Hard keeps loosing all data on it!! Please help!!!

[Guest]

Well I had one of my hard drives within my RAID 0 configuration go bad with
some bad sectors on there. I have managed to get win2000 installed on a 8gig
hard drive that I had sitting around and so I had gotten access to all of the
files on the hard drive. I then put a brand new (out of the box) 200gig hard
drive (freshly partitioned with an NTFS file-system useing the SeaTools
Manufacture disk). I got everything backed up on the 200gig hard drive
(actually used up all except about 6gigs). Then I went to go into one of the
folders within the 200gig hard drive and it gave me an error that it was in
accesible. I then restarted the computer and now I can't even view anything
on the hard drive. When I click on the hard drive to access the files on it
it says (The disk in Drive G is not formatted......Would you like to format
it know?) of course I click no otherwise all of the data would get lost that
is on there. I am not really sure what is going on here.

I also had another extra 200gig storage harddrive in the computer before
everything went bad. Well this has also done the same as the other 200gig. I
have put each of the 200gig hard drives in another computer just to see if I
could access it from a different computer but it said that same thing. Wether
the Operating System was WinXP with SP2 or win2000 with SP4.

I then got the Seagate Diagnostics util and did a full diagnostics test and
it said that the hard drive passed and then underneath the hard drive (where
it should the NTFS partition) is said that the NTFS partition is critically
damaged. Why would this all of a sudden happen?? I can't understand this and
is why I have come here. To get some help. Any help is greatly
appreciated!!!! Thanks!!


-Zac

 

[Guest]

The error does say to run the Chechdiskand when I do this it doesn't do
anything. I hit start and it closes right away. thanks!!

The error log from the Diagnostic test (look down towards the bottm and see
the error):

SeaTools Desktop v3.00.07
Copyright (c) 2004 Kroll Ontrack Inc.

11/19/2004 @ 9:34 PM

The following information has been generated by SeaTools Desktop. Use
this information to help you recognize and resolve potential data access
problems.


System Information:
BIOS Date 11/17/99
Conventional Memory size 639 K
Extended Memory size 58532 K
IO Channel type PCI



Drive Information:
SIZE MODEL
--------- ---------------------
200 GB ST3200822A


Serial Number = 3LJ07GPM
Int13 Num = 81, PHYS CHS = 16383x16x63.
ParmTable CHS, Rsvd = 24321x255x63

PARTITION CYLINDER SIZE
---------- ------------ ----
# Type Start End MB
PRIMARY
1 NTFS 0 24320 200059


Diagnostic Results:

Seagate DiagATA Quick Test Result: Passed
Recommendation:
The "Quick Test" is adequate for most situations.
Consider running the "Full Test" which
verifies each sector on the drive if you need to run a more
comprehensive diagnostic.



Results from Seagate's DiagATA/SCSI:
-----------------------------------------------------------------

DIAGATA.EXE Version 3.07.40526ML
Copyright (c) 2002 by Seagate Technology, LLC. All rights reserved.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Timer Resolution: 0.000122
Short Test Begin: 19-Nov-2004 19:23:25
Cable Test - 0 Errors
Buffer Test - 0 Errors
Identify Data
Model Number: ST3200822A
Serial Number: 3LJ07GPM
Firmware Revision: 3.01
Default CHS: 16383-16-63
Current CHS: 16383-16-63
Current Capacity: 16514064 Sectors
Total Capacity: 390721968 Sectors
Conductor Cable Reported
ID Method: Jumper
SMART Check: Passed
DST - Passed
PIO/DMA Data Compare
Total Bytes = 5125120
Estimated PIO Transfer Rates
Min: 2.35MB/s Max: 2.45MB/s Avg: 2.42MB/s
Estimated DMA Transfer Rates
Min: 46.14MB/s Max: 76.90MB/s Avg: 57.76MB/s
SMART Check: Passed
Short Test Passed: 19-Nov-2004 19:24:07


-----------------------------------------------------------------
End results from Seagate's DiagATA/SCSI

ATA Full Test Result: Passed



Results from Seagate's DiagATA/SCSI:
-----------------------------------------------------------------

