SIBUK
09-22-04, 11:46 AM
I am seriously worried, I hope someone can help!
I had a RAID0 array and one of the drives failed. No problem I thought! I had my files all backed up on another hard disk especially for the day when this happened.
Well anyway, I noticed that the fault with my hard disk was power related because it kept spinning down then spinning up as if someone was flicking an on/off switch on it so I set out to see if I could fix it by swapping power connectors around etc..
Well, it seems like the problem is with the motor on the drive which I doubt I can fix so I was just going to RMA the disk because its still under warranty, but yesterday I noticed that the name of my backup drive has changed to 'Local Disk'
I double clicked on it and it says:
J: is not accessible
the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable
When I go to properties on it it says Used Space 0 bytes, Available Space 0 bytes. Scandisk wont even touch it!
I have got every file I have ever worked on since my very first 386 machine over 10 years ago on this disk . 10 years of work all gone!!! everything I have ever done on my pc in my entire life is gone and the only reason I am not scared as hell is because I am currently running EasyRecovery software and it has found 82000 files so far. I just hope they arnt corrupt. 2 days ago this backup drive was fine! it must have been while I was switching my pc off and on in an attempt to try and fix the original hard disk problem that caused corruption.
I am sure that only the boot sector or FAT sector is corrupted, the mechanics of the drive are fine. The question is does anyone know how I can fix my MBR or FAT sector or in any other way recover my hard disk?
I had a RAID0 array and one of the drives failed. No problem I thought! I had my files all backed up on another hard disk especially for the day when this happened.
Well anyway, I noticed that the fault with my hard disk was power related because it kept spinning down then spinning up as if someone was flicking an on/off switch on it so I set out to see if I could fix it by swapping power connectors around etc..
Well, it seems like the problem is with the motor on the drive which I doubt I can fix so I was just going to RMA the disk because its still under warranty, but yesterday I noticed that the name of my backup drive has changed to 'Local Disk'
I double clicked on it and it says:
J: is not accessible
the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable
When I go to properties on it it says Used Space 0 bytes, Available Space 0 bytes. Scandisk wont even touch it!
I have got every file I have ever worked on since my very first 386 machine over 10 years ago on this disk . 10 years of work all gone!!! everything I have ever done on my pc in my entire life is gone and the only reason I am not scared as hell is because I am currently running EasyRecovery software and it has found 82000 files so far. I just hope they arnt corrupt. 2 days ago this backup drive was fine! it must have been while I was switching my pc off and on in an attempt to try and fix the original hard disk problem that caused corruption.
I am sure that only the boot sector or FAT sector is corrupted, the mechanics of the drive are fine. The question is does anyone know how I can fix my MBR or FAT sector or in any other way recover my hard disk?