HDD problem ?

4i1 · 04-20-2005, 10:39 AM

Hello,
I have HDD 120G .
it appears to be should formatted ? and when I want to open it it ask me " The Disk drive E is not formated . Do you want to format it ?

I have tried many program to restore LIKE " Filerecoveryangel , FinalRecovery and DiskInternals Uneraser "

Please provide me a soltution .. and should I formated it then if I do format and then run recover program ??

Thanks
San

04-20-2005, 10:55 AM

Hi,

Actually, the more you do with it the less likely that you will recover anything. Otherwise, don't format it yet.

Has this drive ever worked recently or did it just quit? How did it quit working, just stopped, would not boot, or why? Is this your primary or slave drive (or boot drive)? What other drives do you have on the computer and how are they hooked up (master, slave jumpers....where on cable)?
What OS are you using and do you have a self booting OS disk?

This should help us to know more about your system. Might also want to tell us about your motherboard, drives, video card, etc...components of your computer. When you list drives, list also the type and brand name.

4i1 · 04-20-2005, 11:58 PM

actually [ the HDD for my friend ] this is not an HDD (Slave) it just contain files and no OS on it . it was worked .. but the problem is my friend one time his computer asked him to insert CD of Windows and he do installing windows as he said and when it reached 7% of installing Win. he stopped the PC .. and now as you sea his current state ..

Can we restore or recover the files ?

provide a solution please

Thanks in advance

dai · 04-23-2005, 12:31 PM

try slaving it in another comp and see if you can salvage anything

04-20-2005, 10:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
4i1 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Win XP,Linux CentOS	HDD problem ? Hello, I have HDD 120G . it appears to be should formatted ? and when I want to open it it ask me " The Disk drive E is not formated . Do you want to format it ? I have tried many program to restore LIKE " Filerecoveryangel , FinalRecovery and DiskInternals Uneraser " Please provide me a soltution .. and should I formated it then if I do format and then run recover program ?? Thanks San

04-23-2005, 12:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	try slaving it in another comp and see if you can salvage anything __________________

04-20-2005, 10:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
mark3567 Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Hi, Actually, the more you do with it the less likely that you will recover anything. Otherwise, don't format it yet. Has this drive ever worked recently or did it just quit? How did it quit working, just stopped, would not boot, or why? Is this your primary or slave drive (or boot drive)? What other drives do you have on the computer and how are they hooked up (master, slave jumpers....where on cable)? What OS are you using and do you have a self booting OS disk? This should help us to know more about your system. Might also want to tell us about your motherboard, drives, video card, etc...components of your computer. When you list drives, list also the type and brand name.

04-20-2005, 11:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
4i1 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Win XP,Linux CentOS	actually [ the HDD for my friend ] this is not an HDD (Slave) it just contain files and no OS on it . it was worked .. but the problem is my friend one time his computer asked him to insert CD of Windows and he do installing windows as he said and when it reached 7% of installing Win. he stopped the PC .. and now as you sea his current state .. Can we restore or recover the files ? provide a solution please Thanks in advance