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andyman Do the chickens have large talons? Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 11141	Posted: 02-11-2005 01:44 PM                    ...in the ASS. Last week I had to reinstall windows on my secondary internal hard drive and make that the master. Now when I plug in my external hard drive (USB) it says I have to reformat it. It even says the same thing on my laptop. Of course, reformatting is completely out of the question. i have over a years worth of pictures and videos that weren't backed up before this happened. Any help on getting it recognized and used? Thanks
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Foo Timed Out Joined: 02 Aug 2000 Posts: 38063	Posted: 02-11-2005 01:53 PM                    Were you using any encryption on the drive? Any security software? Have you used it on your laptop (the one you didn't change) before without problems? _________________ "Maybe you have some bird ideas. Maybe that’s the best you can do." ― Terry A. Davis
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andyman Do the chickens have large talons? Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 11141	Posted: 02-11-2005 01:55 PM                    I don't think I was using any special type of encryption....it worked on alot of other peoples computers before this. It worked on my laptop too, and I really can't see any reason why it shouldn't work now....it jsut doesn't make any sense edit: I had to reformat the laptop on the same day as the desktop.
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axbaby axbaby Joined: 22 Dec 1999 Posts: 17369	Posted: 02-11-2005 04:21 PM                  tricky is it a fat32 ..ntsf problem ... i have no clue here. _________________ [WYD]
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andyman Do the chickens have large talons? Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 11141	Posted: 02-11-2005 04:26 PM                    If I had to guess..... When I was getting everything ready to reinstall windows I still had it plugged in. The internal hard drive is 200gb and so is the external, so when I would pick a hdd to prepare (i dont know terms) I might have picked the wrong one or something. Either way I don't think I'll ever get back into that hard drive. 1 year of deployment photos, videos, and what not completely fucked by microsoft. Maybe not them but I gotta blame something
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axbaby axbaby Joined: 22 Dec 1999 Posts: 17369	Posted: 02-11-2005 08:41 PM                  can you boot from the usb first then Fix? the drive may have hidden boot files and it may load ?? _________________ [WYD]
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Zackdos The Illuminated Joined: 24 Jan 2000 Posts: 1705	Posted: 02-11-2005 08:42 PM                    I had a Maxtor One touch that was acting the same way today at work. I tried everything. I then removed the HD from the enclosure and connected to a computer running 2000 on the IDE for the CD-ROM. I had to change the jumper settings 3 times before it would boot with the HD that was originally USD. It booted up and stated that the drive had errors and asked me if I wanted it to correct them. sorry i dont remember the details but that is what I had to do today to get mine working. Also my main computer at work hates new firewire/USB Hd's and always names the new drive f: which is currently in use for a network share. I go to manage the computer and manually assign a drive letter and that corrected it as well. Hope this helps. ZackDos
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glossy Elite Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 6222	Posted: 02-11-2005 09:18 PM                  failing everything, you might be able to find a data retrieval place somewhere to send the drive and have them take a look at it... we had a flash card that fubar'd (same kinda issue) and we got it back with all our lost photos, plus some stuff we deleted. good stuff.
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