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Q: Mavericks corrupts external hard drive

My WD MyBook studio 2TB (fw800) suddenly shows up empty on my desktop after a Mavericks upfrade on my mid 2009 mbp.

 

Disk Drill is now scanning the WD, and the files are there, about 1,4 TB of it...

 

How do I get the disc structure back?

 

I have no Mountain Lion OS-mac to test the WD in..

 

I had a bootable Mountain Lion on the WD, could that be the problem?

 

In Disk Drill MyBook has four units; EFI(200Mb), MyBook(1,8Tb), Unallocated 128Mb and Lost partition (200Mb)

iOS 7, Ipad mini + ios7

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 1:08 AM

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  • by hausamgern,

    hausamgern hausamgern Dec 18, 2013 9:00 AM in response to Lexiepex
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    Dec 18, 2013 9:00 AM in response to Lexiepex

    You are absolutely right, I had the same issue with LaCie 4Big set on RAID 5, wiped blank and renamed MyBook as soon as I plugged in after upgrading to Mavericks some weeks ago. Since, I cleaned my MacBook Retina from all WD software, hopefully, I ran EtreCheck and found something of interest in the kernel extensions:  com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 (1.28.13 - SDK 10.5)

    I made a quick search on the internet and found:

    WD/Oxsemi FireWire HID compatible device - drivers for windows 7

    still got WD software on my MacBook?

     

    BTW I tried nearly everything to recover my lost data, got best results with Data Rescue 3, a deep scan even could retbuild the structure, but unfortunately all (video)files are corrupted...

     

    best

    Rudolf

     

    Here's my etrecheck-report:

     

    Hardware Information:

              MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

              MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1

              1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores

              16 GB RAM

     

    Video Information:

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              NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB

     

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    Startup Items:

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              FxLicenseManager: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FxLicenseManager

              M-Audio Firmware Loader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader

              MAudioMobilePreUSB: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MAudioMobilePreUSB

              PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport

              ProTec6: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6

              ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b

              ProTecV: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTecV

     

    System Software:

              OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:0:23

     

    Disk Information:

              APPLE SSD SM512E disk0 : (500.28 GB)

                        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.42 GB (61.97 GB free)

                        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

     

    USB Information:

              LaCie d2 Quadra USB 3.0 4 TB

                        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                        RECOVERY (disk1s2) /Volumes/RECOVERY: 4 TB (3.35 TB free)

     

              Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

                        Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

     

              Western Digital My Book 1140 4 TB

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                        OHIO (disk2s2) /Volumes/OHIO: 4 TB (3.5 TB free)

     

              Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

     

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    FireWire Information:

     

    Thunderbolt Information:

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    Kernel Extensions:

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  • by estApple,

    estApple estApple Dec 18, 2013 9:08 AM in response to hausamgern
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Dec 18, 2013 9:08 AM in response to hausamgern

    "LaCie 4Big set on RAID 5, wiped blank and renamed MyBook"

    This implies that you might have installed WD software before and have not completely removed it from your system.

    The "legacy" WD software might have acted on your LaCie.

  • by estApple,

    estApple estApple Dec 18, 2013 9:17 AM in response to Lexiepex
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Dec 18, 2013 9:17 AM in response to Lexiepex

    "yes very easy that way, but I am avoiding running Raids."

    I previously thought RAID 1 is a very safe path. But no longer so after this event.

    A staff in an Apple dealer told me recently that it is better to have two separate disks than two disks in RAID 1 because they are tied to the same knot. If the knot breaks, both will go down with it. I now tend to agree with her. Well that means I have to backup a disk from time to time. Maybe the software RAID in Disk Utilities is better than a hardware RAID 1 in this sense. At least it is part of the facilities from the OS.

  • by Basilic,

    Basilic Basilic Dec 18, 2013 9:28 AM in response to hausamgern
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Servers Enterprise
    Dec 18, 2013 9:28 AM in response to hausamgern

    Want to get rid of any WD sw remnants? Go straight to the point with the following Terminal commands as a search with the Finder is not as efficient:

     

    sudo find -x  /  -iname com.wdc.\*

    sudo find -x  /  -iname com.westerndigital.\*

    sudo find -x  /  -iname com.wd\*

     

    and manually trash all if anything found as the official WD uninstaller doesn't uninstall all, empty the bin and reboot-.

