Hi David,
Is your two drive backup for a backup system a mirrored drive? Does it
require special software with a user interface or does it just require a
driver to perform the mirror functionality. I am sure it also comes with
backup / image software, but that is not my main interest right now.
It is good to know that individual files and folders are accessible through
Computer Management. Thanks for the tip!
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Griffith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to access external hard drive
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
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