can't access my hard drive, requires formating.

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Greavis

Discussion Starter · May 30, 2008

I had a 40gb pata maxtor running my os. I dicided to get a new hard drive(wd 80gb sata) to load my os off of. I stored all the files i need to keep onto my wd 160gb sata drive but now it whants me format it. Computer manegment says its healthy(active).I tried running testdisk, when i got to Rebuild BS it says:

1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 4866 53 51 78175617 [DRV1_VOL1]

Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged.

[ Quit ]
quit this sector.

If it is damaged is there a way to repair it without loosing my data?
I'm at a loss for what to do next.

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Deleted090308

· #2 · May 31, 2008

Welcome to TSF. :wave:

Replace the SATA cable.

Run chkdsk:
Right click the drive in "My computer" >> Properties >> Tools >> Check now. Tick both options and click "Start":

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allcomputer

· #3 · May 31, 2008

If that doesnt work find out if the problem persists in another machine.

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Greavis

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jun 4, 2008

I ended up using getdataback to get my information. When i try using error checking, i click start and it just closes the check disk box. I'm trying to format now.

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Deleted090308

· #5 · Jun 4, 2008

Did you get your data back?

Run Seatools for DOS to check the drive for mechanical errors.

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Greavis

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jun 12, 2008

Yeah i got my data back:smile:. After deleting the old corrupt partition i was able to format the drive. I don't know if its still damaged though, after installing World of Warcraft to it my computer tends to freeze a lot. I uninstalled it but it's still freezes now and then. I don't think the problem is with the hard drive though.:normal: Before i did that I had already moved most of the files back. Any thoughts?

Thanks for the help so far this forum has been a great help!

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Deleted090308

· #7 · Jun 12, 2008

Defragment the drive.

What are the system specifications - CPU, video card, power supply etc?

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