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    external HD says "Access Denied"

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Yitzter, Apr 29, 2008.

  1. Yitzter

    Yitzter Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all,

    I had a laptop which got wet, and I wanted to know if the hd was still working. so after waiting for a day or two, I plugged it in to a different laptop and it started spinning, but then it said "Access Denied" when trying to access it.

    I'm trying to figure out if the HD is actually bad or just a corrupt file or something. Because it IS spinning.

    (Does anyone know of a good tool to determine if the HD is good?)

    Cheers.
     
    Yitzter, Apr 29, 2008
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    Bchen06, Apr 29, 2008
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    Thanks alot man, repped.
     
    Yitzter, Apr 29, 2008
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    Sure thing, glad I could help
     
    Bchen06, Apr 30, 2008
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