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  • October 7, 2005 at 12:08 pm #2190016

    External HD unaccessible

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    by seanarmenta · about 16 years, 11 months ago

    i have a 250GB external USB/Firewire drive. when i turned it on today, and double-clicked the icon, i got the error message:

    M:/ is not accessible. the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

    i was able to use this drive the other day. i have tried it on my other computer which resulted in the same error message.

    i checked the properties, and oddly enough, instead of NTFS, it shows RAW.

    any help would be appreciated.

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    • October 7, 2005 at 4:53 pm #3070464

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      by sgt_shultz · about 16 years, 11 months ago

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      do you have this hooked up usb? and do you have it connected on both usb connectors (for power)?
      have you tried chkdsk on this drive?
      Start/run/cmd
      chkdsk :

    • October 8, 2005 at 10:50 am #3070329

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      by seanarmenta · about 16 years, 11 months ago

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      okay, i ran Get Data Back recovery software by runtime, and was able to retrieve all my files. i will be sending the drive back as an RMA.

    • October 8, 2005 at 10:50 am #3070327

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      by seanarmenta · about 16 years, 11 months ago

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