[SOLVED] Slave HDD problem...

botig · 01-03-2008, 05:04 PM

Hope someone can help. I had a HDD failure (corrupt boot sector) so I bought and installed a new HDD. I loaded winxp fully and then connected my corrupted HDD and rebooted. XP found it and installed it fine. When I try to explore it xp asks me to format the drive. i dont want to do this because there are a ton of files im trying to recover. Am I doing something wrong? Help me please!!!

**Deleted090308** · 01-03-2008, 06:05 PM

Hi, welcome to TSF.

Did you fix the boot sector?
If so - try this: http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...-computer.html

If not - please follow these steps:
A. At the first window, select “No Log” and press the <Enter> key.
B. Select which drive to analyse, choose “Proceed” and <Enter>.
C. Select partition type – Intel if it’s a PC then <Enter>.
D. Choose Advanced > press <Enter>.
E. Choose Boot > press <Enter>.
New screen - please post back with a screenshot.

botig · 01-03-2008, 06:33 PM

I want to thank you for your quick response. While waiting, I read a few other posts and ran the checkdisk from a dos prompt ( a suggestion to someone else with similar problem ) and 30 minutes later I have a working HDD with all files intact!!!! Im sooo happy its unreal but thanks again for the help! You can mark this baby as fixed.

**Deleted090308** · 01-03-2008, 07:04 PM

I'm glad you got it fixed.

01-03-2008, 05:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
botig Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8 OS: XP	[SOLVED] Slave HDD problem... Hope someone can help. I had a HDD failure (corrupt boot sector) so I bought and installed a new HDD. I loaded winxp fully and then connected my corrupted HDD and rebooted. XP found it and installed it fine. When I try to explore it xp asks me to format the drive. i dont want to do this because there are a ton of files im trying to recover. Am I doing something wrong? Help me please!!!

01-03-2008, 06:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Slave HDD problem... Hi, welcome to TSF. Did you fix the boot sector? If so - try this: http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...-computer.html If not - please follow these steps: A. At the first window, select “No Log” and press the <Enter> key. B. Select which drive to analyse, choose “Proceed” and <Enter>. C. Select partition type – Intel if it’s a PC then <Enter>. D. Choose Advanced > press <Enter>. E. Choose Boot > press <Enter>. New screen - please post back with a screenshot.

01-03-2008, 06:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
botig Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8 OS: XP	Re: Slave HDD problem... I want to thank you for your quick response. While waiting, I read a few other posts and ran the checkdisk from a dos prompt ( a suggestion to someone else with similar problem ) and 30 minutes later I have a working HDD with all files intact!!!! Im sooo happy its unreal but thanks again for the help! You can mark this baby as fixed.

01-03-2008, 07:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Slave HDD problem... I'm glad you got it fixed.