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RAW File System HDD Problem
Name: hedpe Date: March 13, 2008 at 01:56:49 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro SP1 CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 1.20GHz / 1GB
Comment:
My friends computer has a seagate 40GB and a NA61HA0 Maxtor 40GB (second drive) which has now decided to be a RAW 0 byte HDD. I don't know what has caused this but it would be great to recover her Data from this disc.
In windows i recieve an Error Message saying : The disc in drive D is not formatted. Do you want to format it now? - Ofcourse i clicked no.
I have tried taking the battery out of the motherboard to clear the bios but that had no effect.
This is having a bad effect on her pc's performance also, taking 3-5 minutes to load the OS.
Was running fine a few days ago, and has become very sluggish over the past day.
Name: OtheHill Date: March 13, 2008 at 07:10:30 Pacific
Reply:
Knoppix, a live version of Linux may be able to read and copy the data from the second drive. Knoppix installs to and runs from a CDR. The download is 700MB so you need a fast internet connection or you can purchase a pre-configured CD for a few dollars. Google for Knoppix.
I'm not familiar with TESTDISK. You may want to check that program out to see if it is of any help.
In the meantime it would be a good idea to stop accessing that drive. Do you happen to know what file format was being used on that drive? FAT32 or NTFS? If the drive originally was in an older computer it may have been FAT32.
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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill Date: March 13, 2008 at 11:01:56 Pacific
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Are you sure about the model of the second drive? That number doesn't match anything.
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Response Number 4
Name: hedpe Date: March 13, 2008 at 11:16:06 Pacific
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I am currently Trying Testdisk if it is unsuccessful i will try the Knoppix that OtheHill Suggested.
I am not sure about the excact model of the drive but yes i think i muddled the letters up typing it out the correct model would be nar61ha0 maxtor 40gb.
Thankyou for the fast responses!
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Response Number 5
Name: OtheHill Date: March 13, 2008 at 11:21:27 Pacific
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Download SIW.exe and look under storage devices. Should yield a model number.
Name: hedpe Date: March 13, 2008 at 12:01:56 Pacific
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MAXTOR 6E040L0 41GB IDE ATA Hope this helps.
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Response Number 7
Name: TopFarmer Date: March 13, 2008 at 18:05:43 Pacific
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A lot of times if XP starts seeing a hdd partition as raw it is because the VBR (volume boot record) has an error. TESTDISK will check if the primary and it backup VBR are the same, if they are not select to overwrite the primary with backup.
Testdisk has a version for dos, XP and Linux. It is included in the Knoppix live cd. One should read the how to use.
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Response Number 8
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: March 13, 2008 at 19:14:02 Pacific
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Make sure its data cable is in good condition and tightly connected.
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