Awwww Cr4P! Disk help

Canon20d · Sep 15, 2005, 08:28 PM

So my external 250gb HD decided to be weird today
I had to reset because CS:S lock up on load. nothing to odd, usually its in game, not loading that it locks but i figured w/e
restarted and ran CS:S for a while np
then went to start my Mp3s and nothing would play... hmm
go to folders open them on my other drive, fine
go to my computer and notice it says "Local Disk" not the name "Glutton" which is what its called
i double click, it says it hasent been formatted yet.. would i like to..
Oh hell no...
its done this once before - firewire got confused, nothing i plugged in would work - reset and it was ok
so i take it out of the firewire, bring it to laptop, plug it in with USB and a few bleeps and bloops later i open up my computer and "local disk" is there again

I know Partiton magic has a partitoin fix and some other fun tools, but last time i tried to use it, it (not me... it..) screwed up the disk and almost made me very mad, luckly i was able to salavage it and nothing was lost
is there another program that can fix boot records or partition tables??
I really dont want to have to loose this cause of a reset it didnt like

H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 16, 2005, 02:20 AM

Is it possible to chkdsk it?

It could be a bad upcase table which I had happen to 150 GB of stuff, in which case it IS possible to repair.

You just have to make sure $UPCASE is fine and all the NTFS records are ok.

PQ magic has a partition error check too which may help

Canon20d · Sep 16, 2005, 02:30 AM

Chkdsk in CMD line says its in RAW and chkdsk is not available for raw data

H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 16, 2005, 02:34 AM

Then you'll have to use a hex editor

ReDGuiTaR · Sep 16, 2005, 03:00 AM

How about fixboot in console ?

Canon20d · Sep 16, 2005, 05:57 AM

fixboot, where can i get that, if i go to console and try it, it says its unrecognized

ReDGuiTaR · Sep 16, 2005, 07:43 AM

here s the link you need to do this

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d..._overview.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...s_fixboot.mspx

H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 16, 2005, 02:00 PM

You could also try a raw disk editor and make sure $UPCASE is complete.... I think thats what happened to me...

Sep 15, 2005, 08:28 PM	#1
Canon20d DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 0	Awwww Cr4P! Disk help So my external 250gb HD decided to be weird today I had to reset because CS:S lock up on load. nothing to odd, usually its in game, not loading that it locks but i figured w/e restarted and ran CS:S for a while np then went to start my Mp3s and nothing would play... hmm go to folders open them on my other drive, fine go to my computer and notice it says "Local Disk" not the name "Glutton" which is what its called i double click, it says it hasent been formatted yet.. would i like to.. Oh hell no... its done this once before - firewire got confused, nothing i plugged in would work - reset and it was ok so i take it out of the firewire, bring it to laptop, plug it in with USB and a few bleeps and bloops later i open up my computer and "local disk" is there again I know Partiton magic has a partitoin fix and some other fun tools, but last time i tried to use it, it (not me... it..) screwed up the disk and almost made me very mad, luckly i was able to salavage it and nothing was lost is there another program that can fix boot records or partition tables?? I really dont want to have to loose this cause of a reset it didnt like

Sep 16, 2005, 03:00 AM	#5
ReDGuiTaR DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Quebec , Canada Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	How about fixboot in console ? __________________ Zing a ling... zing a ling a ling ... A8N-E - A64x2 4600, 2048 Mb Kingston ram 400mhz cas 2.5 ( 2 x 1024 DualChannel ), Seagate 320 Gig 7200 16Mb cache S-ata 2, GeForce 7900GT 512MB, Enermax 460watt power supply, WindowsXP SP2.

Sep 16, 2005, 07:43 AM	#7
ReDGuiTaR DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Quebec , Canada Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	here s the link you need to do this http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d..._overview.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...s_fixboot.mspx __________________ Zing a ling... zing a ling a ling ... A8N-E - A64x2 4600, 2048 Mb Kingston ram 400mhz cas 2.5 ( 2 x 1024 DualChannel ), Seagate 320 Gig 7200 16Mb cache S-ata 2, GeForce 7900GT 512MB, Enermax 460watt power supply, WindowsXP SP2.

Sep 16, 2005, 02:20 AM	#2
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Is it possible to chkdsk it? It could be a bad upcase table which I had happen to 150 GB of stuff, in which case it IS possible to repair. You just have to make sure $UPCASE is fine and all the NTFS records are ok. PQ magic has a partition error check too which may help

Sep 16, 2005, 02:30 AM	Thread Starter #3
Canon20d DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 0	Chkdsk in CMD line says its in RAW and chkdsk is not available for raw data

Sep 16, 2005, 02:34 AM	#4
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Then you'll have to use a hex editor

Sep 16, 2005, 05:57 AM	Thread Starter #6
Canon20d DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 0	fixboot, where can i get that, if i go to console and try it, it says its unrecognized

Sep 16, 2005, 02:00 PM	#8
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	You could also try a raw disk editor and make sure $UPCASE is complete.... I think thats what happened to me...