How can i ...

[Alpine]

I have reboot my PC today .. and then ..... 2 of my 3 partitions are the same msg !!

V:\ is not accessible
the file or directory is corrupted or unreadable


Is there anyway that i can read it ( and not lossing my stuff on thoses drives )

[just_do_IT]

insert boot disk and on command prompt type : FDISK /MBR

Should repair those pesty partitions <_<

[unicorn]

Alpine, I don't have a straight answer here, but we can try to figure things out...

1: what OS are you running?
2: How many drives are there?
3: How are the drives partitioned?
4: Are the drives all showing up correctly in BIOS?
5: V:... Seems as a lot of partitions... The unreadable partitions, are they "physical" on harddrives ore are they virtual drives maybe?

A repair of the MBR will hardly help. I guess there is nothing wrong with the MBR since he obviously can boot into the OS. There should be no partition info in the MBR.

[just_do_IT]

I dont think I understand the question....

[Alpine]

forget that.....

My Partition ( on XP Sp1 ) give me this fu** error !!!
I have a lot of stuff on this drive ....
I want to know if it's possible to recover all my stuff on this drive or .. i need to format and lose all !!!


Windows XP Sp1

Western Digital 30gig -- ( OS on this Hdd )
Maxtor 60gig 7200 -- ( Stuff ) ( 2 partitions of 20gig )
Maxtor 80gig 7200 -- ( Stuff ) ( 4 partitions of 20)
Maxtor 60gig 7200 -- This one ( 3 partitions of 20gig each,.... 2 of make the error
V:\ is not accessible
the file or directory is corrupted or unreadable
and

W:\ is not accessible
the file or directory is corrupted or unreadable

[unicorn]

Conclusion: One harddrive out of several fails when it comes to two of three partitions. This means that the OS and BIOS and cables and so on are all ok. The error is then isolated to the two partitions.

Some kind of repair might be possible. Before attempting to repair the partitions I recommend that you try to save the important files first. There are several utils out there, more or less effective. Choose one that absolutely *not* writes to the partition you try to save. I have successfully used Forensic utilis once and another time GetDataBack. There might be other good ones.

Prepare the recover process by installing the software to another drive than the one containing the partitions to recover files from, then make space (now also at someplace else but your last drive) for the important files amd go ahead, try to save what can be saved.

After that you can try to repair, and maybe (or rather likely) reformat, pray to who or whatever you believe in and continue to use the drive.

What went wrong? I can't say. I have never succeeded to get the grip of this. Is there anyone that knows how to tell why a partition went bezirk I really would appreciate some info.

Btw, are the partitions NTFS or FAT?

And, Good Luck!

[unicorn]

Alpine, did we loose you totally, or what happened?

[Alpine]

i will try to do what u said ...

i can't do any back up .. i can't have access to both partition .....

thx for the info

I will try with Forensic utilis and GetDataBack


more to coming soon !!

[unicorn]

"i can't do any back up .. i can't have access to both partition ....."

I understand - and exactly what I mean is that you try to save as much as possible before trying to repair the partitions.

Good Luck also!

[Alpine]

I can't backup anything .....
I have install Forensic utilis and GetDataBack......

Getdataback see my drive ....... ( the drive name ) but can't have access to ..

Anyway .. thx for the help .....

I will format it ..... <_<