"the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable"

Andy1990Andy1990
edited May 2008 in Hardware
I guess this thread carries on from my other one

What I am trying to do is extract data from my SATA hard drive

I've connected my dogey SATA hard drive to my other computer but when I try and access the files I get the message
L:\ is not accessible.
 
the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

Is there any way to repair this? Or should I just wipe the hard drive

edit: Norton Disc Doctor & Error Checking both don't work and the drive says that it has 0 bytes free and used space

Comments

  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited May 2008
    Yeah I'm fairly sure the drive is toast.
  • jcortesjcortes
    edited May 2008
    So you did run a CHKDSK /R to try and recover bad sectors?
  • Andy1990Andy1990
    edited May 2008
    I've ran an error check in the tools tab of the drives properties.

    Is that it, or is it a different one?

    If so, how do I run a CHKDSK /R?
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited May 2008
    Run, CMD, Chkdsk /r.

    But basically you've run the same thing if you ran disk check with recover bad sectors on.
  • Andy1990Andy1990
    edited May 2008
    That worked, I can access the drive again

    Thanks very much for the help :D
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited May 2008
    That was fast! Too bad all solutions don't solve the problem that quickly.
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