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Unable to access portable hard disk
Name: tan_ghjt Date: April 2, 2008 at 21:51:15 Pacific OS: XP-PRO CPU/Ram: 3.00GHz//1.99GB Product: LENOVO
Comment:
Have connected a portable disk, ISODRIVE 100 VIA USB to my system. Previously I am able to locate and access the drive when I click My Computer. But now, unable to view the drive from My Computer and under Disk Management, it shows that the disk is unallocated. Please help as I have lots of data on the drive. Thank you.
Name: OtheHill Date: April 3, 2008 at 06:15:41 Pacific
Reply:
Removing the external drive from your computer improperly can result in data corruption.
Have you always used the "safely remove icon" to disconnect the drive?
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Response Number 2
Name: aegis Date: April 3, 2008 at 12:44:10 Pacific
Reply:
Try the drive on another system. XP seems to lose drives occasionally. I suspect it accidently corrupts the Master Boot Record occasionally when it encounters read errors.
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Response Number 3
Name: tan_ghjt Date: April 3, 2008 at 19:34:02 Pacific
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Thank you very much Ms OtheHill and Aegis for the advise. Yes, I have used the Safely Remove Icon to disconnect the drive and have also try using another system to connect the drive but still the same. I think the disk is corrupted and would appreciate it if any one can advise how to retrieve the data from a corrupted disk. Thank you.
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Response Number 4
Name: OtheHill Date: April 3, 2008 at 21:53:35 Pacific
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You could try Knoppix. Knoppix is a live version of Linux. Knoppix installs to and runs from one CDR. It may be able to recover files if all that is wrong is a corrrupt file system. Google for Knoppix.
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