying to recover data from another smaller external HDD (Toshiba 700 GB) into... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/jl0xd, Sep 27, 2020.

  1. /u/jl0xd Win User

    My 4TB external Seagate HDD suddenly became RAW mid repair-bde for another external HDD


    Hi, sorry for the quite long post as the issue is quite complex.

    I was trying to recover data from another smaller external HDD (Toshiba 700 GB) into this brand new 4TB Seagate external HDD. Both are Bitlocker encrypted, the Toshiba 700 GB is RAW and the Seagate HDD in question has no problem at that moment. I tried using repair-bde command to recover files from my Toshiba HDD to Seagate HDD, but halfway it suddenly came out with errors that shows "failed to read sector at offset XXXXXXXXXX".

    At the same time, both drives ejected themselves and reconnected. I tried to type the password for the Seagate HDD, but it showed "The BitLocker encryption on this drive isn't compatible with your version of Windows", but my Windows version is already the latest (2004)!

    What I've tried:

    1. Connected the HDD to different USB ports (same problem)
    2. Shut down and reboot my PC (same problem)
    3. chkdsk /f the HDD (it showed me that the file system is RAW, cannot chkdsk)
    4. manage-bde -status (unkown fs, unknown size, error code 0x80070057, incorrect parameter)
    5. Opened M3 Bitlocker Recovery and typed both password and recovery key at two attempts (stuck at finding bitlocker partition, showed password/key is incorrect when cancelling the process). Ironically, the Toshiba HDD I'm trying to fix, can be potentially recovered (successfully decrypted it and showed me the files in it)
    6. manage-bde -unlock using both password and recovery key (failed to decrypt)

    I'm trying to fix the Seagate HDD first as it is brand new and contains massive data, is there any more ways to solve this issue?

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    /u/jl0xd, Sep 27, 2020
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    My 4TB external Seagate HDD suddenly became RAW mid repair-bde for another external HDD

    External HDD's 'converted' to RAW on PC

    I have multiple external HDD's, both WD and Seagate, that are recognizable by my PC, but list in device manager as RAW and empty. I can access all the information on the drives on my laptop just fine. I've tried to reformat the drive and it wont allow me
    to access the drive, reading "the format did not complete successfully." I've tried everything from wiping my SSD that windows was installed on and reinstalling fresh, to updating my BIOS, to uninstalling the drivers...

    I cant find anything that will allow them to work on my PC.
     
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