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Error Message~ Drive not accessable

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by anthony.g.hendry

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Iomega external HD suddenly without warning became unaccessable. Error Mesage ~ The directory is corupted and unreadable

The drive is still visible on My Computer.

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by locrian_lyric

Some suggestions.

1)disconnect, uninstall, re-install.
2)try on another computer...

You first need to determine where the problem lies.

by anthony.g.hendry

I have disconnected and re-connected on my PC, still to try another PC.
Thanks

by sgt_shultz

chkdsk /r from the command prompt. it will check the hard drive for physical errors and file system errors and repair any it finds.
Steps for XP:
Start/Run/cmd
chkdsk /r

this will take a few hours to run if your hard drive is very large. you can skip the lengthy physical media check by using chkdsk /f instead of /r

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