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This is already a world of vast confusion. What protocols it supports is dependent on the computer side chipset, the target device chipset, the cable and various firmware/software along the entire chain. Personally, I use the designation as USB-C with support for various protocols. The physical USB-C port is defined as a connector that supports many different protocols. Confused yet? The chipsets and active cable actually supported DP via multiplexing DP over TB, on a MDP connector. And to add to the level of confusion, some of the early Macs only had Display Port protocols and not TB, while later models supported both DP and TB some TB1 and some TB2. Other things, Apple actually uses the Mini Display Port (MDP) not the standard Display Port for ThunderBolt 1 & 2.

(Weirdly this hub only supports USB 3 gen 1 (5GB/s not gen 2 10GB/s) but has FW800 port. At least so long as you use Apple's adapters.Īnd yes there are hubs that are Mac compatible that have Firewire connectors like the soon to be released OWC USB-C 13 port hub. I can't recall if CnW offered that option.As to your original question, can you piggyback the 2 adapters together (Thunderbolt3 to Thunderbolt 2) and (Thunderbolt 2 to Firewire 800) for FW connectivity, the answer is YES. One thing is that if you can, the first thing to do is make an image of the disk and then scan that. There are also now some free options - a quick search reveals. They do not seem to offer that now but still do the software.

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I was considering that I might use it if the software did not work. You had to buy it to get files back.Īt the time they offered for a very few hundred pounds a further service if you sent them the disk.

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I think there was a free download that did the scan and gave you a report of what files would be recovered. Scanned the disk, recovered as far as I could tell, everything. It was as I recall £14 for a 1 month license. I bought data recovery software CnW Recovery, Data recovery service PCs, Macs, photos, videos.

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Using free tools, I determined that there was damage right at the start of the disk (master file table?) and that I had no hope of manual recovery. No files, I can't now recall the windows message, probably 'Do you want to format the disk?'. Many years ago I bumped an operating external hard disk drive and ruined it. Is the remaining 600GB gone/lost/irretrievable, or is there a chance of simple recovery ? As always any pointers appreciated. Also when I connect the HD each time a box appears that says it is not readable on this computer.įirst Aid runs in a second and says all well, but obviously it isn't.

All that is shown is the total capacity 1TB approx and that the HD is 'uninitialised'.

Strangely the HD shows up in Disk Utility, but not on my Laptop's locations section. I did the usual checks to see what was what, incl Disk Utility (Mac OS). When I awoke from my slumber, the still attached HD wasn't showing up anymore. All good so far!ĭue to the extremely physical nature of this I fell asleep and had a nap. This enabled the HD to be read and I transferred old photo files to a more modern (and much smaller) HD. The HD, an WD My Passport 1TB hobby from 10 years ago had 2xFirewire, 1x SATA and 1x misc elongated 'v' port to which I found a cable (glad i kept all those older cable for a rainy day!).

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