bill of oz
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i have a computer that will not boot,
i took the hard drive out and connected it to another computer with usb cable,
when i plug it in, the computer acknowlegdes/sees the drive, when i click on "computer" the drive is listed there as a secondary hard drive, however i can not view anything on it,
if i click "explore" it says the drive needs to be formatted first,
if i click properties it says the entire contents of the drive is "used"
i managed to run chkdsk /r from the c: command prompt, this process too about 12 hours to complete, it came up with ALOT of "file segment xxxx can not be read" or processed (cant remember the exact term,
is there any hope for this drive? if not, is there any way to at least recover the data?
when i go to command prompt and type F: (thats the drives letter) it pauses for about 20 seconds then it comes back with "data error (cyclic redundency check)"
this is preventing me from running any other programs from the command prompt
i took the hard drive out and connected it to another computer with usb cable,
when i plug it in, the computer acknowlegdes/sees the drive, when i click on "computer" the drive is listed there as a secondary hard drive, however i can not view anything on it,
if i click "explore" it says the drive needs to be formatted first,
if i click properties it says the entire contents of the drive is "used"
i managed to run chkdsk /r from the c: command prompt, this process too about 12 hours to complete, it came up with ALOT of "file segment xxxx can not be read" or processed (cant remember the exact term,
is there any hope for this drive? if not, is there any way to at least recover the data?
when i go to command prompt and type F: (thats the drives letter) it pauses for about 20 seconds then it comes back with "data error (cyclic redundency check)"
this is preventing me from running any other programs from the command prompt