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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Hardware / May 2008What is wrong with my harddisk?
My OS fails, and I remove existing HD into another PC as a slave drive, D drive [C drive as a primary drive] can be recognited, but E drive [D Drive as a primary drive] cannot be recognited, and request for format. This HD can be access before, does anyone have any suggestions on how to solve this problem on reading E drive? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eirc > My OS fails, and I remove existing HD into another PC as a slave drive, D > drive [C drive as a primary drive] can be recognited, but E drive [D Drive [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > Eirc Sounds like it has died. You can try running a diagnostic on it. Get the utility from the hard drive mftr.'s website. You will create a bootable CD with the file you download. Use third-party burning software to do this. Boot with the media you created and test the questionable hard drive. If the test freezes or has fails any physical tests, replace it. Malke  SignatureMS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! Thank you very much for suggestions There is only one harddisk, and partition into C and D, the C drive can be read, but the D drive cannot be read. As I set it as a slave drive, C becomes D drive, and D becomes E drive. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it? The harddisk is not died, because D drive can still be read. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank everyone for any suggestions Eric > > My OS fails, and I remove existing HD into another PC as a slave drive, D > > drive [C drive as a primary drive] can be recognited, but E drive [D Drive [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Malke > Thank you very much for suggestions > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > read. Does anyone have any suggestions? > Thank everyone for any suggestions It would have been very helpful if you'd included this information in your *first* post so as not to waste people's time. I would still test the hard drive. Otherwise, back up whatever data is on it, recreate your partitions, and format. Since you haven't told us what "my OS fails" means - and I'm not going to bother guessing - that's my best suggestion. Someone else can spend the time trying to unravel your mysteries. I'm done. Malke SignatureMS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! Thank you very much for your suggestions Most of the data is stored in E drive, but this drive cannot be detected. Should I try to read it on another PCs? I understand format this drive will solve all the problem, but the data in E drive will be gone too. How to ensure the E drive is died? Is there any other approach to read this drive? Do you have any suggestions? Thank you very much for any suggestions Eric > > Thank you very much for suggestions > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Malke Since that partition can't be read, you would need to repair the allocation table for that partition, Please don't refer to it as drive X since it is existing on one physical drive, refer to it as partition X. most likely you have lost that data, I suggest you be prepared to format it, and refer to your backups, to recover your data. > Thank you very much for your suggestions > Most of the data is stored in E drive, but this drive cannot be detected. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Malke Thank everyone very much for suggestions Do you know any tools to to repair the allocation table for partition? Our office don't get any backup for this harddisk, and I would like to fix the allocation table rather than format it. Do you have any suggestions? Thank everyone very much for any suggestions Eric > Since that partition can't be read, you would need to repair the allocation > table for that partition, Please don't refer to it as drive X since it is [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > > > > > Malke I get the impression that you are not that knowledgable on how to go about doing this, I suggest you take it someone who already knows how to do this, else you are going to cause more damage rather than fixing it. do a goggle search on repairing FAT and NTFS partitions, I'm sure you will find loads of info. > Thank everyone very much for suggestions > Do you know any tools to to repair the allocation table for partition? [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > > > > > > > Malke check this out, just a few messages under yours. http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft. public.windowsxp.hardware&cat=en_US_8288eeac-739b-4d5a-9ce9-ee7f27ed3b40&lang=en &cr=US > Thank everyone very much for suggestions > Do you know any tools to to repair the allocation table for partition? [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > > > > > > > Malke Hi Eric, ........Do you know any tools to to repair the allocation table for partition? .......I would like to fix the allocation table rather than format it. .......Do you have any suggestions? Just for the hell of it, do what Malke originally suggested. You'll be hard pressed to find better initial actions. ---==X={}=X==--- Jim Self AVIATION ANIMATION, the internet's largest depository. http://avanimation.avsupport.com Your only internet source for spiral staircase plans. http://jself.com/stair/Stair.htm Experimental Aircraft Association #140897 EAA Technical Counselor #4562 > Hi Eric, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Just for the hell of it, do what Malke originally suggested. You'll be > hard pressed to find better initial actions. I'm still waiting for someone to try this. I don't know a thing about it, and don't have something (duff disk) to test it on. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk Paul >> Hi Eric, >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Paul I have used it once on a partition that was not being recognised and it worked a treat. |
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