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Here they are :)

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Please double click one of those events and take a picture of the open window. Thanks.

Edited by SleepyDude, 03 May 2013 - 02:01 PM.

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I just opened any:

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I just opened any:


Sorry I should be a little more specific, the one I need to see its the warning about the disk.
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Whoops! Sorry. Here you go :)

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Ok, some more questions:

- Do you have critical data on the external Hard Disk?
- I suppose the External Disk its USB connected, did you connect to a USB port on the front panel or on the back of the machine?
- The external disk is 2.5" without a AC adapter?
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What do you mean by "Critical Data"?
I plug it into the back of the PC
And yes, Its USB and a AC
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Sorry it IS USB and AC
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What do you mean by "Critical Data"?
I plug it into the back of the PC
And yes, Its USB and a AC


By "Critical Data" I mean you have some files on the disk that you can't lose.
So the disk is 3.5" in size? and receives energy from a external power source.
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There is things on there that I cannot loose at all. Work stuff etc.

Not sure on the specs or size of the external HDD. It goes in via USB 2.0 and powers by AC. Its the Hitachi XL500

Edited by BrettASykes, 03 May 2013 - 02:33 PM.

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Ok, The disk is 3.5" with external power.

You need to run chkdsk /f on the drive but there is always the possibility to lose files when check disk try to fix things that's why i ask about the critical stuff.

Edited by SleepyDude, 03 May 2013 - 02:44 PM.

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I see. Thanks alot. I really dont want to risk that! I think I'll use the HDD only when I need it. And hope it wont keep freezing! At least I now know what the problem was! :) Thank you all for your help! :)
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I see. Thanks alot. I really dont want to risk that! I think I'll use the HDD only when I need it. And hope it wont keep freezing! At least I now know what the problem was! :) Thank you all for your help! :)


Or you could try to connect the Disk to a different PC maybe it will work ok and you can copy all the files to the PC and then run check disk.
In the present situation I don't advise you to add new files to the disk until you make sure the file system its error free by using chkdsk.
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So I ran the chkdsk and it came up with CMD and ran a few lines of code and went off. How will I know if there is any errors?
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So I ran the chkdsk and it came up with CMD and ran a few lines of code and went off. How will I know if there is any errors?


Its better to open the Command Line first...
Click Start > Run > cmd

then type:
chkdsk /F X:

Note: Replace X with the correct drive letter.

Edited by SleepyDude, 03 May 2013 - 04:21 PM.

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Thats what I did :) Just ran a few lines of code and went off..
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