I have a 300 GB Ext HDD connecting via USB. On my desktop the HDD works fine. All files are accessable and there is absolutely no loss of data.
When plugged into my laptop the drive appears in the my computer screen (XP home with SP2 on an Acer laptop)but when I attempt to access the drive the laptop says the drive needs to be formatted. The properties indicate there is no data although the desktop says there is.
There has to be something in the Laptop causing this. The computer did recently have an issue not finding an IP address and a computer tech guys fixed that issue and said my external HDD would have to be formatted but I think he may be just a little dull.
Anyways, the laptop works fine with all peripherals working fine in device manager. Recently did a firmware update on the wifi and the intel chip to try and fix the problem but as yet no solution.
I have an external HDD in fine working order but can not access it. Do you guys have any suggestions other than a complete reformat of the C and/or D drives of the laptop or the external HDD? I have previously has this running fine for over 18 months to the laptop so it must have something to do with the recent trojan I removed.
Have up to date AVG, Spybot, and adware all recently updated and run.