Hard drive is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect.

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I was moving some hard drives around and when I plugged one of them in this
came up. I had the same problem last week with another drive but when I
rebooted most of the files were there. Some were in different places. They
were in a folder named "found". This time I can't get into the hard drive
at all. Its probably not a hard drive issue. Using Win2k pro with latest
updates. Searched the net and this seems to be a common problem. I want to
get a lot of data off the drive. Its not the boot drive.
 
I was moving some hard drives around and when I plugged one of them in this
came up. I had the same problem last week with another drive but when I
rebooted most of the files were there. Some were in different places. They
were in a folder named "found". This time I can't get into the hard drive
at all. Its probably not a hard drive issue. Using Win2k pro with latest
updates. Searched the net and this seems to be a common problem. I want to
get a lot of data off the drive. Its not the boot drive.
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Your disk information is on Start/Settings/ControlPanel/Administrative
Tools/Computer Management/Disk Managemenet.
It takes a bit of time to gather the data so wait 15 seconds. Usually
people will manage from there on or give good
information for experts to give proper advise.

Borge
 
I was moving some hard drives around and when I plugged one of them in
this
Your disk information is on Start/Settings/ControlPanel/Administrative
Tools/Computer Management/Disk Managemenet.
It takes a bit of time to gather the data so wait 15 seconds. Usually
people will manage from there on or give good
information for experts to give proper advise.
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Yeah...I kinda know about Disk Management. Totally useless.
I remembered I was renaming the hard drives as well as changing drive
letters quite a bit. I wonder if this could have messed someething up?
Obviously this is a weak area for Windows (seems to be a common problem with
both Win2k and XP) and I'd like to "help" the OS as much as I can. Renaming
and relettering the drives is handy but certainly not crucial.
 
I was moving some hard drives around and when I plugged one of them in
Yeah...I kinda know about Disk Management. Totally useless.
I remembered I was renaming the hard drives as well as changing drive
letters quite a bit. I wonder if this could have messed someething up?
Obviously this is a weak area for Windows (seems to be a common problem with
both Win2k and XP) and I'd like to "help" the OS as much as I can. Renaming
and relettering the drives is handy but certainly not crucial.
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Got about half my stuff with GetDataBack - great program. From Runtime software.

I can't believe it......it just happened again - I partitioned a drive weeks ago, now I wanted to install
a new OS on the smaller partition - put it in - nothing - all data gone. I wonder if I could format it
with a slegehammer? I wonder if it would see it then? This is crazy.
 
Hi,
Check for malware and viruses on your system. Also, right click on the
partition and add administrator and system in the security tab and give them
full control. You can also try running chkdsk /f. It will run chkdsk after a
reboot and after the chdsk finishes, if it says "unrecoverable hard errors",
the disk is bad. But if it says "one or more errors recovered", keep on
running chkdsk until it stops giving this message.

Lukesh
 
I was moving some hard drives around and when I plugged one of them in
Check for malware and viruses on your system.
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I run Adaware Pro SE, Spybot, Symantec Corp antivirus with the latest updates all the time. Nothing. At
least nothing attributable to this.
Also, right click on the partition
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There is only one partition on the drive...
and add administrator and system in the security tab and give them full control.
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? What is the security tab? How to add Admin and sys?
You can also try running chkdsk /f.
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I do this with the Run command? Are you assuming f is the drive in question or is that part of the
chkdsk command?
It will run chkdsk after a reboot and after the chdsk finishes, if it says
"unrecoverable hard errors", the disk is bad. But if it says "one or more
errors recovered", keep on running chkdsk until it stops giving this message.
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This sounds great. But is this the same as Right clicking the drive, Properties, Tools, Error checking?
That has 5 levels. Are there any levels on the chkdsk command? Sounds like I'm getting closer to
understanding the solution.

