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    A partition of external HDD gone corrupt

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by decaPODA, Nov 21, 2013.

  1. decaPODA

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    Hi guys,

    Suddenly while copying some data to one of the partition of my external HDD, something happened ( i do not know what ) and after that a partition just died. i am not sure if that is the right word to explore. but now windows does not show the dedicated name and asks me to format the partition. i am not sure what exactly to do.

    Most of the google search asks me to format the disk and forget the data .. a part of me would die to remove 230GB of some kickass stuff. :(

    Please help.

    The make : LACIE , 500gb .
    i have attached two images, if that wud help. the partition "local drive G" is the corrupted drive. :(
     

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    decaPODA, Nov 21, 2013
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    There are some data recovery utilities you could try. I'm not sure if Recuva will work in your particular situation, but it's worth checking at least.

    I would also run diagnostics on the hard drive to make sure that it isn't on its way out. You could also try accessing the partition from a bootable linux usb drive just in case. I doubt it'll work, but it's at least worth trying.
     
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    decaPODA Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey tijo, thanks a ton for the quick reply.
    so apart from running a recovery, i suppose i do not have much options.
    i ll try finding a way out ,if not then probably formatting wud be the way to go :(
     
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    You will have to formate the partition to use it normally again, but if you're at least capable of performing a partial file recovery, you won't have lost everything. Like I said, also run diagnostics on the drive to make sure what you experienced is not a symptom of the drive dying overall.

    Oh yeah, backup all the other data you have on the drive now, just in case it is really dying.
     
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    tijo,

    thanks for all the heads up.. i got backup from the other partition and planning to format the entire drive.
    well, when i use disk management from vista, it gives me an error reading this "the format did not complete successfully".
    shall i like use some third party programs to format my external hard disk?

    thanks a ton for help tijo.
     
    decaPODA, Nov 27, 2013
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    gparted (bootable linux partition editor) will pretty much do anything you want.
     
    tijo, Nov 28, 2013
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