I recently put some things onto my external hard drive that was almost full. I didnt get any warning saying that there is no space available or anything, but now i cant access the hard drive. It shows up as connected to my computer without any problem but when i open it, it doesnt load up and then it will stop working and close that window. I cant make more room on the hardrive because i cant access it. I know it isnt my computer because i tried it on another (brand new) computer and it didnt work on that either (same problem). Any ideas on how i can access it?
External Hard Drive too full to open
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Try this... Start --> Run --> cmd <enter> then when the console window opens, type (without quotes) "chkdsk /f <drive letter>" where <drive letter> is the drive letter of your external drive. For example... chkdsk /f g: (this will check disk g: for errors and fix them) Let me know what your results are.
D_Know_WD
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Hi there AnInfant,
After the chkdsk command you can try to defragment your HDD. I think that this might help.
You can check out the following link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/improve-performance-defragmenting-hard-disk#1TC=windows-7
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
After the chkdsk command you can try to defragment your HDD. I think that this might help.
You can check out the following link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/improve-performance-defragmenting-hard-disk#1TC=windows-7
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
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This message most of the time means that the command was entered incorrectly. Make sure you have written it right: chkdsk c: /f
c: is the the letter of the HDD. If your HDD has a letter K: then the command should be chkdsk k: /f
Regarding the defragmentation, I would say that it will not hurt the HDD. You can check some articles up in the internet.
Cheers,
D_Know_WD
c: is the the letter of the HDD. If your HDD has a letter K: then the command should be chkdsk k: /f
Regarding the defragmentation, I would say that it will not hurt the HDD. You can check some articles up in the internet.
Cheers,
D_Know_WD
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