Dear Rick Sorry if these are obvious suggestions but I would try the first before going to Dos. Sometimes drives get a little scrambled in Windows Explorer and refuse to open when pressing enter on them. I do not know why but using the application key to bring up the context menu and select explorer rather than open will sometimes work when the open command does not. I have come across this a couple of times when heart stoppingly I had thought I had lost access to a drive. 2. The second suggestion is that if you can see the drive in Computer management that you navigate to removable storage and select all tasks from the Actions menu. Again try the explore command from the all task menu. Navigate down using the cursor keys until you get to the level of a folder. Then from memory you have to select open to get down to the actual file listing. At this level you will find that the application key will work on files and included in the context menu is a delete command. I am fairly certain that there is a copy and cut command in the application menu also so this may be a way of getting the stuff you need off.
Let us know how you get on. Best of luck By the way I have decided to use a 2 drive removable backup system That is a backup for the backup as I have had my fingers burnt by failing external drives. David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Justice Sent: Friday, 28 August 2009 11:37 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/
