Also please tell what do you mean by saying that program running for 36 hours that means it is check disk utility that starts after restarting or is it the main program itself. If it is check disk utility that started after you restarted your system and is showing read errors then it is absolutely nice as it shows recovery. Good news if this is the case. Please reply fast if this is not what you meant
On 9/3/09, Anvesh Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes you are doing it alright I think there is some other problems. I > will search the net and reply you as fast as I can > > On 9/3/09, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I let the program run for ~36 hours and I am 5% done. IT also shows a >> read error at every cylinder. I am doing this right? >> >> On Sep 1, 4:52 pm, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I will write my steps down but I think I am making a mistake >>> somewhere.>no log >>> >select my hard drive >>> >intel >>> >analysis >>> >>> Here is where i get a "Partition: Read Error" >>> I then hit enter to do a quick search and it ask me if the partition >>> was created with Vista. >>> From here, i cannot do anything, I cannot type y or n it just seems >>> unresponsive. I am missing something? >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On Aug 30, 8:40 am, Anvesh Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Also it will be better if you use its command line version than GUI >>> > cause its better. >>> >>> > On 8/30/09, Anvesh Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > > Testdisk will not remove your data on your hard disk. Then when you >>> > > run you have to choose no log, then select the external drive and >>> > > press intel, then select the partitions you want to restore(If your >>> > > partition isn't listed then do a deep search. After that you can >>> > > choose the option write to write the master boot record. It will >>> > > also >>> > > ask in one step whether your partition was done in vista you should >>> > > select no if it is formatted under XP. Then after writing master >>> > > boot >>> > > record it will ask you to restart and then you will have your files >>> > > back. >>> >>> > > On 8/30/09, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > >> Testdisk will not let me write the MBR code, it just gives me an >>> > >> error >>> > >> tell me that it cannot write to the disk. >>> >>> > >> On Aug 28, 3:10 pm, Mike Retif <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> Anvesh, >>> >>> > >>> Will testdisk erase the existing data on the hard drive? >>> >>> > >>> Thanks, >>> >>> > >>> Mike >>> >>> > >>> On Aug 26, 9:34 am, Anvesh Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
