kaska

Hi guys. I need help on my hard drive enclosed in a USB enclosure used for files and backup only. One day it just decided not to work. When i turn on the drive, a message would pop up saying i need to format the drive before using it.

When i checked in computer management, it said the hard drive was in raw mode.. I am thinking that maybe the bootsector got hosed? But i don't even boot up this drive, this drive is purely for music and pictures. Is it possible to save this drive? please help. thanks!

Skullzaflare

sounds like the drive corrupted, your gonna have to format it

do a quick format and dont put anything on it, you can usually recover around 50% of the things with recovery programs

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Originally Posted by lemans81 No. Your going to continue to produce the same amount of heat whether or not your fans suck it all out. What that means is that your computer runs hotter, and that you will leak the hot air out more slowly. If you producing the heat it won't matter if you trap it in your case or exhaust it. Eventually its going to get out, your case isn't air tight.

kaska

shiza, are you for real? oh man... damn. I don't even know what im gonna lose

error10

Before you do anything too destructive, boot up a Linux live CD and see if you can rescue anything from the USB disk from Linux.

GH0

Also, see if you can use Acctive Partition and recover the partition/file system that was on the drive.

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kaska

quick question bout the Linux Live CD. What exactly do i do after booting up w/ the live cd?

error10

Get the GParted Live CD and run the testdisk utility.

You might also want to try the Recovery Is Possible Live CD as it has some more recovery tools.