hard drive only 60mb

[Guus01]

I've got a 60GB IDE hard drive (IDE to USB adapter) and it's only showing up as 60MB in Windows 7. I've tried a lot whit diskpart etc. but could't get it back to the original 60GB.
How can i fix this?

Thanks in advance

 

[DR_Luke]

It could be for a few different reasons that you are only seeing 60MB. It is possible that the drive has physical issues, resulting in the computer only seeing a 60MB drive connected. In this case, you definitely need professional data recovery assistance. If the computer detects the full capacity drive, but there is only a 60MB partition on the drive, this could be a less severe issue that may be recoverable with data recovery software.

If the data is worth a few hundred bucks or more, I suggest you stop and explore professional data recovery services before making any DIY attempts that are likely only to make things worse.

If the data is not worth a few hundred bucks, you can try to get a full sector-by-sector clone of the drive with ddrescue under Linux.

 

[Guus01]

It could be for a few different reasons that you are only seeing 60MB. It is possible that the drive has physical issues, resulting in the computer only seeing a 60MB drive connected. In this case, you definitely need professional data recovery assistance. If the computer detects the full capacity drive, but there is only a 60MB partition on the drive, this could be a less severe issue that may be recoverable with data recovery software.

If the data is worth a few hundred bucks or more, I suggest you stop and explore professional data recovery services before making any DIY attempts that are likely only to make things worse.

If the data is not worth a few hundred bucks, you can try to get a full sector-by-sector clone of the drive with ddrescue under Linux.

 

[Guus01]

For some strange reason i got it working when i unplugged it for a while.

 

[DR_Luke]

That is interesting. I suggest you make a backup right away and keep the backup current. It could be a flaky cable, PCB and/or head.

 

[Guus01]

That is interesting. I suggest you make a backup right away and keep the backup current. It could be a flaky cable, PCB and/or head.

 

[Guus01]

There's no need to make a backup because I was just testing and putting windows 98 on it and erasing the drive. But it kept working reliably when it was showing up as only 60mb