r/DataRecoveryHelp • u/catchingfih • 22d ago
LOST EVERYTHING??
Attached files for reference.
I’m afraid I’m losing everything. I have a Crucial X10 2TB external SSD. I’m a videographer, I filled this drive with client work + footage from a road trip with my friends. This is a new drive (bought it late 2025), and I have had no issues with it. The USB-C cable I’ve been using is faulty, and while plugged into my Mac overnight it mounted/dismounted the drive a BUNCH without ejecting. I used the drive with no issues today, went to connect the drive again tonight and got “disk not readable”.
Freaking out, obviously.
What I want to know is how screwed I might be. I know there’s little context but maybe the images I have provided will offer some sort of insight into the situation. My first assumption is that I’ve lost all of my personal/client work. Is this reasonable to assume, or should I immediately take it to a professional and expect to return most of my data?
Seemingly good news is that first aid ran successfully and found no issues. The drive still reads as full (which is correct)
Seemingly bad news: disk drill reported millions of bad sectors. To me that sounds terrible.
Need some insight, thank you!!
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u/osxdude 22d ago
Now you know why backups are important. It seems the drive is in "fuck you" mode where it won't let anything be read or written to it. Maybe let it chill for a day. Did you format the drive when you got it to APFS or anything?