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Cant see external hard drive after error changing disk name.
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neway
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14. January 2006 @ 00:56 |
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I have a new external hard drive, I partitioned and formated it as standard.
Later I decide to change the name of the drive in windows explorer but the page hung.
I forced close explorer. rebooted the computer but cannot see the external drive now, not in disk management, explorer or partition magic.
I assume that the drive name is corrupt, do you know how I can save the drive?
newayblue.com
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 14. January 2006 @ 03:30
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ScubaBud
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14. January 2006 @ 02:42 |
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neway
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14. January 2006 @ 03:29 |
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Hi,
The problem is that I cant see the drive in disk management so I have no manipulation of the drive.
Thanks.
newayblue.com
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ScubaBud
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14. January 2006 @ 04:28 |
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I would look on the HDD's manufacturer and locate their disk management software to redo the drive then.
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neway
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15. January 2006 @ 03:22 |
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The problem being is that I cant see the drive to add the software.
I have just put the drive back in through USB and I can see the drive (E:) but when looking at the properties, there is no space on the disk.
This is because the partition is corrupt.
So, I downloaded Partition Table Doctor, but, it can't see the volume on the E: drive.
It seems very odd that a program that is supposed to fix partitions cannot see drives with corrupt partitions.
Anyone any other ideas?
newayblue.com
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ScubaBud
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15. January 2006 @ 03:28 |
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neway
What is the manufacturer of your HDD, not the case or enclosure, but the HDD it self?
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neway
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15. January 2006 @ 09:02 |
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ScubaBud
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15. January 2006 @ 09:36 |
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neway
Neither could I. Try emailing them to see what they suggest.
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neway
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15. January 2006 @ 09:42 |
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Ok, I will let you know how I get on.
Thanks for your help.
newayblue.com
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ScubaBud
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15. January 2006 @ 09:46 |
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Good luck and yes, let us know how you make out and THE FIX! :)
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khoubos
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24. January 2006 @ 04:03 |
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hi try to contact your reseller first before doing anything to your external drive maybe it is in ntfs partition, so i suggest next time try to use fat32...
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neway
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25. January 2006 @ 07:02 |
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I put the drive into a laptop and managed to get the partition back, I couldnt get into repair but I did manage to install windows on it which fixed the partition and I later deleted the windows folder.
Thanks for all your help and advice, I now know what to do in the future.
Cheers!
newayblue.com
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ScubaBud
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25. January 2006 @ 11:00 |
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Good job neway! Thanks for letting us know. :)
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