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diskpart
list disk
select disk 3 (without the parentheses)
chkdisk /f
diskpart
list disk
select disk 3 (without the parentheses)
chkdisk /f
A quick update:
It seems that the behavior I'm experiencing on Windows 7 x64, I'm also experiencing on Windows XP.
Therefore, it seems that I need to:
1. Try and restore any data I can from the drive
2. Format it and make it usable again.
How can I do that if the drive is not visible in "My Computer"?
Thank you again for all your help
Try to access the hard drive with Linux. Mount your external drive and copy the files to the internal drive (if space is available) or to another external drive.
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Does the drive show in disk management? Right click computer, select manage, and select disk management from the left column. If it shows there, right click the drive, select change drive letter and path, then select add. Select a drive letter from the dropdown menu. It should show up in explorer then.
When I do that, I immediately get a dialog box saying that "You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it" and it shows me the disk. However, when I try to initalize the disk, it fails with the message "The system cannot find the file specified."
The disk is shown as "Disk 2 Unknown" and as not initialized. It doesn't appear in the list of volumes so I cannot change the drive letter.If it shows there, right click the drive, select change drive letter and path, then select add. Select a drive letter from the dropdown menu. It should show up in explorer then.
Yes, booting from CD will work as well. Once you copy your files off, let us know and we will try to help you reformat the drive with Partition Wizard. Look at option 2.