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| Thread ID: 89257 | 2008-04-25 09:16:00 | External USB hard drive recovery or format | JMoore (9352) | Press F1 |
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| 662521 | 2008-04-25 09:16:00 | I have a Lacie 250GB F.A.Porsche external USB hard drive that seems to be corrupted. When connected and turned on it slows the computer down to a crawl and when trying to access gives the error "X: is not accessible. The device is not ready." I'm wondering if there is some recovery or formatting software that could be recommended as the device only contains backups and a few photos that, if unrecoverable, can be lost. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. |
JMoore (9352) | ||
| 662522 | 2008-04-25 09:19:00 | Take it out and put it in the case. Which will probably be the easiest and cheapest way |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 662523 | 2008-04-25 10:57:00 | You can format it in what ever file system you like - however it is normal to format in FAT32 since (even though it is a proprietory file system) it is universally accessible by any operating system. | johnd (85) | ||
| 662524 | 2008-04-25 11:32:00 | Thanks speedy gonzales. I managed to pull apart the external drive case with a screw driver and have installed it into the PC. Shows up in disk management (eventually) as an apparently "healthy" drive but I cannot explore the disk at all. Any ideas? | JMoore (9352) | ||
| 662525 | 2008-04-25 13:02:00 | Check the drive for errors and/or bad sectors. Plenty of "healthy drives" are completely screwed. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 662526 | 2008-04-25 13:04:00 | OK cheers for the reply. What software do you suggest I use? Or just run it through the Windows disk check utility? | JMoore (9352) | ||
| 662527 | 2008-04-26 06:59:00 | BUMP, how can I check the drive for errors/bad sectors? | JMoore (9352) | ||
| 662528 | 2008-04-26 07:01:00 | Just use the windows one | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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