In case you want to get your file system back in case if your FAT table has some problem then you can use testdisk utility which I have used many times to save my self whenever my external disk showed no sign of access. Just google testdisk and you will find it.
On 8/25/09, Liz Fenton <[email protected]> wrote: > I had the a problem with my WD Mybook. Turned out that heat was the problem. > So, I dismantled the case, took the drive out, connected it via SATA cable > to a a USB port and transferred the files onto another drive. The clue was > the "delayed write failure" message I got on trying to access the drive. > > > > Liz Fenton > > > --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Mike Retif <[email protected]> > Subject: [computer-tech-support: 6933] Re: WD MyBook Problem > To: "Computer Tech Support" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 8:42 PM > > > > I now got it to show up on Vista and it list the drive as not > initialized and unallocated. > > On Aug 24, 8:39 pm, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >> In XP, the disk does not show up at all in disk management (control >> panel>admin tools>computer management>disk management) but it will >> show up on some different recovery software and WD diagnostics >> program. >> >> In vista, i do not remember what it said but when i connect it now, >> disk management does not see it (but i can still safely remove it). >> The only option I had when it did show up was to initialize the disk, >> which it could not do because of an I/O error. >> >> On Aug 24, 10:05 am, The KwikOne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > It sounds like possibly your partition table may have gotten >> > corrupted. When you say on XP it does not show up, do you mean in disk >> > management, or where? Also, on Vista what indications does disk >> > management give, unallocated partition, unformatted partition or what? >> >> > On Aug 23, 5:56 pm, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > I have a 320gb MyBook and I am having a problem connecting it to my >> > > computer. I am not sure what happened but when I went to transfer >> > > some files, the drive disappeared off of My Computer. The drive does >> > > shows up on the connected devices and I can safely remove it but >> > > cannot open it. I have looked at the cables and power and everything >> > > looks good. >> >> > > On my computer with 64bit vista, I can see the drive using disk >> > > management. It asks me to initialize (i was hesitant to do so) and I >> > > get an I/O error. On my computer with XP, the drive does not even >> > > show up. >> >> > > I should have been backing up the files better but that did not >> > > happen. I really do not want to format the drive until I can get my >> > > files off. >> >> > > Any input or thoughts would be appreciated because most of the files >> > > are irreplaceable. >> >> > > Mike > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
