Hi Rick, Try running chkdsk from a dos prompt with the /r switch i.e.: chkdsk c: /r substituting your correct drive letter of course. Hopefully it'll rewrite the mft so that you can use it under Windows. I don't think that how full it is has anything to do with it not being seen by the OS.
Jon -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Justice Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:37 AM To: blind-computing Subject: [Blind-Computing] Unable to access external hard drive I have a 1tb external USB hard drive, which I cannot access the contents or properties of. I was able to determine that the drive is full, by viewing it's status in computer management. Is there perhaps a way to access this drive using dos, to delete some files, and free up some disk space so that the drive can be accessed by Windows? I am trying to avoid re-formatting the drive in order to preserve some of the files on it. Rick Justice For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
