any one good with computers

can any 1 help me my second ahrd drive has decided not to work and gives this error tried a few things nothing works

 

u installed any free softwares

 

no i have not installed any thing for a long time

 

Format drive D: then see what will happen. If your problem not solved tell me.

 

You been looking at alotta pr0n then?
Virus uh-oes! :S lol.

Try f-disking it. (Formatting)

 

cant format there is 70 gig of back ups from my websites and loads of music and my work

 

Windows is unable to detect your drive. Try the following and let me know

1. Boot your computer and press F8 during bootup
2. Choose Safe Mode
3. Once Windows has started up, try to access the drive

If not resolved, do 1 and 2 above but this time choose "Last Configuration"

 

Open the 'Run' menu, type 'CMD' and do 'CHKDSK D:'

Post what you get from the screen.

 

read only mode currupt master file table chkdsk aborted

 

safe mode says the same

 

do u have floppy drive ?

once i got this type of error that time i booted with DOS bootable disk and scanned using scandisk and its fixed

( but that time i was least bothered abt my drive so i just experimented )

 

yea i have a floppy but no disk or floppys had my pc 6 years and never used it

 

ot looks like virus to me just use good antivirus and scan computer

 

is that a new hard drive? looks like there is no filesystem. You need to install either windows or linux.

If you have already used that drive and files in it try to install AVG antivirus (free) and see if there is any virus infection.

 

I think there might be any kind of contagious bad sector in your D: drive; Try out NORTON GHOST hope it works

 

no virus found on it

 

Reboot your computer and go into setup. It's usually F8 but may differ depending on which BIOS you have. Once you are in setup, look under the hard drive section to see if the BIOS sees the 2nd drive. If it does not, the drive may be bad or the controller on the motherboard. Try removing the 2nd hard drive and then reinstalling it. Now see if windows can see it.

 

insert a live linux disc take back up of your HDD nd enjoy!

else take your hdd to u r friend s place see if same happens !

 

It's a puzzler this one.

 

I Had Same Problem,
I just Lost Data,A years Collection Of Music gone,
I tryed chkdsk and some more atlast need to format