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"D" drive problem
A couple of nights ago whilst on the internet, a message
flashed up on screen stating "d drive not accessible". I later found my D drive is locked out,I cannot access it at all. When I checked the properties for both C and D drives via my computer,the C drive details popped up within a couple of seconds, the D drive details took almost a full minute and then showed "free space =0, used space =0, this is a 40Gb drive with 22Gb of vital info on it,also the drive title had been erased. When I asked the system to scan the drive for errors, I got the message :- "Scandisk cannot check this drive now because it is not formatted properly, or a program such as a disk utility has locked it". I have Ontrack disk manager on C and running this showed that the drive is ok and that all the details of drive size, and amount used were correct. The Bios info on the drive is correct,The driver details in System info are ok. I have run virus checkers,spyware checkers and have even reformatted the C drive and reloaded everything and am no further forwards and have now run out of ideas. Any pointers would be most useful |
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"D" drive problem
Download disk drive diagnostics from the www site of the disk drive
manufacturer and use them to get more information about the state of the drive. Check that the drive cables are securely attached and the connectors are clean. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) "John" wrote in message ... A couple of nights ago whilst on the internet, a message flashed up on screen stating "d drive not accessible". I later found my D drive is locked out,I cannot access it at all. When I checked the properties for both C and D drives via my computer,the C drive details popped up within a couple of seconds, the D drive details took almost a full minute and then showed "free space =0, used space =0, this is a 40Gb drive with 22Gb of vital info on it,also the drive title had been erased. When I asked the system to scan the drive for errors, I got the message :- "Scandisk cannot check this drive now because it is not formatted properly, or a program such as a disk utility has locked it". I have Ontrack disk manager on C and running this showed that the drive is ok and that all the details of drive size, and amount used were correct. The Bios info on the drive is correct,The driver details in System info are ok. I have run virus checkers,spyware checkers and have even reformatted the C drive and reloaded everything and am no further forwards and have now run out of ideas. Any pointers would be most useful |
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"D" drive problem
Thanks Jeff for the info, I did just what you
said,diagnostics tell me the drive is failing, end of story. good to have people like you around when we need help. Thanks. -----Original Message----- Download disk drive diagnostics from the www site of the disk drive manufacturer and use them to get more information about the state of the drive. Check that the drive cables are securely attached and the connectors are clean. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) "John" wrote in message ... A couple of nights ago whilst on the internet, a message flashed up on screen stating "d drive not accessible". I later found my D drive is locked out,I cannot access it at all. When I checked the properties for both C and D drives via my computer,the C drive details popped up within a couple of seconds, the D drive details took almost a full minute and then showed "free space =0, used space =0, this is a 40Gb drive with 22Gb of vital info on it,also the drive title had been erased. When I asked the system to scan the drive for errors, I got the message :- "Scandisk cannot check this drive now because it is not formatted properly, or a program such as a disk utility has locked it". I have Ontrack disk manager on C and running this showed that the drive is ok and that all the details of drive size, and amount used were correct. The Bios info on the drive is correct,The driver details in System info are ok. I have run virus checkers,spyware checkers and have even reformatted the C drive and reloaded everything and am no further forwards and have now run out of ideas. Any pointers would be most useful . |
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