Thursday, 23 February 2012

Unrecognizable Hard Disk under Windows

An external Hard Disk is not recognized by Windows (either using USB or eSATA, Windows XP and Windows 7 64-bit) and showed it as "RAW" type.  The system notifies the user to format this hard disk.  The hard disk was working before.

Backup the data
I connected this hard disk (with a dock) to my MacBook Pro with my new eSATA (express card) and I could see all the folders and files again.  Copied the files and folders to another hard disk.

Fix the problem
Ran "cmd" as Administrator in Windows 7 (64-bit) and ran chkdsk /f /r and fixed the problem.




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