Corrupted File System

[Khoi N]

Information about Corrupted Drive:
-Second harddrive(nonwindow)
-160GB Western Digital
-NTFS file system
-Just had it for about a month
-Used to store project files and personal data
Other Information:
-Windows XP Pro 2002

I got this message while I was using my computer:

"The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and
unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume D:."

When I did a diskscan like they suggested, I was asked to
schedule a scan before the next boot up. So I scheduled a
scan and restart my computer(I also scheduled for it to
scan my C: drive also, while I was at it). Upon
restarting, it scanned my C: drive but not my D: drive.
When loaded up, I went into My Computer and click on D:,
the description for it is as follow: Local Disk. It did
not tell me the Capacity, free space, file sytem or any of
that junk. So I ran Computer Management and then click on
Disk Management. The stats for D: drive there was: Healty
(Active), but under File System it's blank. My File System
somehow changed from NTFS to RAW after I restart. I tried
to do another diskscan, this time in dos, but I got the
following error message: "The type of file system is RAW.
CHKDSK is not avialble for RAW Drives." Then I try to do
an extended diagnostic test with the program bundle with
my harddrive. It returned no error. I don't know what to
do now, and I certainly don't want to format my drive. Is
there anyway I can restore the NTFS file system and still
have files on the drive intact?


The Following is from the Error Log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Ntfs
Event Category: Disk
Event ID: 55
Date: 11/25/2003
Time: 7:00:18 PM
User: N/A
Computer: KN
Description:
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and
unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume D:.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Data: (in Bytes)
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 02 00 00 00 37 00 04 c0 ....7..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 32 00 00 c0 ....2..À
0018: 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .......
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Data: (in Words)
0000: 00000000 004e0002 00000002 c0040037
0010: 00000000 c0000032 00000090 00000000
0020: 00000000 00000000

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

I don't know of any way to restore your D drive. Despite it being healthy,
the file system had become corrupt and RAW indicates everything on that
drive is gone. As far as I know, the only way to get at files that used to
be on that drive would be to use a file recovery service, many of which can
be found in the back of most PC magazines in their classified pages.

There is nothing in XP that can restore the files on that drive.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

Information about Corrupted Drive:
-Second harddrive(nonwindow)
-160GB Western Digital
-NTFS file system
-Just had it for about a month
-Used to store project files and personal data
Other Information:
-Windows XP Pro 2002

I got this message while I was using my computer:

"The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and
unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume D:."

When I did a diskscan like they suggested, I was asked to
schedule a scan before the next boot up. So I scheduled a
scan and restart my computer(I also scheduled for it to
scan my C: drive also, while I was at it). Upon
restarting, it scanned my C: drive but not my D: drive.
When loaded up, I went into My Computer and click on D:,
the description for it is as follow: Local Disk. It did
not tell me the Capacity, free space, file sytem or any of
that junk. So I ran Computer Management and then click on
Disk Management. The stats for D: drive there was: Healty
(Active), but under File System it's blank. My File System
somehow changed from NTFS to RAW after I restart. I tried
to do another diskscan, this time in dos, but I got the
following error message: "The type of file system is RAW.
CHKDSK is not avialble for RAW Drives." Then I try to do
an extended diagnostic test with the program bundle with
my harddrive. It returned no error. I don't know what to
do now, and I certainly don't want to format my drive. Is
there anyway I can restore the NTFS file system and still
have files on the drive intact?


The Following is from the Error Log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Ntfs
Event Category: Disk
Event ID: 55
Date: 11/25/2003
Time: 7:00:18 PM
User: N/A
Computer: KN
Description:
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and
unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume D:.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Data: (in Bytes)
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 02 00 00 00 37 00 04 c0 ....7..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 32 00 00 c0 ....2..À
0018: 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .......
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Data: (in Words)
0000: 00000000 004e0002 00000002 c0040037
0010: 00000000 c0000032 00000090 00000000
0020: 00000000 00000000

 

[Alex Marshall]

Sorry to hear this happend. I have seen several utilities that claim to be
able to restore lost partitions, though how well they work if at all I can't
say. If the data is very important you should not do anything at all other
than take it to a professional data recover specialist. This is very
expensive however, but it's the only sure way I know of to get the data
back.

Information about Corrupted Drive:
-Second harddrive(nonwindow)
-160GB Western Digital
-NTFS file system
-Just had it for about a month
-Used to store project files and personal data
Other Information:
-Windows XP Pro 2002

I got this message while I was using my computer:

"The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and
unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume D:."

When I did a diskscan like they suggested, I was asked to
schedule a scan before the next boot up. So I scheduled a
scan and restart my computer(I also scheduled for it to
scan my C: drive also, while I was at it). Upon
restarting, it scanned my C: drive but not my D: drive.
When loaded up, I went into My Computer and click on D:,
the description for it is as follow: Local Disk. It did
not tell me the Capacity, free space, file sytem or any of
that junk. So I ran Computer Management and then click on
Disk Management. The stats for D: drive there was: Healty
(Active), but under File System it's blank. My File System
somehow changed from NTFS to RAW after I restart. I tried
to do another diskscan, this time in dos, but I got the
following error message: "The type of file system is RAW.
CHKDSK is not avialble for RAW Drives." Then I try to do
an extended diagnostic test with the program bundle with
my harddrive. It returned no error. I don't know what to
do now, and I certainly don't want to format my drive. Is
there anyway I can restore the NTFS file system and still
have files on the drive intact?


The Following is from the Error Log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Ntfs
Event Category: Disk
Event ID: 55
Date: 11/25/2003
Time: 7:00:18 PM
User: N/A
Computer: KN
Description:
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and
unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume D:.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Data: (in Bytes)
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 4e 00 ......N.
0008: 02 00 00 00 37 00 04 c0 ....7..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 32 00 00 c0 ....2..À
0018: 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .......
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Data: (in Words)
0000: 00000000 004e0002 00000002 c0040037
0010: 00000000 c0000032 00000090 00000000
0020: 00000000 00000000

 

[Old Geek]

EasyRecovery Professional has an option to recover files from a RAW
partition. I have used it several times and it worked wonders. But, as
others have said, don't do anything with the partition until you have got
your options sorted!

Go to www.ontrack.com to learn about EasyRecovery Professional.