[SOLVED] HDD not readable after power outage in the middle of a backup operation with Disk Genius ?

[bigbill4478]

I was using Disk Genius sector copy to back up a 16TB HDD using the drive lock feature when I lost power at my house while I was away at work. The power was out longer than my battery backup lasted. When I got home and booted up, the SOURCE drive is saying it needs to be formated. I started up Disk Genius and it sees the drive and the folder structure, but I'm not sure what I need to do to unlock the drive and make it readable. I have most of it backed up but will still lose tons of work if I can't get the source drive back. I'm looking for any help with Disk Genius. Thanks!

 

[helpstar]

try repairing windows/boot drive with an usb flash drive and a windows installation on it

 

[SkyNetRising]

SOURCE drive is saying it needs to be formated.
I started up Disk Genius and it sees the drive and the folder structure, but I'm not sure what I need to do to unlock the drive and make it readable.

Please show screenshot from Disk Management.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

https://www.diskpart.com/windows-10/windows-10-disk-management-0528.html

 

[bigbill4478]

Thanks for the replies. It's just a data drive, no OS. Since the drive (and structure) were still visible within DiskGenius, I just kicked off the back up again. I'm hoping it "unlocks" the source drive when complete. If not, I'll get a screenshot from Disk Management. It still has ~15hrs before it completes.

 

[bigbill4478]

I was able to resolve. It was pretty simple. When cloning all sectors, Disk Genius changes the drive status to "Offline". If you right click on the drive, you see an option "Change Device State". Set this to "Online" and the problem was resolved. I had to reassign a drive letter, but no other issues.