xqusit3

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.

More info:
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

http://www.freewebs.com/iixqusit3ii/...rd%20Drive.jpg

tecknomage

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.

xqusit3

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..

linderman

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