I should mention that it would appear wise to move hard drives around in Win2k as rarely as possible.
I can't imagine that renaming a drive could cause problems but perhaps changing drive letters could cause
problems. (These are the guesses of a total layman.) Perhpas this is a weakness in Win2k that is
improved in XP. However it might very well be caused by the interaction of relatively huge drives (80
gb) with a motherboard / bios designed to work with drives 1/10 the size. (Asus P2B with no bios
updates.) I know that my cmos upon bootup doesn't see the drives at all. So that is probably a hint of
a problem. The input from you guys/gals has been great. With any luck the mystery will get resolved.
After doing a Google search I realized that there are a lot of people with this problem that never gets
understood. And lots of data gets lost.
 
Hi,
For viruses try an online scan from trendmicro. I have seen remarkable
results with a trendmicro scan. Try spyware doctor or adaware from lavasoft
for the spyware.
You are right. Chkdsk /f is same as running automatically fix errors from
the partition properties. But as you have already ran it, I'll recommend you
to go to command prompt and run CHKDSK /r c:. It will ask you to schedule it
next time you reboot your system. Run the chkdsk /r as long as it gives you
"one or more errors recovered". If it gives "unrecoverable hard errors", you
need to replace the drive.
Do you have ntfs file system on your partition?You can check it from the
general tab of the partition properties or from "stupid" disk management ;)
Go to c:. Right click. Go to properties. If you have an ntfs partition, you
must have a security tab. In the security tab, click on add and add
administrator and system. Select both of them one by one and then, click on
full control. You may need to reboot your system.
As you have told that your system bios does not recognise a bigger hard
dive, then you may need to contact your hardware manufacturer.
You are right in saying that changing the drive letters won't cause these
kind of issues. Till now, it seems to be a hardware issue. So,I'll recommend
you to contact our hardware vendor.

Lukesh
 
I was moving some hard drives around and when I plugged one of them in
I run Adaware Pro SE, Spybot, Symantec Corp antivirus with the latest updates all the time. Nothing. At
least nothing attributable to this.


There is only one partition on the drive...


? What is the security tab? How to add Admin and sys?


I do this with the Run command? Are you assuming f is the drive in question or is that part of the
chkdsk command?


This sounds great. But is this the same as Right clicking the drive, Properties, Tools, Error checking?
That has 5 levels. Are there any levels on the chkdsk command? Sounds like I'm getting closer to
understanding the solution.

I should mention that it would appear wise to move hard drives around in Win2k as rarely as possible.
I can't imagine that renaming a drive could cause problems but perhaps changing drive letters could cause
problems. (These are the guesses of a total layman.) Perhpas this is a weakness in Win2k that is
improved in XP. However it might very well be caused by the interaction of relatively huge drives (80
gb) with a motherboard / bios designed to work with drives 1/10 the size. (Asus P2B with no bios
updates.) I know that my cmos upon bootup doesn't see the drives at all. So that is probably a hint of
a problem. The input from you guys/gals has been great. With any luck the mystery will get resolved.
After doing a Google search I realized that there are a lot of people with this problem that never gets
understood. And lots of data gets lost.
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It happened again........but I recovered the data by simply rebooting. I think its possibly important to
only change one drive at a time between reboots. Any recommendations as to which IDE channel would be
best to interchange drives? I have both Primary and Secondary, Master and Slave available as I'm using a
SCSI for C drive. However, later I plan to use an IDE for C. So I need a recommendation for the best
backup location for a hot swappable firewire drive. Choices are Primary Slave, Secondary Master or
Secondary Slave. Opinions, advice needed! :) (Thanks so far - you people have been an eyeopener.)
 
HI Frank,
This is seems to be a weired situation. I really want you to reiterate the
issue once again to every detail. I know this is tough but I would like to
isolate it to either a hardware or an OS issue.
The system drive is always preferred to be attached at the primary ide
channel as a master drive. And the backup drive can be attached at any of the
three locations you specified.

lukesh
 
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