Filesystem problem on external ieee1394 hd......

[Guest]

I was exploring a file folder on my external when Windows was kind enough to
notify me that the drive (f was no longer available. I was unable to
unmount the drive and I'm repeatedly told by the computer that the file
system is bad and it won't see the 150 or so gigs of data I have on the
drive. Windows recognizes the drive just fine, but reports it as a local
disk. I can't run chkdsk from the dos prompt or from the properties of the
f: drive.

I know. Up the stinky creek missing a paddle. I know the easy answer is to
re-format and start over, but is there a hard answer where I can somehow
recover the files and the file system?

Thanks for any help!

 

[John]

LD wrote:
is there a hard answer where I can somehow

recover the files and the file system?

Slave it to another HD/comp ( no need to bolt it in, just cable it &
leave it outside the case ) & copy your stuff onto the other HD or
other media.
You may have a choice of jumper settings on the master HD, such as
master with slave or ms.

 

[Guest]

Hi there LD,

There's a number of recovery options that you can use to try to read the
data off of the disk. Click here
(http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=stellar phoenix&tag=srch) and check out Stellar Phoenix. That's what I use.

Hope this Helps!

Best Regards,

~Will

 

[Guest]

Thanks John, I'm a bit nervous to do that though. I bought the external as a
complete package and didn't build it myself from an enclosure and a HD. If
I'd built it I would in a heartbeat, but I thikn that will void the warranty
and if it's a chronic problem I want another . I'm currently using
GetDataBack because it's the only think that seems to want to read the drive,
we'll see what happens, the scan is done in an hour!

 

[Guest]

Will -

Thanks for the help! I tried that program in a couple of different
versions, but it didn't want to recognize the drive. I did find on
download.com a program called GetDataBack which recognises the NTFS file
system on the drive and it seems to be recognizing file fragments. Couldnt'
have found it without you though!

Also, do you think it would be preferable to format the external as FAT32?
I'm not educated in the file systems at all - is there one that is preferable
for storage or cross platform use or speed or anything?

- LD