im having problem with the secondary hard drive..it shows up in BIOS and in computer management but when i got to open in my computer i cant. and when i right -click and go to properties ..after about 30 seconds it pops up it say its working..and if i click on something it freezes...please help... it vista ultimate
Hard drive not opening up
- Thread starter nell1583
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Please follow these steps to check your hard drive using Method 3: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-chkdsk.html
My Computers
System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
- CPU
- Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
- Memory
- 8 gb
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Alienware 25 AW2521HF
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 &1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
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- Operating System
- Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Poweredge T140
- CPU
- i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
- Memory
- 8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB & 360 GB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk G:
The type of the file system is RAW.
CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives.
C:\Windows\system32>G:
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk G:
The type of the file system is RAW.
CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives.
C:\Windows\system32>G:
My Computer
Best case scenario, your file system is corrupted. If the data is really valuable you could invest in recovery software which could cost hundreds or a recovery service which would cost thousands. Worst case scenario, the drive is dying or dead. Try downloading diagnostic software for your drive from here: Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
- CPU
- Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
- Memory
- 8 gb
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Alienware 25 AW2521HF
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 &1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
-
- Operating System
- Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Poweredge T140
- CPU
- i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
- Memory
- 8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB & 360 GB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
Is this a new HD that you have just installed or one that has been there a while. If it is new then you will have to format it. If it has been there a while what was the file system used on it.
If there was a file system on it then try this link (at your own risk)as I have not tried this software,
How to convert/change RAW file system to NTFS without data loss?
If there was a file system on it then try this link (at your own risk)as I have not tried this software,
How to convert/change RAW file system to NTFS without data loss?
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Self Built
- CPU
- I5 3570K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
- Memory
- 4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
- Graphics card(s)
- Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
- Sound Card
- creative x-fi
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- Both 1680 x 1050
- Hard Drives
- 2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
- PSU
- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
- Case
- Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
- Cooling
- 3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
- Mouse
- Technika TKOPTM2
- Keyboard
- Logik
- Internet Speed
- 288 / 4000
- Other Info
- Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet
Do you have data on it? If so don't reformat or it will be much harder to get the data off of it.
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
- CPU
- Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
- Memory
- 8 gb
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Alienware 25 AW2521HF
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 &1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
-
- Operating System
- Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Poweredge T140
- CPU
- i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
- Memory
- 8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB & 360 GB x2
- Other Info
- https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt