my HDD suddenly "gone"!

sunsetbay · 26th Jun 2006, 12:18 AM

dunno wat went wrong!! one min it was ok but after i install a codec & was burning a dvdr. the burning hang half way & i hv to reboot the system. after reboot (took much longer than usual), i enter to the HDD that contains the material that i want to burn & it prompt me "the disk in drive is not formatted. do u want to format!" wtf??

i hate to reformat & loose all my data... i had tried to remove the HDD & put into another sata slave slot & power cable, it hang during booting....

is there anything i can do?

xinoxide · 26th Jun 2006, 12:49 AM

i would recommend heading over to the hard drive manufacturer site, and looking for recovery tools. they usually have something you can burn onto a CD and boot, and have a bunch of tools you can use to see whats wrong with it and try and work it out. also at worst it might be dead, or if your lucky you can replace it and use those tools to get what you can off it onto a new one.

xinoxide · 26th Jun 2006, 12:50 AM

also, i see your not one for free space, how full was the disk when it "died"?

K B Ng · 26th Jun 2006, 08:53 AM

Seeing that he's got, what, 5 HDs ? and he was doing something power-intensive (burning a DVD-R) when it happened, I'd be thinking the power supply's borderlined. Possibly the disk as well but will have to check it to make sure. Might want to try it in another PC (one not so fully stocked) so's you can check if it's the HD.

sunsetbay · 26th Jun 2006, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xinoxide

also, i see your not one for free space, how full was the disk when it "died"?

it was abt 180GB inside, the HDD is pretty new abt 6mths+. will go home & try recovery tools.

i did try PC Inspector which is not v good, took few hrs just to scan 1% of the data.

sunsetbay · 26th Jun 2006, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K B Ng

Seeing that he's got, what, 5 HDs ? and he was doing something power-intensive (burning a DVD-R) when it happened, I'd be thinking the power supply's borderlined. Possibly the disk as well but will have to check it to make sure. Might want to try it in another PC (one not so fully stocked) so's you can check if it's the HD.

4 physical HDDs. u maybe right on the power but when the burning was hang, i still able to use my mouse, closed the applications & shut dwn.

dun hv other system to test my HDD.... will try the recovery tools 1st.

aKho · 26th Jun 2006, 11:41 AM

interesting, what's your PSU? have you tried pluggin it into another system and see if it detects it?

sunsetbay · 26th Jun 2006, 12:36 PM

i dun hv other system to test... unless i dismantle my office PC casing but dun think im allow to.

think my PSU is 400w.....

all along it was ok, if the PSU really surged, the whole system would had hanged...

my fren said the hdd might hv died, ask me to use norton ghost to backup to anthr hdd.... but i dun hv any 250GB or bigger hdd...

zy · 26th Jun 2006, 01:51 PM

i want to ask you .. is

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the driver letter or the drive label ?

zy · 26th Jun 2006, 01:55 PM

my current suggestion is chnage the drive letter...

Right click
Change Drive letter and Paths

see if there is any drive letter assigned ..
or you can add/change it

26th Jun 2006, 12:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
sunsetbay I'm a regular Join Date: 4 May 2005 Location: sillypore Posts: 498 Reputation: 185 Rep Power: 5	my HDD suddenly "gone"! dunno wat went wrong!! one min it was ok but after i install a codec & was burning a dvdr. the burning hang half way & i hv to reboot the system. after reboot (took much longer than usual), i enter to the HDD that contains the material that i want to burn & it prompt me "the disk in drive is not formatted. do u want to format!" wtf?? i hate to reformat & loose all my data... i had tried to remove the HDD & put into another sata slave slot & power cable, it hang during booting.... is there anything i can do? __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - - our minds play tricks on us - - - ☻sunsetbay's wap!! ☻

26th Jun 2006, 12:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
xinoxide Just Started Join Date: 25 Jun 2006 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 40 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	i would recommend heading over to the hard drive manufacturer site, and looking for recovery tools. they usually have something you can burn onto a CD and boot, and have a bunch of tools you can use to see whats wrong with it and try and work it out. also at worst it might be dead, or if your lucky you can replace it and use those tools to get what you can off it onto a new one. __________________ Dynamix Studio rig: Amd athlon x2 4800 \| MSI K8N neo4 \| 4x 1Gb OCz Gold GX \| Radeon x850xt \| Radeon 9000 pci \| 2x 15" LCD's \|1x 19" LCD 1x projector \| 4x raid0 barracuda 250's \| Digidesign protools HD\|3 [$soundcard>$house] \| ultrasone proline750 headphones -peak recording:32 simultaneous 32bit 96 khz wav tracks

26th Jun 2006, 12:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
xinoxide Just Started Join Date: 25 Jun 2006 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 40 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	also, i see your not one for free space, how full was the disk when it "died"? __________________ Dynamix Studio rig: Amd athlon x2 4800 \| MSI K8N neo4 \| 4x 1Gb OCz Gold GX \| Radeon x850xt \| Radeon 9000 pci \| 2x 15" LCD's \|1x 19" LCD 1x projector \| 4x raid0 barracuda 250's \| Digidesign protools HD\|3 [$soundcard>$house] \| ultrasone proline750 headphones -peak recording:32 simultaneous 32bit 96 khz wav tracks

26th Jun 2006, 11:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
aKho beat around the bush Join Date: 3 Jun 2005 Location: Kuching, Sarawak Posts: 2,806 Reputation: 1169 Rep Power: 17	interesting, what's your PSU? have you tried pluggin it into another system and see if it detects it? __________________

26th Jun 2006, 12:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
sunsetbay I'm a regular Join Date: 4 May 2005 Location: sillypore Posts: 498 Reputation: 185 Rep Power: 5	i dun hv other system to test... unless i dismantle my office PC casing but dun think im allow to. think my PSU is 400w..... all along it was ok, if the PSU really surged, the whole system would had hanged... my fren said the hdd might hv died, ask me to use norton ghost to backup to anthr hdd.... but i dun hv any 250GB or bigger hdd... __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - - our minds play tricks on us - - - ☻sunsetbay's wap!! ☻

26th Jun 2006, 08:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
K B Ng +Anima Human ! Join Date: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 79 Reputation: 18 Rep Power: 0	Seeing that he's got, what, 5 HDs ? and he was doing something power-intensive (burning a DVD-R) when it happened, I'd be thinking the power supply's borderlined. Possibly the disk as well but will have to check it to make sure. Might want to try it in another PC (one not so fully stocked) so's you can check if it's the HD.

26th Jun 2006, 01:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Penang,Malaysia - Buffalo,New York Posts: 12,884 Reputation: 2064 Rep Power: 39	i want to ask you .. is (O the driver letter or the drive label ? __________________ current: P4-3.2\|P4P800-Deluxe\|512x4-DDR\|NV6600 WD2500KS\|WD5000AAKS\|AD-7191A\|1860NX\|Z2300\|MP470 home (malaysia): P4C-2.6@3.1-StockHSF\|AI7\|256x2-BT-D43\|512x2-DT-D43\|A9600XT-VIVO WD1200JB\|2xWD2500KS\|DRU-800A\|DVD-E616P\|LTR-52327S\|152x\|V.S.4121\|iP1500 laptop: M1210\|T7200\|2GBDDR667\|160GB5K160\|GO7400

26th Jun 2006, 01:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Penang,Malaysia - Buffalo,New York Posts: 12,884 Reputation: 2064 Rep Power: 39	my current suggestion is chnage the drive letter... Right click Change Drive letter and Paths see if there is any drive letter assigned .. or you can add/change it __________________ current: P4-3.2\|P4P800-Deluxe\|512x4-DDR\|NV6600 WD2500KS\|WD5000AAKS\|AD-7191A\|1860NX\|Z2300\|MP470 home (malaysia): P4C-2.6@3.1-StockHSF\|AI7\|256x2-BT-D43\|512x2-DT-D43\|A9600XT-VIVO WD1200JB\|2xWD2500KS\|DRU-800A\|DVD-E616P\|LTR-52327S\|152x\|V.S.4121\|iP1500 laptop: M1210\|T7200\|2GBDDR667\|160GB5K160\|GO7400