Second HDD Partition "unreadable/corrupt"...?

[o'dium]

Strange one this.

I used to be on XP SP2, and the HDD worked then. However when using default XP, the second partition refuses to open in windows, it just says "F:\ not accessable. The file or directory is corrupt and unreadable."

But like I said, it works perfectly fine in SP2, just when I use default XP it refuses to work.

Of course an obvious fix woul be just install SP2, but I dont have that choice for the next week or so on this PC.

So, is there a workaround for this? It seems like something simple is causing the problem, I just fail to see a solution.

Info:

Wont open in windows, but registers as a drive there.

Right clicking and viewing the drive says it has 0 bytes.

Check Disk wont work, at all. Pressing start just cloes the small window, it doesn't do anything.

Defrag can't run on this volume type, if I try to run defrag.


Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[zolborg]

You don't have the option to install SP2 for a week or so?????

Is it a legal copy??

[Captain]

You don't have the option to install SP2 for a week or so?????

Is it a legal copy??

Indeed wtf. If you've got internet access, just download SP2 from Windows Update or Cnet ffs.

[o'dium]

The point is, I'm formatting in a week, and I cant be arsed atm, lol. I want to get the files now.

Plus it shouldn't matter whether I want SP1 or SP2 should it? As it stands I'm not in a rush for SP2 because it seems to fuck up my net for some reason.

[zolborg]

Yeah, I can understand that. I've only had SP2 for....4 years and it is...........wait a minute.

SP2 has prevented many serious viruses from infecting computers instantly upon install and connection to the Internet. The only time my "Net" has been screwed up is when my ISP has screwed things up.

XP disks have been coming out with SP2 on them for approx. 3-4 years [legit ones anyway].

No, I don't understand this reasoning at all.

[FragaGeddon]

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