Hard drive suddenly not readable

[steve Hutch]

After one unasuming reboot, not after install of any
program, just a regular "my computer has been up and
running for a couple of days" type restart; my secondary
hard drive suddenly became "corrupt and unreadable". I'm
pretty sure there was a '.log' file problem after the first
of many reboots.
I'm wondering if this is able to be fixed, how I can
initiate the pre-Windows XP scandisk or anything else.
Any help would be appreciated. Thnx

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

And the error message you read said....????

 

[LVTravel]

Its called CHKDSK in Windows XP and can be activated by Clicking Start, Run,
Typing CMD and hit enter. In the "DOS" window that opens type CHKDSK D: /F
and hit enter. (Substitute the drive letter of the drive where I have D: as
D is the normal secondary drive.) If it comes up with a message stating if
you want to demount the drive answer N and hit the enter key. It will then
ask if you want it to run upon next boot. Answer Y and hit enter. Reboot
the computer.