[SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing

booradley · 09-02-2006, 06:20 AM

Hi,

New to this forum but thought i'd post up a recent problem I had with a new SATA drive and how i resolved it in the hope it will help someone else.

ok got a 80 gig sata and put it on channel 0 in my machine, formatted it and started using it all well and good.

few days later it just disappeared from the my computer.

tried to re activate the drive and got the following error in my event log.

INTERNAL Error - The disk group contains no valid configuration copies (C10000B6)

i should add i had this happen before this error and just by moving the drive to the other channel it brought it back for a couple of days, when it finally stopped working i got the error above.

the disc was not in a raid but set to dynamic.

I used a program from the net at this address

http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
(the win version)

following these steps it brought back the drive without any data loss.

1 Selected drive Analyze/Enter It showed up 1 partition.

2 It started to analyze cylinders (takes some time).

3 Showed - Structure: OK Use arrow keys to change partition

4 Enter to continue

5 selected write new partition table

6 restarted the computer

7 soooorted!

after that drive reappeared, all data there working fine.

hope this is of help to someone in the future.

seeya

Booradley

**linderman** · 09-02-2006, 07:08 PM

we appreciate your sharing your frustrations !

hope to return the favor in the near future !

booradley · 09-03-2006, 08:43 AM

hey no problem!

Cool website btw very very handy

kenchhui · 09-19-2007, 07:29 AM

A special thanks to booradley and the forum to provide for a platform of sharing knowledge.

Booradley's suggested program has just successfully saved 750GB of my data:

I had a hybrid RAID 5 (4&250GB) running on sil3114 controller got disappeared over-night for god know reasons. The RAID manager reported the array was intact and all disks were fully functional and the RAID was online. But the Windows' disk manager reported error message: "INTERNAL Error - The disk group contains no valid configuration copies (C10000B6)".

I followed booradley experience and successfully savaged my data.

Big big thank you to booradley and the forum!

booradley · 09-19-2007, 11:40 AM

supurb news.

glad it pulled you out the same sticky fly trap I got into.

750gb! very very glad to hear you restored that

Rockowe · 10-27-2007, 12:24 AM

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

I recoverred my 250Gig Drive - after Replacing it Temporarily with another.

It Gave the "INTERNAL Error - The disk group contains no valid configuration copies (C10000B6)" error in the Event Log.

The Solution explained - Rewrote the Partition Table Instantly ... and WinXP activated the drive.

U Have No idea how important all the Data recoverred was.

Thx again

booradley · 10-27-2007, 06:09 AM

excellent glad to hear it.

I almost had heart attack when it happened to me but glad someone else has been saved with this handy app.

regards

booradley

integracmp · 01-04-2008, 08:53 PM

Thank you so much! I was able to bring back over 400GB of my customers' files. This saved me untold hours (if not days/weeks) of frustration.

booradley · 01-05-2008, 03:18 AM

another happy customer.

excellent news.

you can breath again ;)

yustito · 07-18-2008, 05:48 PM

Very Thank You for Your Sharing Booradley

I have HDD 250Gig Drive with my full collection data. before i read this i'm very frustrations when my data lost. And for testdisk-6.10.win it's very good free tool for problem with HDD and this soft can listing and backup data before we recovered data in harddisk. Gooooooooooooooooooooood soft and sharing.

Thanxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxxxx

booradley · 07-19-2008, 05:27 AM

glad to see this thread is still proving to be useful.

grj53 · 08-03-2008, 03:20 PM

i think i actually love you! i've just saved 2 months of work, you are a genius and I am an idiot for not backing up sooner!

booradley · 08-03-2008, 03:25 PM

I bet you say that to ALL the boys!

but seriously I am no genius all kudos and credits to
Christophe GRENIER grenier@cgsecurity.org

hes the man responsible for the application and i'm sure
he accepts thanks/cheques/crinkly bits of paper ;)

glad it helped you also.

regards

falcon123456 · 09-11-2008, 03:49 PM

Hi fellas
I have been looking for a solution - and this helped me out - thank you - but the thing is - I finally found the missing disc in the system with your method - but as soon as I access it - the computer freezes - and I have to restard - so I can't access the files - the other problem is that everytime I reboot , fdisk starts up - scanning the drive - but going into windows - only after 12 %

I really need help - please help me - the files are important to me.