     

    As a reminder all WD related pieces can be found in those directories:

     

    /Library/Application Support

    /Library/LaunchAgents

    /Library/LaunchDaemons

    /Library/Preferences

    /Library/PriviledgedHelperTools

    /Library/StartupItems/

    /System/Library/Extensions

     

    Also, don't remove something called "wdhelper" that is unrelated to WD

     

    Message was edited by: Basilic

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Dec 18, 2013 9:40 AM in response to Basilic
    Level 6 (10,536 points)
    Mac OS X
    Dec 18, 2013 9:40 AM in response to Basilic

    maybe it is easier to find WD related files by using FindAnyFile, which finds any file as the name says.

    And check all that FAF finds but some might not be WesternDigital.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Dec 18, 2013 10:01 AM in response to hausamgern
    Level 6 (10,536 points)
    Mac OS X
    Dec 18, 2013 10:01 AM in response to hausamgern

    Wo ist das Haus? am Gern? Wo ist das?

    I see so much in your Etrecheck list that I have no experience with or that I do not know even (you will not believe it ) that I need more than a free moment to answer your post, give me some time...

    Lex

  • by Basilic,

    Basilic Basilic Dec 18, 2013 10:16 AM in response to Lexiepex
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Servers Enterprise
    Dec 18, 2013 10:16 AM in response to Lexiepex

    Similar tool as FindAnyFile proved to me not to find all WD files, typically in /Library/PriviledgedHelperTools.

    Instead of those sexy tools, use plain Terminal commands. That doesn't cheat.

  • by PlotinusVeritas,

    PlotinusVeritas PlotinusVeritas Dec 18, 2013 10:27 AM in response to Tom in London
    Level 6 (14,806 points)
    Dec 18, 2013 10:27 AM in response to Tom in London

     

    Tom in London wrote:

    drives made by others, and not only drives made by WD, are experiencing the same problem.

     

    Tom, this is called cross-contamination to a non-WD drive by WD software.

     

    A reformat of a Seagate drive by WD software resident on Mavericks implicates neither Mavericks nor any HD, rather the WD software.

     

    You need to realize that no HD is at fault;  WD, Seagate, Toshiba or Hitachi    

     

    No physical HD by any mfg. is under implication in any post in this thread.   Hard drives dont affect other hard drives or even they themselves, rather software does; in this case WD-ware      

     

    WD has confessed to their error

    WD has released new software

    Users need to 'clean up' the WD-ware and be proactive after the fact, as per this error lingering in some cases.

     

    Use logic and reasoning in determining a chain of causation.

     

    Peace

     

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Dec 18, 2013 10:25 AM in response to Basilic
    Level 5 (7,746 points)
    Notebooks
    Dec 18, 2013 10:25 AM in response to Basilic

    Your report shows no WD software. You do have a lot of other items though (some are out of date - like Soundflower). Create a new thread if you want to clean up this Mac.

     

    I think Oxsemi may be related to WD, but I have no idea what you have installed, or what it is needed for. On Windows it looks like a Firewire driver, but the Mac usually has these in the OS.

  • by Tom in London,

    Tom in London Tom in London Dec 18, 2013 10:28 AM in response to PlotinusVeritas
    Level 4 (1,626 points)
    Mac OS X
    Dec 18, 2013 10:28 AM in response to PlotinusVeritas

    PlotinusVeritas wrote:

     

     

    Tom, this is called cross-contamination to a non-WD drive by WD software.

     

     

    That's what YOU call it.

     

    The issue is happening to Seagate drives with people who don't have any WD software on their system. Your over-confidence fails to inspire.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Dec 18, 2013 11:07 AM in response to Basilic
    Level 6 (10,536 points)
    Mac OS X
    Dec 18, 2013 11:07 AM in response to Basilic

    FAF finds all, set to root level in preferences (Easyfind is less precise).

