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Having an issue with on of my externals. Its a 500gb, when i click it to open it says it needs to be reformatted to function properly. It also says its 0kb in size. I bought a partition recovery to back up the image since it still shows my files in that program but not in windows. I was told it might be a bootsector that went bad?
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install it to your computer as a slave drive (second hard drive) and see if you can open it. -
My friend that drive of yours has a bad sector, Try downloading a program that allows you to recover your data, then RMA that drive. I won't be surprise its a WD green drive.Last edited by kapache; 09-13-2010, 4:12 PM.Comment
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I backed it up but it gave me 240ish disk images of about 2gb each. What can i do with that?
It gives me an option to fix boot sector
I just dont know what options i should choose
Last edited by 2DoorImpala; 09-13-2010, 6:12 PM.Comment
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This is what i was left with
would it be safe to format the bad drive? or should i attempt more to get it fixed.Comment
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You should be able to format it and restore the image.Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison
The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)Comment
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If that drive is really bad you will continue to lose drive sectors over time.Comment
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