Problem with hardrive(need help fast!)

[poundead]

hello guys!

Hi just this evening i waas sitting at my computer playing...when all of a sudden my computer turned off and when i reebooted my 200 gb didnt work..when i try to acessit it says : "this disc snit formated, would you like to do that now?" or "invalid parameter"
i really cant figure out whats wrongand i REALLY have some of my very important stuff in there...so if anyone please help me as soon as possible i would be really grateful!


//fredrik magnusson

 

[Snake-Eyes]

Have you tried the HDD in a different system? My guess it that the PSU gave in and shut everything down because it doesn't have enough power to supply (no pun intended, honestly!) power to your components.

 

[poundead]

sound like an smart explaination..but how can i get i up and running without needing to format it?

 

[Stevo808]

Just take your HDD and use it in another computer like snake eyes said or buy a PSU.

 

[poundead]

so youre saying that im supposed to use the drive in another system and the put it back in my own?

 

[Greg]

The problem has not exactly been indentified yet, but you could set the harddrive as 'slave' and put it into another machine to see if the harddrive is at fault.

 

[jonny_uk]

so youre saying that im supposed to use the drive in another system and the put it back in my own?

Yes, just so you can say " it works in this system, so its my pc at fault" or " ok it doesnt work in another system either, so its my hdd at fault"

 

[poundead]

well i followed all of your advice but it still didnt work...anyway.i had to formate it....kinda sad but it had to be done.

 

[OatesyX]

you can get software to scan your hard drive for deleted files even after a format, if their that important its worth a shot

 

[EricB]

get your hand on a copy of norton disc doctor (check our techie tool kit thread here in the os forum) and run it to fix that hdd