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whatzcrackn:
--- Quote from: zaphod on April 19, 2007, 11:57:49 am ---Can you pop the drive from within the external case and plug it into your PC itself, as a slave? There might be a chance the external case's controller has gone out and the data is fine. I'd want to eliminate the case as being the problem before doing something drastic.
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Okay I have dont that and still get the format thing.
I ran a recovery program and it said F: drive has a "bad parameter"
Tiger-Heli:
You might try to get a copy of SpinRite and see if that helps.
_) (V) (-):
Have you got another computer you can plug the external drive into?
See if it works in there, if not I'd try removing it from the case and plugging it in directly.
whatzcrackn:
Yeah another PC and laptop and no go in them either. I used a program called PC investigator and it shows the files but the F: drive is still not useable. This claims it will copy the files to another location, we will see. I am off to CC to buy another external drive.
Thx for the help everyone, pt II in a few hours and plz keep the suggestions coming!!! :cheers:
davieboynj:
go burn off a slax disc. i've used it several times in situations somwhat simailar to this. if the drive is still functioning at all, you'll be able to see them with this.
http://www.slax.org/download.php
once you have the disc made, you can boot off of it and burn your files to DVD or CD. follow the instructions to load slax into memory so that you can remove the boot disc and use the drive for burning.
I wouldn't use spinrite up until the bitter end. It's a great program, but only when all other options have been exhausted. you'll definitely want to run it before you put your faith in this drive again.
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