Marcus Thunder Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I recently decided to chkdsk my external hdd.It is a 250gb western digital, it is mostly occupied and I use it to stor my music and movie library... anyways chkdsk took to long so i decided to quit {I clicked cancel n didn't unplug the device yet} cause i was in hurrry to leave home...Don't blame me I was late...I then tried to access it..it said that the drive is innaccessible so i Used usb safely remove but whoa what happened is that it said the media has been inserted and the FREE space was 27.5 gb..the hdd was accessible ..all folders were intact but of course I can't check that every file is intact due to the limitations of my degenerating human brain which I hope that i would be to upgrade it someday...After rubbing my eyes several time and checked it was 27.5 gb free...I was extremely angry and immediately pulled out the usb wire and then I plugged it again after some time to find out that the free Space is is restored back to 8.65 gb free {I always memorize these numbers as i am very paranoid}..Now,,,What should I do...B4 I organise n add some items to my external hdd,I would like to please ask shall i do anything b4 i proceed to use this disk againI mean I searched and it was proved that win 7 does really erases data from interruted ckdsk but in my cause I geuss free space is restored what do you avice me to do...Shall i neglect this disaster Check this out:CliCK THISKICK THIS :blink: ALL HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 try Gparted live CD to get clear picture on what is what, then try Disk checker Ligve CD, then I would try to save whats important and do complete disc erase (IE Kill Disk Free) and start from new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pope Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Marcus Thunder,Sorry to here you external is going bad, usually chkdsk only messes with files and hard drive sectors that are damaged or unreadable.It attempts to restore the clusters to working or good sectors on the drive "hence is why it was reporting more data than there was"I would recommend cloning the drive to another drive using something like Arcronis true image or something similar. Then complete a full chkdsk on the new drive.That way it can attempt to rebuild the data properly from a good drive with good sectors. If the imaging process fails or can't read the drive then run an advanced chkdsk first then repeat the image.Why use the advanced chkdsk from a command prompt instead of through Windows 1 it doesn't make you reboot, 2 you can see the progress of it, 3 it will actually do a better job because it's advanced, 4 you can still use your puter while it's running.You can also run this chkdsk prior to making the image to the other hard drive so the image doesn't fail or say it can't read the drive. I think I said this already!!!This is how you do it....1. Under start do a search for CMD when it comes up right click on the icon and run it as administrator.2. Now that your running a command prompt type this in chkdsk e: /f /r change the e to what ever your drive letter on the external is3. If it's successful your obviously good to go if not.....If that doesn't work try to find a copy of data doctor recovery... Use the advanced mode "it will take a loooooong time but the chances that it will rebuild your data are pretty good.I have to do these steps at least 2 times a week on customers hard drives that go bad so I can stand behind what i'm telling you.The only difference is we have dedicated machines to slave customers hard drives too.There are other methods but theses are the 2 I would start with if you brought you drive to me to get data off.The next step would be booting to knoppix and using winscp to transfer the data off... We will get to that if needed I already wrote a book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Thunder Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 THX for the helpI will use a new external hdd for backing up and transferring the old one,,,Well I was gonna buy a new one anyways for expansion but the new ssd were pulling me back...and forcing me to wait...well i dont think my old external hdd has any bad sectors ...i think it is fragmented due to large file transfers over and over...but it i geuss i will figure it out sooner or later...Anyways what about ur book... :rolleyes: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*dcs18 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Good-bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Yeah true.. and technically the title of this thread should not be be defaming Windows 7... but rather a warning not to interrupt CHKDSK... It fairly specific in use... and most utilities lock out the disk while its being checked... anything that tries to access the disk including Explorer.exe will definitely try to 'time out' first... Definitely would not be the fault of Windows 7 Kernel...or OS..more of a user error... Like saying oh look this car is unsafe.. because I missed my race-line and had a bad reaction time.. or poor driving skill.. You can corrupt you data by messing with it.. because of the nature of the operation...especially if anything is being repaired..makes it really hard to recover in some cases.. but not impossible..Simply put you need to start it.. then wlk away.. and the only thing you need to look for is, 'Is it done yet..' can take awhile depending on the file system...size of the drive, and in some cases content... which can range from thousands of small text file to large files over 4 GB.. and system hardware of course..Link for some information and command utility stuff.. can be helpful with various situations...http://www.infocellar.com/winxp/chkdsk-and-autochk.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*dcs18 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Yeah true.. and technically the title of this thread should not be be defaming Windows 7... but rather a warning not to interrupt CHKDSK... It fairly specific in use... and most utilities lock out the disk while its being checked... anything that tries to access the disk including Explorer.exe will definitely try to 'time out' first... Definitely would not be the fault of Windows 7 Kernel...or OS..more of a user error... Like saying oh look this car is unsafe.. because I missed my race-line and had a bad reaction time.. or poor driving skill.. You can corrupt you data by messing with it.. because of the nature of the operation...especially if anything is being repaired..makes it really hard to recover in some cases.. but not impossible..Simply put you need to start it.. then wlk away.. and the only thing you need to look for is, 'Is it done yet..' can take awhile depending on the file system...size of the drive, and in some cases content... which can range from thousands of small text file to large files over 4 GB.. and system hardware of course..Link for some information and command utility stuff.. can be helpful with various situations...http://www.infocella...and-autochk.htmHey heath28m, where the f***k were you???LOL, we were beginning to feel something bad happened to ya - welcome back!!!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted July 6, 2010 Administrator Share Posted July 6, 2010 He is very busy these days. You wont see him visiting too often. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*dcs18 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 He is very busy these days. You wont see him visiting too often. :rolleyes:Yeah, as long as he's alright. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hottwire Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 CheckDisk is serious stuff and IMO, should never be interrupted. :) Basically yes never interrupt it :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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