  • by peppermint,

    peppermint peppermint Dec 18, 2013 1:09 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas
    Level 1 (20 points)
    Notebooks
    Dec 18, 2013 1:09 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas

    not only wd "mybooks" and wd raids are affected, also mypassport 2,5" drives.

    i nearly ve been doing all tips here, to mount my wd drives in 10.9.1, but it would not work at the end.

    i can mount them on the old mbair of my wife with 10.8.5

     

    i am thinking about selling my wd drives, i am not willing to wait another 3 month now for wd to deliver new firmware/driver/software and buy lacie drives. i already have 6 lacie drives in my office, and all of them are working fine with mavericks, i can mount and work with them without any problem.

    alltogether i ve been using at least 15 different lacie drives in the last 10 years and i never had problems with them. (apart from one hardware failiure, which was referring to the controller in the drive, thats 1 dead harddrive controller in 10 years)

  • by PlotinusVeritas,

    PlotinusVeritas PlotinusVeritas Dec 18, 2013 1:28 PM in response to peppermint
    Level 6 (14,806 points)
    Dec 18, 2013 1:28 PM in response to peppermint

     

    peppermint wrote:

     

    also mypassport 2,5" drives.

     

    to mount my wd drives in 10.9.1, but it would not

     

    not willing to wait another 3 month now for wd to deliver new firmware/driver/software

     

    i already have 6 lacie drives in my office

     

    Passport (no such thing different from any HD) WD dont need any software. No need to wait for any software. Offload any data on those drives and format them and connect.  Any mounting issue would be BUS or SATA card issue, possibly an indexing issue,  nothing to do with the WD drive.

     

    Mounting issue is something different than the core of this thread.

     

    LaCie is just a Seagate drive, Seagate owns them and puts their drives in Lacie boxes.

     

     

    Terms such as:    "WD Passport, Expansion drive, Seagate Backup Plus, PC hard drive, Mac hard drive, Free agent, backup drive, Passport plus, Elements, Toshiba Canvio, Slim, ultraslim, pocket drive, Touro" etc. etc.

     

    all these terms are cotton fuzz and bunny fluff,..... they dont designate or mean anything. Its a sales tactic used by WD, Seagate, Toshiba, and Hitachi  

     

    just HD bricks inside plastic or metal boxes with fancy 'La-di-da' names.

  • by peppermint,

    peppermint peppermint Dec 18, 2013 1:51 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas
    Level 1 (20 points)
    Notebooks
    Dec 18, 2013 1:51 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas

    i know. what i dont know is the difference if my discs are not being able to get mounted OR being corrupted by mavericks, as my discs are completely empty since weeks. no data on it.

     

    it cannot be a bus or sata card issue, i have 2 brandnew macs, shipped 4 weeks ago and i can mount my other 5 lacie drives well. also i swapped one wd drive 8 days ago, by warranty, as i thought its ill (due to the no-mount).

     

    i can mount the 2 wd drives (i drop the term "mypassport") with 10.8, but not with 10.9. i even tested it with 2 different mavericks macs ( but  i can mount all my lacie drives on the same mac with 10.9)

     

    so i presume it must be the driver in 10.9? i guess there is a default harddisc driver working in 10.9?

     

    edit: by the way: i could not work with the wd discs from the very first day, i got the new macs. with no software installed except 10.9, fresh coming

    from apple, then i connected my wd drives and they did not show up. (but lacie drives showed up)

     

    thanks

  • by PlotinusVeritas,

    PlotinusVeritas PlotinusVeritas Dec 18, 2013 2:11 PM in response to peppermint
    Level 6 (14,806 points)
    Dec 18, 2013 2:11 PM in response to peppermint

    Yes, separate mounting issue.

     

    Did you:

    1. format in MacOSX ext. journal these WD drives?

    2. These are USB externals, correct?    Not Firewire?

    such as:

    http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Portable-External-Storage-FireWire/dp/B005ELBSWO

    FIrewire drives, some, are encountering mounting issues and sleep issues in Mavericks.


    3. did you run Etrecheck to verify anything installed?

     

    You have verified eliminatively, these ext. WD drives will mount on any system other than 10.9, so no bus or SATA issue relation.

     

    As for your earlier post, yes, in the future avoid WD consumer grade drives. Their "black" server grade drives are premium, otherwise, no.

     

     

    Stick to Hitachi, Toshiba or Seagate

     

    Hitachi is the winner in hard drive reliability survey:

    Hitachi manufacturers the safest and most reliable hard drives, according to the Storelab study. Of the hundreds of Hitachi hard drives received, not a single one had failed due to manufacturing or design errors. Adding the highest average lifespans and the best relationship between failures and market share, Hitachi can be regarded as the winner.

     

    (Hitachi and Toshiba used currently by Apple for Mac mini, non-retina Macbook Pro and Time Capsule)

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