External Hard Drive Error "~$WP.FAT32"

madhuconn

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I am repeatedly getting "~$WP.FAT32" error while opening the local drive. How can i resolve it. please help me. In that local drive, i have most important data regarding my job.
 
Maybe this will help: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/281289-external-hard-drive-error-wv-fat32.html
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/my-removable-device-shortcut-virus/0c6d535b-ba8a-4e5b-bbcb-f6a17a945d9c
Oops, I see that is an internal drive. Have you run a virus scan on the drive? Have you tried to run chkdsk on the drive to check for errors? Do you have a backup of the data stored on that drive?