HELP!! HDD problem

Rednano SG

any registry repair software ?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Deleting the $Uninstall$ should have no effect on your system.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Hotfix_backup.htm

Please test your hard disk.

Seagate & Maxtor - http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools

Western Digital - http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?level1=5&lang=en

Samsung - http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/Support_Shdiag.html

Hitachi - http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Aloozer SG

i tried using this utility called hdtune..and it showed me 1+% of the entire hdd has damaged blocks.

and my 2nd partition d: is gone!! it cant be accessed and its where all my mp3s and videos were installed.

what to do now??

BrUtUs SG

is jz ur hdd gng up lorry so go back up everything n find ur warranty...

Aloozer SG

but i cant backup cos the data in my partitioned drive seems like gone! cant be accessed.

or need i go to those people who can recover hdd data?

Aloozer SG

i just did chkdsk.

thing is, whenever i try to access d: in My Computer, it says "the disk in drive D is not formatted, do u want to format it now?"

then when i right-clicked Properties, it says total file size for my d: is 0 bytes

SoulDivine SG

BrUtUs meant that your HDD is already dead. If I were you, I will quickly buy a new HDD and transfer as much data as possible to the new HDD. The more chkdsk you do now, the faster the HDD will die off.

Aloozer SG

yah i know what he meant but what im saying is, if my data cant be accessed at all, how am i gonna do that backup. thats all.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Boot up to Linux. Can you access your D drive?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Another thing. Please stop using chkdsk. The more you fix, the more irrepairable damage is done.

Download any Linux distro, burn it as a bootable disc and boot up to it. Try accessing your D drive with it. If you can see your D drive and data, back up the data.

Aloozer SG

ok nvm..i dunno anything abt linux

anyway, i just used some data recovery software available online and managed to just back them up and save to a thumbdrive.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

LOL... Linux is very easy to use as compared to last time.

There are lots of easy ones. Look on Distrowatch. The most popular ones are the easiest to use.