External hard drive problem

[ccs]

I was moving some files from my original hard drive to my external hard drive and there was an error and couldn't finish. Now I can't access any of the files on my external hard drive and when I run chkdsk it gets an unspecified error in stage 2.
I'm new at this so I don't know what info anyone may need to help. I have windows XP home edition. External hard drive is a 160 GB seagate. I appreciate any help. Thank you.

 

[muckshifter]

Try runing ... chkdsk /r /p

OR ... chkdsk /f

Stage two is checking 'indexes' ... I think.

 

[James12513]

yeh same thing happened to me, thanks muckshifter really helped

 

[ccs]

How do I run it for my external drive? I only know how to run it for the original drive. Thanks.

 

[muckshifter]

How do I run it for my external drive? I only know how to run it for the original drive. Thanks.

allocate the correct drive letter ...

chkdsk E: /r /p

... replace E: with the drive you wish to check.

 

[ccs]

ok I did it but it didn't work. but Thank you.

 

[muckshifter]

ok I did it but it didn't work. but Thank you.

oops, then you have a problem HD ... go get this lovely CD ...

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

... and see if it can tell you what is wrong with the HD.

 

[ccs]

Actually I think I'm the problem. LOL I remembered something that happened right before it quit. I got the message "This drive is not formatted. Do you wish to format it now?" The first couple of times I clicked no because It had worked fine before. The next time I clicked yes but then clicked cancel. I was getting in over my head. Does this help?

 

[muckshifter]

Actually I think I'm the problem. LOL I remembered something that happened right before it quit. I got the message "This drive is not formatted. Do you wish to format it now?" The first couple of times I clicked no because It had worked fine before. The next time I clicked yes but then clicked cancel. I was getting in over my head. Does this help?

Yep ... means the drive & you cocked up ... go get that UBCD and test your drive out ... the drive may have died, or was dieing, but once you start a Format, you don't want to stop.