DIAGATA.EXE Version 3.07.40526ML
Copyright (c) 2002 by Seagate Technology, LLC. All rights reserved.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Timer Resolution: 0.000122
Long Test Begin: 19-Nov-2004 19:24:09
Cable Test - 0 Errors
Buffer Test - 0 Errors
Identify Data
Model Number: ST3200822A
Serial Number: 3LJ07GPM
Firmware Revision: 3.01
Default CHS: 16383-16-63
Current CHS: 16383-16-63
Current Capacity: 16514064 Sectors
Total Capacity: 390721968 Sectors
Conductor Cable Reported
ID Method: Jumper
SMART Check: Passed
Full Scan (0 to 390721968) - Passed
Elapsed Time: 2.17 Hours
Estimated Internal Transfer Rates
Min: 14.31Mb/s Max: 305.11Mb/s Avg: 214.92Mb/s
PIO/DMA Data Compare
Total Bytes = 19092480
Estimated PIO Transfer Rates
Min: 2.42MB/s Max: 2.53MB/s Avg: 2.48MB/s
Estimated DMA Transfer Rates
Min: 46.07MB/s Max: 76.78MB/s Avg: 58.36MB/s
Long Test Passed: 19-Nov-2004 21:34:16


-----------------------------------------------------------------
End results from Seagate's DiagATA/SCSI



File Structure Test Result:

Partition 1 (NTFS (200 GB) Â) Result: Failed with critical Errors


NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are for
informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider testing with
the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating system.
Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing
file system test results.



******************************************


Recommendation:
All selected physical diagnostics passed.

If you are not experiencing data loss and SeaTools reports File
System Structure errors, they may be caused by a lock-up or
failure to shutdown Windows correctly. Many times, these errors
may be repaired through normal system maintenance which
includes using the Windows provided "Defrag" and
"Scandisk / Chkdsk / Error Checking" utilities.

If you are experiencing a hardware error, you should isolate
the cause and replace the failing component. If you are unsure how
to proceed with repairs, contact a computer professional. After
completing any maintenance tasks, run SeaTools again to
verify that all errors have been repaired. If errors continue to
occur, the system may not be stable. Again, contact a computer
professional.




========================================================

 

[Guest]

If youre then running xp on a solo disk,then format each RAID disk in xp,or
boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter for password,then typeiskPart In
DiskPart
delete or create a partition on each drive,when thru press Esc Then type:
FORMAT D: /FS:ntfs Then FORMAT E: or whatever letter its assigned,when
both are thru type:EXIT Shutdown computer,unplug the IDE or SCSI solo hd,
boot up to BIOS,configure RAID,boot to xp cd,install xp.Most of the mfg
utilitys
work ok in other OS...Only

 

[Kath Adams]

Well I had one of my hard drives within my RAID 0 configuration go
bad with some bad sectors on there. I have managed to get win2000
installed on a 8gig hard drive that I had sitting around and so I had
gotten access to all of the files on the hard drive. I then put a
brand new (out of the box) 200gig hard drive (freshly partitioned
with an NTFS file-system useing the SeaTools Manufacture disk). I got
everything backed up on the 200gig hard drive (actually used up all
except about 6gigs). Then I went to go into one of the folders within
the 200gig hard drive and it gave me an error that it was in
accesible. I then restarted the computer and now I can't even view
anything on the hard drive. When I click on the hard drive to access
the files on it it says (The disk in Drive G is not
formatted......Would you like to format it know?) of course I click
no otherwise all of the data would get lost that is on there. I am
not really sure what is going on here.

I also had another extra 200gig storage harddrive in the computer
before everything went bad. Well this has also done the same as the
other 200gig. I have put each of the 200gig hard drives in another
computer just to see if I could access it from a different computer
but it said that same thing. Wether the Operating System was WinXP
with SP2 or win2000 with SP4.

I then got the Seagate Diagnostics util and did a full diagnostics
test and it said that the hard drive passed and then underneath the
hard drive (where it should the NTFS partition) is said that the NTFS
partition is critically damaged. Why would this all of a sudden
happen?? I can't understand this and is why I have come here. To get
some help. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!! Thanks!!


-Zac

You may need to take "ownership" of the drive before you can
see/read/access it. This happened to me recently after installing a
replacement drive and using my old as storage -

1.. Open Windows Explorer, and then locate the file or folder you want
to take ownership of.
2.. Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click
the Security tab.
3.. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4.. In the Change owner to box, click the new owner.
5.. (Optional) To change the owner of all subcontainers and objects
within the tree, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects
check box.

 

[NobodyMan]



Don't post binaries to a text newsgroup. I really didn't want your
crappy picture on my hard drive.

 

[Alexander Grigoriev]

Does your system support BigLBA? Both BIOS and OS should support it in order
to reliably use 200GB drive. Otherwise you will suffer from disk corruption,
when you write over 137 GB of data.