- Jul 23, 2013
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I record multitrack music on a pc using Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3. When I switched on and went to Explorer one of my extra drives said:
'F:\is not accessible The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable'. I had previously named this drive 'Audio Recording' but it was now just called 'Local disc (F)'but I could not access it in any way. Luckily my data is backed up.
I use EaseUs Partition Manager to create partitions and 'Paragon Drive Backup 9' for backup and they both could see the drive. They could also see it's name, they said it was NTFS and Paragon when I viewed under 'Archive' showed it's files and folders intact. However I went to Windows Disk Management and this showed the drive as there, with these tabs:
Layout=Partition
Type=Basic
File System=blank
Status=Healthy
I then downloaded Seagate's 'SeaTools' drive diagnostic tools and this showed the drive as ok.
I then using 'Paragon Drive Backup' decided to feformat the drive which I did. Having done that I reinstalled all the data. At this point I also tidied the files and folders.......Hey are you still following this man?...........not asleep yet?.......'you're more intrepid than me!'
Yes it all worked fine and I checked my precious art..phew fine.
BUT!!
today I swithed on and it had done it again, and what is really weird, In Paragon Drive Backup it still showed the original folders and files as if I had never formatted the drive.
My System is:
Windows XP Pro Service pack 3
Asus motherboard
AMD Athlon 4 core CPU
4 gig RAM
Drive '0' 500 gig SATA ('C' drive Applications, 'G' partition for swap files, and Paragon Capsule partition)
Drive '1' 500 gig SATA ('E' drive for samples and data)
Drive '2' 1 Tb SATA ('F' drive for Audio Recording files)
Drive '3' 60 gig IDE in a front caddy for backup.
Can anyone kindly point me to what has happened. I realise because I have the data backed up I am ok but I would like to know for peace of mind what had happened and hopefully how to prevent it happening again.
Thank you
Nut and Bolt
'F:\is not accessible The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable'. I had previously named this drive 'Audio Recording' but it was now just called 'Local disc (F)'but I could not access it in any way. Luckily my data is backed up.
I use EaseUs Partition Manager to create partitions and 'Paragon Drive Backup 9' for backup and they both could see the drive. They could also see it's name, they said it was NTFS and Paragon when I viewed under 'Archive' showed it's files and folders intact. However I went to Windows Disk Management and this showed the drive as there, with these tabs:
Layout=Partition
Type=Basic
File System=blank
Status=Healthy
I then downloaded Seagate's 'SeaTools' drive diagnostic tools and this showed the drive as ok.
I then using 'Paragon Drive Backup' decided to feformat the drive which I did. Having done that I reinstalled all the data. At this point I also tidied the files and folders.......Hey are you still following this man?...........not asleep yet?.......'you're more intrepid than me!'
Yes it all worked fine and I checked my precious art..phew fine.
BUT!!
today I swithed on and it had done it again, and what is really weird, In Paragon Drive Backup it still showed the original folders and files as if I had never formatted the drive.
My System is:
Windows XP Pro Service pack 3
Asus motherboard
AMD Athlon 4 core CPU
4 gig RAM
Drive '0' 500 gig SATA ('C' drive Applications, 'G' partition for swap files, and Paragon Capsule partition)
Drive '1' 500 gig SATA ('E' drive for samples and data)
Drive '2' 1 Tb SATA ('F' drive for Audio Recording files)
Drive '3' 60 gig IDE in a front caddy for backup.
Can anyone kindly point me to what has happened. I realise because I have the data backed up I am ok but I would like to know for peace of mind what had happened and hopefully how to prevent it happening again.
Thank you
Nut and Bolt
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