[Coco] W A R N I N G!!!

[Dave Wade]

Joe,

  Bit surprised it appears as you say. When I tried moving a 3tb from USB-SATA to SATA I couldn't see anything.  Something to do with GPT partitions.
 Apparently some external USB to SATA converters treat the disks differently. Can you put the disks back on the original ports?

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of Joe Schutts via
> Coco
> Sent: 20 September 2018 07:28
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Cc: Joe Schutts <j_schutts at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Coco] W A R N I N G!!!
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> While this warning pertains to Windows (and Linux) Based Systems it can also
> pertain to CoCo Users as well, especially if you are using a SATA or an IDE HD
> attached to an external SATA or IDE HD Docking Stations.
> 
> I have a 2-Port External SATA Docking Station that I use mostly for long-term
> Program and Data storage using mostly 1TB (and up to 4TB) HD's. I recently
> added a 3-Port External Docking Station (1 IDE and 2 SATA Ports) to my
> system.
> 
> Somewhere between using the 2-Port and the 3-Port Docking Station (I'm
> still trying to figure out WHEN AND WHY this problem occurred) ALL of my
> information disappeared on several HD's. And when I say several HD's, I
> mean OVER 8-10 HD's. I figure I have lost OVER 10-16 TB worth of info. Now
> the weird part is that ALL my Directories (AND my Sub-Directories) are STILL
> there and show up without any problems. The MAJOR problem is that ANY
> Directory (or Sub-Directory) that had ANY info in it, has disappeared... It's
> completely gone...
> 
> Now I'm afraid to put anything on my HD's (using any external HD Docking
> Station of ANY type) to transfer files to any external HD.  Now I'm pretty sure
> that the info is still there, but the question now becomes "HOW do I recover
> or access my old info?"
> Something else that enters into this puzzle is the part that ALL of these HD's
> were formatted in NTFS format. So now what program do I use or HOW do I
> recover my lost info???
> 
> If ANYONE has ANY ideas on how I should proceed AND/OR which program I
> should try to use, PLEASE let me know as I've run out of ideas and VERY
> desperate...
> 
> I hope this helps and that NO ONE else runs into this problem. I'd hate to see
> anyone else have this problem like me...
> 
> Take care everyone...
> 
> Joe...
> 
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