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Old 01-29-2008, 10:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Mistake WD 120GB Weird Issue... (picture included)

I have been searching online and have had no luck finding the solution to fixing the hard drive. I have fully detailed this entry and hope to find a solution. Hard Drive works normally as a 120GB and I changed the name to "Storage." and a few days ago my hard drive changed to "Local Disk" with a total space of 512 MB and 255 free space. If I click on the hard drive it takes a while to load the drive and when it does it shows random files name such as "ω", "θô" and a bunch of squares in each file name. I have ran a error-check thru windows and it fails. I did a partition magic 8.0 Disk Check and it runs stating a few errors such as "Warning 2001 Fat copies are not identical," "Critical 501 cross-linked files were found." then brings up the window that "Error #7 Operation canceled by user." If anyone may know a solution to retrieve or fix the files it would be gladly appreciated of. If there a site I can be forwarded to, that may help also.

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It is an IDE hard drive, with Windows XP operating system. I ran the CMOS setting and the hard drive is showing a 120GB WD. I ran a disk management and its shows " (D:)...Partition...Basic...FAT...Healthy...512MB...256MB...50%...No...3o...0%."
In the bottom of the screen is "Disk 0 which indicates 111.79GB GB FAT Healthy." This is all the information including a picture found here

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Old 01-30-2008, 11:05 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: WD 120GB Weird Issue... (picture included)

First, Logical Disk = Partitions. C: = Logical Disk Designator for example.

Logical Disk as opposed to Physical Disk, in your case you have Physical Disk HD0 with Logical Disks C: & D:.

Have you tried running CHKDSK D: /F from the Command Prompt assuming your problem is only with D:?

Also, Partition Magic will do repairs.

Lastly, why FAT on D: You can use Partition Magic convert to NTFS without loss of data. But you should repair D: fist.
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Re: WD 120GB Weird Issue... (picture included)

So I ran a chkdsk d: /f in the cmd.exe. As soon as it ran it showed:

The type of file system is FAT.
An unspecified error occured.

And I have tried to perform system checks/repairs with partition magic and it would come across errors also. So it seems the windows and 3rd party softwares can't access the drive correctly..
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Re: WD 120GB Weird Issue... (picture included)

download and run Getdataback for FAT


http://www.majorgeeks.com/GetDataBac...FAT_d2772.html



this is a trial version >>>>> scan your drive with this / if you can see your data and the file structures and directories look good / then pay for the full version to recover your data


then afterwards / scan the drive with the western digital hard drive diagnostic utility (free) to check the mechanical condition of this drive
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