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 Aug 28 2008, 06:25 AM
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I have two internal 400 gig hard drives installed on a Dell 2.4 gig machine. The PC is running Windows XP and is 5.5 years old. Everything was fine until recently. I started up and one of the two hard drives was erased or crashed. I am not sure what happened. When I go into Disk Management (located in the Computer Management section), the hard drive is listed as "unkonwn, not initialized and it is unallocated. I installed the drive a year ago and use it frequently. It had two programs on it. The last thing I did on the drive was update my Quicken program. Help! - CWT |
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Aug 28 2008, 10:55 AM
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Member 1K Posts: 1,084 From: tip of lake superior OS: win98/win2000/linux |
couple of options... if there is crucial data on it pick up a data recovery program like Getdataback ( google should find it ) just make sure you read the site and get the right one for your situation. you could also try the manufacturers site and see if they have a diagnostic program available for that drive.... they MAY even have recovery software....
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