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Author Topic: Cannot access my 2nd hard drive!!!  (Read 4033 times)

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Chris_James

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Cannot access my 2nd hard drive!!!
« on: March 28, 2004, 12:03:26 AM »
I was online when my computer froze up and I had to shut it down.  Ever since I cannot access my additional hard drive.  It appears in "My Computer" but when I try to open it I get the following error:
"D:\ is not accessible.  A device attached to the system is not functioning."
Under the Performance tab in System Properties it says:
"Drive D is using MS-DOS compatibility mode file system."
I have also checked the bios under boot and my other drives (C, Floppy A, and CD Rom) are there but not this one.  I've been searching online but have not been able to find an effective fix.  I am hoping the data on this drive has not been lost - if you can help I would most certainly appreciate it!

LordZerg

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Re: Cannot access my 2nd hard drive!!!
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2004, 02:10:54 PM »
If you get too frustrated and can take the loss, your best bet is to reformat the hard drive. Kind of painful (losing the information), but it may allow you access to the disk.