kind regards

09-02-2006, 06:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
booradley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 24 OS: xp	[SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing Hi, New to this forum but thought i'd post up a recent problem I had with a new SATA drive and how i resolved it in the hope it will help someone else. ok got a 80 gig sata and put it on channel 0 in my machine, formatted it and started using it all well and good. few days later it just disappeared from the my computer. tried to re activate the drive and got the following error in my event log. INTERNAL Error - The disk group contains no valid configuration copies (C10000B6) i should add i had this happen before this error and just by moving the drive to the other channel it brought it back for a couple of days, when it finally stopped working i got the error above. the disc was not in a raid but set to dynamic. I used a program from the net at this address http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html (the win version) following these steps it brought back the drive without any data loss. 1 Selected drive Analyze/Enter It showed up 1 partition. 2 It started to analyze cylinders (takes some time). 3 Showed - Structure: OK Use arrow keys to change partition 4 Enter to continue 5 selected write new partition table 6 restarted the computer 7 soooorted! after that drive reappeared, all data there working fine. hope this is of help to someone in the future. seeya Booradley

09-02-2006, 07:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 14,030 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	we appreciate your sharing your frustrations ! hope to return the favor in the near future ! __________________ If you cant be polite and friendly; then please be silent.

09-03-2006, 08:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
booradley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 24 OS: xp	:d hey no problem! Cool website btw very very handy

09-19-2007, 07:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
kenchhui Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 OS: WINXP	Re: SATA drive disappearing A special thanks to booradley and the forum to provide for a platform of sharing knowledge. Booradley's suggested program has just successfully saved 750GB of my data: I had a hybrid RAID 5 (4&250GB) running on sil3114 controller got disappeared over-night for god know reasons. The RAID manager reported the array was intact and all disks were fully functional and the RAID was online. But the Windows' disk manager reported error message: "INTERNAL Error - The disk group contains no valid configuration copies (C10000B6)". I followed booradley experience and successfully savaged my data. Big big thank you to booradley and the forum!

09-19-2007, 11:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
booradley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 24 OS: xp	Re: SATA drive disappearing supurb news. glad it pulled you out the same sticky fly trap I got into. 750gb! very very glad to hear you restored that

10-27-2007, 12:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
Rockowe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1 OS: XP PRO	Re: [SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU I recoverred my 250Gig Drive - after Replacing it Temporarily with another. It Gave the "INTERNAL Error - The disk group contains no valid configuration copies (C10000B6)" error in the Event Log. The Solution explained - Rewrote the Partition Table Instantly ... and WinXP activated the drive. U Have No idea how important all the Data recoverred was. Thx again

10-27-2007, 06:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
booradley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 24 OS: xp	Re: [SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing excellent glad to hear it. I almost had heart attack when it happened to me but glad someone else has been saved with this handy app. regards booradley

01-04-2008, 08:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
integracmp Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: [SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing Thank you so much! I was able to bring back over 400GB of my customers' files. This saved me untold hours (if not days/weeks) of frustration.

01-05-2008, 03:18 AM	#9 (permalink)
booradley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 24 OS: xp	Re: [SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing another happy customer. excellent news. you can breath again ;)

07-18-2008, 05:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
yustito Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Re: [SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing Very Thank You for Your Sharing Booradley I have HDD 250Gig Drive with my full collection data. before i read this i'm very frustrations when my data lost. And for testdisk-6.10.win it's very good free tool for problem with HDD and this soft can listing and backup data before we recovered data in harddisk. Gooooooooooooooooooooood soft and sharing. Thanxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxxxx

07-19-2008, 05:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
booradley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 24 OS: xp	Re: [SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing glad to see this thread is still proving to be useful.

08-03-2008, 03:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
grj53 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: [SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing i think i actually love you! i've just saved 2 months of work, you are a genius and I am an idiot for not backing up sooner!

08-03-2008, 03:25 PM	#13 (permalink)
booradley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 24 OS: xp	Re: [SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing I bet you say that to ALL the boys! but seriously I am no genius all kudos and credits to Christophe GRENIER grenier@cgsecurity.org hes the man responsible for the application and i'm sure he accepts thanks/cheques/crinkly bits of paper ;) glad it helped you also. regards

09-11-2008, 03:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
falcon123456 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Win xp	Re: [SOLVED] SATA drive disappearing Hi fellas I have been looking for a solution - and this helped me out - thank you - but the thing is - I finally found the missing disc in the system with your method - but as soon as I access it - the computer freezes - and I have to restard - so I can't access the files - the other problem is that everytime I reboot , fdisk starts up - scanning the drive - but going into windows - only after 12 % I really need help - please help me - the files are important to me. kind regards